The culture and heritage sector
Has a wide range of EU funding opportunities available to it. Various funding programmes support cultural sector projects from local to international level.
The Network helps its members navigate the maze of EU funding. Below are some of the main EU funding programmes that are relevant to cultural heritage initiatives. We also recommend you find your national contact points.
Selected European Union funding programmes
Creative Europe
Creative Europe is an EU funding programme that supports the cultural and audiovisual sector.
- Funding period: 2021-2027
- Budget: 2.4 mld €
Erasmus+
Erasmus+ to unijny program edukacyjny i szkoleniowy. Wspiera rErasmus+ is the EU’s education and training programme. It also supports cultural heritage institutions in developing educational programmes and supports learning through and with cultural heritage.
- Funding period: 2021-2027
- Budget: 26 mld €
Horizon Europe
Horizon Europe is the EU’s research and innovation programme, which includes support for the innovative potential of cultural heritage to protect and conserve it.
- Funding period: 2021-2027
- Budget: 95,5 mld €
Digital Europe
Aims to improve and promote digital capabilities and to widen and facilitate access to and use of digital technologies.
- Funding period: 2021-2027
- Budget: 5,59 mld €
Citizens, equality, rights and values
Promotes and protects fundamental rights, the rule of law and democracy in the EU. The Civic Engagement and Participation strand is of interest to the cultural sector.
- Funding period: 2021-2027
- Budget: 1,55 mld €
EU structural funds
EU structural funds aim to reduce regional disparities in income, wealth and opportunity
- Funding period: 2021-2027
- Budget of European Regional Development Fund: 226,9 mld €
- Budget of European Social Fund + : 88 mld €
Interreg VI
As part of European cohesion policy, Interreg aims to reduce the gap between Europe and its citizens by improving social cohesion and quality of life
- Funding period: 2021-2027
- Budget: 7,95 mld €
