ENCATC endorses joint letter of concern on the Creative Europe 40 million euros budget cuts
ENCATC, together with a group of 70 networks and organisations from across the Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (CCSIs), has addressed a letter of concern to the EU Member States, the Commission and the Council of the EU regarding the proposed cuts by 40 million EUR to the Creative Europe budget 2024.
Such a cut will have barely any impact on the EU’s budget savings, but will significantly weaken the Creative Europe programme, the only EU’s funding envelope dedicated to European cultural cooperation, and cause damage to the CCSIs. The co-signatories very much hope that the Council will reconsider the current budget cuts and rather contribute to further strengthen the Creative Europe programme for the year 2024 and in the future, in line with the position expressed by the CULT Committee of the European Parliament, which requested an increase by €43 million for next year.
You can read more in the joint letter addressed to EU institutions and Member States.