Activities of Niklas NIENASS related to 2023/2003(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the Creative Europe Programme 2021-2027
Amendments (23)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 17 September 2020 on the cultural recovery of Europe (2020/2708(RSP);
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas the Creative Europe programme benefits individual creators in Europe, such as artists, authors and performers;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas high inflations and energy costs create constraints for the cultural players;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the funding gaps remain an issue for organisations waiting for the instalments;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the programme should do more to include artists and cultural professionals with disabilities;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas in the cultural strand many applications are submitted several times without any success and this creates disappointment in the sector;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas the intrinsic value of the arts, the cultural diversity and artistic quality, have become secondary to the other priorities
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to enhance opportunities of the Creative Europe programme for individual cultural creators such as authors, artists and performers who are the creative source of our European culture that our society and democracy is built upon;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Emphasises the importance of the cross-border mobility of artists, authors and performers and exchanges between them in order to facilitate their creative work and improve their opportunities to gain new professional experience abroad; welcomes in this context the new mobility action Culture Moves Europe within the CULTURE strand which offers mobility grants to artists and cultural professionals, and calls on the Commission to extend mobility opportunities for individual creators beyond the CULTURE strand;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reiterates its repeated calls upon the Commission and the Member States to tackle the long-term consequences of the pandemic on individual cultural creators that have come alongside other fundamental challenges such as the increasingly fast-paced technological progress which requires a specific technical and legal knowledge; therefore calls on the Commission to significantly enhance opportunities regarding the upskilling and reskilling of artists, authors and performers within the Creative Europe programme;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the need to strike a balance between harmonised administrative management systems for all EU programmes, on the one hand, and the specific needs of different beneficiaries, on the other; urges, therefore, the Commission and the EACEA to step-up their efforts to simplify the administrative management procedures of the Creative Europe programme 2021-2027; Notes that it is particularly hard for individuals and independent associations to apply successfully for funding and therefore calls on the Commission to enquire how to improve the situation to unburden them and encourage new applicants;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that the implementation should be based on a 2-year work programme as this would limit the funding gaps and improve the transparency and accessibility of the programme.
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Is of the opinion that the principle of better working conditions in the CCS should become a central pillar of Creative Europe, with deliverables taking into account the green transition, diversity and inclusion;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Asks the Commission to consider the need to develop specific info sessions and capacity-building workshops in less represented countries, regions and contexts;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Notes that some Member States do not offer schemes to cover for insurance costs related to mobility or artworks and artefacts; acknowledges that these costs can be substantial for numerous cultural centres; believes that a feasibility study on a pan-European guarantee scheme to cover for insurance costs could represent a first step;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights that the current Creative Europe programme, despite the significantly increased budget for the period 2021-2027, is still oversubscribed; calls on the Commission and the Member States, in this regard, to substantially increase the financial envelope of the Creative Europe programme 2028-2034 in line with its economic contribution to GDP;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to further strengthen and facilitate mobility initiatives such as Culture Moves Europe and other mobility opportunities for individual creators by equipping them with higher funding within the budgets of the current and future Creative Europe programme;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Member States and the Commission, in view of the high subscription rates, in addition to rampant inflation, which is severely affecting beneficiaries’ operational capacity, to ensure that there are no budget cuts to the programme’s envelope in the upcoming budgetary years; and to consider increasing the 7% ceiling of indirect costs to 15%; Asks, in view of the rising inflation, to raise the funding for small- scale projects;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Creative Europe networks should be, at least partly, funded through structural (and not project-driven) support, given into account their fundamental role of bridge between the EU and the sectors at large.
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Notes that for the CULTURE strand a general EU logo is used instead of a specific programme logo resulting in little visibility for the programme;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the increase in funding for the European Platforms for the promotion of emerging artists under the Culture strand and highlights the positive impact it has had on diversity by increasing the visibility of artists and their works on an international scale; calls on the Commission, therefore, to continue developing this action by ensuring adequate funding and promotion and consider supporting European platforms that accompany emerging artists afterwards in their professionalisation and full development of their career prospects;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for a more strategic and sector-oriented approach for the music sector,in the coming years for each sector to ensure that no sector is left behind; believes the music ecosystem encompasses a wide range of actors and it is important to take them into account when building on the results of the Music Moves Europe preparatory action; in this regard, stresses the importance of a regular structured dialogue between the music sectorosystem and the Commission and to ensure synergies with the live event sector especially as regards mobility;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Welcomes the support to European cultural networks; calls on the Commission to open the door to support new networks besides the existing ones;