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Following the green light by the EU’s co-legislators, this week the new Creative Europe programme (2021-2027) has been launched with the adoption of the 2021 annual work programme. On its basis, the first calls for proposals will be published in the coming weeks. With an overall budget of more than 2.4 billion euros in current prices, the new Creative Europe…

Three years on, the new Creative Europe programme is finally on the starting line, following the green light by the EU Institutions, with the first calls to be published in the upcoming weeks. On 19 May the programme was finally adopted following a vote by the European Parliament following a debate in the plenary.   It was May 2018 when the…

As part of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Presidency Conference on “Culture, Cohesion and Social Impact” was held on 5 and 6 May from the Fundação de Serralves Porto. This conference was a benchmark for the most needed public and political debate to highlight the fundamental role of culture in strengthening social cohesion. The…

On Europe Day, 9 May 2021, the European Parliament in Strasbourg hosted the inaugural event of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE). The EU leaders presided over an inaugural ceremony for the launch of the participatory process set up jointly by Parliament, Council and Commission that aims at engaging citizens in re-shaping the EU. This whole exercise may…

It’s Europe week. As every year at this time, we take a moment to celebrate Europe, a symbolic space, based on peace, solidarity, democracy, inclusion, diversity, equality, justice, freedom and rights. These values have been the guiding principles for the European Union over the last 70 years and definitely should not be taken for granted. Now Europe looks into the…

On 27 and 28 April 2021, the Porto Santo Conference, an initiative of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU, officially launched the Porto Santo Charter. The hybrid event took place in Porto Santo island, on the Madeira Archipelago. For these two days, the remote island transformed into a centre for proposals on public cultural and educational policies. …

The #CulturalDealEU continues to work to empower voices across Europe, to stand up for culture, and ensure a safe re-opening of cultural venues. A more lasting and sustainable recovery in the long term. The Cultural Deal for Europe was first introduced in November 2020, a call in response to the impact of Covid 19 on the arts and cultural sectors…

Today, the Executive Committee of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) launched the multilingual digital platform inviting citizens to contribute to shaping the (ir) future of Europe. The freshly launched digital tool will allow citizens from across the EU to contribute to the Conference from an active and bottom-up approach. The prerogative of the platform is to enable…

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated already existing precariousness and fragile working conditions in the cultural and creative sectors. The pandemic has caused immense losses in revenue opportunities, drastically decreased performance and exhibition possibilities for artists and cultural workers. This resulted in an average -31% of the turnover (with peaks of up to -90% in some subsectors): more than tourism and…

Culture is getting a seat at the global political table in rather non-traditional settings. The commitment to mainstream culture across the policy fields and to include it in the recovery strategies may be further reinforced by this year’s G20.  The G20 (Group of Twenty) is the main forum for international cooperation on the most important issues of global governance, which…

The New European Bauhaus (NEB) is about to take off. After the launch of the co-design phase in January, the initiative that aims at making the Green Deal a cultural project is now taking shape. Contributions from more than 30 countries in the EU and beyond have already been registered on the online portal of the New European Bauhaus, proposing ideas,…