Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture (NDPC) launch a policy brief, as an outcome of the NDPC led project “Creative Cross-Innovations for Sustainability” (2022-2023). This policy brief is a call to policymakers to become aware of arts & design-based collaboration and cross-innovation, and to champion and form policies that truly drive the practice forward. This is … Continued
The newly-published Annual Work Programme for Creative Europe confirms that there will not be calls out for large-scale cooperation projects in 2024. They will be published only every other year.
Voices of Culture, the structured dialogue between the cultural sector in the European Union and the European Commission, has published a brainstorming report on “Culture and Creative Sectors and Industries driving the Green Transition and Facing the Energy Crisis,” following an in-person meeting on 15 and 16 June 2023 in Tartu, Estonia. The meeting provided … Continued
Voices of Culture, the structured dialogue between the cultural sector in the European Union and the European Commission, has published a brainstorming report on “Culture and Creative Sectors and Industries driving the Green Transition and Facing the Energy Crisis.”
In June a really interesting panel discussion took place by IETM called ‘Art and Activism II – Transforming culture through artistic influence’, exploring the arts’ potential to challenge mainstream narratives and highlighting the power of art as a catalyst for cultural and societal change. It emphasized the urgency of addressing climate change, colonization, capitalism, and … Continued
On 25-26 September, under the Spanish Presidency of the Council, EU Ministers for Culture met and adopted the Cáceres Declaration, “a commitment to prioritising culture within the European project and across public policies.”
The initiators of A Cultural Deal for Europe publish an open letter, calling for a response to their call to action and include a strong cultural dimension in political programmes and electoral campaign trails.
Cultural Deal for Europe: an open letter ahead of the EP elections 2024 In the framework of the Culture Deal for Europe Campaign, Culture Action Europe and our partners from the European Cultural Foundation and Europa Nostra address with a new joint appeal the sitting and hopeful Members of the European Parliament, as well as … Continued