On 19 November, members of the European Parliament gathered in Strasbourg in plenary finally adopted the global EU budget (the Multiannual Financial framework, MFF) 2014-2020 and the programmes and policies that will be implemented in its framework. The total budget for 2014-2020 is set at €960bn in commitments and €908 in payments (2011 prices). For … Continued
The conference, held on 11-12 November in Malmö, was a Nordic Expert Meeting about Artistic Freedom of Speech, called to consolidate the growing movement to provide safe havens for censored and oppressed cultural workers. It was a part of the Swedish presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers, in collaboration with ICORN, PEN, Freemuse, Safemuse, … Continued
On Dec 2nd, Culture Action Europe, in collaboration with its member SMartBE is organizing the debate “The Welfare line, Encounter 1: Protection from Social & Economic Risks for Atypical Employment in the EU” at BOZAR in Brussels. The debate will present examples of different welfare models and social protection systems across Europe. Part of the … Continued
CAE’s member IETM, after its Annual Conference “Tomorrow” taking place in Athens, in order to underline the exchange, discourse and solidarity that took place closed the meeting with a Manifesto. The Manifesto is an impromptu collective action of Secretary General of Culture Action Europe Luca Bergamo, Secretary General of IETM Nan van Houte and Coordinator … Continued
Rome, October 15, 2013 – At 12:15 Culture Action Europe’s (CAE’s) Italian members performed the organisation’s first experimental flash mob in defense of culture on the bridge Ponte Sant Angelo, in the heart of Rome, Italy. The banner “Do not kill culture” was rolled out from the bridge and soon thereafter five silhouettes representing icons … Continued
On 15 November, the Research Center of the University of Louvain and the European Studies Institute of the University of Saint-Louis will organize the International Symposium on European Law and Cultural Policies. The International Symposium aims at clarifying the interactions between European law and cultural policies on the basis of three questions. The first deals … Continued
The resale right petition is an initiative taken by EVA – European Visual Artists, the European umbrella of visual arts copyrights organizations CISAC and GESAC, in order to protect the fundamental right of authors of graphic and plastic arts for a small percentage of the resale price that art market professionals pay to them at … Continued
In conjunction with Culture Action Europe’s conference “It is not a crisis, it is a transition” taking place on 4-5 October at the Faculty of Architecture of the 3rd University of Rome, other interesting initiatives will be taking place at the same venue. One of them is the 9th Congress “Virtual City and Territory” MEMORY CITY PEOPLE … Continued