EU4Culture
EU4Culture is a four-year project funded by the European Union to support the culture and creative sector with a special focus on non-capital cities and towns in the Eastern Partnership Countries. The overall objective of EU4Culture is to support culture’s role as an engine for growth and social development in the Eastern Partnership countries. In 2021, EU4Culture launched a call to support regional cities in creating Cultural Development Strategies. 14 cities were awarded with grants of EUR 30,000 to develop their cultural strategies, among them 3 cities in Armenia: Ijevan, Charentsavan and Sevan. Late 2022, Ijevan was awarded a grant of up to €300,000 to implement its strategy and activities, for ex., three-day Community Festival “We and Our Mountains” – with participation of 3,000 artists, featuring variety of activities (exhibitions, fairs, concerts, outdoor movie screenings etc.).
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It also provides capacity-building support to the 14 cities in the fields of Internationalisation, Cultural Enterprise and Management, and Cultural Indicators and Statistics.
EU4Culture has also been providing financial support to Artists and Cultural Professionals in Armenia through Mobility Scheme since 2021.
The project is implemented by Goethe Institute in partnership with Czech Centers, Danish Cultural Institute and Institut Français de Géorgie.
A new regional project (EUR 10 million) will start early 2025 for four years. It will build on the development of the on-going EU4Culture which places culture, the creative industries and cultural heritage at its core, and assists cities in the Eastern Partnership region to develop and implement cultural policies, following the approach of the European Capitals of Culture. It will focus on the local, national, and regional levels, strengthening the cooperation between Culture and Creative Industries (CCI), civil society organisations, including women’s and youth organisations and relevant local and national authorities. It will support knowledge transfer to the regions, improve the local ecosystem and enhance CCI-related environment in the participating regions. It will enable market access for emerging entrepreneurs in the field of culture. It will support the synergies between culture (including cultural heritage) and sustainable tourism. This action could thus contribute to investment in and the economic growth of the partner countries.