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. … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated pre-existing trends, including unprecedented income loss, growing precariousness, and inequalities in the European cultural ecosystem.