Education, Audiovisual and Cultural Executive Agency

 

SUMMARY OF:

Decision 2013/776/EU setting up the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency

WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE DECISION?

• It establishes the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).
• It defines the agency’s role and remit for managing EU programmes in the fields of education, culture, audiovisual, sport, citizenship and volunteering.

KEY POINTS

EACEA is one of the EU’s executive agencies set up in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003. Like the other executive agencies, it manages EU programmes on behalf of the European Commission.

Objectives and tasks

EACEA is responsible for managing certain aspects of the following EU programmes:

• Erasmus+,
• Creative Europe,
• Europe for Citizens,
• European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps — EU Aid Volunteers,
• European Solidarity Corps, in line with Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1716.

It also coordinates projects in the field of higher education under the following EU external cooperation budgets:

• Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance,
• European Neighbourhood Instrument,
• Financing Instrument for development cooperation,
• Partnership Instrument for cooperation with non-EU countries, and
• the 11th European Development Fund.

EACEA’s management tasks include:

• defining the conditions for funding,
• evaluating project bids,
• the financial management of successful projects and liaison with beneficiaries,
• monitoring progress of projects,
• publicising project results.

EACEA is responsible for the management of the Eurydice network which provides analysis and comparable data on European education systems and policies.

Structure, finance and supervision

To manage EACEA, the Commission appoints a steering committee every 2 years and a director every 4 years.

EACEA receives funding from the EU’s general budget and from the European Development Fund, as well as from non-EU countries participating in its programmes.

The Commission supervises EACEA’s work. EACEA reports to it regularly on the implementation of the programmes for which it is responsible.

FROM WHEN DOES THE DECISION APPLY?

It has applied from 1 January 2014.

BACKGROUND

The decision replaces Decision 2009/336/EC and re-establishes EACEA for the period 1 January 2014-31 December 2024. Originally set up in 2006, EACEA is based in Brussels.

• For more information, see About EACEA.

MAIN DOCUMENT

Commission Implementing Decision 2013/776/EU of 18 December 2013 establishing the ‘Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency’ and repealing Decision 2009/336/EC (OJ L 343, 19.12.2013, pp. 46-53)

Successive amendments to Decision 2013/776/EU have been incorporated into the original document. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.

RELATED DOCUMENTS

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1716 of 13 November 2018 amending Implementing Decision 2013/776/EU establishing the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (OJ L 286, 14.11.2018, pp. 33-34)

Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 of 19 December 2002 laying down the statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes (OJ L 11, 16.1.2003, pp. 1-8)

last update 03.05.2019