No support for creative industries in the next EU budget? The new MFF proposal debuffs support for the more economic dimensions of culture, its digitalisation and financial tools that help creative businesses grow, merging these into the European Competitiveness Fund which barely mentions creative sectors. What does this mean moving forward?
No support for creative industries in the next EU budget? The new MFF proposal debuffs support for the more economic dimensions of culture, its digitalisation and financial tools that help creative businesses grow, merging these into the European Competitiveness Fund which barely mentions creative sectors. What does this mean moving forward?
The Ortaklaşa programme aims to deepen cultural collaboration between culture and arts civil society organisations in Türkiye and Europe to support local cultural policies and collaboration through sub-grants, community-building, advocacy and mentorship.
UNESCO has released the fourth edition of the Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity report which builds upon data and analysis of 120 countries and common trends, challenges and opportunities for culture to explore how the 2005 Convention is applied today.
The Action Group on Digital and AI will meet to identify the main topics, approaches, and recommendations we believe should inform the upcoming AI strategy for the cultural and creative sectors announced by the European Commission. (Open to CAE and MCA members only).
The new conversation paper makes the case for the arts and culture as essential public goods, adopting Amartya Sen’s capability approach to illustrate culture as necessary for society and active citizens’ participation in democracy.
In the wake of the recent CDEU Policy Conversation, it is worth revisiting the Commission’s policy framework for culture, the Culture Compass, to examine how its narrative framing of culture translates into some of the proposed flagship initiatives.
Live DMA and Reset! network have published a policy paper entitled “Ownership Concentration and Cultural Pluralism in Europe’s Live Music Sector” in light of a comprehensive mapping project of venues’ and festivals’ ownership concentration in European live music.