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

CAE joins a coalition of 100+ cultural organisations, networks, and institutions from across Europe in calling on EU policymakers to ensure a stronger budget for the Culture strand in AgoraEU.

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.

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.
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.
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.

A call for internship by Hotel Pro Forma Deadline: May 31, 2015 Hotel Pro Forma is an international laboratory of visual music performance and installations based in Copenhagen, Denmark. “Atelier Hotel Pro Forma” is their international art lab for young, upcoming artists and students to develop and show works created across art forms such as the visual arts, video, … Continued

The  collects and analyses the available public data on culture, creativity and the new technologies from the 28 European Member States, with the aim to present statistical and policy evidence supporting the assumption that employment in the culture and creative sectors (CCSs) has proven to provide for a certain degree of resilience during the years … Continued

A call for projects by ELIA Deadline: March 15, 2015 The festival NEU/NOW will take place in Amsterdam,  September 9-13, 2015. 2015 will be the 7th edition of ELIA’s Festival NEU/NOW providing  an innovative international platform and showcase for talented graduating students and recent graduates (within one year of graduation) of Higher Arts Education Institutions and Universities … Continued

On  February 23 2015, Culture Action Europe in partnership with SMartBe organised a . If you were not able to attend but are interested in the subject, you will find here the ,  as well as some of their presentations that they kindly allowed us to share here.   Attachments DullroyJoel_socialsecurityforfreelancers (801 kB)MurgiaAnnalisa_socialprotection_2015Feb (412 kB)ViellePascale_EUROFOUNDseminar … Continued

A guide by The Green Lab Alliance and On the Move Deadline: March 8, 2015 The Green Art Lab Alliance works in partnership with On the Move to produce an online free guide on sustainable funding. Should you know any funders (public, private, national, regional, European, international etc.) which fund arts and environmental types of projects, please feel free to share … Continued

A production of  COST Action “Investigating Cultural Sustainability”,  hosted by the University of Jyväskylä, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy May 6-8, 2015 Helsinki, Finland Is culture the fourth pillar of sustainability, alongside the ecological, economic and social aspects? How does culture act as a catalyst for ecological sustainability, human well-being and economic viability? What would … Continued