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Satellite BEYOND 2026

Satellite BEYOND is a series of decentralised, regional events hosted by CAE members that will take place over the next few months. BEYOND will travel from Riga → Las Palmas de Gran Canaria → Istanbul → Amsterdam → Skopje → Gdańsk.

Lunchtime Session | Outta Climate Festival

This Lunchtime Session, presented by Jazz Solidarity Network (Greece), introduces the Outta Climate Festival, a participatory cultural initiative operating at the intersection of art, music, and sustainable urban mobility, inviting reflections on how similar approaches can be adapted and developed across different European contexts.

CultureAndHealth Artists’ Roundtables: Education & Youth Focused Spaces

Join us for the tenth CultureAndHealth online Artists’ Roundtables, which is dedicated to Arts and Culture in Education & Youth Focused Spaces, for peer-to-peer exchange between artists working in the intersection of culture, health, care, education and social sectors.

Lunchtime Session | Who Owns Europe’s Live Music Spaces?

This lunchtime session, hosted by Reset! network and Live DMA, presents findings and policy reflections following a mapping exercise on who owns what in the live music sector.

Cultural Democracy in Contact Zones

Join us 2-3 July in Brussels to explore how different identities and perspectives can shape a common future at the conference, “Cultural Democracy in Contact Zones.”

An aerial, top-down view shows a long, vibrant street mural painted directly onto the asphalt between two sidewalks. The colorful, mosaic-style artwork features bold black outlines and includes the phrases "OUR CLIMATE" and "30 KM/h" alongside symbols like a globe, a rainbow, and smiley faces. Lush green trees and urban architecture border the street, framing the artistic intervention within the city landscape.
Graphic on a textured blue background with a large cream-colored square containing the bold text: 'Who owns Europe’s live music spaces?'. An inset circle in the top right shows a portion of a corporate ownership map featuring 'The Anschutz Corporation' and 'AEG'.

Different Times, New Solutions: CAE Nordic-Baltic Satellite BEYOND

The BEYOND satellite in Riga, Latvia, will explore sustainability in its broadest sense, including the working conditions and wellbeing of cultural workers, while also addressing cultural identity across the Nordic region, the Baltic region, UK and Europe.

Where: Riga, Latvia 
When: 14 April 2026 - 16 April 2026
[ Cultural Democracy ]
[ Cultural Policies ]
[ Culture and Well-Being ]
[ Culture as a Sector And Vector ]
[ Culture as a Workplace ]
[ Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ]
[ Sustainability ]
Gemini said A woman with long dark hair is seen in profile as she writes on a wall illuminated by a vibrant blue light. Her silhouette is cast as a large shadow against the wall, which is covered in various handwritten words and phrases like "Embrace aliveness." The scene has a moody, artistic atmosphere with high contrast between the dark foreground and the glowing blue surface.

Action Group on Digital and AI: AI Strategy for the CCS (2nd Meeting)

The Digital and AI action group will reconvene to review our initial draft recommendations for the upcoming AI Strategy for the CCS to refine its content and ensure no critical perspectives are missing before submission. The strategy is in the initial drafting stages, and the European Commission is seeking civil society input. If you are a CAE or MCA member, join to share your views!

Where: Online 
When: 2 April 2026 11:00 - 12:30
[ Cultural Policies ]
[ Digital Transformation ]
A promotional banner for "Civil Society Week," taking place from 2–5 March 2026. The top left corner features the logo of the European Economic and Social Committee. The main image shows a diverse group of people from behind, with their arms around each other, looking toward a bright sky and city buildings. Two people in the crowd are holding up large cardboard signs; the sign on the left reads "People Democracy Resilience" and the sign on the right reads "OUR FUTURE!" in bold lettering.

Civil Society Week | Mind the gaps: completing the European Democracy Shield

Join Culture Action Europe at Civil Society Week 2026 alongside our friends from Democracy International and the European Partnership for Democracy for a workshop co-creating recommendations to guide the implementation of the European Democracy Shield.

Where: European Economic and Social Committee (Atrium 6), Rue Belliard 99/101, 1040 Bruxelles 
When: 4 March 2026 09:30 - 11:00
[ Cultural Democracy ]
[ Culture as a Sector And Vector ]
A horizontal banner with a light beige background. On the left side, there is a vertical strip of three black-and-white photos: a lighted vanity mirror in a dressing room, two ornate masquerade masks, and several string puppets. To the right, the text reads "SERBIAN THEATRE" in a black, all-caps sans-serif font, with "for Democracy" written below it in a blue, flowing script font.

Lunchtime Session: Serbian Theatre for Democracy

The Drama Artists’ Association of Serbia will present and explore the specific situation of the Serbian cultural scene in this Lunchtime Session, focusing on the importance of Serbian theatre for freedom of expression, democracy and solidarity.

Where: Online 
When: 26 February 2026 13:00 - 14:00
[ Cultural Democracy ]
A mural of a family holding hands on the wall of a tunnel, as blurred people walk by.

Culture & Care: A Joint Call for Change

The “Culture & Care: A Joint Call for Change” conference explores how culture and care can work together to build new ways of care that meet today’s complex social challenges, bringing together cultural and care professionals, researchers, policymakers, and community actors from across Europe.

Where: European Conference | Leuven, Belgium 
When: 26 February 2026 09:00 - 27 February 2026 16:00
[ Culture and Well-Being ]
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