" Creative Europe | Call for European Cooperation projects 2026 "
Creative Europe | Call for European Cooperation projects 2026
Creative Europe aims to foster cooperation between organisations active in the field of culture with a €60 million call
PROVIDER
Creative Europe
This year's call will support projects carrying out a broad spectrum of activities and initiatives involving artists and stakeholders active in different cultural and creative sectors. With a budget of around €60 million, the action will foster cooperation between organisations active in the field of culture, increasing the cross-border dimension of creation and circulation of European artistic content. It will also encourage the development, experimentation, dissemination, and application of new and innovative practices.
The action is expected to support around 150 projects.
Support will be given to projects addressing one of the following objectives:
Objective 1 - Transnational creation and circulation: to strengthen the transnational creation and circulation of European works and artists.
Objective 2 – Innovation: to enhance the capacity of European cultural and creative sectors to nurture talents, to innovate, to prosper and to generate jobs and growth.
INFO
AMOUNT
- The consortium must be composed of minimum 3 independent entities from 3 different eligible countries.
- The maximum EU grant amount is of EUR 200 000 per project.
- The funding rate is of maximum 80%
- The consortium must be composed of minimum 5 independent entities from 5 different eligible countries.
- The maximum EU grant amount is of EUR 1 000 000 per project.
- The funding rate is of maximum 70%
APPLICATION DEADLINE
5 May 2026
ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
ELIGIBILITY
European cooperation projects are open to all the cultural and creative sectors. However, considering that this action is part of the Culture strand of the Creative Europe programme, projects with exclusive audio-visual content and/or exclusively composed of organisations from the audio-visual sector are not eligible to apply.
APPLICATION DETAILS
For more information about the application process and eligibility criteria please visit EU Funding & Tenders Portal for Small Scale projects and for Medium Scale projects.
NOTE
*The calls that are listed on our website are shared for informational purposes and are sometimes subject to change. Please visit the organization's official open call website for up-to-date information.
DEADLINE
2026-05-05
TYPE OF SUPPORT
Public funding
FUNDING COUNTRIES
All EU Countries