Bottom-up Policy Development for Culture & Well-being in the EU

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There is a new call just published by DG EAC: Preparatory action - Bottom-up Policy Development for Culture & Well-being in the EU with deadline 15th of May.

Budget: 500k (80% of the total eligible costs), only one proposal gets funded. Duration of the project: 18 months, starting in the second part of this year.

Aims:

  • facilitate the exchange of knowledge, experience and success stories within the European Union (EU) related to the role of culture for well-being and health
  • map the most relevant existing practices in this regard, including those that are financed by European programmes
  • improve the capacity of local actors to effectively benefit from culture as a means to increase well-being and health, with a special focus on mental health
  • carry out small-scale pilot work on the ground concerning means of cooperating across sectors to enhance the well-being of individuals and communities
  • establish and explore synergies between existing policies and programmes, as well as past, ongoing and planned actions – in particular those at the EU level – but also local, (macro-)regional and national initiatives

There are four tasks:

1. Research:

The beneficiary should undertake a desk research that will review existing knowledge
from European and international research on the relationship between citizens’
participation in culture, well-being and health, including digital aspects and the impact of Covid 19.

2. Mapping:

The beneficiary should carry out a mapping of relevant EU, national, regional and
local programmes, initiatives and projects on culture, well-being and health across the
European Union…The result of this work is expected to be a clear, concise and comprehensive mapping that will serve as a resource for learning and
inspiration for a wide range of relevant actors and organisations.

3. Cross-sectorial and cross-border cooperation:

The beneficiary should facilitate experimental cross-sectorial and trans-European
cooperation with the aim to generate knowledge and compile policy guidelines on how
to enhance well-being through culture…the beneficiary should carry out a minimum of five small-scale innovative pilot projects on the ground in at least four countries across the EU on methods, actions and measures to strengthen cross-sectoral cooperation to harness the power of culture to enhance the well-being of individuals and communities, with a focus on mental health, where relevant…

4. Dissemination:

A systematic communication and dissemination package in order to make sure that the main findings of the preparatory action reach the relevant professionals from the various relevant sectors + final conference.

We could try to investigate who is applying to this, get in touch with the consortium leader and propose SSNA? What do you think @hugi, @amelia, @alberto, @ivan, @nadia?

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Yes, this is excellent. But in this case, perhaps we could lead?
I think that a consortium of Edgeryders (building on OpenCare), Trans Europe Halles, Blivande and FdCM could be pretty strong if we add a University? This is not a Horizon project, so coordination is perhaps not as heavy. What do you think? It would be a lot better if we could design the project ourselves in this case.

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Makes sense. What, if any, support at this stage would you need to do so?

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However, on second though: That there is only one funded project and a very tight schedule makes me thing that this call was written with a specific project and consortium in mind. We should definitely try to ask around first as to not waste our time. Ask Burak at TEH?

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I agree. Can you ask Burak? I’ll check with ECHN.

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Hmm. What is the eligible rate of indirect costs?

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Politecnico?

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Indirect costs are overheads up to 7%

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So, if we win we LOSE money:

Spend 100 => Eligible 100 + 7% = 107 => Claim 80% x 107 = 85.6

Loss on 100 EUR spent is 100-85.6 = 14.4.

I say let it go. This is for cultural institutions standing on core funding, not for the likes of us.

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I don’t think it’s 80% for every partner, it’s for the project as a whole. Maybe our role in the consortium could be 100% covered if we negotiate it.

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Only if in-kind is not accepted, which it often is in the culture sector.

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Indeed, there is in-kind contribution in the budget template.

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Then the 80% isn’t really a major problem. I would be up for going for it, covering the self-funding with in-kind contributions, just making sure we have enough paid time to go around to do what we want.

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Hi Adrian, thanks for the interest! Unfortunately, we didn’t manage to find the consortium leader for this call and we are not able to apply ourselves as coordinators.

In any case I would love to know more about what you do, we might find other opportunities to collaborate :slight_smile: