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Latvian presidency of the council of the european union in 2015
Where
Latvia
Latvia
When
2016
2016
Who
Ministry of culture, secretariat of the latvian presidency of the council of the european union
Ministry of culture, secretariat of the latvian presidency of the council of the european union
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Description of the policy/measure
For the audiovisual sector, the conference "strengthening聽the聽european audiovisual media market聽for the聽development聽of the聽european identity鈥 took place in riga. the presidency held the ministerial-level and expert debates on how to guard against hate speech, propaganda and spread of misinformation campaign in the media room. audiovisual ministers gave a strategic vision of the audiovisual media services directive review process and agreed on the need to think about both the creation of the rapid reaction mechanism and on the mechanism for increasing efficiency, including the need to strengthen the eu's independent regulators and their cross-border cooperation. in the copyright field, ministers from various industries also gave guidelines on copyright framework development in the future in response to the european commission's digital single market strategy. in a number of high-level expert events the need to create conditions that promote quality content creation and cultural diversity was highlighted, as well as providing for the mechanisms to ensure appropriate remuneration for authors and other rights holders. the promotion of cultural heritage material re-use in education and the creative industries was also emphasized. at the same time the need to think about how to prevent improper geographical blocking practices in order to facilitate consumer access to content was recognized. in the field of social integration, the presidency continued the work on a council proposal for a directive on equal treatment of persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.
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Results achieved
With a view to encourage the crossovers of cci at the eu level 鈥 a specific creative process in which the inherent knowledge and skills of the cultural and creative sectors merge with the other sectoral knowledge and skills by creating innovative and functional solutions 鈥 the education, youth, culture and sports council of ministers on 19 may 2015 adopted the council conclusions in order to facilitate understanding of the potential for cooperation in various sectors and to contribute to enhancing the competitiveness of the european economy, faster growth and development of innovations. the recommendations that were drawn up in the annual creativity week radi! during the presidency conference 鈥渃ultural and creative crossovers鈥 were included in the conclusions. the conclusions were initiated and prepared by the moc under the latvian presidency. the presidency also drew up the recommendations for further work to strengthen the evidence-based culture policy and promote the development of cultural statistics and research, implementing the recommendations included in the eu council conclusions of 26 november 2012 on cultural management, in order to improve the cultural management. in response to the tragic events at "charlie hebdo" in paris on 7 january 2015, the latvian presidency brought together all eu member states cultural ministers in a joint statement that acknowledges the unity of eu's member states in protection of european values 鈥嬧- freedom of expression and freedom of artistic expression. more than 30 employees of the moc were involved in the management of the presidency. 12 working groups of the council of the eu on cultural, audiovisual and copyright affairs took place in brussels; 1260 participants attended 10 events held by the presidency in the field of culture; 107 cultural events were held across europe and the world - exhibitions, concerts, films, theatre plays and poetry readings which constituted the most extensive presentation of latvian culture excellence in the world since the country's independence.
Financial resources allocated to the policy
It is difficult to calculate the total presidency budget for the management and implementation of the cultural policy priorities, since a large part of the budget was planned and managed centrally by the state.