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Implementation of the Creative Europe programme 2021-2027

TA-9-2024-0008 · P9_TA(2024)0008 · PE750.020

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Parliament's resolution reviews how the Creative Europe programme 2021-2027 is being implemented across its Culture, Media and Cross-sectoral strands. It asks the Commission and the EACEA to simplify application and reporting, to strengthen the Creative Europe desks and to publish grant recipients and amounts. It calls for more money for the programme in 2028-2034, no budget cuts in the coming years, and at least 9 % of the 2021-2027 budget for the Cross-sectoral strand. It seeks more funding for mobility, music, books, festivals, film distribution and video games, and asks for ethical standards on artificial intelligence in creative work.

Key points

  1. Parliament notes growing applications under the three strands and a falling success rate, which may cause disillusionment in the cultural, creative and audiovisual sectors and the news media.
  2. It welcomes the programme's response to the COVID-19 pandemic but asks the Commission and member states to address long-term effects on creators, including upskilling and reskilling.
  3. It regrets that not all member states allocated at least 2 % of the Recovery and Resilience Facility to these sectors and calls for targeted investments through other EU programmes.
  4. It urges the Commission and the EACEA to simplify administrative procedures, allow application costs in project budgets, and improve the reporting system, including for people with disabilities.
  5. It asks the Commission to report on inclusion, equality, diversity and participation in the interim evaluation, and to monitor greening priorities and their impact across the three strands.
  6. It calls for stronger exchanges between the Commission, the EACEA and the Creative Europe desks, timely publication of grant recipients and amounts, and a more suitable results-sharing platform.
  7. It suggests a feasibility study on a pan-European guarantee scheme for indemnity costs, and asks for ethical standards and disclosure on the use of artificial intelligence in projects.
  8. It calls for appropriate resources for the programme's external dimension, cooperation with EU National Institutes for Culture clusters in third countries, and support for third-country participation.
  9. It asks for a substantial budget increase for 2028-2034, no cuts in the coming budget years, immediate rollout of the Seal of Excellence, and adequate funding for the network scheme.
  10. Under the Culture strand, it wants adequate funding for the sectoral approach, higher co-financing for small projects, promotion of Culture Moves Europe, and more money for mobility from 2025.
  11. It seeks more support for music, the book and publishing sector, literary translation including non-fiction, the European Capital of Culture and the Melina Mercouri Prize, and the European Heritage Label.
  12. Under the Media and Cross-sectoral strands, it calls for larger budgets for co-development, film distribution and sales, video games, festivals and Media Invest, and at least 9 % of the overall budget for the Cross-sectoral strand.

Who is affected

  • Cultural, creative and audiovisual sectors and the news media, which apply for funding and face falling success rates.
  • Small organisations, individual creators and applicants from disadvantaged areas, who face burdensome procedures.
  • The Commission and the European Education and Culture Executive Agency, asked to simplify procedures and report.
  • Member states, urged to invest in the sectors and to support the European Capital of Culture legacy.
  • Creative Europe desks, asked to strengthen support to applicants and promote mobility.

Figures and deadlines

  • About 68 % overall budget increase compared to the predecessor programme.
  • A third of the financial allocation committed in 2021 and 2022.
  • 291 projects supported under the Culture strand's cooperation project scheme.
  • 2 124 applicants in 2021-2022 under the Media strand, with a 66 % average success rate.
  • Around 4 660 applications by mid-2023 for Culture Moves Europe; about 85 % from visual arts, performing arts and music.
  • EUR 5 million allocated by the Music Moves Europe Initiative in 2021-2022.
  • More than 60 % of applicants in 2021-2022 contacted their local Creative Europe desk.
  • Melina Mercouri Prize endowed with only EUR 1,5 million for several years.

Legal basis: Articles 167, 173(3) and 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.