With Apologies for cross-posting:
The DCMS has recently launched a consultation on the European
Commission’s proposal for the future Culture Programme 2007-2013,
the replacement for Culture 2000. Culture 2000, which has a budget
of €167 million over five years between February 2000 and December
2004, will expire in December 2006 after a two year extension.
Please give DCMS your views on the proposed new programme and
distribute this information as widely as possible to ensure that the
voice of the museums, libraries and archives sector is heard.
The Commission’s proposal for a successor programme focuses on three
objectives:
• The trans-national mobility of people working in the cultural
sectors
• The trans-national circulation of works of art (including
immaterial works, such as music)
• Intercultural dialogue
The proposal document is available at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/education_culture/newprog/com1_en.pdf
Further information is available on DCMS’s website
(http://www.culture.gov.uk/global/consultations/2004+current+consultations/consu_eucom_culture_programme.htm?properties=2004+current+consultations%2C%2Fglobal%2Fconsultations%2F2004+current+consultations%2F%2C&month=e)
including details of how to respond and who to contact at DCMS. The
deadline for responses is Friday 29 October.
A fact sheet produced by EUCLID giving examples of museums,
libraries and archives projects supported under Culture 2000 is
available on MLA’s website
(http://www.mla.gov.uk/action/international/inter_eu_enlarge.asp)
I would be happy to email the supporting documentation to anyone who
is interested - just email me at this address.
Margaret Crockett
Acting Chair, Society of Archivists International Affairs
Sub-Committee
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