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{{Form announcement
|Type=other
|Title=Supporting the cultural and creative sectors  in the ACP countries
|Provider=European Commission
|Description=The global objective of this call for proposals is to foster the economic and social development of the ACP countries by stimulating the whole of the cultural and creative sector. 
The specific objective(s) of this Call for Proposals are:
- growth of the creative sector’s economic revenue,
- creation of jobs linked to the cultural sector, 
- improved accessibility and recognition and commercial exploitation of artists and their work

In order to achieve these objectives, there will be support for four strands:
a) creating/producing high-quality goods and services, at competitive prices, and in increased quantities,
b) access to national, regional and international markets, circulation/dissemination/promotion of ACP goods and services,
c) visual literacy, 
d) improving access to financing through innovative mechanisms that allow co-financing and aim to reduce ACP cultural operators’ dependency on international financing.
Digital input is recommended for the implementation of the four strands set out above.
|Target country=Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Turkey, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda,  Bahamas,  Barbados, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Burkina faso, Burundi, Cape verde, Cameroun, Comoros, Congo, Cook islands, Ivory coast, Djibouti, Dominica, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea ecuatorial, GuinÃ©-bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Palau, Papua new guinea, Dominican republic, Central african republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, St kitts and Nevis, St lucia, St Vincent Grenadines, Samoa, SÃ£0 tomÃ©  e prÃncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Island, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Chad, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe
|Funding information=The total available financial resources is 26,000,000 euros divided into 6 lots to which the following resources are assigned:
Lot 1 = 6.2 million euros;
Lot 2 = 6 million euros:
Lot 3 = 4.2 million euros;
Lot 4 = 3.8 million euros;
Lot 5 = 3 million euros;
Lot 6 = 2.8 million euros.

Only one project will be approved for each lot.
|Requisites=Entities / bodies with legal personality that fall into the following categories: foundations, associations, NGOs, public / private sector operators, local authorities, higher education institutions and universities; international (intergovernmental) organizations.

The proposing subject must be established for at least 3 years in one of the countries eligible for the call (listed in Annex L), have proven experience of at least 3 years (in the period 2015-2019) in the allocation and monitoring of the implementation of support in ACP countries, including support to third parties in the areas of culture and / or creative industries and / or social and human development. Even the co-proposer must comply with the same eligibility requirements as the proposer except those relating to the experience.
|Deadline=2020/3/20
|Deadline as soon as possible=No
}}