European Education and Culture Executive Agency

Role: Manage a number of strands of EU funding programs on education, culture, audiovisual, sport, citizenship and volunteering
Main Organziation: European Comissión
Set up: 2006
Location: Brussels (Belgium)

What it does

draw up conditions and guidelines for funding opportunities
evaluate applications
select projects and sign project agreements
keep close contact with beneficiaries and monitor projects
provide information and support to applicants and beneficiaries
provide policy support to the European Commission

Responsibilities

EACEA manages most parts of the following EU funding programmes, in close cooperation with other Commission departments:
- Creative Europe
- Erasmus+
- European Solidarity Corps
- Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values
EACEA continues to manage the projects selected during the 2014-2020 programming period and the 2007-2013 programming period.
EACEA also manages the Eurydice network (providing analysis and comparable data on education systems and policies in Europe) and the Youth Wiki (Europe’s online encyclopaedia of national youth policies).