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"Culture is not an optional extra! It is a key driver!"

Fiona Hyslop, Scottish Minister for Culture and External Affairs, in the framework of a seminar on "European Festivals: Driving Success Through Culture"

European Commission publishes results for "Support to European cultural festivals"

Monday, 02-05-2011

An unprecedented high number of applications (674 from 32 countries) were submitted by the application deadline 15 November 2010 for strand 1.3.6 of the European Union’s Culture Programme regulating the support to European cultural festivals. A total of 26 applications were retained in line with the available budget.

The purpose of strand is to support European cultural festivals with a view to encourage exchanges of experience through the mobility of European professionals in the cultural field; promote the circulation of cultural works by giving access to non-national European cultural works to the largest possible audience and promote intercultural dialogue.

Support is given to one edition of a festival (applications eligible every year until 2012) or three editions of a festival (applications eligible in 2010, only). Only festivals having held at least five editions on the date on which the application is submitted is eligible. Moreover, works from at least seven countries taking part in the Culture Programme must be included in the programming. A grant of up to 100.000 EUR is available per project

More information about the results can be found on the website of the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).