Creative Europe 2021-2027 – Commission’s Proposal Published
The main goal of the Creative Europe programme is to promote, strengthen and protect European cultural andlinguistic diversity, cultural heritage and creativity, as well as the competitiveness of Europe’s cultural and creativesectors. Culture plays a pivotal role in addressing key societal and economic challenges, especially in promoting activecitizenship, common values, wellbeing, innovation, economic growth and job creation.
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On 30 May, the European Commission adopted its proposal for the future Creative Europe programme, recommending the budget of €1.85 billion for the 2021-2027 period, which is an increase by €390 million compared to the current budget. The proposal is part of the "Investing in people" chapter of the EU's long-term budget plan.
The structure of the next programme is visibly the continuation of the current two sub-programmes and a cross-sectoral strand:
- MEDIA programme: €1.08 billion is proposed to fund audiovisual projects and sector in Europe (development, distribution and promotion of European films, TV programmes and video games);
- Culture Programme: €609 million will be allocated to cultural and creative sector (cooperation projects, networks and platforms);
- Cross Culture and MEDIA sectors action: €160 million will fund SMEs and other organisations working in both sectors (promoting cultural policy, free, diverse and pluralistic media environment, and supporting qualitative journalism and media literacy).
