Where the money is committed
This programme commits its whole allocation to one programme area.
Programme· PT-CULTURE · 2014–2021
Cultural Entrepreneurship, Cultural Heritage and Cultural Cooperation
Social and economic development strengthened through cultural cooperation, cultural entrepreneurship and cultural heritage management
Programme objective, as agreed.
Allocation
€9.5m
Allocation by financial mechanism: EEA Grants 100%.
- EEA Grants €9.5m
- Norway Grants None
Funded by EEA Grants
€10m 108% of allocation
Contracted in signed projects
17
Projects signed
2
Donor programme partners
1
Documents published
| Programme area | Allocation | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural Entrepreneurship, Cultural Heritage and Cultural Cooperation PA14 | €9.5m | 100.0% |
Who runs it
Responsible bodies
- Programme operator
- Património Cultural, Instituto Público
- National focal point
- National Management Unit
- Short name
- PT-CULTURE
- Type
- Programme Agreement
Donor programme partners
Institutions from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway working on this programme.
Bilateral ambitions
€100,000 shall be allocated to the programme from the fund for bilateral relations. This does not prevent the Joint Committee for Bilateral Funds from allocating additional funds to the programme.
Conditions in the programme agreement
5 concerns were recorded against this programme when it was agreed.
- A maximum level of funding available from the total eligible expenditure of the programme for infrastructure (hard measures) shall be identified in the concept note.
- Approximately 20% of the total eligible expenditure of the programme shall be set aside for cultural cooperation and exchange between the Donor States and Portugal.
- The Arts and Culture Norway shall be actively involved in the preparation of the programme.
- The National Focal Point and the Programme Operator shall at the latest by the submission of the concept note, submit a plan to ensure adequate programme management capacity of the Programme Operator.
- The programme shall focus on the role that arts, culture and cultural heritage play in local and regional development with emphasis on employment, social inclusion and cohesion, on cultural entrepreneurship, on cultural heritage management, preservation and conservation and on audience development and cultural activities in education. Coastal cultural heritage shall be taken into account.
The 17 projects
€10m of awarded grant.
Signed per year
- 2 2020
- 15 2021
- Smallest grant
- €301k
- Median
- €431k
- Largest
- €1.1m
| Largest projects | Signed | Grant |
|---|---|---|
| Coastal Cultural Centre - Creation of the Centre for Maritime Knowledge and Culture and Enhancement of Sesimbra's Coastal Cultural Heritage Municipality of Sesimbra | 30 July 2021 | €1.1m |
| Shipyard-Museum of Porto Brandão Shipyard Museum of Porto Brandão | 30 July 2021 | €1m |
| Building capacity and skills for the conservation and management of underwater heritage Património Cultural, Instituto Público | 2 June 2020 | €995k |
| FILMar — Digitization of film heritage Cinemateca Portuguesa | 4 February 2020 | €981k |
| Coastal Memory Fort Municipality of Lourinhã | 30 July 2021 | €863k |
| Ciência Viva Salt Farm Municipality of Figueira da Foz | 30 July 2021 | €834k |
| From Fenais to Fenais: Local Development for Culture Carlos Machado Museum - Azores Directorate Regional for Culture | 30 July 2021 | €489k |
| Nautical Arts Centre Municipality of Vila do Conde | 30 July 2021 | €448k |
Implementation status is not published for this funding period, so projects are shown by awarded grant and signature date rather than by progress.
Documents and calls
Published against this programme.
| Type | Document | Version date | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Programme Agreement | Programme agreement PT-CULTURE | 3 April 2024 | 15.0 |