Civil society voices reached the EU Council of Culture Ministers Act for culture in Europe! Campaign message in support of future EU Culture Programme ‘Creative Europe’ communicated on the occasion of Culture Ministers meeting in Brussels 10 May 2012 On the occasion of the EU Council of Culture Ministers meeting in Brussels the 10-11 of … Continued
Culture Action Europe, in the framework of the ‘we are more – act for culture in Europe’ campaign welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for Creative Europe but calls for an improved recognition of the social dimension of arts and culture and the importance of risk taking and experimentation. The European Parliament and EU member states … Continued
On 22-24 June, the Hungarian EU Presidency is organising the first joint informal meeting between senior officials of Ministries of Culture and senior officials responsible for culture in Ministries of Foreign Affairs. The aim of the meeting is to develop an integrated approach to culture in external relations. The topics to be discussed include: culture … Continued
The Civil Society Contact Group, which brings together eight large human rights and value-based NGO sectors – culture (represented by Culture Action Europe), environment, education, development, human rights, public health, social and women –, has published a joint statement asking the European Commission to respect fundamental principles of public interest when preparing its communication on … Continued
United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), which represent over 1000 cities across 95 countries, approved on 17 November 2010 – in the framework of the World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders held in Mexico -, a recognizing culture as the fourth pillar of sustainable development, next to economic growth, social inclusion and environmental balance. … Continued
After submitting our contribution to the public consultation of the next generation of the EU Culture Programme in December, we are currently busy preparing a more detailed position paper on the Culture Programme as well as preparing our demands for our second campaign objective – earmarked support to culture in the next generation of EU structural funds. The … Continued
The Culture Programme is the only instrument of the European Union exclusively dedicated to support arts and culture. Today, the 15th of December 2010, is the deadline of the European Commission’s public consultation on the next Culture Programme. The Commission will use the input from the consultation to design the next generation of the Culture … Continued
To read Culture Action Europe’s contribution to the consultation on the Culture Programme and we are more campaign’s demands on the Culture Programme go here.