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150+ organisations call for a more ambitious budget for culture in AgoraEU

CAE joins a coalition of 150+ cultural organisations, networks, and institutions from across Europe in calling on EU policymakers to ensure a stronger budget for the Culture strand in AgoraEU.

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.

Culture in National & Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs)

Learn about National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs) in the next long-term EU budget, why they matters, and what action(s) can be taken to ensure a strong cultural presence in national plans.

A Sector Contribution to the Work Plan for Culture 2027–2030

Ahead of the next EU Work Plan for Culture, Culture Action Europe has developed a set of recommendations for the Council of the EU, shaped by discussions from the BEYOND Satellites 2026.

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.

A black-and-white photograph shows a diverse group of people walking down a paved, cobblestone European street or pedestrian walkway lined with trees and buildings. Some individuals are talking and smiling, and a person in the background holds up a light-colored flag. A stylized, bright pink geometric butterfly graphic is overlaid on the right side of the image, contrasting with the monochrome scene.
Close-up photo with a red monochrome duotone filter showing a hand placing a small paper note labeled "EMPATHY" onto a worksheet during a group exercise, likely a values-mapping or workshop activity. The visible worksheet reads "mapping" with instructions about grouping similar values together, and a circular sticker labeled "Values" is visible in the bottom right. A pair of glasses rests on the table in the blurred background.
Title slide: 'A sector contribution to the work plan for culture 2027–2030,' with the Culture Action Europe logo and a black-and-white illustration of flowers, roots, and insects.
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On top of being a buzzword in certain parts of the cultural world for few years now, audience development is one of the new priorities of Creative Europe. It brings for the first time audiences/ spectators/ users/ citizens/ participants under the spotlight, on an equal footing with artists and cultural organisations. Current experience existing in … Continued

AVnode/Life Performers Meeting (LPM) will take place in Brussels the 20th and 21st of April organised by Culture Action Europe. The participating artists and festival organisers will talk about the future of audio-visual-art performances and develop strategies for audience development. It is a cooperation project between 13 partners from 12 countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, … Continued

Culture Action Europe (CAE) is happy to announce that our application has been selected for co-financing by the Creative Europe Programme – Cultural Networks strand. This strand aims to support the activities of networks aiming to reinforce the cultural and creative sectors’ capacity to operate transnationally and internationally, and to adapt to change. The project will be implemented between March 2017 and … Continued

     In the framework of the Jean Monnet project “Visualising European Ideas” an interactive learning package for Russian secondary school pupils (13-16 years of age) has been prepared by Moscow State Pedagogical University (MSPU). Amongst various tools it contains a workbook which was created by MSPU students. They prepared 28 unique infographic illustrations about … Continued