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Publicado:  13 Jan 2022

Creative Europe: Increased budget in 2022 to support cultural and creative sectors

The adoption of the 2022 Annual Work Programme is followed by the launch of the relevant calls for proposals.

On 13 January, the European Commission has adopted the 2022 Annual Work Programme of the Creative Europe Programme.
With an annual budget of €385,6 million, nearly €100 million more compared to 2021, Creative Europe strengthens its support to the cultural and creative sectors, taking due account of the challenges resulting from the COVID-19 crisis and the growing global competition.

Some of the actions covered by Creative Europe in 2022

Culture strand

European cooperation projects

Calls under the flagship action European cooperation projects will be launched in February 2022 and target all cultural and creative sectors to foster transnational cooperation, exchanges of practices, joint production and innovation.

Performing arts and cultural heritage

In the second half of 2022, 3 new calls will be published to support the music sector through Music Moves Europe, the performing arts sector through the Perform Europe initiative and cultural heritage through quality support to the European Heritage label action.

Books and literature

In 2022, Creative Europe supports the translation of literary works and the development of publishing partnerships, as well as the European Book Week, an initiative to foster reading among young people.

Prizes and initiatives

In 2022, the Culture strand of Creative Europe continues to support the organisation of four yearly European EU Prizes in the fields of literature, music, architecture and cultural heritage, in the form of grants, as well as the European Capitals of Culture initiative. Emphasis is given to knowledge-sharing, networking and promotion opportunities for winners.

MEDIA strand

Audiovisual content

In 2022 new support is available to develop video games and immersive content. Creative Europe continues supporting co-development, slate and mini-slate development, as well as TV and online content production.

Audiovisual business

A new MEDIA 360° scheme launching in 2022 will build on synergies within leading industry fora, while support will be renewed for talent and skills, markets and networking, film distributors and sales agents and innovative tools/business models.

Audiovisual audiences

Creative Europe will be providing new support for networks of festivals to complement the support given to individual festivals under the 2021 Work Programme. The programme will continue supporting a network of European Cinemas, European video on demand networks and pan-European film distribution strategies.

Audiovisual policy and communication

Through regulatory dialogue, sharing analysis and data on trends, Creative Europe intends to promote a holistic European audiovisual policy, relying on the European Audiovisual Observatory, the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services. The programme foresees consulting stakeholders through the European Film Forum and reaching audiences through the Lux Audience Award.

Media Invest

Creative Europe will be supporting an equity investment platform through blending MEDIA funds with InvestEU funds to guarantee private investments in the audiovisual sector.

Cross-sectoral strand

Under this strand of the programme, Creative Europe will continue supporting journalism partnership projects and provide more stable support for media freedom projects and media literacy.

Creative Innovation Labs

Creative Europe will continue encouraging innovative approaches to content creation, distribution, and promotion across different sectors, which can contribute also to the objectives of the New European Bauhaus.

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Publicado:  13 Jan 2022