In Varietate Concordia is a new initiative organised in the framework of the European Heritage Hub, consisting of live talks, podcasts and columns to inspire reflection and provoke meaningful debates on the core challenges facing Europe.
No support for creative industries in the next EU budget? The new MFF proposal debuffs support for the more economic dimensions of culture, its digitalisation and financial tools that help creative businesses grow, merging these into the European Competitiveness Fund which barely mentions creative sectors. What does this mean moving forward?
Join Culture Action Europe at Civil Society Week 2026 alongside our friends from Democracy International and the European Partnership for Democracy for a workshop co-creating recommendations to guide the implementation of the European Democracy Shield.
The new conversation paper makes the case for the arts and culture as essential public goods, adopting Amartya Sen’s capability approach to illustrate culture as necessary for society and active citizens’ participation in democracy.
In the wake of the recent CDEU Policy Conversation, it is worth revisiting the Commission’s policy framework for culture, the Culture Compass, to examine how its narrative framing of culture translates into some of the proposed flagship initiatives.
Read Culture Action Europe’s main takeaways from the CDEU Annual Policy Conversation in February 2026.
Heather O’Donnell, Psychologist, Musician & Founding Director of The Green Room writes about the dilemma the cultural sector across Germany is facing.
This lunchtime session presents FusionACT, which was founded on the belief that real change doesn’t happen inside one sector alone. Key milestones and projects that shaped their identity will be shared, illustrating how mixing formats and using “fusion methodology” creates new forms of participation and learning.