Regulation (EU) 2021/818 establishing the Creative Europe Programme (2021 to 2027)

What it is

to establish the creative Europe programme for the period 2021-2027. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: the Rome Declaration of 25 March 2017 as well as the European Council in December 2017 stated that education and culture are key to building inclusive and cohesive societies for all, and to sustaining European competitiveness. Culture and cultural expressions manifest themselves strongly in the daily life of the Union's citizens and can contribute to wellbeing, active citizenship, common values, social inclusion and the development of intercultural dialogues as well as of a free, pluralistic and diverse media environment. The Committee on Culture and Education adopted the report by Silvia COSTA (S&D, IT) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Creative Europe Programme (2021 to 2027) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1295/2013. The committee recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the Commission's proposal as follows: Members proposed adding a new general objective to recognise the intrinsic value of culture, preserve and promote the quality of European culture and creativity as a distinctive dimension of personal development, education, social cohesion, freedom of expression and opinion, and the arts, by strengthening democracy, critical thinking, sense of belonging and citizenship to shape a pluralistic cultural and media environment. - to promote European cooperation on cultural, artistic and linguistic diversity, including through enhancing the role of artists and cultural operators, the quality of European cultural and artistic production, and of the common tangible and intangible European cultural heritage; - to foster the competitiveness of all cultural and creative sectors and to increase their economic weight, in particular the audiovisual sector, by means of job creation in, and of increasing innovation, creativity of, those sectors. The programme would only support actions and activities that have the potential for European added value. Several amendments aim to better define the priorities and actions of the different components (Culture, Media and Cross-Sectoral). While the European Commission is planning a financial envelope for the implementation of the programme for the period 2021-2027 of EUR 1 850 000 000 000 for the period 2021-2027, Members have proposed that this envelope be set at EUR 2 806 000 000 at constant prices . They proposed to distribute the budget between the various strands in percentages rather than figures, ensuring a special allocation for cooperation projects in the cultural sector. Grants would be awarded on the basis of the quality of the project, its impact and the quality and effectiveness of its implementation. In order to ensure the participation of these countries from the beginning of the programme to ensure its international dimension,…

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