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Culture Moves Europe: new opportunities for artists and cultural professionals

Today, the Commission launches Culture Moves Europe, its new permanent mobility scheme for artists and cultural professionals, as well as a first call for individual mobility, during a high-level event in Brussels, Belgium. Benefiting from a total budget of €21 million under the Creative Europe programme for a three-year-period (2022-2025), Culture Moves Europe becomes the […]

EU adopts the first Youth Action Plan in EU External Action

Today, the Commission and the High Representative adopted the Youth Action Plan in the European Union external action for 2022-2027, the first-ever policy framework for a strategic partnership with young people around the world to build a more resilient, inclusive and sustainable future. It will help deliver on international commitments, such as the United Nation's […]

EU Human Rights Defenders Mechanism

Human rights are increasingly under threat worldwide. Against this global backdrop, reconfirming the European Union's strong support to human rights, fundamental freedoms and democracy, and their defenders worldwide, Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen today signed €30 million, a substantial increase, for the new phase of the EU Human Rights Defenders Mechanism, in the presence of civil society […]

The URBACT IV programme was officially adopted by the European Commission on 19 September 2022

This European Territorial cooperation programme will support cities to tackle the green, just and digital transitions, through networking, capacity and knowledge building activities. The purpose is to promote integrated sustainable development in cities, improve city’s policies and improve the effectiveness of Cohesion policy in cities. The URBACT IV programme will also support transnational networks to […]

Celebrating 35 years of the Erasmus programme

To mark the 35th anniversary of the emblematic Erasmus+ programme, Vice-President Margaritis Schinas and Commissioner Mariya Gabriel will meet 35 current and former Erasmus+ participants as well as representatives of the founding team of the programme, on Tuesday, 20 September 2022. The event will honour the achievements of the programme, that has involved 13 million […]

Culture Moves Europe: New €21 million mobility scheme for artists and cultural professionals

The European Commission has signed an agreement with Goethe-Institut to implement a new €21 million mobility scheme for artists and cultural professionals: Culture Moves Europe. The new Culture Moves Europe will become a permanent action under the Creative Europe programme and follows the successful I-Portunus pilot project that took place between 2018 and 2022. The […]

Erasmus+: 44 European Universities to cooperate across borders and disciplines

Today, the Commission has announced the results of the 2022 call for the European Universities initiative: with a record budget of €272 million from Erasmus+, 16 existing European Universities will continue to receive support, and four new alliances will be able to start their cooperation. Together with the 24 alliances selected in 2020, a total […]

European Citizen’s Prize. Winners 2022

Communication of the European Parliament concerning the European Citizen’s Prize (Civi Europaeo Praemium). Belgium: My talents for diversity Belgium: The Coordination Centre of Promote Ukraine Croatia: FUND 5.5 Cyprus: OXYGONO (Cyprus Forum & Nomoplatform) Czech Republic: Charita Znojmo’s humanitarian assistance to Ukraine Czech Republic: #HolkyzMarketingu Denmark: Europe Dialogue Estonia: Assisting Ukraine and ‘Ukraina heaks!’ (For […]

Additional €274.9 million to boost the social and economic recovery of Spanish regions #REACT-EU

Spain receives an additional €274.9 million from the 2022 tranche of REACT-EU. These resources will support the economic recovery of Spanish regions, help workers and jobseekers acquire skills necessary for the digital and green transition, and improve the access to and functioning of social systems. €137 million are added to the Spanish operational programme of […]

PEACE PLUS, a cross-border EU programme to strengthen cooperation between Ireland and Northern Ireland | Interreg

The Commission has adopted the PEACE PLUS, a new cross-border EU programme to strengthen peace and reconciliation and cross-border cooperation between Ireland and Northern Ireland. It combines the previous INTERREG and PEACE funding strands into a new programme for the 2021-2027 EU period. The Commission will invest €235 million from the European Territorial Cooperation allocation […]

Innovation Fund: EU invests €1.8 billion in clean tech projects

Today, the EU is investing over €1.8 billion in 17 large-scale innovative clean-tech projects with a third round of awards under the Innovation Fund. Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring breakthrough technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage infrastructure, and manufacturing of key […]

New Research and Innovation Performance report

The Commission has released the 2022 edition of the Science, Research and Innovation Performance (SRIP) report, analysing the EU's innovation performance in a global context. It provides insights into how research and innovation policies can help build an inclusive, sustainable, competitive and resilient Europe by leveraging the essential role of research and innovation as a source […]