Funding programme

Creative Europe is the EU’s funding programme for providing support to the culture and audiovisual sectors.

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Call overview

This call aims to support the green transition and environmental sustainability of the European music ecosystem.

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Call detail

This call aims to support the implementation of the following three priorities:

1. A strategic needs assessment identifying practices in the music ecosystem that need to change and a mapping (by themes and musical subsector) of best/innovative green practices or tools. The purpose of this activity is to provide information to the music sector and its organisations/professionals on greening issues and existing practices. The needs assessment and mapping of good practices should be based mainly on exiting studies. It should take into consideration the diverse approaches in Europeand ensure geographical balance. It shall result in a publishable report.

2. A capacity building/awareness-raising and training programme for the music sector to improve skills and knowledge in order to facilitate the sector’s green transition. The purpose of this activity is to enable music sector organisations, artists and other professionals to share and acquire the knowledge, skills and competences to become (more) active in greening the music ecosystem and possibly to develop a network of “green” specialists in the sector.

3. A financial support scheme redistributing funds (through cascading grants) to organisations (“third parties”) active in the music sector to adopt best/innovative practices for its green transition and environmental sustainability. This scheme aims to build the capacities of the selected beneficiaries and to support them in applying greener practices or in developing and testing innovative concepts or initiatives. Applications should include the design, implementation and monitoring of a single financial support scheme that redistributes funds in the form of grants (‘financial support to third parties’) to final recipients within Europe’s music sector through open calls for proposals

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Activities funded

Applications must cover all three types of activity as specified below:

1. A strategic needs assessment and mapping of “green” best practices

2. A programme of capacity-building activities benefitting the music sector

3. Financial support to third parties active in the music sector

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Eligibility

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

- be legal entities (public or private bodies)

- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:

• Creative Europe Participating Countries:
• EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
• non-EU countries: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Creative Europe Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries)

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Consortium composition

Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least three (3) applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), which complies with the following conditions:

− minimum three independent entities from three different eligible countries.

The coordinator must have had a legal existence for at least 2 years on the date of the deadline for submission of applications.

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Budget

Project budget (maximum grant amount): EUR 5 000 000 per project.

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Project duration

Projects should not normally exceed 48 months (extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment).