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Music Moves Europe
Funding Program
Creative Europe - Culture Strand
Call number
CREA-CULT-2024-MME
deadlines
Opening
03.12.2024
Deadline
19.02.2025 17:00
Funding rate
90%
Call budget
€ 5,000,000.00
Estimated EU contribution per project
€ 5,000,000.00
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Link to the submission
Call content
short description
This MME call aims to support the green transition and environmental sustainability of the European music ecosystem. This is in line with the Commission’s overall ambition for MME to promote the competitiveness, diversity and sustainability of the European music ecosystem and the strategic goal of stimulating and accompanying the sector’s green transition. It also complements the EU policy agenda for culture (EU Work Plan for Culture 2023-2026, action on “stimulating the green transition”).
Call objectives
The purpose of this call is to select one consortium that will deliver on all three distinctive, but linked activities explained in the below sections.
This call aims to support the implementation of the following three priorities:
- A strategic needs assessment identifying practices in the music ecosystem that need to change and a mapping (by themes and musical subsector) of best/innovative green practices or tools. The purpose of this activity is to provide information to the music sector and its organisations/professionals on greening issues and existing practices. The needs assessment and mapping of good practices should be based mainly on exiting studies. It should take into consideration the diverse approaches in Europe and ensure geographical balance. It shall result in a publishable report.
- A capacity building/awareness-raising and training programme for the music sector to improve skills and knowledge in order to facilitate the sector’s green transition. The purpose of this activity is to enable music sector organisations, artists and other professionals to share and acquire the knowledge, skills and competences to become (more) active in greening the music ecosystem and possibly to develop a network of “green” specialists in the sector.
- A financial support scheme redistributing funds (through cascading grants) to organisations (“third parties”) active in the music sector to adopt best/innovative practices for its green transition and environmental sustainability. This scheme aims to build the capacities of the selected beneficiaries and to support them in applying greener practices or in developing and testing innovative concepts or initiatives. Applications should include the design, implementation and monitoring of a single financial support scheme that redistributes funds in the form of grants (‘financial support to third parties’) to final recipients within Europe’s music sector through open calls for proposals.
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Expected effects and impacts
This call for proposals is expected to select one single project, proposed by a consortium of organisations, in charge of organising activities with a widest possible outreach to stakeholders (organisations, businesses and/or individuals) in the music sector across the Creative Europe countries.
The project is expected to raise awareness in and reinforce knowledge within the European music sector on the subject of the green transition and environmental sustainability of the music ecosystem. Importantly it should encourage the development, experimentation, dissemination, or application of concrete practices on how to foster the green transition and environmental sustainability of the music sector at EU level.
The financial support to third parties must be spread across approximately 60 grant recipients.
Dissemination and exploitation of project results: Dissemination and exploitation of results are crucial areas of the Creative Europe project lifecycle and, in the case of this call, should feed directly into the Music Moves Europe initiative. They give participating organisations the opportunity to communicate and share outcomes and deliverables, thus extending the impact of their projects, improving their sustainability and justifying the European added value. In order to successfully disseminate and exploit project results, organisations involved in Creative Europe projects are asked to give the necessary thought to dissemination and exploitation activities when designing and implementing their project. The level and intensity of such activities should be proportionate to the objectives, the scope and the targets of the different actions of Creative Europe. Results achieved in a particular project may be highly relevant and interesting also in fields not covered by the project, and it is up to the individual projects to develop strategies and methods ensuring that others can easily access what has been developed and produced.
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Expected results
Applications must cover all three types of activity as specified below:
- A strategic needs assessment and mapping of “green” best practices: Applications must include provision for the needs assessment and a mapping of “green” best practices as described in the previous section “Themes and priorities (scope)”. Applications are encouraged to consider the music sector in its entirety, including but not restricted to the live industry (where subjects such as sustainable touring are relevant), the recording industry, the manufacturing industry (vinyl and CD production), as well as the streaming industry.
- A programme of capacity-building activities benefitting the music sector: Applications must include an outline of a programme of capacity building and peer-learning activities aimed at raising awareness and improving knowledge and skills of participants to become (more) active in greening the music ecosystem. This could include, for example, initiatives to develop a network of “green” specialists in the sector. This programme should be addressed at organisations, companies and/or individuals active in the music sector across the participating countries of the programme. The programme of activities can include workshops, tutorials, etc. involving music sector representatives and artists to equip them with skills and knowledge relating to future challenges (e.g. green transitions, sustainability). Train the trainers activities are encouraged to maximise the long-term impact of the action.
- Financial support to third parties active in the music sector: The financial support scheme, which must be included in the application must consist of at least two calls for proposals (ideally one in the first 12 months of the project’s implementation). Music sector organisations and businesses must be reached directly and in a representative manner, ensuring a balance across music sub-sectors and a balanced geographical spread. The successful applicant will be responsible for the overall administration of the financial support scheme, starting with the design and publication of the call(s), communication activities to ensure the visibility of the call(s), the evaluation and selection of applications, contracting and administrative/financial management, and monitoring and evaluation of projects funded.
In addition, applicants must define and describe in their proposal:
- the objectives and the results that the grant recipients (third parties) should achieve with the financial support, and which must be in line with the objectives and themes of this call for proposals.
- how the financial support to third parties will be managed, including:
- the maximum amount of €60 000 that may be granted to each third party and the criteria for determining the exact amount of financial support for third parties awarded through open calls for proposals.
- the type of organisations and activities that may receive financial support to third parties.
- the procedure for evaluating the proposals received in the frame of the call for proposals and for providing financial support, the selection and award criteria.
- the communication tools and channels through which outreach of the calls for proposals to third parties will be ensured.
Selection of third parties for financial support: Award criteria and evaluation procedure
- When launching calls for proposals for the award of financial support to third parties, the consortium may use its own procedures provided these procedures comply with the principles of proportionality, sound financial management, equal treatment and non-discrimination. The consortium should also aim at reducing administrative burden for third parties, while at the same time ensuring sound financial management.
- The consortium must ensure transparency in the publication of calls for proposals, prevent conflict of interests and ensure confidentiality throughout the entire award procedure. It will have to clearly demonstrate this in its application and report on it throughout the project implementation.
- Calls for proposals should be published preferably in English (other EU languages can be added) and must remain open for at least two months.
- The consortium should provide support to applicants in the process of preparing applications (information sessions, helpdesk etc.) respecting principles of equal treatment and absence of conflict of interest.
- The consortium must ensure visibility and publish the outcome of the call(s) on its websites, including a description of the selected projects, award dates, project durations, final recipients’ legal names and countries of establishment.
Financial support to third parties: Budget, duration and location
- The applicant should put in place and describe in their application form a solid management and control system to ensure that the principles of economy, efficiency and effectiveness are respected.
- The maximum amount of financial support per third party is EUR 60 000.
- At least 70% of the EU grant should be redistributed to third parties (grant recipients) in the music sector through open calls for proposals.
- Applicants for financial support to third parties should be able to use simplified funding options and in particular lump sums.
- Activities carried out by third parties must be completed during the period covered by the grant agreement. Only costs incurred during that period can be considered eligible.
The application form requires applicants to group their activities in coherent work packages as set out in section 10 (i.e. major sub-divisions of the project). Each work package must have an objective, including expected outcome(s), and should list the activities, milestones and deliverables that belong to it (see section 10 – Milestones and Deliverables).
The quality of the proposed activities and work packages (as outlined in the Technical Description - Part B) will be assessed under the award criterion ”Quality of content and activities”. For more details, please check section 9 of the call document.
Activities related to the EU overarching priorities:
All applicants must incorporate strategies to support the overarching priorities in the implementation and management of the activities as well as in the artistic aspects of their proposals.
- Concerning inclusion and diversity, notably gender balance, applicants are strongly encouraged to:
- Propose activities that reach out to people from different geographical and socio-economic backgrounds in order to ensure equal access and participation.
- Propose methodologies for implementing the project with a gender perspective, promote gender equality and non-discrimination mainstreaming inspired by the Gender Mainstreaming Toolkits and Guides.
- Include artists with disabilities in the creative process and activities of the project, as well as stimulate their active participation.
- Concerning greening of Creative Europe (environment and the fight against climate change), applicants are strongly encouraged to take into account the study on ‘Greening the Creative Europe Programme’ and in particular the Good environmental practices guide included there, as well as the quality assessment of green aspects in Creative Europe (Culture Strand) projects, and to propose in their projects activities that minimize the impact on climate and environment. Common practices include the following examples (other good practice examples can be found in the study mentioned above):
- Reduce travel and promote sustainable mobility (for example: by proposing an appropriate mix of online and physical meeting; promoting more sustainable ways of traveling – if possible - for distances shorter than 600 km, using public transport, and using green vehicles, train etc).
- Reduce the use of energy and resources (for example: by using renewable electricity, use of energy efficient venues/offices, etc).
- Waste management (for example: by using less/recycled paper, using less materials and re-usable materials, etc).
- Strengthen the development and sharing of green skills and green innovation.
- Develop sustainability strategies allowing to monitor the incremental evolution of their practices throughout the project’s life span.
Applicants must describe in the application form (section 1.4 of the Technical Description - Part B) how the project will contribute to the overarching priorities. The extent to which these are addressed in the project will be assessed under the award criterion “Relevance” (see section 9 of this document).
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Eligibility Criteria
Regions / countries for funding
Albania (Shqipëria), Armenia (Հայաստան), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина), Georgia (საქართველო), Iceland (Ísland), Kosovo (Kosova/Kosovë / Косово), Liechtenstein, Montenegro (Црна Гора), North Macedonia (Северна Македонија), Norway (Norge), Serbia (Srbija/Сpбија), Tunisia (تونس /Tūnis), Ukraine (Україна)
eligible entities
Education and training institution, International organization, Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Other, Private institution, incl. private company (private for profit), Public Body (national, regional and local; incl. EGTCs), Research Institution incl. University, Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)
Mandatory partnership
Yes
Project Partnership
Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least three (3) applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), which complies with the following conditions:
- minimum three independent entities from three different eligible countries.
- the coordinator must have had a legal existence for at least 2 years on the date of the deadline for submission of applications.
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries i.e.:
- Creative Europe Participating Countries:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
- non-EU countries (listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Creative Europe Programme (list of participating countries)
- Creative Europe Participating Countries:
Natural persons are NOT eligible (with the exception of self-employed persons, i.e. sole traders, where the company does not have legal personality separate from that of the natural person.
International organisations — International organisations are eligible. The rules on eligible countries do not apply to them.
Entities which do not have legal personality under their national law may exceptionally participate, provided that their representatives have the capacity to undertake legal obligations on their behalf, and offer guarantees for the protection of the EU financial interests equivalent to that offered by legal persons.
EU bodies — EU bodies (with the exception of the European Commission Joint Research Centre) can NOT be part of the consortium.
Entities composed of members may participate as ‘sole beneficiaries’ or ‘beneficiaries without legal personality’ . Please note that if the action will be implemented by the members, they should also participate (either as beneficiaries or as affiliated entities, otherwise their costs will NOT be eligible).
Beneficiaries from countries with ongoing negotiations (see list above) may participate in the call and can sign grants if the negotiations are concluded before grant signature (with retroactive effect, if provided in the agreement).
Creative Europe Desks (CEDs) — The host organisations of Creative Europe Desks are eligible as coordinator or beneficiary in open calls, if they have procedures to segregate the project management and the information provision functions and if they are able to demonstrate cost separation (i.e. that their project grants do not cover any costs which are covered by their other grant). This requires the following:
- use of analytical accounting which allows for a cost accounting management with cost allocation keys and cost accounting codes AND application of these keys and codes to identify and separate the costs (i.e. to allocate them to either one of the two grants)
- recording of all real costs incurred for the activities that are covered by the two grants (including the indirect costs)
- allocation of the costs in a way that leads to a fair, objective and realistic result.
other eligibility criteria
Applicants cannot submit more than one proposal under this call.
Under this Call, financial support to third parties is considered essential to achieve the objectives of the action. Financial support to third parties is allowed for grants under the following conditions:
- the calls must be open, published widely and conform to EU standards concerning transparency, equal treatment, conflict of interest and confidentiality
- the calls must remain open for at least two months
- the outcome of the call must be published on the participants’ websites, including a description of the selected projects, award dates, project durations, and final recipient legal names and countries
- the calls must have a clear European dimension.
- your project application must clearly specify why financial support to third parties is needed, how it will be managed and provide a list of the different types of activities for which a third party may receive financial support. The proposal must also clearly describe the results to be obtained.
Additional information
Topics
Relevance for EU Macro-Region
EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region, EUSBSR - EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, EUSALP - EU Strategy for the Alpine Space, EUSAIR - EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region
UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)
project duration
48 months
Additional Information
Proposals must be complete and contain all the requested information and all required annexes and supporting documents:
- Application Form Part A — contains administrative information about the participants (future coordinator, beneficiaries and affiliated entities) and the summarised budget for the project (to be filled in directly online)
- Application Form Part B — contains the technical description of the project (to be downloaded from the Portal Submission System, completed and then assembled and uploaded)
- Part C — contains additional project data and the project’s contribution to EU programme key performance indicators (to be filled in directly online)
- mandatory annexes and supporting documents (templates available to be downloaded from the Portal Submission System, completed, assembled and re-uploaded):
- detailed budget table/calculator: not applicable
- CVs (standard) of core project team
- activity reports of last year: not applicable
- list of previous projects (key projects for the last 4 years) (template available in Part B)
Proposals are limited to maximum 70 pages (Part B).
Call documents
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Creative Europe Desks
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Creative Europe Desk Austria - Culture
+43 1 71606 -851115
elisabeth.pacher@bmkoes.gv.at
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