CELEX: 51995PC0373
Language: en
Date: 1995-07-28
Title: Amended proposal for a EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DECISION establishing a programme to support artistic and cultural activities having a European dimension KALEIDOSCOPE 2000

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                        Brussels, 28.07.1995
                                        COM(95) 373 final
                                        94/0188(COD)
                     Amended proposal for a
    EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DECISION
establishing a programme to support artistic and cultural activities
                   having a European dimension
                     KALEIDOSCOPE 2000
   (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 189 a (2)
                        of the EC-Treaty)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                                    Explanatory memorandum
                                      Kaleidoscope 2000
Amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision establishing a
programme to support artistic and cultural activities having a European dimension
(Kaleidoscope 2000).
     On 27 July 1994 the Commission presented a proposal for a European Parliament
     and Council Decision establishing a programme to support artistic and cultural
     activities having a European dimension (Kaleidoscope 2000) (COM 94/0356 -
     94/0188 COD).1
     On 7 April 1995 Parliament adopted a legislative resolution2 approving the
     Commission's proposal subject to the amendments it had made.
     The amended proposal set out here incorporates the amendments accepted by the
     Commission. Most of them have been taken as they stood but in some cases the
     Commission, while subscribing to the underlying ideas behind the amendments, has
     clarified their scope or reformulated them slightly. For instance it has agreed to
     Parliament's request for it to propose a specific programme for European Cities of
     Culture after the year 2000. Nevertheless a reference is included to the cities
     designated up to the year 2001 under the existing arrangements, so that in the
     meantime they can be granted Community support under the programme.
     The amendments accepted either improve the wording of the proposal, clarify
     various elements or add new ones (e.g. placing the emphasis on the dissemination
     of publicity for programmes to ensure that cultural organizations and networks as
     a whole are better informed).
 3.  In the case of a very small number of amendments the Commission was unable to
      accept all or part of Parliament's changes for the following reasons:
      *    either because they went beyond the scope and purpose of the proposal (e.g.
           amendment 17);
    OJ No C 324, 22.11.1994, p. 5.
    EP 189 075 (95.04.07).
                                                                                        2
 ---pagebreak---      or because the Commission took the wording agreed under interinstitutional
     agreements (amendments 13 and 23) or followed the current rules on committee
     procedures (21-23).
Finally the Commission has aligned its text on the amendments requested by
Parliament. A list of the amendments incorporated in the amended proposal and/or
rejected is attached.
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 ---pagebreak---                               KALEIDOSCOPE 2000
1. Amendments by Parliament incorporated in the Commission's amended proposal
   1-2-3-4-5-7-8-9-10-11-12-40-14-15-41-16-35-19-20-28-29-39-30-31-32-36-34
2. Amendments accepted in part or incorporated in essence
   22-24-25-27
   Explanation
   22: incorporated in essence in the recitals
   24: second part incorporated; as for the first part, the Commission wants evaluation
       to cover the first two full years and to be submitted to the Committee for its
       opinion
   25: incorporated in essence, with the addition of "on a certain scale" and
       consequent alignment of the text
   26: in response to Parliament's request the Commission will present a proposal for
       a specific programme concerning European Cities of Culture after the year
       2000; nevertheless a reference is included under point 7 (p. 19) to provide a
       budgetary basis for Community support to the cities designated in the meantime
       on the basis of the programme
   27: incorporated in part; the Commission would still like to include assessment of
       the socio-economic impact of its measures
3. Amendments rejected
   13-17-21-23
   Grounds
   13: the formula used is taken from the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 March
        1995
   17: does not come within the programme's scope; the Commission takes the view
        that the categories quoted come under the heading of movable heritage
   21: committee procedure
   23: committee procedure
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 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak--- Amended proposal for a
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DECISION
establishing a programme to support artistic and cultural activities
having a European dimension
                                                                                  94/0188 (COD)
                                   KALEIDOSCOPE 2000
 THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND                  THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
 UNION,                                        UNION,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing    Having regard to the Treaty establishing
 the European Community, and in par-          the European Community, and in par-
  ticular Article 128 thereof,                ticular Article 128 thereof,
  Having regard to the proposal from the      Having regard to the proposal from the
  Commission,                                  Commission,
  Having regard to the Opinion of the          Having regard to the Opinion of the
  Committee of the Regions,                    Committee of the Regions,
                                               Whereas in reality, the most tangible and
                                               influential aspect of Europe as a whole is
                                               not merely its geographical, political.
                                               economic and social features but essen-
                                               tially its culture:
                                               Whereas Europe's position in the world is
                                               largely determined by the position and
                                               strength of its cultural values, the critical
                                               assessment, development and transmission
                                               of which must be ensured without a break;
  Whereas the Treaty confers on the Com-       Whereas the Treaty confers on the Com-
  munity responsibility for contributing to    munity responsibility for contributing to
  the flowering of the cultures of the         the flowering of the cultures of the
  Member States by improving the knowl-        Member States by improving the knowl-
  edge and dissemination of the culture and    edge and dissemination of the culture and
  history of the European peoples and by       history of the European peoples and by
  encouraging cultural exchanges and artistic  encouraging cultural exchanges and artistic
  and literary creation;                       and literary creation;
                                               Whereas the cultural dimension plays a
                                               key role in Europe and, being the result of
                                                                                                S
 ---pagebreak---                                             interaction between a civilization and a
                                            number of cultures, increasingly refers to
                                            the same key values:
                                            Whereas knowledge of Europe's cultural
                                            roots helps to create an awareness of
                                            Europe and hence to promote the idea of
                                            European citizenship:
Whereas cultural diversity as expressed at  Whereas cultural diversity as expressed at
national, regional and local level must be  national, regional and local level must be
preserved and the works of European         preserved and the works of European
artists and writers which are a manifes-    artists and writers which are a manifes-
tation of the richness of the many forms    tation of the richness of the many forms
they take must be promoted;                 they take must be promoted;
                                            Whereas creative artists and professionals
                                            must be involved as much as possible
                                            from the outset in drawing up the criteria
                                            and in selecting projects:
Whereas it is also important to encourage   Whereas it is also important to encourage
all citizens, and especially young people - all citizens, especially young people - and
and more particularly those in less-        more particularly those in less-favoured
favoured circumstances - to become more     circumstances, especially those who live in
involved in culture so as to promote        outlying regions and rural parts of the
greater mutual respect and knowledge;       Union - to become more involved in
                                            culture so as to promote greater mutual
                                            respect and knowledge;
Whereas cooperation through networks is     Whereas cooperation through networks is
one of the best ways of breaking down       one of the best ways of breaking down
barriers and helping both professionals and barriers and helping both professionals and
volunteers in the cultural sector to        volunteers in the cultural sector to
cooperate more closely in the field, with   cooperate more closely in the field, with
due regard for the principle of             due regard for the principle of
subsidiarity;                               subsidiarity;
Whereas Community action in support of      Whereas Community action in support of
artistic and cultural events with a Euro-   artistic and cultural events with a Euro-
pean dimension, and cultural projects with  pean dimension, and significant cultural
a Europe-wide scope and symbolic nature,    projects with a certain Europe-wide scope
promotes the spread of different cultures   and symbolic nature, promotes the spread
while bringing artists and creators closer  of different cultures while bringing artists
to the European public, and can also        and creators closer to the European
provide socio-economic added value by       public, and can also provide socio-
                                                                                         £
 ---pagebreak--- encouraging operational synergies and       economic added value by encouraging
partnership;                                operational synergies and partnership;
Whereas, in the Solemn Declaration on       Whereas, in the Solemn Declaration on
European Union signed in Stuttgart on       European Union signed in Stuttgart on
19 June 1993, the Heads of State and        19 June 1993, the Heads of State and
Government called for more extensive        Government called for more extensive
contacts between writers and artists of the contacts between writers and artists of the
Member States and wider dissemination of    Member States and wider dissemination of
their works;                                their works;
Whereas Parliament adopted a Resolution     Whereas Parliament adopted a resolution
on the creation of a European               on the creation of a European Commun-
Communities Youth Orchestra, and a          ities Youth Orchestra,1 and a European
European Communities Baroque Orchestra      Communities Baroque Orchestra was
was created to mark the European Year of    created to mark the European Year of
Music in 1985;                              Music in 1985; whereas Parliament also
                                            adopted resolutions on the teaching and
                                            promotion of music in the European
                                            Community2 and the promotion of the
                                            theatre and music in the European Com-
                                            munity;3
Whereas the Ministers responsible for       Whereas the Ministers responsible for
Cultural Affairs meeting within the         Cultural Affairs meeting within the
Council on 13 June 1985 adopted a           Council on 13 June 1985 adopted a
Resolution concerning the annual "Euro-     resolution4 concerning the annual 'Euro-
pean City of Culture" event to help bring   pean City of Culture' event to help bring
the peoples of the Member States closer     the peoples of the Member States closer
together;                                   together;
                                            Whereas Parliament adopted a resolution
                                            on the European Cities of Culture;5
Whereas, in the conclusions of the Min-     Whereas, in the conclusions of the Min-
isters of Culture meeting within the        isters of Culture meeting within the
Council of 18 May 1990, it was decided      Council of 18 May 1990, it was decided
to create a "European Cultural Month" to    to create a 'European Cultural Month' to
take place each year in one city in a       take place each year in one city in a
European country basing itself on the       European country basing itself on the
principles of democracy, pluralism and the  principles of democracy, pluralism and the
rule of law;                                rule of law;6
Whereas the Ministers for Culture meeting   Whereas the Ministers for Culture meeting
within the Council on 7 June 1991           within the Council on 7 June 1991
expressed in a Resolution "their determi-   expressed in a resolution 'their determi-
                                                                                        1-
 ---pagebreak--- nation to encourage the theatre in Europe  nation to encourage the theatre in Europe
and to enhance its European dimension" ;   and to enhance its European dimension';7
                                           Whereas the resolution of the Council and
Whereas the Resolution of the Council and  the Ministers of Culture meeting within
the Ministers of Culture meeting within    the Council of 14 November 1991 stresses
the Council of 14 November 1991 stresses   the important role of networks of cultural
the important role of networks of cultural organizations in cultural cooperation
organizations in cultural cooperation      within Europe;8
within Europe;
                                           Whereas the Commission communication
Whereas the Commission communication       of 29 April 1992 on 'New prospects for
of 29 April 1992 on "New prospects for     Community cultural action' states that the
Community cultural action" states that the arts sector, and particularly the
arts sector, and particularly the          performing and visual arts, should be
performing and visual arts, should be      supported by means of trans-national
supported by means of trans-national       networks and measures to encourage cre-
networks and measures to encourage cre-    ation; whereas the Council, in its con-
ation; whereas the Council, in its con-    clusions of the Ministers of Culture
clusions of the Ministers of Culture       meeting within the Council of
meeting within the Council of              12 November 1992 on guidelines for
12 November 1992 on guidelines for         Community cultural action9 encouraged
Community cultural action encouraged this  this approach;
approach;
                                           Whereas the cultural dialogue between the
                                           Member States of the Union and third
                                           countries. both European and non-
                                           European, plays a key role in promoting
                                           mutual understanding. cooperation.
                                           tolerance and peace;
                                           Whereas the European Parliament has
                                           adopted resolutions on the cultural rela-
                                           tions of the European Communities with
                                           the countries of Central and Eastern
                                           Europe,10 cultural cooperation between the
                                           European Community and the USA11 and
                                           the cultural relations between the
                                           European Union and Latin America:12
                                           Whereas the aforesaid conclusions of
Whereas the aforesaid conclusions pointed  12 November 1992 pointed out that there
out that there was an interest, within the was an interest, within the principles of
principles of the Treaty on European       the Treaty on European Union, in Com-
Union, in Community cultural action with   munity cultural action with third countries
third countries in and outside Europe and  in and outside Europe and in European
                                                                                       r
 ---pagebreak--- in European cultural cooperation with        cultural cooperation with the Council of
other competent international forums,        Europe and other competent international
including the Council of Europe;             forums, such as UNESCO:
                                             Whereas Parliament, in its resolution on
Whereas Parliament, in its Resolution on     the communication from the Commission
the communication from the Commission        on new prospects for Community cultural
on new prospects for Community cultural      action13 and in its resolution on
action and in its Resolution on Community    Community policy in the field of culture,14
policy in the field of culture, stresses the stresses the importance of cultural
importance of cultural networks and of       networks and of stepping up support for
stepping up support for music, theatre,      music, theatre, dance and the visual arts,
dance and the visual arts,
                                             Whereas a modus vivendi was agreed on
                                             20 December 1994 between the European
                                             Parliament, the Council and the Com-
                                             mission as regards measures to implement
                                             acts adopted in accordance with the
                                             procedure laid down in Article 189b of the
                                             EC Treaty
                                             HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
                                                               Article 1
                  Article 1
                                             The Commission shall set out, for a five-
The Commission shall set out, for a five-    year period from 1996, an action
year period from 1996, an action             programme, contained in the Annex, to
programme, contained in the Annex, to        promote knowledge and dissemination of
promote knowledge and dissemination of       the culture of European peoples, particu-
the culture of European peoples, particu-    larly in the fields of the performing arts,
larly in the fields of the performing arts,  visual or spatial arts, multimedia arts and
visual or spatial arts, multimedia arts and  applied arts, through cultural exchanges
applied arts, through cultural exchanges     and significant events of a certain scope
and e m b l e m a t i c     events      (the (the 'Kaleidoscope 2000' programme),
 'Kaleidoscope 2000' programme), here-       hereafter referred to as 'the programme'.
after referred to as 'the programme'.
                                                               Article 2
                  Article 2
                                             The aims of the programme shall be as
 The aims of the programme shall be as       follows:
 follows:
                                                     to encourage artistic and cultural
        to encourage artistic and cultural           creation in Europe in the fields of
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 ---pagebreak---        creation in Europe in the fields of             the performing arts, visual or
       the performing arts, visual or                  spatial arts, multimedia arts and
       spatial arts, multimedia arts and               applied arts; a balance shall be
       applied arts by bringing such                   sought between all forms of artistic
       creation closer to different                    expression:
       European publics;
                                                       to support innovative cultural pro-
       to support innovative cultural pro-             jects of professional standard and
       jects of professional standard and              of European interest involving
       of European interest involving                  genuine European cooperation;
        genuine European cooperation;
                                                       to encourage cultural exchanges
       to encourage cultural exchanges in              and an inter-cultural dialogue in
        order to contribute to mutual                  order to contribute to mutual
        awareness, thus promoting access               awareness;
        to culture for less privileged cat-
       egories;
                                                       to encourage the promotion and
        to encourage the promotion and                  spread of culture in Europe, taking
        spread of culture in Europe.                    into account persons of all ages
                                                        and of all social and cultural
                                                        groups, and in particular
                                                       disadvantaged groups;
        to promote arts and culture in                 to promote arts and culture in
        order to develop the job-creation               order to develop the job-creation
        potential in this sector, especially           potential in this sector, especially
        for the benefit of young people.                for the benefit of young people.
                  Article 3                                      Article 3
To attain the objectives of the programme,    To attain the objectives of the programme,
the Community shall provide financial         which are based on the development of a
support for the following incentive           joint effort, the Commumty shall provide
measures which are intended to support        financial support for the following
and supplement measures by the Member         incentive measures which are intended to
States in the fields of artistic and cultural support and supplement measures by the
creation, cultural exchanges and artistic     Member States in the fields of artistic and
and cultural dissemination:                   cultural creation, cultural exchanges and
                                               artistic and cultural dissemination:
         Promotion and spread of culture       1        Promotion and spread of culture:
         (a)    Support for       large-scale            (a)    Support for significant cul-
                emblematic          cultural                    tural projects of a certain
                                                                                             yu>
 ---pagebreak---         projects with a European               scale with      a   European
        dimension;                             dimension.
(b)     Support for large-scale        (b)     Support for          cultural
        cultural projects carried out          projects of a certain scale
        by European cultural part-             carried out by European
        ners.                                  cultural organizations.
Projects carried out in partnership    Projects carried out in partnership
or in cooperation through networks     or in cooperation through
                                       networks:
(a)     Support for artistic and
        cultural events organized in   (a)     Support for artistic and
        partnership, that is to                cultural events organized in
        say, jointly organized by              partnership,      i.e. jointly
        partners from at least three           organized by partners from
        Member States or by cul-               at least three Member
        tural networks, and involv-            States or by cultural net-
         ing creative artists or               works (including those
         others active in the cultural          which promote access to
         field from at least three             culture for the least-
         Member States,           and           favoured sectors of the
         concerning creative work to           population), and involving
         be disseminated          and           creative artists or others
         presented to the public.               active in the cultural field
                                                from at least three Member
                                                States, and concerning
                                                creative work to be
                                                disseminated and presented
                                                to the public.
(b)      Support for meetings and
         exchanges of knowledge        (b)      Support for meetings and
         and experience between                 exchanges of knowledge
         professionals and others               and experience between
         active in the cultural field,          professionals and others
        jointly     organized      by           active in the cultural field,
         partners from at least three          jointly organized           by
         Member States, or by                   partners from at least three
         cultural networks, and                 Member States, or by
         involving participants from            cultural networks, and
         at least three Member                  involving participants from
         States.                                at least three Member
                                                States.
 For this type of project, priority
 shall be given to European cultural    For this type of project, priority
 networks involving either non-         shall be given to European cultural
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 ---pagebreak--- profit      making         cultural      networks involving either non-
organizations or professionals           profit      making        cultural
engaged in developing common             organizations or professionals
cultural action.                         engaged in developing common
                                         cultural action.
Training
                                      3. Training
Support for projects linking the
training of creative or performing       Support for projects linking the
artists or others active in the cul-     training of creative or performing
tural sector with artistic and           artists or others active in the cul-
cultural events supported by this        tural sector with artistic and
programme.                               cultural events supported by this
                                         programme.
Access to culture
                                      4. Access to culture
Support for cooperation between
those active in the cultural sector      Support for cooperation between
or regional, national or European        those active in the cultural sector
authorities on specific themes           or regional, national or European
within the fields of arts and            authorities on specific themes
culture, either through meetings at      within the fields of arts and
European level or through studies        culture, either through meetings at
and research directly linked to the      European level or through studies
development of Community action          and research directly linked to the
on culture. Priority shall be given      development of Community action
to projects using multimedia tools.      on culture. Priority shall be given
                                         to projects using multimedia tools.
Cooperation with non-member
countries and international organiz-  5. Cooperation with non-member
ations                                   countries and international organiz-
                                         ations
(a)     Support for large-scale
        cultural projects representa-    (a)     Support for significant cul-
        tive of European culture,                tural projects of a certain
        taking place outside the                 scale representative of
        European Community with                  European culture, taking
        the participation of artists             place outside the European
        from the Community.                      Community with the
                                                 participation of artists from
                                                 the Community.
(b)      Support for artistic and
        cultural cooperative ven-        (b)     Support for artistic and
        tures involving, in both                 cultural cooperative ven-
        organization and participa-              tures involving, in both
        tion in the event, partners              organization and participa-
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 ---pagebreak---         from at least two European            tion in the event, partners
        third countries and one               from at least two non-Com-
        Member State. The project             munity European countries
        must be submitted by a                and one Member State. The
        cultural body from a Euro-            project must be submitted
        pean third country and                by a cultural body from a
        must include creative work            non-Community European
        intended for public display           country and must include
        or dissemination.                     creative work intended for
                                              public      display       or
                                              dissemination.
(c)     Support for meetings and
        exchanges of knowledge        (c)     Support for meetings and
        and experience between                exchanges of knowledge
        professionals and others              and experience between
        involved in the cultural              professionals and others
        sector. Priority shall be             involved in the cultural
        given to cultural networks            sector. Priority shall be
        which develop cultural                given to cultural networks
        activities in European third          which develop cultural
        countries.                            activities       in    non-
                                              Community         European
Priority shall be given to non-               countries.
member countries with which the
Community has signed association      Priority shall be given to non-
or cooperation          agreements    member countries with which the
incorporating cultural clauses.       Community has signed:
                                              the Agreement on the
                                              European Economic Area:
                                              association agreements:
                                              cooperation agreements
                                              incorporating       cultural
                                              clauses.
                                      Priority shall also be given to
                                      European countries deemed to
The Community and the Member          fulfil the requirements for mem-
States shall promote cooperation      bership of the European Union
with the relevant international       (Cyprus and Malta),
organizations in the cultural sector,
and in particular with the Council    The Commumty and the Member
of Europe, whilst ensuring that the   States shall promote cooperation
instruments         adopted      are  with the Council of Europe and
complementary and respect the         other relevant         international
individual identity and autonomy      organizations in the cultural sector,
of each         institution      and  such as UNESCO, whilst ensuring
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 ---pagebreak---         organization.                                 that the instruments adopted are
                                                      complementary and respect the
                                                      individual identity and autonomy
                                                      of e a c h i n s t i t u t i o n and
                                                      organization.
                                              &.      Publicity and information
                                              The Commission shall give priority to
                                              publicity and the dissemination of infor-
                                              mation concerning the programme in
                                              question, so as to ensure that all cultural
                                              operators and networks are informed
                  Article 4                   about, and made aware of. actions con-
                                              cerning them.
The Commission shall be responsible for
implementing the programme. For the
purpose of carrying out that task, the                          Article 4
Commission shall be assisted by the
Advisory Committee for the incentive          The Commission shall be responsible for
measures in the cultural field (hereinafter   implementing the programme. For the
referred to as 'the Committee'), according    purpose of carrying out that task, the
to the procedure laid down in Article 5.      Commission shall be assisted by the
                                              Advisory Committee for the incentive
The Committee, of an advisory nature,         measures in the cultural field (hereinafter
shall consist of representatives appointed    referred to as 'the Committee'), according
by each Member State and chaired by a         to the procedure laid down in Article 5.
representative of the Commission.
                                              The Committee, of an advisory nature,
                                              shall consist of representatives appointed
                   Article 5                  by each Member State and chaired by a
                                              representative of the Commission.
The representative of the Commission
shall submit to the Committee a draft of
the measures to be taken. The Committee                         Article 5
shall deliver its opinion on the draft within
a time limit which the chairman may lay       The representative of the Commission
down according to the urgency of the          shall submit to the Committee a draft of
matter, if necessary by taking a vote shall   the measures to be taken. The Committee
be taken.                                     shall deliver its opinion on the draft within
                                              a time limit which the chairman may lay
The opinion shall be recorded in the          down according to the urgency of the
minutes; in addition each Member State        matter, if necessary by taking a vote shall
 shall have the right to ask for its position be taken.
to be recorded in the minutes.
                                              The opinion shall be recorded in the
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 ---pagebreak--- The Commission shall take the utmost         minutes; in addition each Member State
account of the opinion delivered by the      shall have the right to ask for its position
Committee. It shall inform the Committee     to be recorded in the minutes.
of the manner in which its opinion has
been taken into account.                     The Commission shall take the utmost
                                             account of the opinion delivered by the
                                             Committee. It shall inform the Committee
                 Article 6                   of the manner in which its opinion has
                                             been taken into account.
After the programme has been in oper-
ation for two years, and within six months
of that period, the Commission, after                          Article 6
having consulted the Committee, shall
present a report on the results achieved to  After the programme has been in oper-
the European Parliament and the Council,     ation for two years, and within six months
accompanied, where necessary, by appro-      of that period, the Commission, after
priate proposals.                            having consulted the Committee, shall
                                             present a detailed report on the results
                                             achieved to the European Parliament and
                                             the Council, accompanied,              where
                                             necessary, by appropriate proposals. This
                                             report shall place particular emphasis, on
                                             the basis of the financial support provided
                                             by the Community, on the creation of
                                             added value of a socio-economic nature,
On expiry of the programme, the Com-         resulting from operational and partnership-
mission, acting in accordance with the       based synergy.
procedure laid down in Article 5, shall
send a report on the implementation and      On expiry of the programme, the Com-
results of the programme to the European     mission, acting in accordance with the
Parliament and the Council.                  procedure laid down in Article 5, shall
                                             send a detailed report on the implemen-
                                             tation and results of the programme to the
                 Article 7                   European Parliament and the Council.
The programme, containing practical
information on procedure, national                             Article 7
organizations able to provide technical
assistance to cultural projects, the closing The programme, containing practical
dates for the submission of applications     information on procedure, national
and the documents which must accompany       organizations able to provide technical
the applications, shall be published each    assistance to cultural projects, the closing
year in the ' C series of the Official Jour- dates for the submission of application and
nal of the European Communities.             the documents which must accompany the
                                             application, shall be published each year
                                              in the ' C series of the Official Journal of
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 ---pagebreak---                 Article 8                   the European Communities.
This Decision shall enter into force on the
20th day following that of its publication                  Article 8
in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.                                This Decision shall enter into force on the
                                            20th day following that of its publication
                                            in the Official Journal of the European
                Article 9                   Communities.
This Decision is addressed to the Member
States.                                                     Article 9
Done at Brussels,                           Deleted
For the European Parliament                 Done at Brussels,
The President
                                            For the European Parliament
For the Council                             The President
The President
                                            For the Council
                                            The President
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 ---pagebreak---                                            Annex
Community support programme                      Community support programme
for artistic and cultural projects having a      for artistic and cultural projects having a
European dimension                               European dimension
            Kaleidoscope 2000                                Kaleidoscope 2000
        Conditions of participation                      Conditions of participation
To promote the awareness and dissemi-            To promote the awareness and dissemi-
nation of the culture of European peoples,       nation of the culture of European peoples,
particularly in thefieldsof the performing       particularly in thefieldsof the performing
arts, visual or spatial arts, multimedia arts    arts, visual or spatial arts, multimedia arts
and applied arts, the Community is               and applied arts, the Community is
planning to support cultural projects with       planning to support cultural projects with
a European dimension and symbolic                a European dimension and significant
actions and to give priority to cooperation      actions of a certain scale and to give
between those professionally involved in         priority to cooperation between those
the cultural sector, particularly by means       professionally involved in the cultural
of networks.                                     sector, particularly by means of networks.
To this end, the Community is organizing         To this end, the Community is organizing
the Kaleidoscope 2000 Programme which            the Kaleidoscope 2000 Programme which
includes the following measures:                 includes the following measures:
Action 1                                         Action 1
Promotion and spread of culture in               Promotion and spread of culture in
Europe                                           Europe
1. The programme is open to large-               1. The programme is open to significant
      scale cultural projects with a Euro-             cultural projects of a certain scale
      pean dimension and of an emblematic              with a European dimension.
      nature.
2.    Depending on the quality of the                  Depending on the quality of the
      proposed programmes, the following               proposed programmes, the following
      shall be considered to be large-scale            shall be considered to be significant
      European projects with an                        European projects of a certain scale:
      emblematic character:
                                                            cultural events which are
           cultural events which          are               already well established at
           already well established        at               European level, such as the EC
           European level, such as        the               Youth Orchestra, the EC
           European City of Culture,      the               Baroque Orchestra, etc.;
           EC Youth Orchestra, the        EC
           Baroque Orchestra, etc.;
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        by the Member States to mark               by the Member States to mark
        Europe Day on 9 May;                       Europe Day on 9 May;
        large-scale, high-quality cultural         high-quality cultural projects
        projects with a European                   with a European dimension
        dimension which enable the                 which enable the cultural and
        cultural and socio-economic                socio-economic impact of
        impact of projects carried out in          projects carried out in partner-
        partnership to be assessed.                ship to be assessed.
   The projects described at point 2          The projects described at point 2
   must be the subject of an individual       must be the subject of an individual
   application to the European Com-           application to the European Com-
   munity; the application must be            munity; the application must be
   accompanied by:                            accompanied by:
        a detailed description of the              a detailed description of the
        actions to be undertaken in the            actions to be undertaken in the
        course of the year;                        course of the year;
        a detailed budget for        these         a detailed budget for these
        actions;                                   actions;
        an evaluation of the actions               an evaluation of the actions
        undertaken in the year preceding           undertaken in the year preceding
        the application to allow an                the application to allow an
        assessment of both the cultural            assessment of both the cultural
        quality and the socio-economic             quality and the socio-economic
        impact of the results obtained.            impact of the results obtained.
   Applications should be sent no later       Applications should be sent no later
   than          to the European Com-         than          to the European Com-
   mission, DG X, Culture Unit,               mission, DG X, Culture Unit,
   200 rue de la Loi, B-1049 Brussels.        200 rue de la Loi, B-1049 Brussels.
   Projects must have adequate financial      Projects must have adequate financial
   cover to ensure that they can be           cover to ensure that they can be
   completed. Community support for a         completed. Community support for a
   project may in no circumstances            project may in no circumstances
   cover the entire costs.                    cover the entire costs.
6. Applications will be examined              Applications will be examined
   separately and selected by thé             separately and selected by the
   Commission's departments.                  Commission's departments.
                                              The Commission will shortly be
                                              presenting to Parliament and the
                                              Council a proposal for a specific
                                              programme for European Cities of
                                              Culture after the year 2000: in the
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                                                     up to the year 2001 under the current
                                                     arrangements. Community support
                                                     will be granted for this event on the
                                                     basis of the programme.
Action 2:                                       Action 2:
Networks and partnerships: Support              Networks and partnerships: Support
for events and cultural projects carried        for events and cultural projects carried
out in partnership or through networks          out in partnership or through networks
1.   The programme is open to cultural          1.   The programme is open to cultural
     and artistic projects jointly organized         and artistic projects jointly organized
     by partners from at least three                 by partners from at least three
     Member States, or by cultural                   Member States, or by cultural
     networks, and involving creative or             networks, and involving creative or
     performing artists or others active in          performing artists or others active in
     the cultural sector from at least three         the cultural sector from at least three
     Member States.                                  Member States. Priority is also given
                                                     to networks which promote access to
                                                     culture for the least-favoured sectors
                                                     of the population.
2.   The following shall be considered to       2.   The following shall be considered to
     be cultural cooperation projects:               be cultural cooperation projects:
          Any artistic or cultural event                  Any artistic or cultural event
          involving creative work intended                involving creative work intended
          for     public      display     or              for     public      display     or
          dissemination in Europe. The                    dissemination in Europe. The
          areas chosen are as follows: the                areas chosen are as follows: the
          performing arts (dance, music,                  performing arts (dance, music,
          theatre, opera, etc.), visual or                theatre, opera, etc.), visual or
          spatial arts (painting, sculpture,              spatial arts (painting, sculpture,
          carving, engraving,          etc.,              carving,      engraving,     etc.,
          architecture, photography and                   architecture, photography and
          design), multimedia arts and                    design), multimedia arts and
          applied arts.                                   applied arts.
          Events such as conferences,                     Events such as conferences,
          seminars or meetings between                    seminars or meetings between
          professionals from the cultural                 professionals from the cultural
          sector organized by cultural net-               sector organized by cultural net-
          works or others involved in                     works or others involved in
          culture from at least three                     culture from at least three
          Member States, and involving                    Member States, and involving
          creative or performing artists or               creative or performing artists or
          others involved in the cultural                 others involved in the cultural
          sector from at least three                      sector from at least three
          Member States. The sectors                      Member States. The sectors
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 ---pagebreak---         involved are the visual arts,                involved are the visual arts,
        performing arts, spatial arts,               performing arts, spatial arts,
        multimedia arts, applied arts and            multimedia arts, applied arts and
        related areas such as cultural               related areas such as cultural
        administration, the cultural                 administration, the cultural
        economy, sponsorship, etc.                   economy, sponsorship, etc.
3. Projects submitted for the Kaleido-       3. Projects submitted for the Kaleido-
   scope programme must be of Euro-             scope programme must be of Euro-
   pean interest, of high quality and           pean interest, have a balanced
   innovatory and exemplary in nature,          budget, be of high quality and
   and take place in 19...                      innovatory and exemplary in nature,
                                                and take place in 19...
4. The following are excluded:               4. The following are excluded:
        cultural cooperation projects of             cultural cooperation projects of
        a purely regional, national or               a purely regional, national or
        bilateral nature;                            bilateral nature;
        cinema or television events;                 cinema or television events;
        cultural heritage projects;                  cultural heritage projects;
        literary translation projects;               literary translation projects;
        the production of material and               the production of material and
        publications not forming an                  publications not forming an
        integral part of the event                   integral part of the event
        (monographs,         collections,            (monographs, collections,
        reviews,       records,     CDs,             reviews,       records,     CDs,
        videos, etc.);                               videos, etc.);
        feasibility studies;                         feasibility studies;
        investment or operating costs of             investment or operating costs of
        the cultural organizations which             the cultural organizations which
        do not form an integral part of              do not form an integral part of
        the event in question;                       the event in question;
        cost of preparing future coop-               cost of preparing future coop-
        eration projects;                            eration projects;
        cost of setting up networks.                 cost of setting up networks.
                                                In principle, applications by organ-
                                                izations in respect of operating costs
                                                shall not be admissible. However.
                                                where      projects    submitted    by
                                                European cultural networks are to be
                                                financed, a percentage may be added
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                                                    part of the translation and
                                                    communication costs.
5.  Generally speaking, support for a               Generally speaking, support for a
    cultural event may not be repeated.             cultural event may not be repeated.
    However, in certain cases the Com-              However, in certain cases the Com-
    munity may provide assistance to                munity may provide assistance to
    cultural networks for a maximum of              cultural networks for a maximum of
    three consecutive years, provided               three consecutive years, provided
    that there is continuity in the project.        that there is continuity in the project.
    The renewal of             Community            The renewal of Community
    assistance will be assessed by inde-            assistance will be assessed by inde-
    pendent experts on the basis of the             pendent experts nominated by the
    activity report for the project sub-            Commission on the basis of the
    mitted by the network.                          activity report for the project sub-
                                                    mitted by the network.
6.  Projects must have adequate financial       6.  Projects must have adequate financial
    cover to ensure that they can be                cover to ensure that they can be
    completed. Financial assistance for a           completed. Financial assistance for a
    project under the Kaleidoscope pro-             project under the Kaleidoscope pro-
     gramme may not exceed 25% of the                gramme may not exceed 25 % of the
     total cost of the project and in any            total cost of the project and in any
     event may not exceed ECU 30 000.                event may not exceed ECU 30 000.
7.   The application forms and a copy of        7.   The application forms and a copy of
     this notice can be obtained from the            this notice can be obtained from the
     Offices of the European Commission              Offices of the European Commission
     in the Member States or from the                in the Member States or from the
     European Commission, DG X,                      European Commission, DG X,
     Culture Unit, rue de la Loi 200, B-             Culture Unit, rue de la Loi 200, B-
      1049 Brussels.                                  1049 Brussels.
 8.  Applications for financial support              Applications for financial support
     should be sent both to the European             should be sent both to the European
     Commission in Brussels. Applica-                Commission in Brussels. Applica-
     tions should be postmarked no later             tions should be postmarked no later
      than                                            than
      The Commission, according to                    The Commission, according to
      Articles 4 and 5 of Decision ... of             Articles 4 and 5 of Decision ... of
      ..., will decide whether or not to              ..., will decide whether or not to
      provide financial support to the                provide financial support to the
      selected projects.                              selected projects.
 Action 3:                                       Action 3:
 Training                                        Training
 1.    Further training for creative or          1.    Further training for creative or
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 ---pagebreak---     performing artists or others active in        performing artists or others active in
    the cultural sector, which is                 the cultural sector, which is
    immediately put to use in specific            immediately put to use in specific
    projects with a particular aim,               projects with a particular aim,
    encourages contemporary creation.             encourages contemporary creation.
    Priority will therefore be given to           Priority will therefore be given to
    projects for cultural events which            projects for cultural events which
    include training or further training          include training or further training
    courses in their organization. These          courses in their organization. These
    projects, which will contribute to            projects, which will contribute to
    develop the potential of job creation         develop the potential of job creation
    in the field of arts and culture, will        in the field of arts and culture, will
    notably benefit to young people.              notably benefit to young people.
2.  Financial assistance with training            Financial assistance with training
    may be granted to some of the                 may be granted to some of the
    cultural and artistic cooperation             cultural and artistic cooperation
    projects (Action 2) selected. This            projects (Action 2) selected. This
    support may not exceed 50% of the             support may not exceed 50% of the
    Community's contribution to the               Community's contribution to the
    event or cultural project.                    event or cultural project.
3.  The Commission, in cooperation with           The Commission, in cooperation with
    Member States, shall take care of             Member States, shall take care of
    ensuring complementarity between              ensuring complementarity between
    the actions of this programme and             the actions of this programme and
    the Commumty programmes in the                the Commumty programmes in the
    field of education and training,              field of education and training,
    Socrates and Leonardo.                        Socrates        and     Leonardo.
                                                  Complementarity with the other
                                                  cultural programmes. Ariane and
                                                  Raphael, will be envisaged by the
                                                  Commission, in collaboration with
                                                  the Member States
Action 4:                                     Action 4:
Access to culture                             Access to culture
1.  By way of an extra, and in order to       1.  By way of an extra, and in order to
     improve cultural cooperation between         improve cultural cooperation between
    those working in the cultural sector          those working in the cultural sector
     and regional, national and European          (particularly those living in less-
    authorities, support may be provided          favoured remote, mountainous or
     in specific cases limited to meetings        island regions) and regional, national
     organized at European level or to            and European authorities, support
     studies and research directly linked         may be provided in specific cases
     to the development of Community               limited to meetings organized at
     cultural action.                              European level or to studies and
                                                   research directly linked to the
                                                   development of Community cultural
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     These meetings and studies shall not            These meetings and studies shall not
     be directly linked to the cultural              be directly linked to the cultural
     projects and events receiving support           projects and events receiving support
     under     the Kaleidoscope 2000                 under      the Kaleidoscope 2000
     programme (Actions 1, 2 and 3).                 programme (Actions 1, 2 and 3).
     Applications for financial assistance           Applications for financial assistance
     must be sent to the European Com-               must be sent to the European Com-
     mission, DG X, Culture Unit (200                mission, DG X, Culture Unit (200
     rue de la Loi , B-1049 Brussels), no            rue de la Loi , B-1049 Brussels), no
     less than two months before the date            less than two months before the date
     of the meeting or study. They must              of the meeting or study. They must
     contain a detailed description of the           contain a detailed description of the
     aims and content of the meeting or              aims and content of the meeting or
     study as well as a detailed budget for          study as well as a detailed budget for
     the operation.                                  the operation.
     Applications must demonstrate                   Applications must demonstrate
     adequate financial cover to ensure              adequate financial cover to ensure
     that the action can be completed. In            that the action can be completed. In
     any event, the Community's contri-              any event, the Community's contri-
     bution may not exceed 50% of the                bution may not exceed 50% of the
     total costs of the meeting or study.            total costs of the meeting or study.
5.   Applications will be selected by the            Applications will be selected by the
     Commission by reference to the                  Commission by reference to the
     quality, usefulness and subsidiarity            quality, usefulness and subsidiarity
     element of the project submitted.               element of the project submitted.
Action 5:                                       Action 5:
Cooperation with non-member coun-               Cooperation with non-member coun-
tries and international organizations           tries and international organizations
1.   Community support for cultural             1.   Community support for cultural
     cooperation projects with non-mem-              cooperation projects with non-mem-
     ber countries is organized along                ber countries is organized along
     similar lines to aid for projects               similar lines to aid for projects
     involving the Community countries               involving the Community countries
     referred to in points 1, 2, 3 and 4. In         referred to in points 1, 2, 3 and 4. In
     this connection, priority is given to           this connection, priority is given to
     projects involving third countries              projects involving third countries
     with which the Community has                    with which the Community has
     signed      association/cooperation             signed:
     agreements with cultural clauses,                     the Agreement on the European
     such as the countries of Central and                  Economic Area.
     Eastern Europe and the Latin                          association agreements
     American countries.                                   cooperation agreements      with
                                                           cultural clauses^
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 ---pagebreak---                                                  Priority is also given to European
                                                 countries deemed to fulfil the
                                                 requirements for membership of the
                                                 Union fCyprus and Malta).
2. The following projects are eligible:       2. The following projects are eligible:
        Large-scale cultural projects            *     Significant cultural projects oJLa
        representative of European                    certain scale that are repre-
        culture, taking place outside the              sentative of European culture,
        European Community with the                   taking place outside the Euro-
        participation of artists from the             pean Community with the
        Community (e.g. European                      participation of artists from the
        Culture Month).                               Community (e.g. European
                                                       Culture Month).
   *    Artistic and cultural cooperation        *     Artistic and cultural cooperation
        projects or meetings and                       projects or meetings and
        exchanges of knowledge and                     exchanges of knowledge and
        experience       between pro-                  experience between           pro-
        fessionals and others involved in              fessionals and others involved in
        the cultural sector, involving, in             the cultural sector, involving, in
        both organization and par-                     both organization and par-
        ticipation in the event, partners              ticipation in the event, partners
        from at least two non-                         from at least two non-
        Community countries and one                    Community countries and one
        Member State. The project must                 Member State. The project must
        be submitted by a cultural body                be submitted by a cultural body
        from a non-Community country                   from a non-Community country
        and must include creative work                 and must include creative work
         intended for public display or                intended for public display or
        dissemination. Priority shall be               dissemination. Priority shall be
         given to cultural networks which              given to cultural networks which
        develop genuine cooperation                    develop genuine cooperation
         between the Community and                     between the Community and
         non-member countries.                         non-member countries.
3. In this connection the Community               In this connection the Community
   will seek synergy with competent               will seek synergy with competent
   international organizations, and in            international organizations, and in
   particular with the Council of                 particular with the Council of Europe
   Europe, while respecting the indi-             and UNESCO, while respecting the
   vidual identity and autonomy of                individual identity and autonomy of
   action of each institution and organ-          action of each institution and
   ization.                                       organization.
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