Calls for proposals under the new Creative Europe programme are in full swing. Here are the top 5 lessons we took away from helping clients put together applications for a whole range of new cultural and creative projects.

With a wider scope and a doubled budget, the new Erasmus+ offers unprecedented opportunities in education, training, youth and sport. But what can cultural and creative organisations do to get involved in this €28.4 billion programme and help deliver results in a post-pandemic Europe? Actually, a lot.

The new Horizon Europe programme promises exciting new opportunities for the cultural and creative sector and a simpler, streamlined process for applications. We take a deep dive into the new framework to find out exactly what this newly launched, €95.5 billion funding source has to offer the CCS.

How did a short-lived, century-old art movement become a shining beacon of hope for European culture? We explore how Bauhaus is inspiring a new, sustainable movement to help deliver the European Green Deal.

Culture and the arts are still being sidelined in talks around Next Generation EU and the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF 2021-2027). Does the answer lie in national resilience and recovery plans instead?

The cultural and creative sector (CCS), is one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, and is likely to continue suffering long after quarantine conditions have been eased off. We take a look at the emergency relief measures taken by the EU and national governments to safeguard the sector’s future post COVID-19.

Negotiations around the EU’s new budget for 2021-2027 are ongoing. Will the cultural and creative sector manage to secure more than its usual sliver of the pie? The Commission and the Parliament certainly think it should.

With Brexit now behind us, it’s time to take a look at the domino effect the UK’s departure has had on the European cultural and creative industries.

The EU loves a good acronym. But more than that, it likes to pilot innovative projects for the cultural and creative sector. In 2019, we got together with our friends, Ticketing Group, AKA Agency, and Twister Research and figured out how to put the right digital technologies to work to bridge the gap between cultural producers and consumers in Europe. We called it, the ADVICE project.

We’re all about bringing cultural works to European audiences here at BECCA, so when the opportunity comes along to help clients secure funding to do just that, we get pretty excited.

Cultural advocates have lobbied hard for change in the run up to the European Parliament (EP) elections that took place over the weekend. Away from the rampant news coverage, the European Commission carries on with its plans to shape the future of cultural policy. All in all, it seems like a good time to take a quick look at EU news related to the cultural and creative sector.

Brexit. Otherwise known as the unfolding disaster British politicians are currently navigating in an effort to extricate the UK from the European Union. The cultural and creative sector (CCS) barely features in the public debate, with concern being expressed almost exclusively from within the industry.