A webinar on the AgoraEU aimed at national organisations working at Member State level to understand the important new programme under and to provide a space for coordinating national advocacy. Culture Action Europe will lead a session on the Culture strand.
A meeting focused on presenting the NamePlaceFund campaign, the steps that have been taken so far, and how you can get involved to support NamePlaceFund and secure funding for culture in Horizon Europe and the European Competitiveness Fund in the next long-term EU budget.
EU institutions have signed the Joint Declaration on culture, agreeing a long-term strategic vision for culture at the heart of Europe. We warmly welcome the Joint Declaration and now call for its commitments to be supported with the financial backing necessary in the next long-term EU budget to realise its goals.
The Council has unveiled its proposed budget allocations for the 2028-2034 MFF and it’s bad news for culture, including a 33% reduction in budget for AgoraEU compared to the Parliament’s position. It is vital that the European Parliament’s budgetary proposal of €10.72 billion is treated as the bare minimum in negotiations in order to sustain the cultural and creative sectors.
The Council has unveiled its proposed budget allocations for the 2028-2034 MFF and it’s bad news for culture, including a 33% reduction in budget for AgoraEU compared to the Parliament’s position. It is vital that the European Parliament’s budgetary proposal of €10.72 billion is treated as the bare minimum in negotiations in order to sustain the cultural and creative sectors.
The NamePlaceFund campaign coordinators have sent an open letter to the Irish Presidency of the Council calling for a vision of research, innovation and competitiveness in the next MFF that fully embeds the arts and the CCSI to address the challenges of the future.
The first meeting of the Artistic Freedom action group will take place on 11 June 2026. If you are actively working on artistic freedom, join us to share information, exchange experiences and build capacity together.
Culture Action Europe calls for an AgoraEU that covers all cultural and creative sectors fairly, protects the cross-sectoral nature of European cultural cooperation, and provides more ambitious funding for culture as a whole. Where sectors have specific needs, they must be addressed consistently, not selectively, across various sectors.