Our activities

Culture (2007-2013): coordination and information
Partner search
Seminars, trainings
E-newsletter
General cultural information
Structural Funds
Grants and scholarships
Local management for the EU Youth Orchestra
Publications

Culture (2007-2013): coordination and information

We give information and technical assistance in Hungarian to cultural operations interested in submitting an application in Culture (2007-2013) framework programme of EU. We are regularly invited to lectures, conferences, seminars, university courses to talk about cultural possibilities within the EU. We also organise information events on our own (thematic days, road-shows etc.)
As a background organisation of the Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture we try to coordinate and circulate information between cultural operators, the Ministry and the European Commission.

Partner search

The CCP network operates an internet-based international partner search database. The technical background is maintained by our Spanish colleagues.
By registering to the database you get notifications (with exact links) of the new entries in e-mail.
The database offers a simply-to-use on-line English form; you can register either as a main or as a co-organiser, but you also can just browse through the thousands of ideas and addresses already registered.

Seminars, trainings

We have three courses registered by the Ministry of Education and Culture. The first type, our theoretic seminars for cultural operators (mostly in Hungary but also abroad) is to summarize the facts and information about the EU from a cultural point of view.
The second, more practical training gives opportunity to learn about writing applications. The third, newest one is a theoretic and practical course for specially librarians and information-experts.

E-newsletter

Every week we send a compilation of cultural news to nearly 6000 e-mail addresses. This Hungarian publication offers information in nine categories: EU cultural news, winning projects, applications, conferences/festivals/events in general, partner searches, scholarships and grants, short news, documents of the EU on cultural topic, links.
The articles of the newsletter can be read on the website, too. Registration is possible by sending an e-mail and also on-line through this website.

General cultural information

As we are in touch with many cultural organisations, institutions (both public and private) we usually can find answers to culture-related questions.

Structural Funds

This is a hot topic nowadays: how can we find financial sources for cultural actions from the EU Structural Funds? We gather information about Hungarian programming documents and winning projects, we make summaries and résumés from the applications for the cultural operators.

Grants and scholarships

We gather information regularly about international grants and scholarships for Hungarian organisations and individuals, in the cultural field. There are also organisations that publish grants or scholarships for foreign citizens - we share both types of information with the public.

Local management for the EU Youth Orchestra

The European Union Youth Orchestra (earlier the European Community Youth Orchestra) - founded in 1978 by British initiative - is made up of up to 140 players, representing all member countries of the European Union. The players are selected each year from over 4,000 candidates aged between 14 and 24, who take part in auditions throughout the EU.
Our office organises the promoting of the orchestra and the auditions in Hungary. It gives us much pleasure that three Hungarian musicians wined a place at the orchestra in 2006/2007 season.

Publications

We publish information material (leaflets, booklets, studies) mostly in Hungarian, but some of them in English about European cultural programmes and initiatives. Most of the publications are freely distributed.