Highlights

For the first time ever, the Parliament is urging the European Commission to create a legal EU Framework to improve the social and professional conditions in the cultural and creative sectors with a mix of both legislative and non-legislative actions.

The newly-published Annual Work Programme for Creative Europe confirms that there will not be calls out for large-scale cooperation projects in 2024. They will be published only every other year.

Voices of Culture, the structured dialogue between the cultural sector in the European Union and the European Commission, has published a brainstorming report on “Culture and Creative Sectors and Industries driving the Green Transition and Facing the Energy Crisis.”

On 25-26 September, under the Spanish Presidency of the Council, EU Ministers for Culture met and adopted the Cáceres Declaration, “a commitment to prioritising culture within the European project and across public policies.”

The initiators of A Cultural Deal for Europe publish an open letter, calling for a response to their call to action and include a strong cultural dimension in political programmes and electoral campaign trails.