Music Moves Europe

Music Moves Europe promotes a diverse, competitive, innovative and sustainable European music sector.

Deadline: 19 February 2025, 4pm Irish time

What is the purpose of the funding? 

  • Promotes a diverse, competitive, innovative and sustainable European music sector.
  • Raise awareness in and to reinforce the knowledge of the European music sector on the topic and to encourage the development, experimentation, dissemination or application of concrete practices on how to foster the green transition and environmental sustainability of the music sector at EU level.
  • In line with the European Green Deal and complementing the EU policy agenda for culture (EU Work Plan for Culture 2023-2026, action on “stimulating the green transition”), the present action Music Moves Europe aims at supporting the green transition and environmental sustainability of the music ecosystem along the value-chain (from creation to distribution).
  • The purpose of this call is to select one consortium that will deliver on all three distinctive, but linked activities explained in the sections ‘Themes and priorities (scope)’ and ‘Activities that can be funded (scope).’
  • These points are guidelines only please refer to the 2025 Music Moves Europe call document for full details.

Who can apply? 

  • In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:− be legal entities (public or private bodies)− be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:− Creative Europe Participating Countries:− EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories(OCTs)− non-EU countries:− listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Creative Europe Programme (list of participating countries).
  • Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least three (3) applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), which complies with the following conditions:
    • Minimum three independent entities from three different eligible countries.
    • The coordinator must have had a legal existence for at least 2 years on the date of the deadline for submission of applications.
  • These points are guidelines only please refer to the 2025 Music Moves Europe call document for detailed eligibility requirements.

What will be funded?

Applications must cover all three types of activity as specified below:

  1. A strategic needs assessment and mapping of ‘green’ best practices
  2. A programme of capacity-building activities benefitting the music sector
  3. Financial support to third parties active in the music sector
  • All applicants must incorporate strategies to support the overarching priorities in the implementation and management of the activities as well as in the artistic aspects of their proposals.
  • Concerning inclusion and diversity, notably gender balance, applicants are strongly encouraged to:
    • Propose activities that reach out to people from different geographical and socio-economic backgrounds in order to ensure equal access and participation.
    • Propose methodologies for implementing the project with a gender perspective, promote gender equality and non-discrimination mainstreaming inspired by the Gender Mainstreaming Toolkits and Guides.
    • Include artists with disabilities in the creative process and activities of the project, as well as stimulate their active participation.
  • Under this Call, financial support to third parties is considered essential to achieve the objectives of the action.
  • These points are only a summarised guideline. For more details on eligible activities see section ‘Activities that can be funded (scope)’ in the 2025 Music Moves Europe call document.

How much can you apply for?

  • Project budget (maximum grant amount): €5,000,000 per project.
  • The grant will be a budget-based (actual costs, with unit cost and flat-rate elements). This means that it will reimburse ONLY certain types of costs (eligible costs) and costs that were actually incurred for your project (NOT the budgeted costs). For unit costs and flat-rates, you can charge the amounts calculated as explained in the Grant
    Agreement (see art 6 and Annex 2 and 2a).
  • The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rate fixed in the Grant Agreement (90%). Grants may NOT produce a profit (i.e. surplus of revenues + EU grant over costs). For-profit organisations must declare their revenues and, if there is a profit, we will deduct it from the final grant amount.
  • These points are guidelines only please refer to the 2025 Music Moves Europe call document for details.

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