Culture

EEA and Grants 2014-2021

€174 The culture programmes support million in ­safeguarding cultural heritage, cultural ­cooperation and intercultural dialogue. funding The programmes make culture more ­accessible, and contribute to local jobs, skills development and resilience in local communities.

© Wojciech Wandzel The programme will be implemented through:

Beneficiary EEA Open calls Pre-defined 10 States Grants 1 for proposals ! projects

Why support culture in Europe? Where we work Support for the culture sector is important in and of itself. Cooperation EEA Grants Norway Grants across borders, cultural exchange and conservation of cultural heritage 10.0 contribute to diversity, increased tolerance, job creations and growth. 28.0 This again brings long-term social and economic benefits, especially 2.8 to local communities. The EEA and Norway Grants create capacity for tbd inter-­cultural dialogue and encourage reflection on and learning from 7.0 Europe’s common past. tbd 75.0 What is supported? 9.0 The EEA and Norway Grants’ cultural programmes contribute to social 24.7 and economic development. Supported initiatives include: 17.5 • Cultural heritage management, preservation and conservation Amounts are in € million and for the period 2014-2021. The figures • Cultural entrepreneurship are subject to change until all relevant programme ­agreements are signed in all countries. • Cultural, creative and artistic activities • Reaching out to people through targeted and educational activities

1 One Norway Grant funded project under the local development programme in Malta.

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Cooperation Key achievements from the Partnerships with entities from the Donor States are strongly encouraged.­ To support such bilateral cooperation, the main Donor Programme 2009-2014 funding period ­Partners in this area are: The Arts Council Norway, and the Norwegian In the previous funding period, more than €204.2 Directorate of Cultural Heritage. The Icelandic Centre for Research million was allocated to culture programmes resulting in ­(Rannis) is involved in one programme. close to 500 projects across 14 countries.

Country Programme Donor Programme Partners projects received a European ­Heritage Award/Europa Nostra Bulgaria Culture Arts Council Norway 11 Award Arts Council Norway, Icelandic Czech Culture Centre for Research , Norwegian Republic Directorate for Cultural Heritage Norwegian Directorate for More than 1.7 million people attended a total Local development and Cultural Heritage, Norwegian of 3,000 cultural performances Estonia poverty reduction Directorate of Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health Arts Council Norway, Norwegian­ events of ­contemporary Local development and Latvia Association of Local and poverty reduction art and culture were Regional­ Authorities 2,800 supported­ Arts Council Norway , Norwegian Lithuania Culture Directorate for Cultural Heritage Local development and Over 274,000 items of cultural heritage were Malta poverty reduction made available to the public in an electronic Arts Council Norway, Norwegian format Poland Culture Directorate for Cultural Heritage Arts Council Norway, Norwegian Portugal Culture Directorate for Cultural Heritage © Ingrid Aas Arts Council Norway, Norwegian Romania Culture Directorate for Cultural Heritage Arts Council Norway, Norwegian Slovakia Culture Directorate for Cultural Heritage

The restoration of the Green Synagogue in Rezekne, Latvia, was carried out as a vocational training project for students from the Sam Eyde Upper Secondary School (Norway) and students and ­teachers-experts from Latvia - Rezekne Art and Design Secondary School and Austrumlatgale Vocational Secondary School.

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* EEA Grants are jointly financed by Iceland (3%), Liechtenstein (1%) and Norway (96%) **Norway Grants are solely financed by Norway

Last updated www.eeagrants.org #EEANorwayGrants February 2020