Eurean Commission confirms Ukraine’s participation in all activities within Creative Eure programme – Ministry

This was reported by the Ministry of Culture and Information Picy, Ukrinform saw.

"Today, the General Directorate of the Eurean Commission for Communication Networks, Content and Technogy officially informed the MCIP of Ukraine about the consent from the Eurean Commission to Ukraine’s full participation in all activities of the EU program ‘Creative Eure’ (2021-2027), including in the ‘Media’ section,” the report reads.

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According to the agreement between Ukraine and the EU on Ukraine's participation in the "Creative Eure" program, concluded on December 15, 2021, Ukrainian organizations are entitled to participate in the contests within the "Culture" and "Intersectoral Coeration" sections. However, their participation in the "Media" section remained limited until the completion of the processes of bringing Ukraine's national legislation in the audiovisual field into compliance with EU law.

"In general, the decision was a result of the Eurean Commission's positive assessment of Ukraine's progress in bringing the national legislation on the audiovisual industry closer to the requirements of the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive," the ministry said.

"Creative Eure" is a framework program of the Eurean Union aimed at supporting and strengthening the competitiveness of the Eurean cultural, creative, and audiovisual sectors, as well as preserving, develing, and promoting the cultural and linguistic diversity of Eurean countries.

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The program is the main instrument for financing the cultural sphere. Its total budget for 2021-2027 stands at EUR 2.44 billion.

Ukraine has been participating in the Creative Eure program since 2016.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, two Ukrainian film festivals received grants from Creative Eure.