Today, on 29 March, 2017, the United Kingdom triggered article 50, initiating the process of exiting the European Union. We greatly regret this decision. Complex negotiations will now ensue to separate and unravel the intricate ties which have brought together the UK and the EU since 1973. We realise that a delicate balance must be … Continued
On 25 March, EU leaders and civil society came together in the Italian capital to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome. Signed in 1957 by the six founding Member States, these treaties paved the way for the European Union that we know today: a continent of peace, founded on the values of solidarity, democracy, … Continued
The years of internal empowerment From 2011-2013, we held internal workshops to share knowledge of the relevant fields and thus raise the group’s own capacities, as well as to identify actions to support. We presented the work of the group to potential political allies and culminated our first two years by organising a presentation in … Continued
For the period of 2017 to 2020, ARJ will focus on two main activities. They both support our objective to increase the understanding of human rights in the arts and culture sector, and for artists and organisations to learn to read and respond to artists rights breaches. 1—Co-creating awareness: ARJ created two tools to … Continued
Robert Manchin contributed to a roundtable discussion organised by CAE’s member The Cornelius Arts Foundation, (TCAF) in collaboration with the Culture Capital Exchange and DataKind UK looking into innovative, digital and distributed data collection and analysis that could help to substantiate the impact of the arts. Roundtable discussion was hosted by TCAF on 24 March … Continued
Cities, well-being and culture in Europe links the measurement of well-being and cultural participation. How to use data dashboards to better understand correlations between cultural participation and well-being? The following toolkit gives practical guidelines for using the tools developed within the framework of Activity 3.2 of Culture Action Europe’s Creative Europe network funding. CAE: Cities, Wellbeing and … Continued
In the framework of the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome #eu60 and of the Civil Society Forum, Culture Action Europe will take part in an interactive event organised organised by the coalition #OurEurope #Lanostraeuropa www.lanostraeuropa.org This event is targeted at young people, students and civil society activists and aims at building new future for a … Continued
Culture Action Europe (CAE) has carried out an analysis of the first two years of operation of the Creative Europe programme’s Culture sub-programme. The analysis and ensuing recommendations are based on a survey launched by CAE. They offer a preliminary appraisal of how the cultural sector has adapted to Creative Europe, as well as the … Continued