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EU leaders sign ambitious Joint Declaration on Culture

EU institutions have signed the Joint Declaration on culture, agreeing a long-term strategic vision for culture at the heart of Europe.

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.

European leaders Roberta Metsola, Nikos Christodoulides, and Ursula von der Leyen stand side-by-side smiling while jointly holding a dark blue document folder embossed with the European Union stars. They are formally dressed and positioned in front of a backdrop featuring several large European Union flags.
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.
Abstract, glowing ring of light with radiating orange, blue, and yellow streaks against a black background.

NEW! The FUND-FINDER, A Guide to funding opportunities for arts and culture in Europe, beyond Creative Europe, July 2015   This new IETM publication – coordinated by On the Move – provides a detailed and easy-to-read overview of public and private funding opportunities for the arts and culture in Europe and beyond: it provides a … Continued

On 9 June 2015, the European Parliament adopted the own-initiative report by German Greens/European Free Alliance MEP Julia Reda (Pirate Party) on the implementation of Directive 2001/29/EC (the InfoSoc Directive) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001. The report will feed into upcoming proposals by the European Commission to update current … Continued

MCP Broker | Brokering Migrants’ Cultural Participation The MCP Broker website is now public! You will find reports, conclusions, inspiration, photos, reference materials and a lot more from the project work and from all the five participating countries: Spain, Italy, Austria, Belgium and Sweden. Surf the new MCP Broker website The project is supported by European Integration … Continued

La Ligue de l’Enseignement, Fédération d’Indre-et-Loire is seeking partners to join the project Youth Literature (working title) and its application to the October 2015 deadline of Creative Europe – European Cooperation Projects. Based in Tours, France, La Ligue de l’Enseignement, Fédération d’Indre-et-Loire brings together tens of thousands of women and men responsible and committed to the … Continued

Robert Bosch Stiftung and MitOst e.V Call for Projects “Actors of Urban Change” Deadline: September 13, 2015.  The Robert Bosch Stiftung and MitOst e.V. have launched the call of the second edition of its project “Actors of Urban Change” which aim is to achieve sustainable and participatory urban development through cultural activities. Cross-sectorial projects teams … Continued

IETM has recently issued its last study “Mapping of types of impact research in the performing arts sector (2005-2015)”.  This study provides a state of the art of the models existing in different countries to measure the impacts of arts and culture on society and individuals. 150 case studies have been taken into account to build … Continued

MCP Broker | Brokering Migrants’ Cultural Participation Final Conference, Hangar Barcelona. Calle Emilia Coranty 16, Barcelona, Spain 30 June – 1, 2 July 2015 The final conference of MCP Broker will soon take place in Barcelona. It will be the place to present the results of the different countries, to share experiences and knowledge with experts and … Continued