In the light of the diversity of activities embraced by the current programme, and the breadth of new ideas and possibilities that have emerged in the last few years, I propose
10 strands:
1. Culture Projects 2. Culture Mobility 3. Culture Events 4. Culture Translation 5. Culture Initiatives
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6. Culture Prizes 7. Culture Thinking 8. Culture Investment 9. Culture Digital 10. Culture Communicate
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Brief additional information about each of these is provided below.
1. Culture Projects
This will embrace collaborative projects involving at least 3 partner organisations from at least 3 different countries, and follows on from the existing strands 1.1, 1.2.1 and 1.3.5
1.1. Culture Grande - large scale projects, 6+ partners (similar to the current 1.1)
1.2. Culture Piccolo - smaller projects, 3+ partners (similar to the current 1.2.1)
1.3. Culture Mundus - projects with partners in third countries (similar to the current 1.3.5)
2. Culture
MobilityThis will be a new strand offering small mobility grants to individual artists and cultural workers. It's structure and focus would be influenced by the results of the current pilot mobility projects being supported by DG EAC.
2.1. Culture Solo - for creative activities, such as the guest artists, residencies, etc.
2.2. Culture Prepare - for preparatory visits, similar to the strand offered under programmes such as Grundtvig (in the Lifelong Learning programme), where individuals undertake visits to share or learn, and to develop partnerships for future full-scale applications.
3. Culture Events
This will cover events such as festivals, and special projects in respect of anniversaries or other celebrations:
3.1. Culture Festivals - building on the current 1.3.6, which provides support for European components of festival programmes
3.2. Culture Celebrate - support for collaborative projects which develop joint activities to celebrate an anniversary of a key European cultural figure, event or object
4. Culture Translation
This will cover the translation of a broad range of arts and culturalworks into other languages:
4.1. Culture Translate (similar to the current 1.2.2) - covering literature and the humanities
4.2. Culture Titles - support for the provision of surtitles / subtitles for European performances and films, to help ensure greater access and dissemination throughout Europe
5. Culture
InitiativesThis will cover the major initiatives in the cultural area:
5.1. Culture Capitals - support for the successful European Capital of Culture programme
5.2. Culture Regions - a new strand that will replicate the success of the Capital of Culture programme, but focus on regions, especially rural regions, which are currently neglected due to the emphasis on cities within the Capital of Culture programme strand
6. Culture Prizes
This will cover the 4 existing prizes, as well as any new ones that may emerge in due course:
6.1. Architecture / perhaps retitled as something like "Building Europe"
6.2. Contemporary Music / "Border Breakers"
6.3. Heritage / perhaps retitled as something like "Inherit Europe"
6.4. Literature / perhaps retitled as something like "Changing Words"
7. Culture
ThinkingThis will cover a range of support to help the EC in its research and policy development:
7.1. Culture Policy - perhaps to be used internally by DG EAC to support research or events focusing on policy issues and developments
7.2. Culture Research - opportunities for both DG EAC to issue specific calls for tenders in areas where they need specific studies, and also to invite researchers to submit proposals for projects that they believe would be of benefit to the European Cultural Agenda
8. Culture Investment
This will be a new strand of support for the cultural and creative industries, developed in the light of the results of the recent consultation on the EC's Green Paper. This could include strands such as the following:
8.1. Culture Invest - support for projects designed to help the creative industries, perhaps
including opportunities to share expertise and good practice between eligible countries, or to provide seed funding for initiatives such as incubation centres, etc.
8.2. Culture Marketing - support for initiatives designed to help the creative industries sell their products in new markets, including outside Europe - this may include support for groups of creative businesses from different countries to jointly take stands at international trade fairs and marketplaces, and to develop multilingual information
materials & websites.
9. Culture Digital
This will provide support for projects that encourage the use of digital technologies to improve the preservation and access of the arts and of cultural products - including libraries and archives (and including the preservation of the European film heritage).
9.1. Culture Access - support for innovative collaborative projects that stimulate
opportunities for citizens to use the new technologies to better access the arts and culture
9.2. Culture Preservation - support for collaborative projects that seek to help preserve items relevant to European culture which are in danger of dissappearing or disintegrating
10. Culture Communicate
10.1. Culture Contact - support for a network of Contact Points to provide information and advice on all relevant strands, and also support to help the development of successful applications, and perhaps to include support in broader areas such as artists mobility
10.2. Culture Valorisation - support for initiatives to promote the programme, its strands, and examples of good practice