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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.

Trans Europe Halles Communications and Development Director position opening Lund, Sweden Deadline: June 14, 2015 Trans Europe Halles, the European network of  independent cultural centres, is looking for an experienced Communications and Development Director, for a two-year contract starting in September 2015. The first part of the responsibilities will be to design TEH’s strategic communication for … Continued

(This initiative is an open call for cities and local governments) Culture Action Europe and its partner Agenda 21 for Culture – UCLG have jointly launched the Programme “Culture in Sustainable Cities: Learning with Culture 21 Actions”, dedicated to cities and local governments for the period 2015-2017. The programme aims at: • fostering increased local … Continued

Initiated and  by les Eurockéennes (FR) and the CMA Foundation (CH), and supported by the Interreg Programme France-Switzerland,  “Opération Iceberg” gathers 11 French and Swiss cultural actors from the region. This project consists of developing  an experimental mentoring scheme covering 10 emerging groups that benefit of 2 years (2013-2015) of diverse support tools such as residencies, training , concerts together … Continued

On April 27, during Civil Society Europe ‘s General Assembly, Culture Action Europe was elected as one of the member of its Steering Committee. This Committee is composed also by representative from Association des Etats Generaux des Etudiants de l’Europe (AEGEE), European Alternatives, European Citizen Action Service (ECAS), European Civic Forum (ECF), European Movement International (EMI), European Volunteer … Continued

On April 15-17, O Lugar da Cultura (the international conference organised by the Secretariat of State for Culture of Portugal) took place in Lisbon. Through a holistic and inclusive vision of Culture, the conference was organised to contribute to a better understanding of culture and its decisive role in the desirable European development model for the 21st … Continued

This report provides recommendations for a sustainable Nordic and Baltic dance field and was written by the Nordic and Baltic “keðja” sustainability think tank, in which the Director of Performing Arts Hub Norway, one of CAE’s members, took part. The Report is aimed at decision and policy makers and civil servants on local, national and international … Continued