CREATIVE EUROPE – European Cooperation Projects – 2025

Objectives

• To strengthen the transnational creation and circulation of European works and artists
• To enhance the capacity of European cultural and creative sectors to nurture talents, to innovate, to prosper and to generate jobs and growth

Among financed actions

• Communication and dissemination
• Artistic and creative expression
• Capacity building
• Networking and knowledge sharing

Eligibility

• Be a legal person
• Be a public or private entity
• Be established in one of the eligible countries:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
  • Non-EU states: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Creative Europe Programme (Click here)
• A consortium composed of at least 3, 5 or 10 entities, which complies with the following conditions:
  • at least 3 entities from 3 different eligible countries must be constituted (CREA-CULT-2025-COOP-1)
  • at least 5 entities from 5 different eligible countries must be constituted (CREA-CULT-2025-COOP-2)
  • at least 10 independent entities from 10 different eligible countries must be constituted (CREA-CULT-2025-COOP-3)

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action: 48 months
• Contact: eacea-creative-europe-cooperationprojects@ec.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• Executive Agency website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 59.979.335 euro
• Budget per topic:
  • 20.992.767 euro (Topic 1 European Cooperation Projects (Small Scale))
  • 20.992.767 euro (Topic 2 European Cooperation Projects (Medium Scale))
  • 17.993.801 euro (Topic 3 European Cooperation Projects (Large Scale))
• Amount of the grant:
  • up to 200.000 (Topic 1 European Cooperation Projects (Small Scale))
  • up to 1 million (Topic 2 European Cooperation Projects (Medium Scale))
  • up to 2 million (Topic 3 European Cooperation Projects (Large Scale))
• Funding rate:
  • up to 80% of the total eligible costs (Topic 1 European Cooperation Projects (Small Scale))
  • up to 70% of the total eligible costs (Topic 2 European Cooperation Projects (Medium Scale))
  • up to 60% of the total eligible costs (Topic 3 European Cooperation Projects (Large Scale))