Objectives:

• To strengthen the transnational circulation and diversity of European literary works in particular by encouraging translations from lesser used languages into English, German, French, Spanish (Castilian) and Italian;
• To reach new audiences for European literary works in the EU and beyond;
• To strengthen the competitiveness of the book sector by encouraging cooperation within the book value chain.

Among financed activities:

• Meetings, evaluation, coordination and quality control activities, strategy development, preparation of reports;
• Translation, publication, distribution.

Additional information:

• This call for proposals is an open call for proposals.
• Initial duration of the project: 36 months.

Eligibility:

• Be legal entities (public or private bodies);
• Be established in one of the eligible countries;
• Proposals by single applicants are allowed;
• The coordinator must have had a legal existence for at least 2 years on the date of the deadline for submission.

• Amount of the grant (lump sum grant):

-Lot 1 (small-scale): Projects proposing translation of up to 10 different books can receive up to 100,000 euros;

-Lot 2 (medium-scale): : Projects proposing translation of up to 20 different books can receive up to 200,000 euros;

-Lot 3 (large-scale): Projects proposing translation of at least 21 different books can receive up to 300,000 euros;

• Co-financing rate: up to 60% of the total eligible costs.