The three-hour seminar dedicated to human rights and artistic freedom will include special address by Andrzej Kulig- First Deputy Mayor of the City of Krakow for Social and Municipal Policy and a keynote speech by Maria Arena, Chair Subcommittee on Human Rights in the EU Parliament. Artists all around the world are discriminated against because … Continued
Chapter 1: “Culture as a driving force for Europe’s recovery”, introduced by Tere Badia, Secretary General of Culture Action Europe, in conversation with the EP CULT Committee Chair Sabine Verheyen. Reactions from MEPs Niklas Nienass & Sandro Gozi. The high-level event “A Cultural Deal for Europe”, co-organised by Culture Action Europe, the European Cultural Foundation … Continued
The final Heritage Conference Zone conference, held November 23 – 26, 2020, offered workshops, a keynote presentation with discussion and a session with policy-makers. HCZ launched their toolkit for instituional change, to open up spaces for difficult conversation about our heritage and the societies we want to live in. The Week showcased and discussed the … Continued
Culture Action Europe was present at the Safe Havens Global Live stream 2020, contributing to the discussion on the Freedom of Artistic Expression from the European policy perspective. The annual Safe Havens conference is a global network meeting. The conference is organized in a process of collaboration between artists, different cultural operators and organizations, where … Continued
The Heritage Contact Zone project welcomes the stronger recognition of a value of cultural heritage that goes beyond the dimension of tangible assets: that is, heritage as a place for public engagement, reflection and re-invention of communities’ contested stories and histories. Communities, citizens’ engagement, co-construction and participation are critical elements that must be at the … Continued
The Heritage Contact Zone (HCZ) Toolkit offers a repository of resources that can be used by practitioners and academics alike who work with contested heritage and creative practices. It brings together the findings from the partners from their activities within the HCZ project and reference points that they have collected. This toolkit is designed for … Continued
Policy-makers and those who implement cultural policies need to pay greater attention to soft-infrastructure and participation, rather than traditional approaches prioritising hard infrastructure. Now is the time to place community involvement to co-design and manage such processes at the core of the new Creative Europe programme, Horizon Europe, the Rights and Values programme, the European … Continued
Policy-makers and those who implement cultural policies need to pay greater attention to soft-infrastructure and participation, rather than traditional approaches prioritising hard infrastructure. Now is the time to place community involvement to co-design and manage such processes at the core of the new Creative Europe programme, Horizon Europe, the Rights and Values programme, the European … Continued