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Press Release, 27-03-2020, European Parliament. The Chair of EP Committee on Culture and Education warns that the cultural and creative sectors have been ravaged by the impact of stringent public health measures. Commenting on yesterday’s approval by the EP of the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative, Culture and Education Committee Chair, Sabine Verheyen (EPP, DE), issued the following statement. “The Coronavirus Response…

The amount of information we receive every day on Covid-19’s impact on our society is massive. It is often hard to navigate through this ocean of data, new measures and campaigns without getting lost and disoriented. That’s why On the Move and Circostrada‘s joint initiative is so praiseworthy. The two networks built an extensive and updated source of information regarding…

On behalf of IETM – International network for contemporary performing arts, Culture Action Europe (CAE), European Network of Cultural Centres (ENCC) and Trans Europe Halles (TEH) we would like to thank all the people who participated in the Beyond the Urban webinar that was held yesterday morning at IETM’s offices. It was a great experience and we appreciate the various…

It’s official! Culture Action Europe (CAE), the European Network of Cultural Centres (ENCC), IETM – International network for contemporary performing arts, and Trans Europe Halles (TEH) published “Beyond the Urban – Contemporary arts and culture in non-urban areas as keys to a sustainable and cohesive Europe”, a joint policy paper aiming at supporting culture in non-urban areas. When it comes…

The recent spread of the Coronavirus is pushing States to take harsh measures in the attempt to tackle the epidemic and to #flattenthecurve. Belgium is not an exception. Culture Action Europe takes the civic responsibility to mitigate the spread of COVID19 and joins other cultural venues, festivals, projects and civil society organisations in suspending events and travels before the 3rd…

Following the publication of the UK Government’s EU negotiation mandate the UK will not be seeking to participate in the next Creative Europe programme due to start in January 2021. Beyond the loss of funding, the UK’s retreat from Creative Europe could be a blow to the international mobility, visibility and connections that UK artists and cultural practitioners established thanks…

2020 is expected to determine how the EU budget and its next-generation programmes will contribute to climate mitigation and adaptation efforts for the next decade. Along this line, the Parliament’s CULT Committee initiated a report on ‘Effective measures to ‘green’ the Erasmus+, Creative Europe and European Solidarity Corps programmes’. There is a fundamental correlation between cultural practices and the ‘greening’…

Two days of extraordinary Council meeting to agree on the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) yielded no results. EU leaders ended the summit on Friday 21 February evening without a deal.  Such an outcome did not come as a surprise: finding an agreement on a multiannual budget that impacts the expenditure of 27 countries for the following 7 years is…

Press release, 18-02-2020, European Parliament. “With fake news on the rise and diversity under attack, we need more, not less funding for our creative minds”, said EP’s CULT committee chair Sabine Verheyen (EPP, DE) on Tuesday. “The projected budget for Creative Europe is simply unacceptable”, said Sabine Verheyen (EPP, DE) in a statement distributed on Tuesday, commenting on the latest MFF proposal by European…