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

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'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

:
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)

Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme
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 1 February 2023, the acting director of EACEA is Sophie Beernaerts.

References

External links

EACEA website

Programming period 2021-2027

Programming period 2014-2020
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