The general objective of the Programme is to enhance the cultural area shared by Europeans and based on a common cultural heritage through the development of cultural cooperation between the creators, cultural players and cultural institutions of the countries taking part in the Programme, with a view to encouraging the emergence of European citizenship. The Programme shall be open to the participation of non-audiovisual cultural industries, in particular small cultural enterprises, where such industries are acting in a non-profit-making cultural capacity.

The specific objectives of the Programme are:

• To promote the transnational mobility of cultural players.
• To encourage the transnational circulation of works and cultural and artistic products.
• To encourage intercultural dialogue.

The objectives of the Programme pursu through the implementation of the following measures:

Support for cultural actions:

• Multi-annual cooperation projects.
• Cooperation measures.
• Special actions.

Support for bodies active at European level: culture

Support for analyses and the collection and dissemination of information and for activities maximising the impact of projects in the field of European cultural cooperation and European cultural policy development.

The Community provisional funding available for the programme is:

• 400,00 Million EUR (Global Budget)