(This initiative is an open call for cities and local governments) Culture Action Europe and its partner Agenda 21 for Culture – UCLG have jointly launched the Programme “Culture in Sustainable Cities: Learning with Culture 21 Actions”, dedicated to cities and local governments for the period 2015-2017. The programme aims at: • fostering increased local … Continued
Initiated and by les Eurockéennes (FR) and the CMA Foundation (CH), and supported by the Interreg Programme France-Switzerland, “Opération Iceberg” gathers 11 French and Swiss cultural actors from the region. This project consists of developing an experimental mentoring scheme covering 10 emerging groups that benefit of 2 years (2013-2015) of diverse support tools such as residencies, training , concerts together … Continued
On April 27, during Civil Society Europe ‘s General Assembly, Culture Action Europe was elected as one of the member of its Steering Committee. This Committee is composed also by representative from Association des Etats Generaux des Etudiants de l’Europe (AEGEE), European Alternatives, European Citizen Action Service (ECAS), European Civic Forum (ECF), European Movement International (EMI), European Volunteer … Continued
ARJ, together with international coalitions of arts and free speech advocacy groups*, issued a statement to support the Cuban performing artist Tania Bruguera, detained in Havana since December 2014, since Cuban authorities have confiscated her passport, banned her of leaving the country and other charges are still bought against her (public order offenses among others). She has been … Continued
Culture Action Europe Board has happily accepted the proposal submitted by the Västra Götaland Region to host the 2015 edition of “Beyond the Obvious”. The CAE Conference will then take place in Göteborg, Sweden, in mid October. Save the date in the week of Oct. 12-17. Final dates will be published soon. “Beyond The Obvious” is the Culture … Continued
TEH Meeting 79 “Spaces of indecision” Manifatture Knos (Lecce, Italy), 21 – 24 May 2015 “Incontri del Terzo Luogo Workshops”, 19 – 23 May 2015 Application deadline for early bird fee : April 25. Saturday 25th April will be the last day to benefit from the Early Bird offer for Trans Europe Halles taking place in May … Continued
On April 15-17, O Lugar da Cultura (the international conference organised by the Secretariat of State for Culture of Portugal) took place in Lisbon. Through a holistic and inclusive vision of Culture, the conference was organised to contribute to a better understanding of culture and its decisive role in the desirable European development model for the 21st … Continued
The campaign was informally born in Hangzhou (China), in May 2013. Leaders of global cultural networks were called to contribute to the Hangzhou Conference “Culture: Key to Sustainable Development” and convened to discuss how culture elements should be considered in Sustainable Development Goals (to be approved by United Nations in September 2015). The campaign has published three … Continued