The Government of the Azores, in partnership with the Creative Europe Information Centre, promotes sessions to disseminate the "Creative Europe" on the islands of São Miguel, Terceira and Faial between March 7 and 9.
 
These sessions begin at 9:30 PM. They will take place at Ponta Delgada Public Library and Regional Archive Tuesday, March 7, at Luís da Silva Ribeiro Public Library and Regional Archive in Angra do Heroísmo on March 8 and at João José da Graça Public Library and Regional Archive in Horta on March 9.
 
The initiative is promoted by the Cabinet of the Regional Secretary Assistant Secretary for External Relations and the Regional Secretary for Education and Culture. It aims to disseminate the programme of the European Union that supports cultural and creative industries as well as the support available under European policies for these areas.
 
The sessions, with free admission, are primarily directed to collective entities, including public or local administration organisations, cultural organisations, artists and professionals working in culture whose activities are developed in the following areas: performing arts, fine, editing, film, television, music, multidisciplinary arts, heritage or industry of video games.
 
The "Creative Europe" programme aims to safeguard and promote cultural and linguistic diversity as well as to boost the competitiveness of the cultural and creative sectors towards the promotion of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
 
The more specific goals of this EU programme include are as follows: support the capacity of European cultural and creative sectors to operate internationally; promote transnational circulation of cultural and creative works; encourage the mobility of artists and the establishment of new audiences; strengthen the financial capacity of these sectors.
 
Supporting transnational cooperation to promote policy development, innovation and use of new business models and developing activities to provide agents with skills and know-how to reinforce these sectors are other goals of the programme.
 
Those who are interested may obtain further information on the programme at the address http://www.europacriativa.eu/.