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Culture in EU external relations: call for tender for a preparatory action

10-07-2012

The European Commission's Directorate-General for Education and Culture has published a public open call for tender for a preparatory action on 'Culture in external relations'. The publication reference is EAC/09/12.
 
The purpose of the action is to support on-going policy reflection and development on strengthening the role of culture in external relations, and to nurture future work in this area.
 
In particular, it should formulate recommendations for a strategy on culture in EU external relations, which will build on synergies with existing processes and will involve a high number of stakeholders in Europe and third countries, including cultural institutes and NGOs.
 
The contract will include an analysis of existing resources, strategies, positions and opinions regarding culture in external relations, to be collected via a mapping, followed by a consultation process involving relevant stakeholders in Europe and in third countries.
 
This process should be able to produce definitions on basic concepts (from public diplomacy to cultural cooperation), and to draw conclusions and recommendations identifying areas of strong EU added value on a geographical basis, which are meaningful from the point of view of EU instruments.
 
Focus should be placed on countries/regions, which represent a clear priority for the EU's external action and should cover different types of countries.
 
The geographical area to be covered includes the 27 European Union Member States, Croatia as an acceding country, countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), and the following strategic partners of the EU: Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and the United States of America.
 
The process should converge in a conference, to be organised by the contractor within the framework set by the Commission, leading to a final report to be submitted to the Commission.
 
The maximum budget available for this contract is €500,000.
 
The deadline for submission of tenders is 17 August 2012.
 
The period of execution of the tasks will be 19 months. (EU Neighbourhood Info)
 
Read more
 
Full information about the call for tender
 
DG Education and Culture – culture and external relations
 
EU Neighbourhood Info Centre webpage – culture south and east
 
 

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