The European Commission and Europa Nostra have just announced the 2022 winners of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards, funded by the EU Creative Europe programme. This year, which marks the 20th anniversary of Europe’s most prestigious Awards in the heritage field, 30 outstanding heritage achievements from 18 European countries have been awarded in five categories. These categories […]
Films on the Move
Objective The Films on the Move action shall encourage and support the wider distribution of recent non-national European films by encouraging sales agents and theatrical distributors in particular to invest in promotion and adequate distribution of non- national European films. Expected Results: Development of pan-European theatrical and/or online distribution strategies for non-national European films. Increased […]
“Diverse As We Are” – International Festival of Inclusive Culture (DAWA)
“Diverse As We Are” – International Festival of Inclusive Culture (DAWA) is a joint project funded by European Spaces of Culture and EUNIC, supported by the EU Delegation in Beijing, organized, implemented, and supported by over 30 Shanghai based cultural partners and institutions from Europe, China, and the world. May 21 is the World Day for Cultural […]
Check the winners of EU youth translator contest ‘Juvenes Translatores’
The European Commission congratulates the 27 young winners of its ‘Juvenes Translatores‘ translation contest for secondary schools, as announced in February 10’s online event. The participants could choose to translate between any two of the EU’s 24 official languages. Of the 552 language combinations available, the 2,940 budding translators from 689 schools that took part in the […]
Citizens’ initiative on football and European sport
The European Commission decided on 03 February to register a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) entitled “Win It On The Pitch” whose main objective is to protect a European model of sport based on values, solidarity, sustainability and open competition. The European sport model is based on popular principles such as sporting merit, promotion and relegation, […]
European Heritage Awards
The European Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards were launched in 2002 by the European Commission and have been run by Europa Nostra ever since. The Awards celebrate and promote best practices related to heritage conservation, management, volunteering, research, education and communication. In this way, they contribute to a stronger public recognition of cultural heritage as a strategic resource for […]
Creative Europe: Increased budget in 2022 to support cultural and creative sectors
The Commission has adopted the 2022 work programme of Creative Europe, which will be followed by the launch of the relevant calls for proposals. With a budget of around €385 million, nearly €100 million more compared to 2021, Creative Europe strengthens its support to creative and cultural partners taking due account of the challenges resulting […]
Erasmus+: A success in 2020 in spite of restrictions
The 2020 Erasmus+ annual report published today shows that the programme supported almost 640,000 learning experiences abroad last year and provided funding to 20,400 projects and 126,900 organisations in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic. The sudden switch to online learning demonstrated the importance of digital remote solutions for teaching and learning. Erasmus+ continues to play a vital part in […]
CulturEU: Commission steps up support to the cultural sector
November 29, the Commission launched a new interactive guide mapping all funding opportunities available at EU level for the cultural and creative sectors. CulturEU, a one-stop shop for EU funding, gathers a total of 75 funding opportunities from 21 different EU programmes, from Creative Europe and Horizon Europe to structural funds and InvestEU. In just a few clicks, the interactive online tool […]