The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (formerly the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency), or EACEA, is an
executive agency of the European Commission located in
Brussels,
Belgium. It manages parts of the
European Commission's funding programmes in education, culture, media, sport, youth, citizenship and humanitarian aid. EACEA has been operational since January 2006.
Commission Implementing Decision 2005/56 establishing the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
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Organisation
EACEA is supervised by six Directorates-General of the European Commission:
Education, Youth, Sport and Culture
(DG EAC)
Communications Networks, Content and Technology
(DG CNECT)
Justice and Consumers
(DG JUST)
International Partnerships
(DG INTPA)
Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations
(DG NEAR)
Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion
(DG EMPL)
Under the EU long-term budget for 2021-2027, EACEA manages parts of the following funding programmes:
Erasmus+
Creative Europe
European Solidarity Corps
Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV)
Additionally, EACEA supervises the Eurydice network (producing analysis and comparable data on education systems and policies in Europe) and the Youth Wiki (an online encyclopedia of national youth policies across Europe). EACEA also continues to manage projects funded during the 2014-2020 programming period. As of 16 February 2019, the Director of EACEA is Roberto Carlini.
References
External links
European Commission, official website
EACEA website
About EACEA
How to get a grant
Scholarships
Programming period 2021-2027
Programming period 2014-2020
Agencies of the European Union
2006 in the European Union
2021 in the European Union
Education in Europe
European Union youth policy
Government agencies established in 2006
Information technology organizations based in Europe
2006 establishments in Belgium
Organisations based in Brussels
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