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ACP-EU Programme for the Support of the culture sector
N°REG/FED/22410

Agreement No.REG/FED/22410-ACP-EU Programme for the Support of the culture sector-was signed on 8 February 2011 for an amount of €30.0 million. The execution period is 120 months.

Implementation mode

The programme is implemented by the PMU under the supervision of the ACP Secretariat.

Objectives

The programme’s global objective is to contribute to the fight against poverty through the development and consolidation of viable and sustainable cultural industries in ACP countries and safeguarding cultural diversity. More specifically the project aims inter alia:

  • To support an increased access to local, regional intra-ACP and international markets within ACP States and at international level, for ACP cultural goods and services.
  • To strengthen ACP cultural operators’ capacities
  • To promote intra-ACP and ACP-EU partnerships.
  • To contribute to improving the regulatory environment of the cultural sector in ACP states.

Expected results

  • The quality of cultural goods and services in the ACP is improved;
  • Circulation of cultural goods and services is enhanced, with access to local, regional, intra-ACP, Europe and international;
  • The capacity of the ACP cultural actors, operators and entrepreneurs will be utilized and reinforced;
  • The ACP cultural policy decision makers have at their disposal tools for the creation and improvement of the regulatory framework through studies, analyses and recommendations.

The Programme is ongoing

The programme facilitated for the meeting of the ACP Ministers of Culture that was held in Brussels from 7 to 10 November 2017

Beneficiary countries

Benin, Rwanda, Haiti, Dominican Rep, Trinidad & Tobago, Senegal, Mali, Cuba, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, Vanuatu, Fiji, Solomon Islands, PNG, Nigeria, Gabon, Antigua & Barbuda, Madagascar, Congo, Mozambique, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Burundi, Djibouti, CAR, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Cameroon, Chad, Timor-Leste.

For more information, contact: Department of Political Affairs and Human Development