Right before Christmas holidays, CAE is publishing a series of short reflection papers on several thematics CAE has been working on during the year and that are relevant to the thinking that CAE wants to promote concerning the role of culture as a key element for sustainable development. The papers consist of food for thought … Continued
The 2013 European Debates, is a series of debates on European issues promoted by CAE linked to the campaign message and animated by the advocacy network’s members. After having toured Europe since April and participated in a large number of debates on issues such as citizenship, trust, structural funds, cultural infrastructure and reclamation of public … Continued
The new EU Culture Programme Creative Europe 2014-2020 was adopted in EP plenary on the 19th of November. The programme will have a budget of 1.46 billion Euros (in current prices, equivalent to 1.29 billion in 2011 prices). At least 31% of the programme’s budget will be allocated to the Culture sub-programme. The total budget … Continued
On Dec 2nd, Culture Action Europe, in collaboration with its member SMartBE is organizing the debate “The Welfare line, Encounter 1: Protection from Social & Economic Risks for Atypical Employment in the EU” at BOZAR in Brussels. The debate will present examples of different welfare models and social protection systems across Europe. Part of the … Continued
CAE’s member IETM, after its Annual Conference “Tomorrow” taking place in Athens, in order to underline the exchange, discourse and solidarity that took place closed the meeting with a Manifesto. The Manifesto is an impromptu collective action of Secretary General of Culture Action Europe Luca Bergamo, Secretary General of IETM Nan van Houte and Coordinator … Continued
Rome, October 15, 2013 – At 12:15 Culture Action Europe’s (CAE’s) Italian members performed the organisation’s first experimental flash mob in defense of culture on the bridge Ponte Sant Angelo, in the heart of Rome, Italy. The banner “Do not kill culture” was rolled out from the bridge and soon thereafter five silhouettes representing icons … Continued
On 15 November, the Research Center of the University of Louvain and the European Studies Institute of the University of Saint-Louis will organize the International Symposium on European Law and Cultural Policies. The International Symposium aims at clarifying the interactions between European law and cultural policies on the basis of three questions. The first deals … Continued
In conjunction with Culture Action Europe’s conference “It is not a crisis, it is a transition” taking place on 4-5 October at the Faculty of Architecture of the 3rd University of Rome, other interesting initiatives will be taking place at the same venue. One of them is the 9th Congress “Virtual City and Territory” MEMORY CITY PEOPLE … Continued