THE KALEIDOSCOPE PROGRAMME

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THE KALEIDOSCOPE PROGRAMME

Cultural cooperation in the European programmes – Culture 2000 is the European support for cultural cooperation, that took a variety of forms: initial experimental actions carried out by the Commision, between 1996 and 1999, by three sectoral programmes ( Kaleidoscope, Raphael, and Ariane ) covering the performance and visual arts, cultural heritage, and literature and reading.

The Kaleidoscope programme was adopted in 1996 by the European Parliament and the Council for a period of three years, and was extended in 1999.
Kaleidoscope was the first Community programme in the cultural field based on Article 151 of the Treaty establishing the European Communities.
The aim of the programme was to encourage artistic and cultural creation in Europe by means of cooperation and promote dissemination of culture in Europe.

There are four major points that Kaleidoscope brings to the fore:

 encouragement of artistic activities organised in partnership,

 support for innovative European projects,

 assistance in the improvement of the proffesional skills of artistic and other cultural operators,

 contrbution to the mutual knowledge of European cultures,

It applied to cultural networks or partnership of cultural operators or artists from at least three Member States in the fields of the performing arts, visual arts and applied arts.

The programme was divided into 5 actions :

 Support for events and cultural projects carried out in partnership or through networks;

 Large – scale European cooperation actions;

 Involvement of third countries;

 European city of culture and European cultural month;

 Specific measures (related studies and publicity for the programme).