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The Council’s MFF budget proposal: bad news for AgoraEU

The Council has unveiled its proposed budget allocations for the next long-term EU budget and it’s bad news: a 33% reduction in budget for AgoraEU compared to the Parliament’s position.

Reading between the strands: AgoraEU after Parliament and Council

Culture Action Europe calls for an AgoraEU that covers all cultural and creative sectors fairly, protects the cross-sectoral nature of European cultural cooperation, and provides more ambitious funding for culture as a whole. Where sectors have specific needs, they must be addressed consistently, not selectively, across various sectors.

Culture is being erased from EU research and innovation funding. How do we save it?

A coalition of cultural networks started the ‘Name, Place, Fund’ campaign to secure the presence of culture for research, innovation and competitiveness in the 2028-2034 budget.

What We Talk About When We Talk About Socially Engaged Arts

Socially engaged arts are collaborative, community-centred practices where artists and participants co-create artistic responses to social, environmental, and political issues. But how does that actually work on the ground? We’ve put together a reflective blog post to explore what these practices look like in action.

An elevated, high-angle view of the image shows a large, circular conference hall with wooden flooring and multiple tiers of seating where numerous people are seated at desks equipped with monitors. A giant, ring-shaped light fixture hangs from the concentric wooden ceiling directly over the center of the room. Digital display screens are mounted on the upper wooden walls, overlooking the formal meeting of the European Council.
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Culture and Education for All: Building the Skills for More Resilient Societies Brussels, 16 March 2018 Civil society organisation[1], European and International Institutions, permanent representations, universities, teachers and stakeholders came together on March 14th to discuss a common approach to linking culture and education. In light of the European Year of Cultural Heritage and the … Continued

The Cult Committee held a public hearing on access to culture on the 26 February. Invited experts discussed public funding for culture, copyright, cross-border tax policy issue, and new financing models for arts centres geared to fulfil  the social, educational and democratic role of culture. You can find their presentations here. The ensuing debate focused … Continued

Why must culture be central in rebuilding Europe? How does culture foster development of sustainable and resilient societies? Why should culture and the arts get a substantial financial support? Culture Action Europe discusses cultural policy developments with experts, policy-makers, artists, activists, partners and friends. Salon Culture aims to represent different voices of Culture Action Europe’s interest … Continued

Why must culture be central in rebuilding Europe? How does culture foster development of sustainable and resilient societies? Why should culture and the arts get a substantial financial support? Culture Action Europe discusses cultural policy developments with experts, policy-makers, artists, activists, partners and friends. Salon Culture aims to represent different voices of Culture Action Europe’s interest … Continued

Why must culture be central in rebuilding Europe? How does culture foster development of sustainable and resilient societies? Why should culture and the arts get a substantial financial support? Culture Action Europe discusses cultural policy developments with experts, policy-makers, artists, activists, partners and friends. Salon Culture aims to represent different voices of Culture Action Europe’s interest … Continued

Ten years after the adoption of the Agenda for Culture in 2007, a new European reality calls for its urgent revision. There is a growing recognition by Member States and European institutions of the contribution of culture to the progress of the European Union. In times of accelerated economic and social change, culture can play … Continued

Culture Action Europe​ latest Newsletter is out. Read more about our 1% for Culture Campaign, why we have launched it and how you can support it. In his editorial “From Utopian Dream to Political Reality”, CAE president Robert Manchin talks about the most contentious European political debates that characterise EU political life every 7 years. MFF … Continued

Just prior to the launch of European Year of Cultural Heritage, members, partners and friends of Culture Action Europe gathered in Rome this November to collectively reflect on meaning of “belonging” and “becoming”. How can we, as artists and cultural operators, engaged citizens and policy makers, rationalists and visionaries, develop an inclusive belonging? How can we … Continued