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A quick guide to EU Funding 2014 - 2020 Grants & Incentives
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Contents
1. Introduction 4-5
2. Acronyms 6
3. Overview of New Framework Programmes 2014-2020 7 - 11
4. EU Competitive Programmes 12 - 42
- Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme (AAL JP) 12
- Baltic Sea Research and Development Programme (BONUS) 12
- Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME) 13
- Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) 14
- Consumer Programme 2014-2020 16
- Creative Europe 17
- Customs 2020 20
- Employment and Social Innovation Programme (EASI) 20
- Erasmus+ 23
- Europe for Citizens 29
- Fiscalis 2020 30
- Galileo and Egnos (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) Programmes 31
- Health for Growth 32
- Hercule III 33
- Horizon 2020 34
- Internal Security Fund – Component for Police Cooperation 37
- LIFE Programme 39
- Pericles 2020 41
- Rights and Citizenship Programme 2014-2020 42
5. Contacts 44
31. Introduction
“A quick guide to EU funding” is an edition measurable EU targets for 2020 that will steer the
published by Deloitte Limited, Grants & Incentives process and be translated into national targets:
Unit, responding to the need of researchers, for employment; for research and innovation; for
public and private sector entities, and the climate change and energy; for education; and for
community in general for quick, concise and combating poverty” 1. In order to achieve these
accurate information on funding opportunities targets pursued through the EU policies, a wide
available through the Competitive Programmes of range of Competitive Programmes are adopted
the European Union (EU). It constitutes a simple providing to different types of beneficiaries
tool for providing the key information available financial support, in the fields related to the
to those with an interest in EU funding for the different EU policies.
period 2014-2020, such as the budget available,
beneficiaries, thematic categories, programme and EU Competitive Programmes are programmes
sub-programme details, supported actions, level of financed directly from the EU’s budget in the form
funding and links for more information. of grants and cover priorities, as defined by the EU
and aimed at contributing to the implementation
The main objective of the guide is to serve of EU policies. They are administrated by the
as a starting point for identifying the funding European Commission and are competitive and
opportunities available that match the proposers’ transnational, thus participation of partners from
themes and project requirements. Potential more than one member states is often required
proposers are thus equipped with the basic in order to submit a proposal. These programmes
information that is necessary before studying are managed at central European level, without
thoroughly the Work Programmes of each the intervention of the Institutions of the Member
programme that is of interest to them and State. The proposals submitted compete with
identifying the Open Calls for Proposals, which are proposals from all Member states and successful
appealing to them. proposals are selected after a comparative
evaluation of all proposals submitted.
EU Funding Programmes
In March 2010, the Commission adopted its EU Competitive Programmes in this Guide
communication Europe 2020, a strategy for smart, This guide presents briefly the Programmes of the
sustainable and inclusive growth, designed to Multiannual Financial Framework for the period
deliver a high level of employment, productivity 2014-2020 2, which have already been adopted
and social cohesion. According to José Manuel by the European Parliament and are managed
Barroso, “The Commission is proposing five centrally by the European Commission.
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COM(2010)2020
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The functioning of the MFF 2014-20 will be reviewed by the Commission in 2016 taking full account of the
economic situation at the time as well as the latest macroeconomic projections.
(http://ec.europa.eu/budget/mff/introduction/index_en.cfm)
4Funds whose management is shared between financial assistance that is necessary for improving
the EU and the Member States, such as Structural the situation and developing sustainability with
Funds or Cohesion Funds, are not included in the the emphasis on political, institutional, legal,
present edition. administrative, social, and economic reforms that
will align their practices to EU standards.
The main Programmes of the 2014-2020 period
which are also presented in the guide are Horizon Neighbouring Partner Countries may also
with a budget of €77,03 billion, Connecting participate in certain programmes, as defined
Europe Facility with €21,94 billion and Erasmus+ in the Annual Work Programmes, subject to
with €14,8 billion (all amounts are in current conditions. These include the following:
prices). The guide also includes programmes
covering other important policies of the EU (i.e. • South East Europe: Albania, Bosnia and
Employment and Social Innovation programme, Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of
LIFE programme, Consumer programme, Creative Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo (under
Europe, etc.) UNSC Resolution 1244/1999).
• Eastern Europe and Caucasus: Armenia,
Geographical Coverage Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russian
Participating countries are usually divided into Federation, Ukraine.
two groups: Programme Countries and Partner • Mediterranean Partner Countries: Algeria, Egypt,
Countries. Programme Countries include the Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestinian
28 Member States, the European Free Trading Authority of the West Bank and Gaza Strip,
Association Countries/European Economic Area Syria, Tunisia.
– EFTA/ EEA (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway)
and Candidate Countries under Framework Finally, wider cooperation with other
Agreement. Partner Countries include third non-European third countries will be assessed on
countries that are contributing financially to the a case-by-case basis, depending on the nature of
programmes’ budget and have signed in this the activities contemplated.
respect a Memorandum of Understanding.
Moreover, the Instrument for Pre-Accession
Assistance (IPA II) for EU candidate and potential
candidate countries is available, with which the
EU continues to offer its support during the period
2014-2020 with regard to the technical and
52. Acronyms
AAL Ambient Assisted Living GDP Gross domestic product
AAL JP Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme GNSS Global Navigation Satellite Systems
BONUS Baltic Sea Research and Development H2020 Horizon 2020
Programme
ICT Information and Communication Technology
CEF Connecting Europe Facility
IPA Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance
CIP Competitiveness and Innovation Programme
KA1 Key Action 1
Co2 Carbon dioxide
KA2 Key Action 2
COSME Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs
KA3 Key Action 3
COST European Cooperation in Science and
Technology Mbps Megabits per second
DG Directorate General OER Open Educational Resources
EASI Employment and Social Innovation OLAF European Anti-Fraud Office
Programme PCP Pre Commercial Procurement
EEA European Economic Area PPI Public Procurement of Innovative solutions
EEIG European Economic Interest Grouping PROGRESS Programme for Employment and
EFTA European Free Trading Association Countries Social Solidarity
EGNOS European Geostationary Navigation RDI Research, development and innovation
Overlay Service SIRE Safety, Information and education, Rights
EIP Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme and redress, and Enforcement
EIP European Innovation Partnerships SME Small and medium enterprises
ERA European Research Area TEN Trans-European Networks
ERC European Research Council UNSC United Nations Security Council
EU European Union VET Vocational, Education and Training
EURES European network of Employment Services
63. Overview of New Funding
Programmes
Programmes per thematic category
Thematic Categories Programme
Audiovisual Sector and Media Creative Europe
Consumer Safety Consumer Programme
2014-2020
Culture Creative Europe
Democracy and Civic Participation Europe for Citizens
Economic growth and competitiveness Competitiveness of Enterprises
and SMEs (COSME)
Horizon 2020
Education and Training Consumer Programme
2014-2020
Customs 2020
Erasmus+
Fiscalis 2020
Hercule III
Internal Security Fund
Component for Police
Cooperation
Pericles 2020
Energy Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)
Horizon 2020
Entrepreneurship Employment and Social
Innovation Programme (EASI)
Environment Baltic Sea Research and
Development Programme
(BONUS)
Horizon 2020
LIFE Programme
European Citizenship Europe for Citizens
Rights and Citizenship
Programme 2014-2020
Health Ambient Assisted Living Joint
Programme (AAL JP)
Consumer Programme
2014-2020
Health for Growth
Horizon 2020
Industry Horizon 2020
7Thematic Categories Programme
Information and Communication Ambient Assisted Living Joint
Technologies Programme (AAL JP) Competitiveness of
Enterprises and SMEs (COSME)
Fiscalis 2020
Galileo and Egnos (European
Geostationary Navigation
Overlay Service) Programmes
Horizon 2020
Internal Market Consumer Programme 2014-2020
Customs 2020
Fiscalis 2020
Hercule III
Pericles 2020
Justice and Security Horizon 2020
Internal Security Fund – Component
for Police Cooperation
Pericles 2020
Labour Market Employment and Social Innovation
Programme (EASI)
Rights and Citizenship Programme
2014-2020
Law Enforcement Customs 2020
Hercule III
Internal Security Fund – Component for
Police Cooperation
Pericles 2020
Social Affairs and Human Rights Employment and Social Innovation
Programme (EASI)
Horizon 2020
Rights and Citizenship Programme
2014-2020
Space Galileo and Egnos (European
Geostationary Navigation Overlay
Service) Programmes
Horizon 2020
Sports Erasmus+
Telecommunications Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)
Horizon 2020
Trade and Commerce Competitiveness of Enterprises and
SMEs (COSME)
Transport Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)
Horizon 2020
Youth Erasmus+
Horizon 2020
8Programme, thematic categories and beneficiaries
Programme Thematic Categories Beneficiaries
Ambient Assisted Living Joint Health Private Sector
Programme (AAL JP) Information and Academic institutions and
Communication Technologies research centers
Baltic Sea Research and Environment Private Sector
Development Programme Public Sector
(BONUS)
Competitiveness of Trade and Commerce Private Sector
Enterprises and SMEs Economic growth and Public Sector
(COSME) Competitiveness
Information and
Communication Technologies
Connecting Europe Facility Transport Public Sector
(CEF) Energy Non-Profit Organizations
Telecommunications Academic institutions and
research centers
Consumer Programme Health Public Sector
2014-2020 Consumer Safety Non-Profit Organizations
Education and Training
Internal Market
Creative Europe Culture Private Sector
Media and Audiovisual Public Sector
Sector Non-Profit Organizations
Academic institutions and
research centers
Customs 2020 Internal Market Public Sector
Law Enforcement Central Government
Education and Training
9Programme Thematic Categories Beneficiaries
Employment and Social Social Affairs and Human Private Sector
Innovation Programme (EASI) Rights Academic institutions and
Labour Market research centers
Entrepreneurship Non-Profit Organizations
Erasmus+ Education and Training Private Sector
Youth Public Sector
Sport Non-Profit Organizations
Academic institutions and
research centers
Europe for Citizens European Citizenship Public Sector
Democracy and Civic Non-Profit Organisations
Participation Academic institutions and
research centers
Fiscalis 2020 Internal Market Public Sector
Information and Central Government
Communication Technologies
Education and Training
Galileo and Egnos (European Space Central Government
Geostationary Navigation Information and Private Sector
Overlay Service) Programmes Communication Technologies Public Sector
Academic institutions and
research centers
Health for Growth Health Non-Profit Organizations
Academic institutions and
research centers
Hercule III Education and Training Central Government
Law enforcement Academic institutions and
Internal Market research centers
Non-Profit Organizations
10Programme Thematic Categories Beneficiaries
Horizon 2020 Energy Private Sector
Environment Public Sector Bodies
Health Non-Profit Organizations
Industry Academic institutions and
Information and research centers
Communication Technologies
Justice
Security
Social Affairs and Human
Rights
Space
Telecommunications
Transport
Youth
Economic growth and
competitiveness
Internal Security Fund – Justice and Security, Law Central Government
Component for Police Enforcement, Education and
Cooperation Training
LIFE Programme Environment Private Sector
Public Sector
Non-Profit Organizations
Academic institutions and
research centers
Pericles 2020 Law enforcement Central Government, Public
Education and Training sector
Justice and Security
Internal Market
Rights and Citizenship European Citizenship Public Sector
Programme 2014-2020 Social Affairs and Human Central Government
Rights, Labour Market
114. EU Competitive Programmes
AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING JOINT • make researchers benefit from collaboration
PROGRAMME (AAL JP) with other experts at European scale;
• help governments gain cost efficiencies and
KEY INFORMATION increased sustainability of health and social
Total Budget: €700 million care, while tackling the societal challenge of
Thematic Categories: Health, Information demographic ageing.
Technology
Beneficiaries: Private Sector, Academic SUPPORTED ACTIONS
institutions and research centers The AAL JP aims to combine social, technological
More information: AAL Association, Central and business aspects to deliver:
Management Unit • New models of service delivery and care that
http://www.aal-europe.eu/ contribute to greater self-reliance for older
adults and greater support for informal carers.
PROGRAMME DETAILS • Adapted living spaces that can improve the
The Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme quality of their everyday lives.
(AAL JP) is an initiative under Article 185 of • New ways for older people to remain active,
the Treaty on the Functioning of the European including contributing as volunteers or
Union. AAL JP is a funding activity that aims to providing mutual support.
create better condition of life for the older adults • New ways of mobilising active and trusted
and to strengthen the industrial opportunities networks, both formal and informal,
in Europe through the use of information and professional and in kind, to provide all types of
communication technology (ICT). It carries out its support.
mandate through the funding of across-national
projects that involve small and medium enterprises LEVEL OF FINANCING
(SME), research bodies and user’s organizations (EU CO-FINANCING RATE)
(representing the older adults). It aims to: Maximum funding from the AAL Joint Programme:
• give older adults access to more and better €3 million. Total budgets for projects should range
products and services for ageing well. These will between €1 million - 7 million.
help them to keep living independently in their
own homes and to participate in economy and BALTIC SEA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
society for more years; PROGRAMME (BONUS)
• create a larger market for industry and especially
SMEs at European level and improve EU KEY INFORMATION
competitiveness in ICT based products and Total Budget: €100 million for the years
services for ageing well; 2010-2016
Thematic Categories: Environment
12Beneficiaries: Private Sector, Public Sector the Baltic Sea region enhancing sustainable use
More information: Bonus Secretariat (EEIG) of coastal and marine goods and services of the
http://www.bonusportal.org/ Baltic Sea.
http://www.bonusportal.org/support/contact_us
BONUS brings together the research communities
PROGRAMME DETAILS of Earth system research in marine, maritime,
Baltic Sea Research and Development Programme coastal terrestrial, economical and societal fields
(BONUS) is an initiative under Article 185 of the to address the major challenges faced by the
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Baltic Sea region. The main aim of BONUS is to
BONUS is a joint Baltic Sea research programme generate and disseminate knowledge and provide
producing knowledge to support development necessary know-how in order to resolve challenges
and implementation of regulations, policies and in the way of sustainable use of the Baltic Sea
management practices specifically tailored for the ecosys¬tem goods and services in the coming
Baltic Sea region. It issues calls for competitive decade and beyond.
proposals and funds projects of high excellence
and relevance based on its strategic research SUPPORTED ACTIONS
agenda. BONUS is supported by national research • Facilitation of researchers’ collaboration,
funding institutions in the eight EU member networking, human capacity building and joint
states around the Baltic Sea and the European use of research infrastructures.
Commission’s Research Framework Programme. • Support to European, regional and national
BONUS vision is ‘Economically and ecologically coastal and marine environmental policies and
prosperous Baltic Sea region where resources plans, in particular HELCOM’s (Baltic Marine
and goods are used sustainably and where the Environment Protection Commission – Helsinki
long-term management of the region is based on Commission) Baltic Sea Action Plan.
sound knowledge derived from multi-disciplinary • The calls will include research, innovation,
research.’ training and dissemination activities.
The strategic objectives of BONUS (2010-2016) LEVEL OF FINANCING
are the following: (EU CO-FINANCING RATE)
• Understanding the Baltic Sea ecosystem The level of financing depends on the theme
structure and functioning. called but indicatively, it may range between €2
• Meeting the multifaceted challenges in linking million - €3 million per project.
the Baltic Sea with its coast and catchment.
• Enhancing sustainable use of coastal and marine COMPETITIVENESS OF ENTERPRISES
goods and services of the Baltic Sea. AND SMEs (COSME)
• Improving the capabilities of the society to
respond to the current and future challenges KEY INFORMATION
directed to the Baltic Sea region. Total Budget: €2,3 billion
• Developing improved and innovative observation Thematic Categories: Trade and Commerce,
and data management systems, tools and Economic growth and Competitiveness,
methodologies for marine information needs in Information and Communication Technologies
13Beneficiaries: Private Sector, Public Sector provide venture capital to enterprises, in
More information: Directorate-General for particular in their growth phase.
Enterprise and Industry • Enterprise Europe Network: a network of
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/initiatives/cosme/ business service centres. The Enterprise Europe
index_en.htm Network is a “one-stop shop” for the business
EASME-COSME-EEN-CALL-2014@ec.europa.eu needs of SMEs in the EU and beyond.
• Entrepreneurship. Support will be given to
PROGRAMME DETAILS encourage trans-national networks, to exchange
The programme for the Competitiveness good practices and identify scope for expanding
of enterprises and SMEs (COSME) aims at business activities.
encouraging the competitiveness of European • Improving framework conditions for the
enterprises. With small and medium-size competitive-ness of enterprises and policy
enterprises (SMEs), current and potential development. Analytical work will be
entrepreneurs and business support organisations undertaken to facilitate evidence-based policy-
as its main targets, the programme provides better making by national and regional policy-makers.
access to finance, deliver business support services • Internationalisation of SMEs. The COSME
and promote entrepreneurship. It largely continues programme will provide SMEs with support
the activities started under the Competitiveness to facilitate business expansion in the EU
and Innovation programme (CIP) and also ensures Single Market and in markets outside the EU.
continuity with initiatives and actions already International business cooperation will be
undertaken under the Entrepreneurship and fostered, in particular, to reduce the differences
Innovation Programme (EIP), such as the Enterprise in regulatory and business environments,
Europe Network. between the EU and its main trading partners.
COSME will support, complement and coordinate
actions by the Member States. The programme LEVEL OF FINANCING
will specifically address problems of a transnational (EU CO-FINANCING RATE)
nature which, by means of economies of scale 40%-60%
or by their demonstration effect, can be more
effectively addressed at the European level, such CONNECTING EUROPE FACILITY (CEF)
as:
• overcoming market fragmentation in the Single KEY INFORMATION
Market; Total Budget: € 21,94 billion
• facilitating the adoption of best practices across Thematic Categories: Transport, Energy,
all Member States. Telecommunications
Beneficiaries: Public Sector, Non-Profit
SUPPORTED ACTIONS Organizations, Academic institutions and research
• Access to finance for SMEs through dedicated centers
financial instruments. The financial instruments More information:
target companies in different phases of their
lifecycle: creation, expansion and business PROGRAMME DETAILS
transfer. An Equity Facility for Growth will Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) is the new
14funding mechanism for infrastructure projects of including by ensuring that no Member State
common interest for trans-European transport, is isolated from the European network, to be
energy and telecoms networks. CEF will support measured by the number of projects effectively
the development of high performing, sustainable interconnecting Member states’ networks and
and efficiently interconnected trans-European removing internal bottlenecks.
networks in the fields of transport, energy and • Enhancing Union security of supply, to be
digital services. CEF shall enable the preparation measured by the evolution of system resilience
and implementation of projects of Common and security of system operations as well as
interest within the framework of the trans- number of projects allowing diversification of
European networks (TEN) policy in the sectors supply sources, supplying counterparts and
of energy, transport and telecommunications. routes.
In particular the Connecting Europe Facility shall • Contributing to sustainable development
support the implementation of projects aiming and protection of the environment, notably
at the development and construction of new or by fostering the integration of energy from
upgrading of existing infrastructure in the field of renewable sources into the transmission
transport, energy and telecommunications. network and developing carbon dioxide
networks, to be measured by the transmission
SUPPORTED ACTIVITIES of renewable energy from generation to major
consumption centers and storage sites, and
Transport the sum of Co2 (carbon dioxide) emissions
• Removing bottlenecks and bridging missing prevented by the construction of the projects
links, to be measured by the number of new which benefited from CEF.
and improved cross-border connections and
removed bottlenecks on transport routes which Telecommunications networks
have benefited from CEF. • Accelerating the deployment of fast and ultrafast
• Ensuring sustainable and efficient transport in broadband networks and their uptake, including
the long run, to be measured by the length of by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs),
the conventional railway network in the EU-27 to be measured by the level of broadband and
and the length of highspeed railway network in ultrafast broadband coverage and the number
the EU-27. of households having subscribed for broadband
• Optimise the integration and interconnection of connections for above 100 Mbps (megabits per
transport modes and enhancing interoperability second).
of transport services. The achievement of this • Promoting the interconnection and
objective will be measured by the number of interoperability of national public services
ports and airports connected to the railway online as well as access to such networks, to
network. be measured by the percentage of citizens and
businesses using public services on-line and the
Energy availability of such services across borders.
• Promoting the further integration of the internal
energy market and the interoperability of
electricity and gas networks across borders,
15LEVEL OF FINANCING Energy
(EU CO-FINANCING RATE) • 50% of the eligible cost of studies and/or works.
May be increased to 75% for actions with a high
Transport degree of regional or Union-wide security of
• Grants for studies, 50% of the eligible costs. supply, strengthen the solidarity of the Union or
• Grants for works: comprise highly innovative solutions.
- for railway networks, and road networks in the
case of Member States with no railway network Telecommunications
established in their territory or in the case of a • Actions in the field of generic services: 75% of
Member State, or part thereof, with an isolated the eligible costs.
network without long-distance rail freight • Horizontal actions including infrastructure
transport: 20% of the eligible costs; the funding mapping, twinning and technical assistance:
rate may be increased to a maximum of 30 % 75% of the eligible costs.
for actions addressing bottlenecks and to 40%
for actions concerning cross-border sections CONSUMER PROGRAMME 2014 - 2020
and actions enhancing rail interoperability;
- for inland waterways: 20% of the eligible KEY INFORMATION
costs; the funding rate may be increased to Total Budget: €188,83 million
a maximum of 40% for actions addressing Thematic Categories: Health, Consumer Safety,
bottlenecks and to a maximum of 40% for Education and Training, Internal Market
actions concerning cross- border sections; Beneficiaries: Public Sector, Non-Profit
- for inland transport, connections to and the Organizations
development of multimodal logistics platforms More information: Consumers, Health and
including connections to inland and maritime Food Executive Agency
ports and airports, as well as the development http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/index_en.htm;
of ports: 20% of the eligible costs; http://ec.europa.eu/contact/index_en.htm
- for actions to reduce rail freight noise including eahc@ec.europa.eu
by retrofitting existing rolling stock: 20% of the
eligible costs up to a combined ceiling of 1% of PROGRAMME DETAILS
the budgetary resources referred to in point (a) The Consumer programme aims to contribute
of Article 5(1); to protecting the health, safety and economic
- for better accessibility to transport infrastructure interests of European citizens. The programme
for disabled persons: 30% of the eligible cost intends to integrate consumer interests in all
of adaptation works, not exceeding in any case Community policies, and places a special focus on
10% of the total eligible cost of works; consumer protection and consumer awareness
- for actions supporting new technologies and in the new Member States. The Consumer
innovation for all modes of transport: 20% of Programme will support EU consumer policy in
the eligible costs; the years to come, contributing to the objective
- for actions to support cross-border road of placing consumers at the centre of the Single
sections: 10% of the eligible costs; Market. The programme has four priorities: Safety,
- Grants for telematic applications systems and Information and education, Rights and redress,
services (20%-50%). and Enforcement (SIRE).
16SUPPORTED ACTIONS CREATIVE EUROPE
Under Objective 1 - Safety:
• scientific advice and risk analysis relevant to KEY INFORMATION
consumer health and safety regarding non-food Total Budget: €1,46 billion
products and services; Thematic Categories: Culture, Media and
• coordination of market surveillance and Audiovisual Sector
enforcement actions on product safety Beneficiaries: Private Sector, Public Sector,
• maintenance and further development of Non-Profit Organizations, Academic institutions
databases on cosmetics. and research centers
More information: Education, Audiovisual and
Under Objective 2 – Information and Education: Culture Executive Agency
• building the evidence base for policy-making in http://ec.europa.eu/culture/creative-europe/calls/
areas affecting consumers; index_en.htm
• support to consumer organisations; eacea-helpdesk@ec.europa.eu
• enhancing the transparency of consumer
markets and consumer information; PROGRAMME DETAILS
• enhancing consumer education. Creative Europe will replace the MEDIA, MEDIA
Mundus and Culture programmes of the previous
Under Objective 3 – Rights and Redress: programming period 2007-2013. Creative Europe
• preparation by the Commission of consumer helps the cultural and creative sectors to seize the
protection legislation and other regulatory opportunities of the ‘digital age’ and globalisation
initiatives; and it enables the sectors to reach their potential
• facilitating access to and monitoring of the so that they can contribute to the Europe 2020
functioning and the effectiveness of dispute goals for sustainable growth, jobs and social
resolution mechanisms for consumers. cohesion. Moreover, it opens up new international
opportunities, markets and audiences and
Under Objective 4 – Enforcement: builds on the success of the MEDIA and Culture
• coordination of surveillance and enforcement programmes.
actions with regard to cooperation between
national authorities responsible for the The programme:
enforcement of consumer protections laws; • safeguards and promotes European cultural and
• financial contributions for joint actions with linguistic diversity, and fosters Europe’s cultural
public or non-profit bodies constituting Union richness;
networks which provide information and • contributes to Europe’s goals for smart,
assistance to consumers. sustainable and inclusive economic growth;
• helps the cultural and creative sectors to adapt
LEVEL OF FINANCING to the digital age and globalization;
(EU CO-FINANCING RATE) • opens up new international opportunities,
50%-70% markets and audiences;
• builds on the success of the MEDIA, MEDIA
Mundus and Culture programmes.
17SUPPORTED ACTIONS EU and beyond; it funds cooperation projects,
• Cross-border cooperation projects between literary translations, networks and platforms.
cultural and creative organisations within the EU
and beyond. Supported actions
• Networks helping the cultural and creative • Transnational cooperation projects bringing
sectors to operate transnationally and to together cultural and creative organizations
strengthen their competitiveness. from different countries to undertake sectoral or
• Translation and promotion of literary works cross-sectoral activities.
across EU markets. • Activities by European networks of cultural and
• Platforms of cultural operators promoting creative organizations from different countries.
emerging artists and stimulating a truly • Activities by organizations with a European
European programming of cultural and artistic vocation fostering the development of emerging
works. talent and stimulating the transnational mobility
• Capacity building and professional training for of cultural and creative players and circulation
audiovisual professionals. of works, with the potential to exert a broad
• Development of fiction, animations, creative influence on cultural and creative sectors and to
documentaries and video games for European provide for lasting effects.
cinema, television markets and other platforms. • Literary translation and the further promotion of
• Distribution and sales of audiovisual works in translated works.
and outside Europe.
• Film festivals that promote European films. Budget
• Funds for the international co-production of At least 31% of the total Creative Europe budget.
films.
• Audience development to foster film literacy and Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate)
to raise interest in Europe’s films through a wide 50%-80%
range of events.
• The European Capitals of Culture and the Sub-Programme: MEDIA
European Heritage Label. The MEDIA sub-programme of Creative Europe
supports the EU film and audiovisual industries
Sub-Programme: CULTURE financially in the development, distribution and
The Culture sub-programme of Creative Europe promotion of their work. It helps launch projects
supports cultural and creative organisations with with a European dimension and nurtures new
a view to helping them operate transnationally technologies; it enables European films and
and promoting cross-border circulation of works audiovisual works to find markets beyond national
of culture and mobility of cultural players. It helps and European, borders; it funds training and
to launch projects with a European dimension development schemes. The training and market
and to share cultural content across national, access schemes have a new “Mundus” dimension.
and European, borders; it enables cultural and
creative players to work internationally and to Supported actions
internationalise their careers and activities in the • The development of European audiovisual
18works in particular films and television works • Activities aiming at supporting European
such as fiction, documentaries, children’s and audiovisual production companies, in particular
animated films, as well as interactive works such independent production companies, with a
as videogames and multimedia with enhanced view to facilitating European and international
cross-border circulation potential. co-productions of audiovisual works including
• Initiatives presenting and promoting a diversity television works.
of European audiovisual works, including short
films, such as festivals and other promotional Budget
events and activities aimed at promoting film At least 56% of the total Creative Europe budget.
literacy and at increasing audiences’ knowledge
of, and interest in, European audiovisual works, Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate)
including the audiovisual and cinematographic 50%-80%
heritage, in particular among young audiences.
• Activities helping European and international Sub-Programme: CROSS SECTORAL STRAND
co-production partners to meet and/or The cross-sectoral Strand will include the
provide indirect support for audiovisual works Guarantee Fund, the support for Creative Europe
co-produced by supporting international Desks which will replace MEDIA Desks and
co-production funds based in a country Cultural Contact points from 2014 as well as the
participating in the Programme. support for transnational policy cooperation. The
• The development of a comprehensive range of cross-sectoral strand will also provide support
training measures promoting the acquisition for studies, analysis and better data collection
and improvement of skills and competences by to improve the evidence-base for policy-making,
audiovisual professionals, knowledge sharing funding for experimental projects to encourage
and networking initiatives, including the cooperation between the audiovisual and other
integration of digital technologies. cultural and creative sectors, and funding for the
• Facilitating access to professional audiovisual Creative Europe Desks which provide assistance to
trade events and markets and the use of applicants.
online business tools inside and outside the
Union and facilitate circulation of European Supported actions
films worldwide and of international films • Support to Creative Europe Desks.
in the Union on all distribution platforms, • Support to EU Presidency conferences.
via international cooperation projects in the • Policy development activities.
audiovisual sector. • Studies and evaluations.
• Supporting a European cinema operators’ • Communication and valorisation activities.
network screening a significant proportion of • Financial guarantee facility (as of 2016).
non-national European films.
• The establishment of support systems for the Budget
distribution of non-national European films Maximum 13% of the total Creative Europe
through theatrical distribution and on all other budget.
platforms as well as for international sales
activities, in particular the subtitling, dubbing Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate)
and audio-description of audiovisual works. 50%-80%
19CUSTOMS 2020 PROGRAMME SUPPORTED ACTIONS
• Joint Actions pursuing the exchange of
KEY INFORMATION knowledge and good practice between customs
Total Budget: €522,9 million officials of the participating countries.
Thematic Categories: Internal Market, Law • European Information Systems facilitating the
Enforcement, Education and Training exchange of information and access to common
Beneficiaries: Public Sector, Central Government data.
More information: DG Taxation & Customs • Training activities leading to human competency
Union building for customs officials across Europe.
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/customs/
cooperation_programmes/fiscus/index_en.htm LEVEL OF FINANCING
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/common/ (EU CO-FINANCING RATE)
contact/index_en.htm For grants, 100% of the eligible costs where
the latter are travel and accommodation costs,
PROGRAMME DETAILS costs linked to organisation of events and daily
Customs 2020 will support cooperation between allowances. Customs provides other types of
customs authorities in the EU to help maximise interventions as well (not grants) such as public
their efficiency and avoid mismatches in their procurement contracts and reimbursement of
work, which could hinder the functioning of the costs incurred by external experts.
Customs Union. It will facilitate networking, joint
actions and training amongst customs personnel, EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL INNOVATION
while also funding IT systems to enable the PROGRAMME (EASI)
development of a fully-fledged electronic customs
in Europe. The Programme’s objectives are:
KEY INFORMATION
• to support the preparation, coherent application
Total Budget: €919,47 million
and effective implementation of Union law and
Thematic Categories: Social Affairs and Human
policy in the field of customs;
Rights, Labour Market, Entrepreneurship
• to develop, improve, operate and support the
Beneficiaries: Private Sector, Academic
European Information Systems for customs;
institutions and research centers, Non-Profit
• to identify, develop, share and apply best
Organizations
working practices and administrative
More information: DG Employment, Social
procedures, in particular further to
Affairs and Inclusion
benchmarking activities;
• to reinforce the skills and competences of http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.
customs officials; jsp?catId=1081&langId=en
• to improve cooperation between customs
authorities and international organisations, PROGRAMME DETAILS
third countries, other governmental authorities, EaSI brings together three EU programmes
including Union and national market managed separately in the previous programming
surveillance authorities, as well as economic period 2007-2013: PROGRESS, EURES and
operators and organisations representing Progress Microfinance. The main objectives of EaSI
economic operators. are the following:
20• Strengthen ownership of EU objectives and Supported actions
coordination of action at EU and national level • Development and activities of EURES cross-
in the areas of employment, social affairs and border partnerships where requested by services
inclusion. territorially responsible for border regions;
• Support the development of adequate social • Provision of information, counselling, placement
protection systems and labour market policies. and recruitment services for cross-border
• Modernise EU legislation and ensure its effective workers;
application. • Development of the multilingual digital
• Promote geographical mobility and boost platform for the clearance of job vacancies and
employment opportunities by developing an applications;
open labour market. • Development of targeted mobility schemes,
• Increase the availability and accessibility of following calls for proposals, to fill job
microfinance for vulnerable groups and micro- vacancies where labour market shortcomings
enterprises, and increase access to finance for have been identified, and/or to help workers
social enterprises. with a propensity to be mobile, where a clear
economic need has been identified;
SUPPORTED ACTIONS • Mutual learning among EURES actors and
• The modernisation of employment and social training of EURES advisors, including EURES
policies with the PROGRESS axis (61% of the cross-border partnership advisors;
total budget).
• Information and communication activities to
• Job mobility with the EURES axis (18% of the
raise awareness of the benefits of geographical
total budget).
and occupational mobility in general and of the
• Access to micro-finance and social
activities and services provided by EURES.
entrepreneurship with the Microfinance and
Social Entrepreneurship axis (21% of the total
Budget
budget).
The overall EURES budget is expected to be
around €20 million per year. The following
Sub-Programme: EURES
EURES, which is the European network of minimum percentages will be respected: (a)
employment services, should promote the transparency of job vacancies, applications
better functioning of the labour markets by and any related information for applicants and
facilitating the voluntary transnational cross- employers: 32 %; (b) development of services
border geographical mobility of workers, for the recruitment and placing of workers
providing greater transparency on the labour in employment through the clearance of job
market, ensuring the clearance of vacancies and vacancies and applications at Union level, in
applications for employment and supporting particular targeted mobility schemes: 30 %; (c)
activities in the areas of placement, recruitment, cross-border partnerships: 18%. Any remaining
advice and guidance services at national and amount shall be allocated to one or more of the
cross-border level. Member States should be thematic sections referred to in points (a), (b), or
encouraged to integrate EURES services, making (c), or to a combination of them.
them available in a “one-stop shop”, where
appropriate.
21Level of Financing and social progress, in partnership with the social
(EU co-financing rate) partners, civil society organisations and public and
95% private bodies.
Sub-Programme: MICROFINANCE FACILITY Supported actions
& SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP • Analytical activities:
The Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis - gathering of data and statistics;
shall increase the access to, and the availability of, - surveys, studies, analyses and reports;
financing for legal and physical persons. - qualitative and quantitative evaluations and
impact assessments;
Supported actions - monitoring and assessment of the transposition
• Extend the support given to microcredit and application of Union law;
providers under the current European Progress - preparation and implementation of social policy
Microfinance Facility (launched in 2010). experimentation;
• Provide funding for capacity-building of - dissemination of the results of those analytical
microfinance institutions. activities.
• Support the development of the social
investment market and facilitate access to • Mutual-learning, awareness and dissemination
finance for social enterprises. activities:
- exchanges and dissemination of good practice,
Budget innovative approaches and experience, peer
The total proposed budget for the microfinance reviews, benchmarking and mutual learning at
and social entrepreneurship axis is around €171,15 European level;
million for the period 2014-2020. The following - Council Presidency events, conferences and
minimum percentages will be respected: (a) seminars;
microfinance for vulnerable groups and micro- - training of legal and policy practitioners;
enterprises: 45%; (b) social entrepreneurship: - drafting and publication of guides, reports and
45%. educational material and measures relating
to information, communication and media
Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate) coverage of initiatives supported by the
Except in the case of joint actions, the financial Programme;
appropriations allocated to the Microfinance and - information and communication activities;
Social Entrepreneurship axis shall cover the full - development and maintenance of information
cost of the actions implemented through financial systems in order to exchange and disseminate
instruments. information on Union policy and legislation and
on the labour market.
Sub-Programme: PROGRESS PROGRAMME
The Progress axis shall support the development, • Support with regard to:
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of - the operating costs of key Union-level networks
the Union instruments and policies and promote the activities of which relate to and contribute
evidence-based policy-making, social innovation to the objectives of the Progress axis;
22- capacity-building of national administrations and PROGRAMME DETAILS
specialist services; Erasmus+ is the new EU Programme for Education,
- organisation of working groups of national Training, Youth and Sport for 2014-2020. It
officials; brings together the previous Lifelong Learning
- networking and cooperation among specialist Programme, Youth in Action and five international
bodies and other relevant stakeholders; cooperation programmes. It also includes sport.
- funding of European-level observatories, Overall the programme is aimed at supporting
including on key thematic sections; the development of actions, cooperation and
- exchange of personnel between national tools linked to the objectives of the Europe 2020
administrations. strategy and its flagship initiatives.
Budget Erasmus+ is designed to support Member States’
The total proposed budget for Progress is around efforts to use efficiently the potential of Europe’s
€500 million. The following minimum percentages human capital that remains underexploited,
will be respected: while confirming the principle of lifelong learning
(a) employment, in particular to fight youth by linking support to formal, non-formal, and
unemployment 20%; informal learning throughout the education,
(b) social protection, social inclusion and the training and youth fields. In addition to providing
reduction and prevention of poverty 50%; grants for individuals, Erasmus+ will support
(c) working conditions 10%. From the overall transnational partnerships among Education,
allocation for the Progress axis, and within its Training and Youth institutions and organizations
different thematic sections, 15% to 20%. to foster cooperation and bridge the worlds of
Education and work in order to tackle the skills
Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate) gaps we are facing in Europe. It will also support
80% national efforts to modernize Education, Training
and Youth systems.
ERASMUS+
In the field of Sport, there will be support for
KEY INFORMATION grassroots projects and cross-border challenges
Total Budget: €14,8 billion such as combating match-fixing, doping, violence
Thematic Categories: Education and Training, and racism.
Youth, Sport
Beneficiaries: Private Sector, Public Sector, Sub-Programme: KEY ACTION 1 (KA1) –
Non-Profit Organizations, Academic institutions LEARNING MOBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS
and research centers Projects under this Action promote transnational
More information: Education, Audiovisual and mobility activities targeting learners (students,
Culture Executive Agency trainees, apprentices, young people and
http://ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/ volunteers), and staff (professors, teachers,
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/about-eacea/ trainers, youth workers, and people working in
contacts_en organizations active in the education, training and
youth fields).
23Supported actions approaches in the fields of education, training and
• Mobility of learners and staff: opportunities youth. More specifically, the following types of
for students, trainees, young people and cooperation are supported:
volunteers, as well as for professors, teachers,
trainers, youth workers, staff of education Strategic Partnerships aim to support the
institutions and civil society organizations development, transfer and/or implementation
to undertake a learning and/or professional of innovative practices at organizational, local,
experience in another country. regional, national or European levels.
• Joint Master Degrees: high-level integrated
international study programmes delivered by Knowledge Alliances aim at strengthening
consortia of higher education institutions that Europe’s innovation capacity and at fostering
award full degree scholarships to the best innovation in higher education, business and the
master students worldwide. broader socio-economic environment.
• Master Student Loan Guarantee: higher
education students can get a loan backed up by Sector Skills Alliances aim at tackling skills
the Programme to go abroad for a full Master gaps, enhancing the responsiveness of initial and
Degree. Students should refer to national banks continuing Vocational, Education and Training
or student loan agencies. (VET) systems to sector-specific labour market
needs and demand for new skills with regard to
Budget one or more occupational profiles. The sectors
• At least 63% of the total Erasmus+ budget for that will be eligible under this Action are those
KA1 as a whole and of which: which have constituted a European Sector Skills
• At least 77,5% for the Education and Training Council (Textile/Clothing/Leather, Commerce)
field. and those with skills imbalances to which
• At least 10% for the Youth field. current Commission policies respond (Advanced
Manufacturing).
Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate)
For mobility activities the following lump sums Capacity Building projects are transnational
apply: cooperation projects based on multilateral
• For students: €700 per month partnerships between organisations active in
• For staff: €70-€140 per day the field of youth in Programme and Partner
• For VET learners: €24-€96 per day Countries. They can also involve organisations
from the fields of education and training, as well
Sub-Programme: KEY ACTION 2 (KA2) – as from other socio-economic sectors.
COOPERATION FOR INNOVATION AND THE
EXCHANGE OF GOOD PRACTICES Supported actions
Transnational Strategic partnerships aimed
The actions under Key Action 2 make it possible to develop initiatives addressing one or more
for organisations from different participating fields of education training and youth and
countries to work together, to develop, share promote innovation, exchange of experience
and transfer best practices and innovative and know-how between different types of
24organizations involved in education, training and youth organisations in Partner Countries;
youth or in other relevant fields. Certain mobility • launch, test and implement youth work
activities are supported in so far as they contribute practices, such as new forms of practical
to the objectives of the project. training schemes and simulation of real life
cases in society; new forms of youth work,
Knowledge Alliances support the following notably strategic use of open and flexible
activities: learning, virtual mobility, open educational
• Boosting innovation in higher education, resources (OER) and better exploitation of the
business and in the broader socio-economic ICT potential;
environment; • cooperation, networking and peer-learning
• Developing entrepreneurship mind-set and skills; activities fostering efficient management,
• Stimulating the flow and exchange of internationalisation and leadership of youth
knowledge between higher education and work organisations.
enterprises;
• Information and Communication Technologies; Budget
• Environmental technologies (Eco-Innovation); • At least 28% of total Erasmus+ budget for KA2
• Cultural and Creative sectors. as a whole and of which:
- at least 77,5% for the Education and Training
Sector Skills Alliances support the following field.
activities: - at least 10% for the Youth field.
• Defining skills and training provision needs in a
given specific economic sector; Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate)
• Designing joint curricula; • Strategic Partnerships: Maximum grant:
• Delivering joint curricula. €150.000 per year (i.e. €12.500 per month).
• Knowledge Alliances & Sector Skills Alliances:
Capacity Building projects support the following Maximum EU contribution awarded for a 2-year
activities: KA €700.000, Max. EU contribution awarded
• promote strategic cooperation between youth for a 3-year KA €1 million.
organisations on the one hand and public • Capacity building in the field of youth:
authorities in Partner Countries on the other Maximum. grant awarded €150.000.
hand;
• promote the cooperation between youth Sub-Programme: KEY ACTION 3 (KA3) –
organisations and organisations in the SUPPORT FOR POLICY REFORM
education and training fields as well as with
representatives of business and labour market; Structured Dialogue promotes the active
• raise the capacities of youth councils, youth participation of young people in democratic life
platforms and local, regional and national and fosters debate around topics centered on
authorities dealing with youth in Partner the themes and priorities set by the Structured
Countries; Dialogue and the renewed political framework
• enhance the management, governance, in the youth field. Structured Dialogue projects
innovation capacity and internationalisation of can take the form of meetings, conferences,
25consultations and events. These events promote Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate)
the active participation of young people in Structured Dialogue Meeting: Maximum grant
democratic life in Europe and their interaction awarded €50.000.
with decision-makers. As a concrete result of
these events, young people are able to make their Sub-Programme: Jean Monnet Activities
voice heard (through the formulation of positions,
proposals and recommendations) on how youth The Jean Monnet Actions aim at promoting
policies should be shaped and implemented in excellence in teaching and research in the field of
Europe. European Union studies worldwide. These Actions
also aim at fostering the dialogue between the
Supported actions academic world and policy-makers, in particular
• National meetings and transnational seminars with the aim of enhancing governance of EU
that offer space for information, debate policies.
and active participation of young people –in
dialogue with youth decision-makers -on issues Jean Monnet Module: A short teaching
which are relevant to Structured Dialogue or to programme (or course) in the field of European
the EU Youth Strategy. Union studies at a higher education institution.
• National meetings and transnational seminars
that prepare the ground for the official Youth Jean Monnet Chair: A teaching post with a
Conferences organised during each semester specialisation in European Union studies for
by the Member State holding the turn of university professors or senior lecturers.
Presidency of the European Union. Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence: A focal point of
• Events that promote debates and information competence and knowledge on European Union
on youth policy themes linked to the activities subjects.
organised during the European Youth Week.
• Consultations of young people, with a view Jean Monnet Projects support innovation,
to find out their needs on matters relating cross-fertilisation and the spread of European
to participation in democratic life (online Union content.
consultations, opinion polls, etc.).
• Meetings and seminars, information events or Jean Monnet Support to Institutions that
debates between young people and decision- enhance teacher and training activities on
makers/youth experts around the theme of European Union subjects at the postgraduate
participation in democratic life. level and/or for other relevant stakeholders and
• Events simulating the functioning of the Associations that have as their explicit purpose
democratic institutions and the roles of to contribute to the study of the European
decision-makers within these institutions. integration process.
Budget Jean Monnet Networks foster the creation and
At least 4,2% of total Erasmus+ budget and of development of consortia of international players
which at least 10% for the Youth field. in the area of European Union studies.
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