Save the date for Central BEYOND 2027, taking place in Katowice, Poland, between 2-5 June 2027! Stay tuned for further information regarding the event, programme, and registration.
Read Culture Action Europe’s main takeaways from the CDEU Annual Policy Conversation in February 2026.
BE UNIT, an Erasmus+ funded project focused on improving the employability and active citizenship of young adults in the audiovisual sector, have released an advocacy paper including a series of recommendations calling for the reduction of barriers to cultural participation.
The BEYOND Satellite in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, will explore what fairness in labour relations means in today’s European context, combining talks, panel discussions, workshops, networking moments and peer-to-peer exchanges, as well as a Fair Practice Lab for creators, collectives and organisations to co-create action plans around fairness.
The BEYOND satellite in Riga, Latvia, will explore sustainability in its broadest sense, including the working conditions and wellbeing of cultural workers, while also addressing cultural identity across the Nordic region, the Baltic region, UK and Europe.
This briefing on Working Conditions was edited and coordinated by Creative FLIP and forms part of 10 policy briefings in the discussion paper ‘Towards the Culture Compass: A Sector Blueprint’ published by Culture Action Europe. This briefing outlines the importance of fair working conditions for artists and creatives and proposes establishing a Charter on Working Conditions.
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.
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.