Pearle conference Tallinn November 2011 Agenda point 7

1. Culture & the EU budget 2. Culture Council work programme 3. Civil society platforms: orientations 4. Mobility

CREATIVE EUROPE ( ) 1,801 billion euros CULTURE Strand MEDIA strandCROSS-SECTORAL strand <500 million CULTURE progr: 400 million >900 million Cinema and audiovisual MEDIA progr: 770mln FINANCIAL FACILITY >210 million Guarantee Fund (access up to 1€ billion in bank loans) TRANSNAT POLICY COOPERATION +-60 million Data/ Audience building / new business models

Preparatory phase Mid-term evaluation current programme Informal process Phase 1 Public consultation September – December 2010 Pearle response! Phase 2 Public meeting February 2011 Phase 3 Experts designated by MS February 2011 Phase 4 Report answers public consultation : 1st Qrt Impact assessment Interservice consultat Phase 5 Proposal 23 November & Adoption EC college Second semester 2011 Phase 6 Co-decision EP & Council 18 – 24 months Phase 7 Agreement by end of 2013 NEW PROGRAMME

 See Pearle’s inhouse publication – ways to access EU funds for cultural projects!  Other sources :  in particular the structural funds (especially European social fund)!  also funds in context of neighbourhood policy, foreign affairs and development  Don’t forget possibilities in context of research, innovation… “the future will belong to those that will be able to use different sources in a clever way”

Creative Europe1,801 billion Education, training, youth and sport 15 billion European neighbourhood16 billion Development cooperation20 billion Research and innovation80 billion Cohesion policy336 billion

 Intercult dialogue  Role of public arts and cultural institutions in promotion of better access to and wider participation in culture …..  ( : ) …promotion of cultural diversity  CCI  Strategic use of EU support programmes  ( ) Export and internationalisation support mechanisms  Skills & mobility  Mobility support programmes  ( ) Promotion of creative partnerships

 Methodology  OMC : Open method of coordination => experts assigned by the ministries of culture  Political body: is Cultural Affairs Committee => Prepare the political decisions by the ministers of culture

 Access to culture platform  Cultural and creative industries  Intercultural dialogue  Multilingualism

 Access to culture  Focus on ‘right of citizens’ to culture ▪ WG audience participation : 15 December – workshop on “Access to Culture in a Digital Era : A Citizen’s Right” ▪ New WG on Arts and Human Rights  Cultural & creative industries  5 Workshops in 2011: result = recommendations  Multilingualism  Translation of theatre texts  ETC in 2012 conference

 PRACTICS project : piloting mobility info points for the cultural sector (BE, NL, ES, UK)  PRACTI CS 2 project  Countries involved: UK (Wales), Austria, Belgium, Czech rep, France, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Spain  Expert group on Mobility Information Systems