The 2025 work programme allocates over €338 million to help professionals and artists from all cultural sectors collaborate interdisciplinarily and transnationally to gain more opportunities and reach new audiences.

The new initiatives under Creative Europe will take into account developments in the cultural and creative sectors, experience from previous years' implementation, and feedback from stakeholder dialogue. Additionally, these initiatives will aim to steer the Culture ecosystem towards an ecologically sustainable, inclusive, and digitally advanced future.

Specifically, the funds available for the European programme next year are divided among various interventions - including calls, competitions, and awards - referring to the three components of