“Amplify: Make the Future of Europe Yours” main goal is to bring underrepresented voices in the cultural sector to the Conference. Across 12 EU countries (Hubs), Amplify has held participatory listening sessions which have gathered diverse groups of people within the cultural sector who face barriers to participation or access to EU decision-making processes in … Continued
The report “Cultural Actions Supporting Gender Equality in Cities and Territories” is a contribution from the cultural perspective to address women’s rights and gender responsive policies for sustainable development.
Under the title, “CultureForHealth”, the partnership will run from December 2021 to May 2023 and investigate and develop the field within five areas. It will improve the exchange of knowledge, experience and success stories in the EU related to the role of culture in well-being and health, identify the most relevant existing practices, improve opportunities for actors in the field, carry out at least five smaller pilot projects and make a set of policy recommendations.
Project aims to improve the exchange of knowledge and experiences in the EU related to the role of culture in well-being and health, to identify the most relevant existing practices, carry out at least five smaller pilot projects and make a set of policy recommendations.
EU Ministers for Culture will meet on Tuesday 30 November in Brussels for a Culture Affairs Council meeting under the Slovenian Presidency of the Council, with the recovery and the future of Europe, as well as the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative and the status of the artists.
On the occasion of his new book, Performing Mourning, Laments in Contemporary Art, the Vienna based dance dramaturg Guy Cools discussed (on 3 November 2021) contemporary art practices in literature, visual and performing arts that use mourning as a source for activism.
Culture is considered an important pillar of the EU as it significantly contributes to social cohesion, building a common sense of belonging and promoting shared values and cultural diversity. For that reason, the Treaty of the Functioning of the EU defines culture as a cross-cutting area that builds bridges and synergies to other policy areas. As a result, a wide range of European funding instruments is open for cultural and creative projects and complements the support that is provided by Creative Europe, the EU’s main programme addressing the cultural, creative and audiovisual sector across Europe.
The publication tackles the benefits of participative projects that were discussed during the seminar hosted by Kulturfabrik and COOPERATIONS in Luxembourg in March 2020. The seminar brought together 60 cultural professionals from across Europe working with arts education to share best practices and methodologies of participative activities. The following publication offers a deeper look into the main objectives and findings of the seminar.