European cultural networks launch campaign “Go vote! Bring a friend.” for the European elections (to be held between 22 and 25 May 2014) European cultural networks and organisations want to circulate to encourage citizens to use their right to vote and influence the future of Europe. All of them are concerned by the high rates … Continued
On 12 December, the UN General Assembly adopted by consensus a third resolution on culture and development, further to the two resolutions adopted in 2010 and 2011. Building on the recognition of the role of culture for development acknowledged in the previous resolutions, the new resolution represents an important breakthrough on the development agenda as … Continued
EU-South Korea: Current Trends of Cultural Exchange and Future Perspectives In 2012, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education and Culture (DG EAC) asked the EENC to map existing trends in cultural exchange between the EU and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and their economic dimension. The request arose in the context of the … Continued
Right before Christmas holidays, CAE is publishing a series of short reflection papers on several thematics CAE has been working on during the year and that are relevant to the thinking that CAE wants to promote concerning the role of culture as a key element for sustainable development. The papers consist of food for thought … Continued
Today (13 December) the European Year of Citizens 2013 Alliance officially handed over its recommendations for an inclusive, active and participatory European citizenship to Mrs Reding, Vice-President of the Commission and to the Lithuanian Presidency. The recommendations are gathered in a document entitles “It’s about us, it’s about Europe” now available in 18 languages here. The … Continued
The 2013 European Debates, is a series of debates on European issues promoted by CAE linked to the campaign message and animated by the advocacy network’s members. After having toured Europe since April and participated in a large number of debates on issues such as citizenship, trust, structural funds, cultural infrastructure and reclamation of public … Continued
The new EU Culture Programme Creative Europe 2014-2020 was adopted in EP plenary on the 19th of November. The programme will have a budget of 1.46 billion Euros (in current prices, equivalent to 1.29 billion in 2011 prices). At least 31% of the programme’s budget will be allocated to the Culture sub-programme. The total budget … Continued
The future EU Regional Policy, implemented through the so-called Structural Funds, was adopted in EP Plenary 20 Nov. The negotiations between the Council and the Parliament on this policy had been blocked for a long time, contributing to the delay in the adoption of the global EU budget. The global envelope for the cohesion policy … Continued