On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509
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Committee on Culture and Education · Rapporteur: Hélder Sousa Silva
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The Committee on Culture and Education proposes amendments to the proposed regulation setting up the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for 2028-2034.¶¶ The amendments add culture, education, youth, sport and media to the Fund's objectives, partnership rules, planning and reporting duties.¶¶¶ They require Member States to include cultural, educational, youth and media bodies in preparing and running National and Regional Partnership Plans, and to protect cultural and natural heritage.¶¶¶ They set a minimum share of the social envelope for culture and add reporting by the Commission to Parliament on the Facility, mid-term reviews and consultations.¶¶¶
Committee position. The Committee on Culture and Education proposes 60 amendments to the lead committees, adding culture, education, youth, sport and media to the Fund's objectives, partnership, planning, reporting and crisis rules.¶¶
Key points
- Amendment 1 adds training, especially vocational education and training (VET), to the employment objectives in Recital 4.¶
- Amendment 2 adds effective and equal access to facilities, services, benefits and cultural, sport and educational infrastructure at local and regional level to Recital 6.¶
- Amendment 4 requires complementarity with other funding instruments, naming the European Social Fund, Erasmus+, Horizon Europe, AgoraEU, the European Competitiveness Fund and the cohesion funds.¶
- Amendment 6 requires the Fund to ensure long-term impact for sectors relying on continuity such as education, culture, youth and sport.¶
- Amendment 10 adds a new recital requiring National and Regional Partnership Plans to promote culture as a public good, cultural and linguistic diversity, access to culture, cultural infrastructure and heritage, and artistic freedom.¶
- Amendment 12 adds a new recital on free and diverse media, requiring measures to strengthen local media, combat news deserts, support digital adaptation, cross-border cooperation and media in minority languages.¶
- Amendment 13 requires meaningful involvement of education, youth, cultural and media organisations through the whole plan cycle.¶
- Amendment 23 adds strengthening European values and the Union's cultural diversity, including access to education, culture, youth and sport, to the Fund's overall aim.¶
- Amendments 25 to 35 add educational, cultural and sport infrastructure, heritage protection, media and AI literacy, cultural tourism and cultural and creative sectors to the Fund's specific objectives.¶¶¶
- Amendment 43 requires that within the 14% social minimum at least 2% be allocated to culture objectives.¶
- Amendments 36, 40, 42, 48, 49 and 50 require the Commission to report to Parliament on management actions, consultations, rule of law cases, mid-term reviews and the Facility's performance.¶¶¶
- Amendments 50 and 60 add destruction of cultural or natural heritage to the crises covered by the Fund and to support for vulnerable sectors including culture and education.¶¶
Who is affected
- Member States, which must involve cultural, educational, youth and media bodies in preparing and running their plans.¶¶¶
- Cultural and creative sectors, which gain access to funding, infrastructure support and heritage protection.¶¶¶
- Education and training providers, which are added to partnership bodies and to objectives on skills and lifelong learning.¶¶¶
- Media organisations, which are added to partnership bodies and supported for pluralism and digital adaptation.¶¶¶
- Outermost regions, which receive measures for culture, heritage, tourism and cultural and sport infrastructure.¶¶
Figures and deadlines
- 31 January 2028: deadline for Member States to submit their National and Regional Partnership Plans.¶
- June 2027: date from which Member States may submit a draft plan.
- 14%: minimum share of the financial envelope dedicated to the Union's social objectives.¶
- 2%: minimum share within the 14% allocated to culture objectives.
- 90%: per capita GNI threshold below which a Member State must demonstrate adequate contribution to certain objectives.¶
- Six times a year: how often Member States may submit payment applications.¶