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Call key data

European Cooperation Projects Small Scale

Funding Program

Creative Europe - Culture Strand

Call number

CREA-CULT-2025-COOP-1

deadlines

Opening
10.12.2024

Deadline
13.05.2025 17:00

Funding rate

80%

Call budget

€ 20,992,767.00

Estimated EU contribution per project

max. € 200,000.00

Link to the call

ec.europa.eu

Link to the submission

ec.europa.eu

Call content

short description

The action European Cooperation Projects supports projects involving organisations in the cultural and creative sectors of all sizes, including micro-organisations and small-sized organisations, and from different countries to undertake sectoral or cross-sectoral activities.

Call objectives

The action is anchored in the policy framework of the Culture strand of the Creative Europe Programme and the EU Overarching Priorities (EU greening efforts, inclusion and gender equality, digital transition and international relations). European Cooperation Projects are also designed to contribute to the implementation of emerging EU policy initiatives such as the New European Bauhaus.

Support will be given to cooperation projects contributing to only one of the following objectives:

Objective 1 - Transnational creation and circulation: to strengthen the transnational creation and circulation of European works and artists.

Transnational creation and circulation are important for the advancement of collaborations, increased outreach and in many cases necessary for the viability and  evelopment of cultural organisations, institutions and individuals. Co-production is also a tool to stimulate creativity, share resources and facilitate the trans-national distribution of content and the circulation of artists. Projects will consider the new context such as health or environmental concerns and integrate innovative (digital) ways of producing and disseminating content.

Objective 2 – Innovation: to enhance the capacity of European cultural and creative sectors to nurture talents, to innovate, to prosper and to generate jobs and growth.

Projects responding to this objective should be of capacity-building nature, which can be of technological and/or artistic nature and may include the development and experimentation of new practices or models, as well as the transfer and dissemination of innovative practices.

Areas of innovation can encompass a social or societal dimension such as: audience engagement/development, gender equality, the inclusion of people with disabilities, people belonging to minorities and people belonging to socially marginalised groups, fighting climate change, digitisation, etc. as well as culture’s contribution to health and well-being, especially mental health, given the existing evidence and the persisting mental health crisis affecting in particular the youth.

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Expected effects and impacts

The action European Cooperation Projects fosters transnational cooperation and exchanges between organisations active in the culture field, to increase the European dimension of creation and circulation of European artistic content as well as to encourage the development, experimentation, dissemination or application of new and innovative practices. Transnational cooperation and exchanges are expected to benefit the professionals and the cultural and creative sectors in the Creative Europe Programme participating countries.

Dissemination and exploitation of project results

Dissemination and exploitation of results are crucial areas of the Creative Europe project lifecycle. They give participating organisations the opportunity to communicate and share outcomes and deliverables, thus extending the impact of their projects beyond the projects themselves, improving their sustainability and justifying the European added value.

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

In addition to choosing one of the objectives referred to above, projects must address the EU Overarching Priorities (as described in section 1-Background). Applicants must describe in the application how the project will contribute to these priorities.

Importantly, proposals are expected to present a clear cross-border cooperation dimension as this is at the core of the European Cooperation Projects. The quality of cooperation, including the history of collaboration between organisations and the integration of new organisations in a partnership are key aspects of European Cooperation Projects. The cooperation dimension will allow the action to foster transnational collaboration among cultural and creative organisation and enable the circulation and visibility of European works and the mobility of professionals of the cultural and creative sectors.

At the same time, the action will continue to support Ukrainian artists and cultural operators to showcase their work and support the Ukrainian displaced population in accessing culture in these challenging times. The participation of Ukrainian organisations is encouraged and will reinforce the preparation for the post-war recovery of the cultural and creative sectors.

Proposals must include activities in line with the objectives of the call.

The proposed activities must be grouped (in the application form) in coherent Work Packages (i.e. major sub-division of the project) which will be linked to pre-defined deliverables. All deliverables must illustrate the scope, reach, progress and success of the proposed activities. Depending on the focus of the project (to co-produce, cooperate, experiment, innovate, etc.), activities eligible for funding may be very diverse. Examples of work packages, activities and deliverables can be found in section 10 of the call document.

European Cooperation Projects are open to all the cultural and creative sectors. However, considering that this action aims to pursue the objectives of the Culture strand of the Programme, projects involving exclusively organisations from the audio-visual sector and projects of a predominantly audiovisual content are out of scope for this call and therefore are not eligible for funding under it.

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Eligibility Criteria

Regions / countries for funding

EU Member States, Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT)
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

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 (OCTs))
    • listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Creative Europe Programme (list of participating countries)

Specific cases

Natural persons — 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 without legal personality — 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.

Associations and interest groupings — 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).

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.

Countries currently negotiating association agreements — Beneficiaries from countries with ongoing negotiations for participation in the programme (see list of participating countries above) may participate in the call and can sign grants if the negotiations are concluded before grant signature and if the association covers the call (i.e. is retroactive and covers both the part of the programme and the year when the call was launched).

other eligibility criteria

Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 3 applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), which complies with the following conditions: minimum 3 independent entities from 3 different eligible countries.

Other conditions:

  • The coordinator must have had a legal existence for at least 2 years on the date of the deadline for submission
  • An organisation, as identified by their valid PIC number, can only participate once as coordinator under the call, regardless of the topics chosen (COOP 1, 2 or 3)
  • An organisation, as identified by their valid PIC number, can be part of a maximum of 3 applications submitted in this call, whether as coordinator and/or partner (including associated partner and affiliated entity) regardless of the topics chosen (COOP 1, 2 or 3)

Financial support to third parties is allowed for grants or similar forms of support and prizes 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.
  • Financial support to third parties will be accepted in projects which for example foresee the award of grants (such as talent development bursaries) following an open call or of prizes following an open competition, to culture professionals/artists/innovators to co-produce, innovate and build their capacities.
  • 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

Arts & Culture, Cultural Heritage, Tourism

Relevance for EU Macro-Region

EUSAIR - EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, EUSALP - EU Strategy for the Alpine Space, EUSBSR - EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region

UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)

project duration

48 months

Additional Information

Proposals must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System (accessible via the Topic page in the Search Funding & Tenders section. Paper submissions are NOT possible.

Proposals (including annexes and supporting documents) must be submitted using the forms provided inside the Submission System ( NOT the documents available on the Topic page — they are only for information - and not those used for previous calls).

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 re-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
    • list of previous projects (key projects for the last 4 years) (template available in Part B)

Please be aware that since the detailed budget table serves as the basis for fixing the lump sums for the grants (and since lump sums must be reliable proxies for the actual costs of a project), the costs you include MUST comply with the basic eligibility conditions for EU actual cost grants (see AGA — Annotated Grant Agreement, art 6) and must be clearly linked to the activities included in the work packages. This is particularly important for purchases and subcontracting, which must comply with best value for money (or if appropriate the lowest price) and be free of any conflict of interests. If the budget table contains ineligible costs, the grant may be reduced (even later on during the project implementation or after their end).

Proposals are limited to maximum 50 pages (Part B). Evaluators will not consider any additional pages.

In Part C of the online application form, applicants must identify and select which of the two above-mentioned objectives (Objective 1 or Objective 2) the proposed project aims to address. This selection needs to be made even if a project could be relevant for both objectives. Applicants must describe in the application form (section 1.1 of the Technical Description - Part B), how the project addresses only the objective selected. The extent to which the project addresses the objective selected and its cross- border cooperation dimension, will be assessed under the award criterion “Relevance”. See Section 9 (Award criteria) of the calldocument.

Call documents

CREA-CULT-2025-COOPCREA-CULT-2025-COOP(559kB)

Contact

Creative Europe Desk Austria - Culture
+43 1 71606 -851115
elisabeth.pacher@bmkoes.gv.at
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Creative Europe Desks
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European Education and Culture Executive Agency
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