Following the announcement of the Commissioner-Designates and their portfolios by President Ursula von der Leyen last Tuesday, Culture Action Europe has launched a public campaign urging the President to bring culture back! Culture is grouped together with youth, research, innovation, sport and education in the portfolio of Ms Gabriel. Culture Action Europe is pleased to see culture embedded … Continued
Information Technologies (IT) can solve problems, accelerate decision-making and help complete complex tasks through self-learning processes. They are often defined as a communication system that is universal, transparent, simple and accessible. However, this is not 100% true. Technologies are neither neutral, nor accessible and transparent. Algorithmic processes are acting in direct relation to our infrastructures … Continued
EU values, democracy and culture are intimately related, for each of them to thrive, they all must thrive. Thus, we were glad to hear in your opening Statement in the European Parliament Plenary Session that you are committed to build a united Europe of peace and a Europe of values underpinned by the rule of … Continued
EU values, democracy and culture are intimately related, for each of them to thrive, they all must thrive. Thus, we were glad to hear in your opening Statement in the European Parliament Plenary Session that you are committed to build a united Europe of peace and a Europe of values underpinned by the rule of … Continued
We are looking for initiatives that bring together groups of citizens or small circles of cultural mediators (intellectuals, policy makers, artists, activists, journalists) to discuss pressing and controversial issues of contemporary societies, fragmentation, populism, exclusion, new narratives and languages, roadmaps and manifestos. We are especially looking for initiatives that use a site of memory (be … Continued
The results of the last election revealed a Europe in full recomposition. In the name of the nation and the sovereignty of the people, Europe has been overturned by progressive conquests from national populists, with programmes that are confused but seductive: anti-immigration, climate-sceptic, antifeminist, anti-abortion… and anti-European. At the same time, awareness of the ecological … Continued
Culture Action Europe is among 35 organisations participating in the structured dialogue between the European Commission and and the cultural sector on Gender Balance in the Cultural and Creative Sectors (CCS). The Brainstorming Session on GENDER EQUALITY: Gender Balance in Cultural and Creative Sectors represents the opportunity for a group of around 35 European civil society stakeholders in … Continued
From 1 July until 31 December, Finland holds the Presidency of the Council of the EU. The priorities for Finland’s Presidency of the European Union are to strengthen common values and the rule of law, to make the EU more competitive and socially inclusive, to promote action on climate change and to protect the security of its citizens. The … Continued