This toolkit helps museums, museum associations and other cultural organisations across Europe to better access EU funding and increase their international activities. The toolkit gives an overview of the benefits of international cooperation and the existing funding opportunities. The toolkit aims to increase the number of museums participating in EU funding programmes.
The Toolkit gives an overview of the benefits of international cooperation and the existing funding opportunities, with a strong focus on EU funding programmes. It can also be thought of as a step-by-step guide to help museums prepare a successful proposal and build a strong consortium of partners, providing extensive expertise and information about the requirements that museums should aim for when engaging in a European cooperation project. It includes interviews with key organisations across Europe that are active at European level sharing their learning, insights and experiences of being partners in European cooperation projects. Please note that the Toolkit was written at a time when the new EU programmes 2021-2027 were being developed and that it provides a snapshot of a field in constant development. Readers are invited to access the more general and introductory EU webpages and follow these developments.
The Toolkit is addressed to two main target groups:
To show them the added value of cooperation for their internationalisation, learning and training activities. Its purpose is also to help museums get access to more EU (or other) funding and give them concrete steps to take in designing a project together with partners in other countries.
To help them advocate for their members – museums – to make more use of EU (or other) funding programmes, increasing museum sector professionalisation through cooperation and awareness.
Find the full funding guide here
