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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GENERALBUD6HTP0R1981
SECTIONIIÏ-COMMISSIONKOM(81)719final*
Brussels .17November 1981 .
TRANSFER OFAPPROPRIATIONS No35/81
(non-compulsory expenditure )
FROMCHAPTER101-CONTINGENCY RESERVE
TOCHAPTER39
Article393
Item3930-OTHEREXPENDITURE ONSPECIFIC PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY
THEINSTITUTION
-Culturalprojectsandevents
-Expenditure onculturalaction
50.000ECU
TheFinancialController approvedthisproposalon21Octoberinaccordance
withArticle21(4)oftheFinancialRegulation andcertifiedthatthe
appropriations areavailable.
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The-veryhighrateofunemployment aftectingculturalworkersmakes -itespecially
"urgenttolaunchnewpilotschemestotryovtthevariousmeasures,possibly
involvingpaymentsfromtheEuropeanSocialFund,,whichneedtobeimplemented ;.
Thesepilotschemeswillconcentrate onwrysefenlargingaudiences-particularly
youngaudiences-forthegreatestpossiblenumberofculturalformsofexpression,
sincethisisoneofthemainwaysbywhichtheemploymertsituationinthe-.
culturalsectorcanbeimproved. _ ■
Themainschemesproposedare.asfollows:.'
1.Enlargingtheaudiencefortheworksoflivingcomposers-20.000ECU
Composersofartmusichavethesmallestaudienceofallculturalworkers.
Theproposedpilotschemewillformpartofthepreparations fortheEuropean
YearofMusic,setforT985onaninitiative byParliament .
Theschemewillbeintwostages:
.publication anddissemination ofthereportofacolloquium ofspecialists
whohavesucceededindevisingnewwaysofensuringthatthe.worksof
livingcomposersreceivetheattentionwhichtheyareseriouslylackingat
present;
.Technicalmeetingstoanalysetheideaswhichthepublication anddistribution
ofthereportshouldelicit.Thisanalysiswillbegearedtoanswering a
practicalquestion :whattypesofeventsshouldbeorganizedtopromote
theworksoflivingcomposersinconnection withtheEuropeanYearofMusic?
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2.Enlargingreadership acrossnationalfrontiers-5.000ECU
Onthebasisofcontributions invitedfrominternational specialists inthe
workofGuelderode,whodoesnotreachtheaudiencebedeservesoutsideBelgium,
anexperimentwillberuntoseehowthereadership ofawritercouLdbe
extendedbeyondthefrontiersofhiscountryoforigin.
Guelderode's exmpleseemsparticularly significant .
Enlargingtheaudienceforyoungtheatrecompanies-25.000ECU
ThispilotschemewillattempttotransferfromnationalleveltoCommunity
levelaculturalstructure whichhasproveditsworthinoneoftheCommunity
countrieswiththeaimofmatchingyoungtheatrecompanieswith,theirpotential
'audience.\.
Thisyoungcompanies,whosecreativecontribution isinestimable,areoneofthe
jewelsofourculture.Buttheyaregraduallybeingworndownthroughtrying
toreconciletheexemplaryprofessionalism vihichtheyattainwiththe
positionwhichtheyareforcedtoadoptonthefringeofsociety.
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Enlargingaudiences-andparticularly youngaudiences-istheonlymeansof
combatingtheunemployment whichdogstheactingprofession :inseveralCommunity
countriesthisishoveringaroundthealarmingfigureof80%.
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Theappropriations enteredinthe1981budget<330.000ECU)arealreadyearmarked
topayfortheactivitiesoriginallyplannedandnewfundsarethereforeessential
inordertolaunchthesepilotschemes.TheCommissionthereforeconsidersit
justifiabletowithdraw50.000ECUfromthereserveinChapter101inorderto
provideItem3930(Expenditure onculturalaction)withfundsforthispurpose.
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APPROP TATIO'r>INCHAPTER101
AT7 ■■^.T0?-P1981
Amountenteredin1981budget:5.000,000 ECU
Transfers authorized
Article/Item ECU
Ν
210 129.000
213 524.000
217 12.000
262 900.000
930 500.000
Sub-total 2.065.000
Transfersinprogress
3703 -" 1.500.000
Total 3.565.000
Reserverematmng :1.435.000 ECU