From 2014 to 2017, Culture Action Europe has worked to collectively reflect on how the paradigm of the Sharing Economy is impacting on the cultural sector. This paradigm has impacts both at the organisational level and on the production side of such cultural organisations. The work of these three years has created a growing working … Continued
Cities, well-being and culture in Europe links the measurement of well-being and cultural participation. How to use data dashboards to better understand correlations between cultural participation and well-being? The following summary gives practical guidelines for using the tools developed within the framework of Activity 3.2 of Culture Action Europe’s Creative Europe network funding. Continue reading #CulturalDemocracy … Continued
“Cultural (non) participation in EU member countries” introduces and explain the data contained in the “Special Eurobarometer 399: Cultural access and participation” (EBS399), conducted in 2013. The description of the available information and the format of the data tables are helping practitioners to formulate their strategic questions and serve as an evidence-base for checking ways to … Continued
Culture permeates many pivotal political agendas. At European level, EU institutions are working towards a strategy on international cultural relations. At the global level, the relation between culture and development is addressed in several Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) targets and in an increasing developed body of research. This briefing note, published by the European Centre for Development … Continued
On 25/26 February 2016 a group of about 35 participants representing the creative and cultural sectors from the EU Member States gathered in Berlin to discuss “developing the entrepreneurial and innovation potential of the cultural and creative sectors”. The process formed part of a Structured Dialogue between the European Commission and the cultural sector under … Continued
How engaged people in culture and citizenship can come together to enhance the life of those living in the city? 100 participants from Athens and abroad worked together for one full day to be part of a process where common possibilities are more important than individual ones. Athens, November 20 2015 #CulturalDemocracy Attachments Kathreptis_Report.light … Continued
On 14 June 2013, the Council of the European Union gave green light to the European Commission to start the negotiation of a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (better know under its acronym TTIP) with the United States, the biggest export market for Europe. This trade agreement will potentially reach 850 million of consumers and is said to bring … Continued
MCP Broker | Brokering Migrants’ Cultural Participation After the final conference in Barcelona, you can now check the conclusions of the five partner countries involved in this project. Special mention to the Belgian participation: the conclusions in English are available on the MCP Broker’s website. If you prefer, you can also have a look at the report in … Continued