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The European Commission has adopted the Culture Compass for Europe, the first EU-wide strategy for culture in nearly a decade. Read Culture Action Europe’s detailed analysis.
Culture and Well-Being
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The Culture Compass for Europe is a strategic document released by the European Commission on 12 November 2025 to strengthen the EU policy framework for culture.
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Take part in the eighth of our online Artists’ Roundtables, which provide an opportunity for peer-to-peer exchange between artists working in the intersection of culture, health, care, education and social sectors. These Artists’ Roundtables are open to everyone and free of charge. This roundtable will be about Arts in Institutional Health and Care Settings and invites two artists to … Continued
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Online
When:
3 December 2025 14:00
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The “Culture & Care: A Joint Call for Change” conference explores how culture and care can work together to build new ways of care that meet today’s complex social challenges, bringing together cultural and care professionals, researchers, policymakers, and community actors from across Europe.
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European Conference | Leuven, Belgium
When:
26 February 2026 09:00 - 27 February 2026 16:00
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The new report from the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) Group on Culture and Health shows that taking part in cultural activities can help improve people’s health and well-being.
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Too often, “culture and health” is confined to a niche, spoken about in clinical terms and judged by health metrics. To move beyond that frame, we need a wider vocabulary. Culture is not merely healing; it is foundational to how people make meaning, build relationships and imagine futures.
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Culture Action Europe is proud to present ‘Towards the Culture Compass: A Sector Blueprint’: a discussion paper resulting from the joint efforts of 30 cross-border European cultural networks, aiming to propose a direction for European cultural policies.
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On 24 September, join Culture and Health for an open roundtable event, “From European Visions to Local Implementation,” hosted by Culture Action Europe, in partnership with EUREGHA.
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Online
When:
24 September 2025 10:00 - 11:30