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As France took over the rotating presidency of the council of the European Union, French ministers responsible for culture and higher education outlined their priorities for the next six months for the Culture and Education Committee (CULT) of the EU Parliament. The priorities for culture revolved around: 1) strengthening the inter-cultural exchanges, via intra-EU mobility for artists and cultural workers, with a special focus on promoting multilingualism with the help of digital tools; 2) consolidating EU artistic and cultural sovereignty via a new EU strategy that would include improving the access by cultural and creative industries to the EU support and facilitating EU cultural export and 3)  ensuring access for all to EU cultural life.  
The European Union has opened a call for applications for the 2022 New European Bauhaus (NEB) Prizes. Awards will be given to young talents' ideas as well as existing projects connected to the values of the NEB movement: sustainability, inclusiveness and aesthetics. The New European Bauhaus initiatives is about improving our daily lives, focusing on better living together in more beautiful, sustainable and inclusive places. It is about bridging global challenges with local solutions to achieve our climate targets and support a broader transformation on the ground. 
The Nordic Council has launched the Nordic Bridges Cultural Initiative, to offer engaging performances and conversations involving Nordic artists, innovators and thinkers. The programme for Nordic Bridges is built on four key pillars: artistic innovation, accessibility and inclusion, indigenous perspectives, and resilience and sustainability, which are important issues in both Canada and the Nordic Region. The year-long cultural venture has been initiated by the Nordic ministers for culture and is led by Harbourfront Centre in Toronto