The recent spread of the Coronavirus is pushing States to take harsh measures in the attempt to tackle the epidemic and to #flattenthecurve. Belgium is not an exception. Culture Action Europe takes the civic responsibility to mitigate the spread of COVID19 and joins other cultural venues, festivals, projects and civil society organisations in suspending events … Continued
Following the publication of the UK Government’s EU negotiation mandate the UK will not be seeking to participate in the next Creative Europe programme due to start in January 2021. Beyond the loss of funding, the UK’s retreat from Creative Europe could be a blow to the international mobility, visibility and connections that UK artists … Continued
There is a fundamental correlation between cultural practices and the ‘greening’ of our societies, however it is necessary to recognise that they both could have a positive and/or negative impact on each other. Cultural and creative sectors can contribute to positive shifts of attitudes and practices towards a more economic, socially and environmentally sustainable future both at … Continued
2020 is expected to determine how the EU budget and its next-generation programmes will contribute to climate mitigation and adaptation efforts for the next decade. Along this line, the Parliament’s CULT Committee initiated a report on ‘Effective measures to ‘green’ the Erasmus+, Creative Europe and European Solidarity Corps programmes’. There is a fundamental correlation between … Continued
Two days of extraordinary Council meeting to agree on the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) yielded no results. EU leaders ended the summit on Friday 21 February evening without a deal. Such an outcome did not come as a surprise: finding an agreement on a multiannual budget that impacts the expenditure of 27 countries for … Continued
Press release, 18-02-2020, European Parliament. “With fake news on the rise and diversity under attack, we need more, not less funding for our creative minds”, said EP’s CULT committee chair Sabine Verheyen (EPP, DE) on Tuesday. “The projected budget for Creative Europe is simply unacceptable”, said Sabine Verheyen (EPP, DE) in a statement distributed on Tuesday, commenting on the … Continued
After EU leaders called on Charles Michel to take the MFF negotiations forward with the aim of reaching a final agreement, the European Council President called a special summit on February 20 to discuss the 2021-2027 EU budget. Michel and his team anticipate that a deal could be reached at the February summit: budget negotiations, always brutal, normally require several summits … Continued
The status and working conditions of artists and cultural and creative professionals is one of the five priority themes of the EU Work Plan for Culture 2019-2022. On this basis, the European Commission Directorate-General for Education and Culture has requested a study to be carried out on this subject by Panteia, a Dutch research company specialized in … Continued