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Stand up for AgoraEU: Protect culture, media and civil society

Culture Action Europe is organising a protest in Brussels on Thursday 29 October to oppose the 30% cuts proposed to the AgoraEU budget by the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU. Join us!

State of Culture 2026 | Report Launch

Join us for the launch of the State of Culture 2026 Report!

CAE Members' Forum 2026

Culture Action Europe's 2026 Members' Forum will take place in November 2026, providing a space for members to exchange views on our current priorities, strategies, and actions. The event is open to CAE members only.

Central BEYOND 2027

Save the date for Central BEYOND which will take place in Katowice, Poland, between 2-5 June 2027!

UAxEU | Advocacy and Cultural Policy – Perspectives from Ukraine and Across Europe

Join the first of four knowledge exchange sessions hosted by the UAxEU initiative! Two experts from Ukraine and the EU will share their insights before participants exchange on how to strengthen collaboration between Ukraine and the wider European cultural sector.

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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

When: 4 October 2016 13:13

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

When: 3 June 2016 15:51

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

When: 27 May 2016 16:42

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

When: 15 February 2016 17:44

Join Culture Action Europe and cultural players from throughout the UK for our Second Meeting The EU referendum: A cultural response In Manchester, 22 January 2016 at HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place Room: Event Space 12:00 to 16:00 What situation are we facing? How can we counter anti-EU narrative? Whom should we be reaching out … Continued

When: 14 December 2015 12:32

Join us on 26 and 27 November in Brussels at the European Cultural Forum 2015, as Secretary General Luca Bergamo presents the conference closing remarks together with Martine Reicherts, Director-General, Education and Culture, European Commission. Organised by the European Commission, the European Cultural Forum is a biennial flagship conference aimed at raising the profile of … Continued

When: 10 November 2015 15:22

Culture Action Europe, as part of the preparation process of building up Kathréptis (the two-day international gathering that will be held in Athens on September 21-22), is organising 3 open meetings on culture, cities and Europe. They will be held in Athens, at Romantso, and will be dedicated to discuss some issues that have been emerging from this first … Continued

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When: 11 June 2015 09:52