For the first time ever, the Parliament is urging the European Commission to create a legal EU Framework to improve the social and professional conditions in the cultural and creative sectors with a mix of both legislative and non-legislative actions.
‘Global inequality in freedom of movement persists due to unequal distribution of funding and burdensome visa regulations.’ These insights on Schengen visas for thirdcountry nationals with a specific focus on the African continent and the arts and cultural sector are produced within the scope of the EUfunded Deconfining project. Deconfining is dedicated to contributing to … Continued
Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture (NDPC) launch a policy brief, as an outcome of the NDPC led project “Creative Cross-Innovations for Sustainability” (2022-2023). This policy brief is a call to policymakers to become aware of arts & design-based collaboration and cross-innovation, and to champion and form policies that truly drive the practice forward. This is … Continued
The newly-published Annual Work Programme for Creative Europe confirms that there will not be calls out for large-scale cooperation projects in 2024. They will be published only every other year.
Voices of Culture, the structured dialogue between the cultural sector in the European Union and the European Commission, has published a brainstorming report on “Culture and Creative Sectors and Industries driving the Green Transition and Facing the Energy Crisis,” following an in-person meeting on 15 and 16 June 2023 in Tartu, Estonia. The meeting provided … Continued
Voices of Culture, the structured dialogue between the cultural sector in the European Union and the European Commission, has published a brainstorming report on “Culture and Creative Sectors and Industries driving the Green Transition and Facing the Energy Crisis.”
In June a really interesting panel discussion took place by IETM called ‘Art and Activism II – Transforming culture through artistic influence’, exploring the arts’ potential to challenge mainstream narratives and highlighting the power of art as a catalyst for cultural and societal change. It emphasized the urgency of addressing climate change, colonization, capitalism, and … Continued
On 25-26 September, under the Spanish Presidency of the Council, EU Ministers for Culture met and adopted the Cáceres Declaration, “a commitment to prioritising culture within the European project and across public policies.”