Press Release: Albania joins EU’s Creative Europe programme

Albania joined the European Union's Creative Europe programme on the 24 June 2014. European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth Androulla Vassiliou and Albanian Minister of Culture Mirela Kumbaro Furxhi signed an agreement confirming the country's participation in the funding scheme, thus allowing Albanian cultural organizations to be able to benefit from the Culture sub-programme of Creative Europe.

The European Commission foresees similar Creative Europe agreements with Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Turkey, Georgia and Moldova, while preparatory talks with several other countries are ongoing. A similar agreement was signed with Serbia on 19 June.

ESO: Background information: Serbia first non-EU country to sign Creative Europe agreement http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-serbia-first-non-eu-country-to-sign-creative-europe-agreement/

European Commission: Programmes: Creative Europe http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/index_en.htm

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