A
directive of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On signing an Agreement
between the Government of Ukraine and the European Commission on Ukraine's
participation in the programme Creative Europe" was approved at
the Government meeting on Wednesday, November 18. It is a European Union programme for
support to cultural and creative sectors and also on cooperation between
Ukraine and the European Union in the Media sub-programme Creative Europe.
In
the framework of the Government session Vice Prime Minister – Minister of
Culture of Ukraine ViacheslavKyrylenko made a presentation of the
program Creative Europe, in which he told about the opportunities and prospects
of development of culture, which will open for Ukrainians after the signing of
the Agreement.
The
ceremony of signing the accession Agreement will take place on Thursday,
November 19, with the participation of Vice Prime Minister – Minister of
Culture of Ukraine Viacheslav Kyrylenko and the European
Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Tibor Navracsics.
Creative Europe is aimed at supporting culture and audiovisual sector
initiatives, thus promoting cross-border cooperation, platforms, networking,
and literary translation and the development, distribution, or access to
audiovisual works among the countries of Europe. It consists of two
sub-programmes: the Culture and the Media with a budget of €1.46 billion and
envisages financial support for implementation of projects along 18 various
directions.
For the first
year of participation in the Creative Europe Ukraine gets preferential terms,
in particular, the payment of an entrance fee of 1 € for 2016. After signing
the Agreement Ukraine will establish a coordinating body to perform the
functions of the National Programme Office.
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