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This subprogramme is under the Creative Europe Programme and is supporting and promoting Europe’s culture sector.

Programme Description

This programme helps cultural and creative organisations to operate transnationally and promotes the cross-border circulation of works of culture and the mobility of cultural players. The subprogramme covers culture sector initiatives, such as those promoting cross-border cooperation, platforms, networking, and literary translation.

Funding opportunities under CULTURE cover a diverse range of actions:

Horizontal actions: cooperation projects, networks, platforms, mobility for artists and cultural professionals, and policy development.

Sectoral support: support for music, publishing, cultural heritage and architecture as well as other sectors.

Special actions: EU cultural prizes, European Capitals of Culture, European Heritage Label, support for young high-quality artists, and broad citizens’ service outreach.

Thematic Categories

Audiovisual sector and Media
Culture
Natural and Cultural Heritage

Eligibility for Participation

Central Government
Educational Institutions
Large Enterprises
Private Bodies
Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Training Centres

Programme Opening Date

01/01/2021

Programme Closing Date

31/12/2027

National Contact Point(s)

Organisation of European Programmes & Cultural Relations
Νenant Μbogntanovitz
Business Planning Coordinator
Address: Ifigenias 27, 2007 Acropolis, Nicosia
Telephone: +357 7000 1300
Email: info@epcr.org.cy/ nb@epcr.org.cy

EU Contact Point

Contact
Name: Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture
Telephone: +32 2 299 11 11 (Commission switchboard)
Address: Directorate-General for Education and Culture, European Commission, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

Website

https://ec.europa.eu/culture/funding-creative-europe/creative-europe-culture-sub-programme

Programme/Sub-programme/Plan Calls

Support for the implementation of the European Heritage Label

Opened

Code: 38607 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2026-EU-HERITAGE-LABEL | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 26/11/2025 | End submission calls: 11/02/2026

The general objective of the call is to continue to support the European Heritage Label network of sites, fostering training, exchanges, collaboration and opportunities among the EHL Stakeholders.

This call will support a single organisation or a consortium of organisations, with a special focus on cultural heritage and capacity building, which are active in the creative and cultural sectors or running capacity-building and promotional work. The selected project is meant to act as a secretariat for the EHL Network. It will be key to accompany the work of the EHL sites and stakeholders and in ensuring the sustainability of the European Heritage Label, as specified below.

The Network, through its secretariat, will support the range of EHL sites and stakeholders and their synergies with bodies active in the field of heritage, cultural and creative sectors together with educational sectors. A strong emphasis will be placed on directing resources towards community-wide actions and site-level projects, in order to generate tangible benefits for citizens while ensuring an efficient and impactful use of funds.

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Perform EU

Opened

Code: 38496 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2026-PERFORM-EU | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 30/10/2025 | End submission calls: 15/01/2026

The specific objective of this action is to test and implement innovative models through changemaker projects, to rethink touring in the performing arts in a more sustainable, inclusive, diverse and balanced way.

This action addresses applicants that are active in the performing arts sector and have a high sectorial, sub-sectorial representativity and geographical coverage.

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Circulation of European literary works

Opened

Code: 38383 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2026-LIT | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 15/10/2025 | End submission calls: 29/01/2026

This action supports projects that translate, publish, distribute, and promote European works of fiction. This action complements the other initiatives or actions under Creative Europe support to the book and publishing sector such as the European Authors Day (reading promotion and discovery of European literature) and the European Union Prize for Literature (promotion of European emerging authors). Applicants are encouraged to look for synergies.

In addition, as part of the exceptional support to Ukraine, applicants will be encouraged to propose activities facilitating the circulation/translation of books from and/or into Ukraine, as well as their translation into or from Ukrainian. In addition, projects aimed at providing books in the Ukrainian language to Ukrainian refugees and displaced people will be encouraged.

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European Cooperation Projects

Closed

Code: 35489 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2025-COOP | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 10/12/2024 | End submission calls: 13/05/2025

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

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.
- 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.
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Music Moves Europe

Closed

Code: 35483 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2024-MME | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 03/12/2024 | End submission calls: 19/02/2025

This MME call aims to support the green transition and environmental sustainability of the European music ecosystem.

This call aims to support the implementation of the following three priorities:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
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Supporting Ukrainian artists and cultural organisations to co-create/showcase

Closed

Code: 35124 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2025-COOP-UA-1 | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 30/10/2024 | End submission calls: 06/02/2025

Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has had devastating effects on the Ukrainian cultural and creative sectors with many organisations and artists that cannot operate and reach out to their national and international audiences. In addition, many Ukrainians, whether refugees or internally/internationally displaced people, do not have full access to culture. This call intends to build ties between Ukrainian organisations and their counterparts based in the other countries participating in the Creative Europe programme, therefore furthering their integration into the European landscape and contributing to the EU’s international cultural relations. Within the context of the New European Agenda for Culture, an important element of strengthening social cohesion and resilience is the development of the cultural sector, the protection and restoration of cultural heritage in Ukraine. All of these are necessary not only to help people recover but also to achieve Ukraine’s ambitious goal of a more resilient and inclusive economy and society that can grow in the future.

The objective of this call for proposals is to select projects to respond to the abovementioned challenges and to help Ukrainian cultural and creative sectors organisations, artists and professionals tackle the ongoing and future consequences of the war, in cooperation with organisations from other Creative Europe countries.

Supporting Ukrainian artists and cultural organisations to co-create with their peers in the Creative Europe participating countries and showcase their art and works in Ukraine and in Creative Europe participating countries.

Proposals addressing this priority shall be presented by selecting topic CREA-CULT-2025-COOP-UA-1.

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Fostering Ukrainians’ access to culture and cultural heritage

Closed

Code: 35121 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2025-COOP-UA-2 | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 30/10/2024 | End submission calls: 06/02/2025

Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has had devastating effects on the Ukrainian cultural and creative sectors with many organisations and artists that cannot operate and reach out to their national and international audiences. In addition, many Ukrainians, whether refugees or internally/internationally displaced people, do not have full access to culture. This call intends to build ties between Ukrainian organisations and their counterparts based in the other countries participating in the Creative Europe programme, therefore furthering their integration into the European landscape and contributing to the EU’s international cultural relations. Within the context of the New European Agenda for Culture, an important element of strengthening social cohesion and resilience is the development of the cultural sector, the protection and restoration of cultural heritage in Ukraine. All of these are necessary not only to help people recover but also to achieve Ukraine’s ambitious goal of a more resilient and inclusive economy and society that can grow in the future.

The objective of this call for proposals is to select projects to respond to the abovementioned challenges and to help Ukrainian cultural and creative sectors organisations, artists and professionals tackle the ongoing and future consequences of the war, in cooperation with organisations from other Creative Europe countries.

Fostering Ukrainians’ access to culture and cultural heritage – namely for displaced people, in Ukraine or Creative Europe participating countries – promoting integration, social cohesion or health through culture.

Proposals addressing this priority shall be presented by selecting topic CREACULT-2025-COOP-UA-2.

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Preparing the post-war recovery of the Ukrainian cultural and creative sectors

Closed

Code: 35114 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2025-COOP-UA-3 | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 30/10/2024 | End submission calls: 06/02/2025

Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has had devastating effects on the Ukrainian cultural and creative sectors with many organisations and artists that cannot operate and reach out to their national and international audiences. In addition, many Ukrainians, whether refugees or internally/internationally displaced people, do not have full access to culture. This call intends to build ties between Ukrainian organisations and their counterparts based in the other countries participating in the Creative Europe programme, therefore furthering their integration into the European landscape and contributing to the EU’s international cultural relations. Within the context of the New European Agenda for Culture, an important element of strengthening social cohesion and resilience is the development of the cultural sector, the protection and restoration of cultural heritage in Ukraine. All of these are necessary not only to help people recover but also to achieve Ukraine’s ambitious goal of a more resilient and inclusive economy and society that can grow in the future.

The objective of this call for proposals is to select projects to respond to the abovementioned challenges and to help Ukrainian cultural and creative sectors organisations, artists and professionals tackle the ongoing and future consequences of the war, in cooperation with organisations from other Creative Europe countries.

Preparing the post-war recovery of the Ukrainian cultural and creative sectors and supporting their contribution to societal resilience through capacity building and networking activities.

Proposals addressing this priority shall be presented by selecting topic CREA-CULT-2025-COOPUA-3.

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Circulation of European literary works

Closed

Code: 35077 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2025-LIT | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 15/10/2024 | End submission calls: 11/02/2025

This action supports projects that translate, publish, distribute, and promote European works of fiction.

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Circulation of European literary works

Closed

Code: 32277 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2024-LIT | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 16/01/2024 | End submission calls: 16/04/2024

This action will support projects that will translate, publish, distribute, and promote European works of fiction.

This action complements the other Creative Europe supports to the book and publishing sector such as for instance the Day of European authors (reading promotion) and the European Union Prize for Literature (promotion of European emerging authors).

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European Platforms for the promotion of emerging artists

Closed

Code: 31461 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2024-PLAT | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 26/10/2023 | End submission calls: 31/01/2024

This action will support projects aimed at promoting emerging European artists and their works, improving their international visibility, and facilitating their circulation.

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Pan-European Cultural Entities

Closed

Code: 31459 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2024-PECE | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 26/10/2023 | End submission calls: 31/01/2024

This action supports projects proposed by cultural entities – in the context of this call for proposals, orchestras – whose aim is to offer training, professional development, and performance opportunities to young musicians with great potential.

The specific objectives of this action are the following:
- support the professionalisation of young musicians, offering them opportunities for high standard career development through recruitment, training and touring and performance opportunities,
- foster the artistic excellence of youth orchestral performance,
- support the activities of organisations and artists who act as promoters and ambassadors of EU values.
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European Cooperation projects

Closed

Code: 31390 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2024-COOP | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 19/10/2023 | End submission calls: 23/01/2024

Support will be given to cooperation projects contributing to one of the following objectives:
- Objective 1 – Transnational creation and circulation: to strengthen the transnational creation and circulation of European works and artists;
- 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.
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European Cooperation projects Medium Scale

Closed

Code: 25286 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2023-COOP-2 | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 17/11/2022 | End submission calls: 23/02/2023

This action will support projects involving a large diversity of players active in different cultural and creative sectors, to carry out a broad spectrum of activities and initiatives.
- Objective 1 – Transnational creation and circulation: to strengthen the transnational creation and circulation of European works and artists;
- 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.
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European Cooperation projects Small Scale

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Code: 25284 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2023-COOP-1 | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 17/11/2022 | End submission calls: 23/02/2023

This action will support projects involving a large diversity of players active in different cultural and creative sectors, to carry out a broad spectrum of activities and initiatives.
- Objective 1 – Transnational creation and circulation: to strengthen the transnational creation and circulation of European works and artists;
- 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.
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European Cooperation projects Large Scale

Closed

Code: 25282 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2023-COOP-3 | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 17/11/2022 | End submission calls: 23/02/2023

This action will support projects involving a large diversity of players active in different cultural and creative sectors, to carry out a broad spectrum of activities and initiatives.
- Objective 1 – Transnational creation and circulation: to strengthen the transnational creation and circulation of European works and artists;
- 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.
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Circulation of European literary works

Closed

Code: 25258 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2023-LIT | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 15/11/2022 | End submission calls: 21/02/2023

This action will support projects that will translate, publish, distribute and promote works of fiction.

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Music Moves Europe

Closed

Code: 24475 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2022-MME | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 15/09/2022 | End submission calls: 12/01/2023

Music Moves Europe will support sustainable music distribution, with a focus on live music. In line with MME’s overall objectives, the action will aim to enhance the competitiveness, innovation and diversity of Europe’s music sector.

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Support to Ukrainian displaced people and the Ukrainian Cultural and Creative Sectors

Closed

Code: 24420 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2023-COOP-UA | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 13/09/2022 | End submission calls: 29/11/2022

The objective of the special call is to help the Ukrainian cultural and creative organisations, as well as artists and professionals to address the challenges in the short and medium term.

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Perform Europe

Closed

Code: 24166 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2022-PERFORM-EU | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 07/09/2022 | End submission calls: 08/11/2022

Οbjective: to support cross-border touring and digital distribution of performing arts works, in a sustainable, inclusive, fair and innovative way.

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Support for the implementation of the European Heritage Label

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Code: 23712 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2022-EU-HERITAGE-LABEL | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 30/06/2022 | End submission calls: 05/10/2022

Specific objectives:
- Objective 1: Development of synergies between EHL sites, national coordinators and active players in the cultural heritage sector.
- Objective 2: Building of the capacity of EHL Sites and EHL National Coordinators
- Objective 3: Support to the communication and promotion activities of the EHL sites and the EHL in general
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Circulation of European literary works

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Code: 19658 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2022-LIT | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 01/03/2022 | End submission calls: 31/05/2022

This action will support projects that will translate, publish, distribute and promote works of fiction.

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European Cooperation projects Large Scale

Closed

Code: 18349 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2022-COOP-3 | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 01/02/2022 | End submission calls: 31/03/2022

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 an exclusive audiovisual content are not targeted for funding under it. This topic is focused on Large Scale.

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European Cooperation projects Medium Scale

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Code: 18341 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2022-COOP-2 | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 01/02/2022 | End submission calls: 31/03/2022

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 an exclusive audiovisual content are not targeted for funding under it.
This topic is focused on Medium Scale.

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European Cooperation projects Small Scale

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Code: 18336 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2022-COOP-1 | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 01/02/2022 | End submission calls: 31/03/2022

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 an exclusive audiovisual content are not targeted for funding under it.
This topic is focused on Small-scale projects.

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Circulation of European literary works

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Code: 13035 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2021-LIT | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 15/06/2021 | End submission calls: 30/09/2021

This action will support projects that will translate, publish, distribute and promote works of fiction.

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European Platforms for the promotion of emerging artists

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Code: 4025 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2021-PLAT | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 22/06/2021 | End submission calls: 29/09/2021

This Call will support projects that aim to increase the visibility and the circulation of European emerging artists and works outside their own borders, in Europe and beyond. It also seeks to increase access to and participation in cultural events and activities, as well as audience engagement and development. Such projects are also designed to contribute to the implementation of EU policy priorities in the culture field.

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European Cooperation projects

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Code: 3985 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2021-COOP | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 08/06/2021 | End submission calls: 07/09/2021

The call will support projects involving a large diversity of players active in different cultural and creative sectors, to carry out a broad spectrum of activities and initiatives.

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Pan-European cultural entities

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Code: 3979 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2021-PECE | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 08/06/2021 | End submission calls: 26/08/2021

This Call is under the Culture subprogramme of the Creative Europe programme and it will support projects proposed by cultural entities, including orchestras with artists from at least 20 countries – whose aim is to offer training, professionalization and performance opportunities for young high potential artists.

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European Networks of Cultural and Creative Organisations

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Code: 3976 | Identifier Code: CREA-CULT-2021-NET | Programme name: Culture | Sub-program: Culture | Start submission calls: 08/06/2021 | End submission calls: 26/08/2021

The support to European Networks of Cultural and Creative Organisations action intends to enhance the capacities of European cultural and creative sectors to face common challenges and nurture talents, innovate, prosper and generate jobs and growth.

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