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The BEYOND Zine is out!

We are thrilled to announce that the BEYOND Zine is now complete and available for all to explore. This collaborative publication is the creative heartbeat of the BEYOND 2025. It captures the voices, visions, and reflections of participants who came together to imagine new models of cultural leadership, solidarity, and collective action.

What does it mean to be many?

Re-experience the welcome words by Natalie Giorgadze, Culture Action Europe General Director, for the opening moments of this year’s gathering, BEYOND 2025: Being Many.

Ask, Pay, Trust Campaign

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What is the future of Creative Europe?

Last month, we welcomed the draft MFF 2028–2034 where Creative Europe was set as a standalone programme. However, since then, troubling rumours suggest a merger with the CERV programme.

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15 socially engaged arts leaders join our inaugural Fellowship

Together with the Alliance for Socially Engaged Arts, we are pleased to announce the first cohort of fellows: Fifteen leaders of socially engaged arts organisations across Europe join our inaugural Fellowship to strengthen their work and scale the impact of this field across the continent. The 15 selected Fellows represent a wide range of artistic disciplines, geographies and … Continued

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Reimagining Cultural Leadership: Reflections from the World Summit in Seoul

This week, Culture Action Europe Secretary General Lars Ebert is in Seoul, South Korea, where he is contributing to the 10th World Summit on Arts and Culture, organised by the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA). Lars published a contribution to the summit’s discussion paper entitled “From Practice to Policy and Back: Advancing Cultural Democracy in Europe.” In it, he explores how cultural democracy can provide a critical framework for reshaping Europe’s cultural landscape in the face of increasing polarisation, shifting participation patterns, and democratic fatigue.

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Culture Action Europe calls on Ursula von der Leyen to keep a standalone Creative Europe

Today, Culture Action Europe, on behalf of the 280 cultural networks, organisations, artists, and activists from 35 European countries in our network, sent a letter to President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, sharing our position on Creative Europe ahead of the Commission’s proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework.

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