The Commission has issued a call for proposals which finances with 400 million euros the activities under the programme CULTURE 2007-2013

The call for proposals, published in the Official Journal of the European Union of July 3, 2009, contains the actions planned to be financed under the CULTURE 2007-2013 Programme of the European Union.

The program has three specific objectives:

• Promote the transnational mobility of people working in the cultural sector.
• Encourage the transnational circulation of works and cultural and artistic products.
• Promote intercultural dialogue.

On the one hand, cultural activities of various types will be funded: multi-annual cooperation projects, cooperation activities, literary translation projects and cooperation with third countries. For these actions, the deadline for submission of proposals is,for the first two, on October 1, 2009, for the literary one February 1st 2010, and for cooperation with third countries on May 1, 2010.

Moreover, support for bodies active at European level in the cultural field will also be granted. This strand targets organisations that promote a sense of shared cultural experience with a truly European dimension.. In this case, the deadline for submission of proposals is on November 1, 2009.

The Directorate General for Education and Culture is who manages the programme Culture 2007-2013, detailed conditions in this Call for Proposals are availabre on its website.