A long-awaited study prepared for the European Commission explores how European cultural works are accessed and discovered online amidst the rise of global digital platforms. It explores the impact of algorithmic curation, recommendation systems, and the attention economy on Europe’s cultural and linguistic diversity, identifying emerging challenges and proposing areas for policy action.
A Digital Democracy Preference Toolkit has been released building upon the perspectives of almost 500 European citizens and governmental actors to illustrate how to advance digital citizens’ participation.
The Digital and AI action group will reconvene to review our initial draft recommendations for the upcoming AI Strategy for the CCS to refine its content and ensure no critical perspectives are missing before submission. The strategy is in the initial drafting stages, and the European Commission is seeking civil society input. If you are a CAE or MCA member, join to share your views!
The Action Group on Digital and AI will meet to identify the main topics, approaches, and recommendations we believe should inform the upcoming AI strategy for the cultural and creative sectors announced by the European Commission. (Open to CAE and MCA members only).
Read Culture Action Europe’s main takeaways from the CDEU Annual Policy Conversation in February 2026.
IN SITU has published three new reports that together offer fresh evidence, practical tools and a new way of seeing cultural change beyond metropolitan centres.
The Strengthening Capacities in the Live Performance Sector report provides research, analysis and recommendations on three key topics shaping the future of the live performance sector.
Culture Action Europe proposes that the European Commission uses part of the digital fines collected from the enforcement of EU digital regulation to fund culture. This piece explores why using digital fines to fund culture is a good idea, how this could be done, and what nuances should be taken into account.