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European Cooperation Projects Small Scale
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Location:EU 27
Funding agency:
Grantmaking entity: EACEA - Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
Grantmaking entity type:Multilateral organization
Description
Topic updates
13 November 2025
EVALUATION results
Published: 10/12/2024
Deadline: 13/05/2025
Available budget: EUR 57.983.656,17
The results of the evaluation are as follows:
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CREA-CULT-2025-COOP-1 |
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Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls) |
1029 |
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Number of inadmissible proposals |
13 |
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Number of ineligible proposals |
47 |
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Number of above-threshold proposals |
578 |
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Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals |
EUR 112.019.811,33 |
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Number of proposals retained for funding |
88 |
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Number of proposals in the reserve list |
4 |
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Funding threshold,[1] |
86 |
We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
[1] Proposals with the same score were ranked according to the priority order procedure set out in the call conditions.
14 May 2025
PROPOSAL NUMBERS
Call CREA-CULT-2025-COOP has closed on 13.05.2025.
1.663 proposals have been submitted.
The breakdown per topic is:
CREA-CULT-2025-COOP-1 (Small scale): 1.029
Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in October 2025.
European Cooperation Projects Small Scale
TOPIC ID: CREA-CULT-2025-COOP-1
Type of grant: Call for proposals
General information
Programme: Creative Europe Programme (CREA)
Call: European Cooperation Projects (CREA-CULT-2025-COOP)
Type of action: CREA-LS CREA Lump Sum Grants
Type of MGA: CREA Lump Sum Grant [CREA-AG-LS]
Status: Open for submission
Deadline model: single-stage
Opening Date: 10 December 2024
Deadline dates: 13 May 2025 17:00 (Brussels time)
Topic description
Objective:
The action European Cooperation Projects supports projects involving organisations in the cultural and creative sectors of all sizes, including micro-organisations and small-sized organisations, and from different countries to undertake sectoral or cross-sectoral activities.
Proposals are expected to present a clear cross-border cooperation dimension as this is at the core of the European Cooperation Projects.
The action is anchored in the policy framework of the Culture strand of the Creative Europe Programme and the EU Overarching Priorities (EU greening efforts, inclusion and gender equality, digital transition and international relations).
European Cooperation Projects are open to all the cultural and creative sectors. However, considering that this action aims to pursue the objectives of the Culture strand of the Programme, projects involving exclusively organisations from the audio-visual sector and projects of an exclusive audiovisual content are out of scope for this call and therefore are not eligible for funding under it.
Proposals are expected to present a clear cross-border cooperation dimension as this is at the core of the European Cooperation Projects.
Topic CREA-CULT-2025-COOP-1 - Small Scale projects:
- The consortium most be composed of minimum 3 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%
Small-scale projects are particularly suitable to promote the access of grassroots organisations and support these organisations in the creation of new partnerships and development of new activities and innovative ideas (such as festivals, art fairs, exhibitions, performances, etc.).
Support will be given to projects contributing to one of the following objectives:
Objective 1 - Transnational creation and circulation: to strengthen the transnational creation and circulation of European works and artists.
Transnational creation and circulation are important for the advancement of collaborations, increased outreach and in many cases necessary for the viability and development of cultural organisations, institutions and individuals. Co-production is also a tool to stimulate creativity, share resources and facilitate the trans-national distribution of content and the circulation of artists. Projects will consider the new context such as health or environmental concerns and integrate innovative (digital) ways of producing and disseminating content.
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.
Projects responding to this objective should be of capacity-building nature, which can be of technological and/or artistic nature and may include the development and experimentation of new practices or models, as well as the transfer and dissemination of innovative practices.
Areas of innovation can encompass a social or societal dimension such as: audience engagement/development, gender equality, the inclusion of people with disabilities, people belonging to minorities and people belonging to socially marginalised groups, fighting climate change, digitisation, etc. as well as culture’s contribution to health and well-being, especially mental health, given the existing evidence and the persisting mental health crisis affecting in particular the youth.
Conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions
!!! DO NOT use Part B template from previous calls as it has changed!!!
Only use the Part B template in the Submission System once you start your application under 'Download Part B templates' on the left hand side of the screen.
2. Eligible Countries
as described in the call document under section 6(Eligibility).
3. Other Eligible Conditions
as described in the call document under section 6 (Eligibility).
4. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in the call document section 8 (Evaluation and award procedure) and section 9(Award criteria).
5. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
Publication of the call: December 10, 2024.
Deadline for submitting applications: May 13, 2025 17:00 (Brussels time).
Evaluation period: June - August 2025.
Information to applicants: October 2025.
Signature of grant agreement: January 2026.
Call document and annexes:
Call document
Application form templates
Standard application form (CREA CULTURE) (For information only) - DO NOT use this template for submission. You will find the application form in the Submission System, under 'Download Part B templates' on the left hand hand side of the screen.
Detailed budget table (CREA LSII) - (For information only) - DO NOT use this template for submission. You will find the application form in the Submission System, under 'Download Part B templates' on the left hand hand side of the screen.
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
CREA MGA
Lump Sum MGA
Additional documents:
CREA Annual Work Programmes
CREA Regulation 2021/818
EU Financial Regulation 2018/1046
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
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Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
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