It’s a two-hour train journey to Brussels from London, a 33.3km crossing of the Channel and a mere step across the border in Ireland. Yet the UK and the EU are drifting apart. The cultural sector has been united in defending the permanence of the UK in the EU. Above 96% of the UK’s cultural … Continued
Beyond the Obvious (BtO) is a flagship event of Culture Action Europe. It’s an annual gathering for privileged and inspirational exchange between the European cultural community, civil society, researchers and thinkers. BtO provokes the common thinking by exploring borders and edges of culture and moves beyond conventional assumptions and beliefs. BtO 2017 “Europe, quo vadis?” … Continued
European civil society representatives (Culture Action Europe among them) and academics met on 8-9 October 2016 in La Rochelle, France to discuss about “Democracy in Europe and the missing links”. Some 200 activists from citizens’ platforms and representatives from social, human rights, culture and environment organisations from all over Europe gathered together. They discussed complex … Continued
Join BOZAR Agora and Culture Action Europe discussion on the role of gender & culture in imagining new Europe. As part of Les journées de Bruxelles 2016, “A new mythology: what if Europa asks Zeus out” will take place on 20 October at Bozar in Brussels. The cultural sector has been regarded as a sphere in … Continued
The first European Civic Academy “Democracy in Europe: missing links “ will be held on 8-9 October in La Rochelle, France. European Civic Academy will look into the complex questions raised by citizens’ disenchantment, practice, and expectation with regard to democracy. For a long time now, democratic disenchantment has constantly been on the increase because of the growing gap … Continued
How can culture and cities help build hope and a new narrative for Europe? What value should we attribute to culture? How does culture drive economic growth? How can culture and the arts reconvert and regenerate cities, giving them a new identity? Culture Action Europe and UCLG-Agenda 21 will present the study “Culture, Cities and … Continued
Culture Action Europe participated in “Sinopale Forum: Culture and Creativity for Local Development” held in Turkey. Cristina da Milano, on behalf of CAE, took part in the panel discussion on how the concept of creative city can be applied to a bottom-up local sustainable development strategies and which economies can be born out of these. The detailed … Continued
Culture Action Europe is pleased to invite you to the meeting “Advocating networks today” taking place: Monday, 21 March 2016 from 11:00 to 15:00 at Bozar Rue Ravenstein 23 1000 Brussels Room, Terarken 1. “Transnational cultural networks are where people are putting Europe into practice.(…) Networks are living proof of the determination to create flexible … Continued