The European Commission publishes its call for applications for the Culture 2007 programme for cultural cooperation projects.
The programme has three strands - support for cultural actions:
Strand 1.1 Multi-annual Co-operation Projects
Strand 1.2.1 Co-operation Measures
Strand 1.2.2 Literary Translation
When preparing their applications, project coordinators and co-organisers should take into consideration the following questions, among others:
-How can cultural actions and cultural cooperation contribute to the emergence of European citizenship?
- How can the circulation of works of art and cross-border mobility of artists/professionals/cultural operators contribute to the promotion of a common cultural area for Europeans?
- How can cultural actions and cooperation build bridges between ethnic, social, and other groups, and foster intercultural dialogue?
- How can cultural actions improve access by Europeans to their own culture and enhance their knowledge of it while opening their minds to their neighbours’ cultures and encouraging them to discover and explore them?
- How can creative and innovative cultural actions be developed on the basis of shared European values, and how can this promote the sense of a collective identity in the context of the diversity and wealth of cultures in Europe?
The objectives of the Programme are:
• to promote transnational mobility of people working in the cultural sector,
• to encourage the transnational circulation of artistic and cultural works and products,
• to encourage intercultural dialogue.
The full details, including all application forms and specifications can be found at: Culture 2007
