The Culture Programme is the only instrument of the European Union exclusively dedicated to support arts and culture. During its 10 years of existence as a unified tool, it has supported a vast number of key initiatives that have both contributed to the development of the sector, and of its co-operations across Europe and beyond. The Culture programme has also demonstrated weaknesses that need to be corrected. The next Culture Programme will therefore have to be bold, aligned with the overall strategy launched by the European Agenda for Culture, and embedded in the overall vision of sustainable and inclusive growth outlined by the Europe 2020 strategy. Its objectives will have to be refocused, its design and management improved, and its budget increased.
Statement on the next EU Culture Programme - Creative Europe:
Culture Action Europe, in the framework of the we are more – act for culture in Europe campaign welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for Creative Europe but calls for an improved recognition of the social dimension of arts and culture and the importance of risk taking and experimentation.
Download the statement in English (published 14 February 2012)
Download the statement in French (published 14 February 2012)
Previous statements on this campaign objective
This first set of position papers was developed in connection with the EC consultation on the next Culture Programme in 2010-2011.
Download a summary of the position paper in English (published 18 February 2011)
Download a summary of the position paper in French (published 18 February 2011)
Download the full position paper in English (published 10 February 2011)
Download the full position paper in French (published 10 February 2011)
Funding PhDs in with arts links is important to innovative thinking, and promotion of a range of our arts and their importance for schools, businesses, and mental well-being. For example storytelling. Arts enhance our culture and enrich our lives. Speaking as a self-funding PhD student we need funding in this area more than ever now.
Culture and education are essential for the well being and growth of our societies. Exchange, expression, dialogue, imagination, creativity, problem solving, solution finding, empowering individuals and communities… culture and education provide these and much more and they are too often over looked. In a time of economic crisis and increasing inequality we need to look towards a better and fairer system; culture and education are the way forward.
In times of austerity, art is is what takes people out of their four walls, brings cheerfulness and fun to the community, and keeps people smiling when everything else is so bleak.
As for culture, suppressing it is equivalent to denying what makes us human.
une société tout court et tout simplement!
The best way to so sustain the human race is through culture and the Arts. We can look in Europe now all economic policies have failed. It will only get worse with the exclusion of a good EU cultural programme. I support it strongly¡
parfaitement d’accord avec Isabelle Gayitch, une petite réserve quand au terme “évolué” je préférerais une société civilisée voire harmonieuse ou équilibrée
Une société évoluée intègre la culture et les arts intimement à son fonctionnement
pour perpétuer la sensibilité et le déploiement de capacités proprement humaines, gagner toujours plus en intelligence et harmonie ,et transcender la violence en énergie
positive passionnée vers “le meilleur” …….
-le risque pris et l’expérimentation permettent de faire évoluer les traditions mais aussi de les partager et d’en partager le résultat!
-risk taking and experimentation allow the evolution of traditions but also to share them and share the results of this evolution!
Culture and educate are the future of Europe and the best middle to reduce violence