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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.

Satellite BEYOND 2026

Satellite BEYOND is a series of decentralised, regional events hosted by CAE members that will take place over the next few months. BEYOND will travel from Riga → Las Palmas de Gran Canaria → Istanbul → Amsterdam → Skopje → Gdańsk.

500+ organisations call for an increased budget for AgoraEU

A coalition of 500+ organisations representing Europe’s cultural and creative sectors, independent media and journalism, civil society and democracy actors have sent an open letter to the EU institutions calling for a substantial increase in funding for the AgoraEU programme in the next long-term EU 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.

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15 socially engaged arts leaders join our inaugural Fellowship

Together with the Alliance for Socially Engaged Arts, we are pleased to announce the first cohort of fellows: Fifteen leaders of socially engaged arts organisations across Europe join our inaugural Fellowship to strengthen their work and scale the impact of this field across the continent. The 15 selected Fellows represent a wide range of artistic disciplines, geographies and … Continued

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Reimagining Cultural Leadership: Reflections from the World Summit in Seoul

This week, Culture Action Europe Secretary General Lars Ebert is in Seoul, South Korea, where he is contributing to the 10th World Summit on Arts and Culture, organised by the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA). Lars published a contribution to the summit’s discussion paper entitled “From Practice to Policy and Back: Advancing Cultural Democracy in Europe.” In it, he explores how cultural democracy can provide a critical framework for reshaping Europe’s cultural landscape in the face of increasing polarisation, shifting participation patterns, and democratic fatigue.

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Culture Action Europe calls on Ursula von der Leyen to keep a standalone Creative Europe

Today, Culture Action Europe, on behalf of the 280 cultural networks, organisations, artists, and activists from 35 European countries in our network, sent a letter to President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, sharing our position on Creative Europe ahead of the Commission’s proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework.

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