Today, the Executive Committee of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) launched the multilingual digital platform inviting citizens to contribute to shaping the (ir) future of Europe. The freshly launched digital tool will allow citizens from across the EU to contribute to the Conference from an active and bottom-up approach. The prerogative of … Continued
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated already existing precariousness and fragile working conditions in the cultural and creative sectors. The pandemic has caused immense losses in revenue opportunities, drastically decreased performance and exhibition possibilities for artists and cultural workers. This resulted in an average -31% of the turnover (with peaks of up to -90% in some … Continued
Tuesday 20 April 2021, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), together with UN-Habitat and Metropolis, and in partnership with the #culture2030goal campaign, Rome City Council and Palaexpo, will be organizing a ‘Cities Are Listening’ session on culture. Entitled ‘Upgrading Culture in Sustainable Development: The Time is Now’, the session will aim at consolidating a dialogue … Continued
Culture is getting a seat at the global political table in rather non-traditional settings. The commitment to mainstream culture across the policy fields and to include it in the recovery strategies may be further reinforced by this year’s G20. The G20 (Group of Twenty) is the main forum for international cooperation on the most important … Continued
The New European Bauhaus (NEB) is about to take off. After the launch of the co-design phase in January, the initiative that aims at making the Green Deal a cultural project is now taking shape. Contributions from more than 30 countries in the EU and beyond have already been registered on the online portal of the … Continued
The study provides an overview of the key characteristics of artists’ and cultural workers’ status across Europe, their working conditions, and career paths.
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated pre-existing trends, including unprecedented income loss, growing precariousness, and inequalities in the European cultural ecosystem. Facing destitution, many workers may leave the sector and thousands of institutions may close. With them, accumulated knowledge and skills would be permanently lost, and the cultural ecosystem would be profoundly weakened. A solution to … Continued
European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Civil Society Days 2021, which took place between March 1 and March 5, focused on Sustainable Recovery for the Future of Europe. Culture Action Europe was present at this annual event facilitating the discussion on the role of culture and education in Europe’s post-pandemic recovery. A special focus was … Continued