European Cooperation Projects Medium Scale

• European Cooperation Projects are transnational projects involving organisations in the cultural and creative sectors from different countries taking part in the programme. They give cultural organisations of all sizes, including micro-organisations and small-sized organisations, the possibility to co-produce, cooperate, experiment, innovate, be mobile and learn from each other.
• The action aims to improve access to European culture and creative works and to promote innovation and creativity. Projects can cover one or more cultural and creative sectors and can be interdisciplinary.
• The action aims at having a transformative impact on the cultural landscape by fostering cross-border partnerships that invigorate the exchange of ideas and techniques, significantly enriching the sector. It should magnify the global presence of European art, ensuring its appreciation and access worldwide, thus broadening its impact.
• By facilitating collaboration among diverse organizations, the action should spark innovation, enabling the development and widespread dissemination of cutting-edge practices that enhance the competitiveness of the European cultural sector. This transnational cooperation should open new avenues for professionals, boosting their skills and fostering career growth and ensuring that cultural and creative sectors remain vibrant and resilient.
• Projects supported under this strand will foster transnational cooperation among cultural and creative organisations and allow for the circulation and visibility of European works and the mobility of professionals of those sectors. The Culture strand also encourages capacity-building within the European cultural and creative sectors and enhances their capacity to nurture talent, to innovate, to prosper
  and generate jobs and growth. Furthermore, it supports societal resilience and enhancement of social inclusion in and
  through culture as well as democratic participation for all, including for people with disabilities, people belonging to minorities and people belonging to socially marginalised groups, as well as intercultural dialogue.
• The details on this page are guidelines only. Please refer to the European Cooperation Projects 2026 Call document for full details, eligibility and requirements needed to apply for Small and Medium Scale projects both of which are in the same call document.

Small Scale Cooperation projects 2026

• The consortium most be composed of minimum 3 entities from 3 different eligible countries.
• The maximum EU grant amount is of €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.

Medium Scale Cooperation Projects 2026

• The consortium most be composed of minimum 5 entities from 5 different eligible countries.
• The maximum EU grant amount is of €1,000,000 per project.
• The funding rate is of maximum 70%.

Please refer to the European Cooperation Projects 2026 Call document for full details, eligibility and requirements needed to apply for Small and Medium Scale projects both of which are in this call document.

• In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must: be legal entities (public or private bodies); be established in one of the eligible Creative Europe Participating Countries; EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs); non-EU countries; listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Creative Europe Programme (list of participating countries).
• Proposals must be submitted by a consortium (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities) which complies with the following conditions:
  • CREA-CULT-2026-COOP-1 European Cooperation Projects (Small Scale): minimum 3 independent entities from 3 different eligible countries.
  • CREA-CULT-2026-COOP-2 European Cooperation Projects (Medium Scale): minimum 5 independent entities from 5 different eligible countries.
• The coordinator must have had a legal existence for at least 2 years on the date of the deadline for submission.
• An organisation, as identified by their PIC number, can apply only once as oordinator under the call, regardless of the topic chosen (COOP 1 or 2).
• An organisation, as identified by their PIC number, can be part of a maximum of 3 applications submitted in this call, whether as coordinator and/or partner regardless of the topic chosen (COOP 1 or 2).
• The details on this page are guidelines only. Please refer to the European Cooperation Projects 2026 Call document for full details, eligibility and requirements needed to apply for Small and Medium Scale projects both of which are in the same call document.

Support will be given to projects addressing one of the following objectives:

• Objective 1: Transnational creation and circulation. Projects should aim 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 integrate new and creative ways of producing and disseminating content.
• Objective 2: Innovation. Projects should aim 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. Innovation should be understood in a broad sense. Innovations can be of technological and artistic nature; they may include the joint creation and production of innovative European works and their dissemination to a wide and diverse audience. Innovations also include the development and experimentation of new practices or models, as well as the transfer and dissemination of innovative practices from more advanced European regions or sectors or disciplines to other regions in Europe.
• Areas of innovation can encompass a social or societal dimension such as audience engagement/development, working conditions of artists, gender equality, the inclusion of people with disabilities, people belonging to minorities and people belonging to socially marginalised groups, fighting climate change, digitisation and AI for the benefit of creativity and creators, etc., as well as culture’s contribution to health and well-being.
• Activities must align with the specific objective the proposal has chosen to contribute to under this call i.e. Objective 1 – Transnational creation and circulation or Objective 2 – Innovation.
• Activities may include, but are not limited to (non-exhaustive list):
  • Promoting the transnational mobility of artists and professionals with a view to enabling them to cooperate transnationally;
  • Strengthening audience development and improving access to European cultural and creative works;
  • Improving capacity by developing new and enhancing existing skills and competencies for cultural professionals, emerging artists and stakeholders engaged in cultural and creative sectors and promoting innovative approaches to creation, new and innovative models of revenue, management and marketing for the cultural sectors;
  • Contributing to aspects of inclusion and gender equality and enhancing intercultural dialogue, promoting shared EU values and mutual understanding and respect for other cultures;
  • Actively involve young people in cultural and creative activities to foster innovation, co-creation, and intergenerational dialogue;
  • Raising awareness activities and strategies aimed at increasing the understanding visibility, and appreciation of common history, values and cultural diversity and reinforcing a sense of belonging to a common European space.
  • The details on this page are guidelines only. Please refer to the European Cooperation Projects 2026 Call document for full details, eligibility and requirements needed to apply for Small and Medium Scale projects both of which are in the same call document.

• Small Scale Cooperation projects 2026
  • The maximum EU grant amount is of €200,000 per project.
  • The funding rate is of maximum 80%
• Medium Scale Cooperation Projects 2026
  • The maximum EU grant amount is of €1,000,000 per project.
  • The funding rate is of maximum 70%

The details on this page are guidelines only. Please refer to the European Cooperation Projects 2026 Call document for full details, eligibility and requirements needed to apply for Small and Medium Scale projects both of which are in the same call document.