Programme areas and funds for the EEA and Norway Grants

How the objective will be addressed

cultural heritage monuments, sites and environments will include climate change mitigation and adaptation measures. To improve access to cultural heritage, the programme area will support documentation and accessible presentation, outreach, awareness raising and training, including in traditional craftsmanship, making use of digital technologies. Revitalisation of cultural heritage will contribute to sustainable development through enhanced skills and knowledge, and by generating local revenue. A participatory approach will ensure relevance and that benefits are shared across the community. participation, and to help pool competences needed to respond to challenges, the programme area will encourage multi-stakeholder partnerships across sectors and disciplines, involving, among others, the education sector. To ensure outreach and inclusive and active

the field of arts, culture, and cultural heritage, independent cultural actors, and civil society organisations are the main implementing actors. The end beneficiaries are the general public, with a focus on people with limited access to culture, minorities, and persons in vulnerable situations.

The programme area will promote the freedom of cultural expression through artistic and cultural creation, exchange and mobility. To increase participation, this will be coupled with support for outreach, capacity building and community engagement, including through cultural education. The programme area will support measures that ensure human rights, cultural diversity, and the participation and cultural self-expression of women, minorities, and persons in vulnerable situations and from disadvantaged areas. The programme area will support the green and digital transitions of the arts and culture sector through capacity building and networking, as well as through joint cultural programming. To create conditions for socially, economically and environmentally sustainable cultural heritage management, this programme area will support capacity building, research, monitoring and risk analysis.

Programme area specifics

• All programmes shall include cooperation between Donor and Beneficiary States. • Investment in infrastructure and equipment (hard measures) shall only be supported alongside capacity building, training, or experience sharing (soft measures). • The maximum level of funding for investment in infrastructure and equipment of understanding or, exceptionally, in the programme agreement. • All programmes shall allocate funds to strengthen the independent cultural sector. (hard measures) shall be set in the memorandum

Key actors and beneficiaries

Support for the restoration, revitalisation and reuse of

Public and private entities and academic institutions in

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