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

CAE joins a coalition of 70+ cultural organisations, networks, and institutions from across Europe in calling on EU policymakers to ensure a stronger budget for the Culture strand in AgoraEU.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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.
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.

UNIDEE – University of Ideas from Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto (Italy) are launching two calls for applications for residency grants. Below all the information and links to know more. CREATING TERRITORIALITIES CALL FOR APPLICATIONS for residency grants for the Creating Territorialities residency at UNIDEE – University of Ideas at Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto in Biella, … Continued

July saw the continuation of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiation process. On 8 July, the European Parliament adopted by 436 votes to 241, with 32 abstentions, a resolution containing the European Parliament’s recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the TTIP. Further, the 10th round of negotiations took place in … Continued

A month before the European Parliament will officially award it’s 9th Lux Prize on diversity in European film production in Strasbourg on 25 November, film enthusiasts in all 28 Member States can watch the three finalist films and vote for their favourite during the fourth edition of the “Lux Film Days”. Screenings of the three … Continued

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