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The Cultural and Education Committee of the European Parliament is pressing for an earmarking of 1-2% of EU expenditure to flow to culture and media measures. Their proposals have received the support of the current German presidency of the EU Council.
Culture is not a luxury that we can only afford when times are good. Art and culture are essential when it comes to tackling societal problems (..), fostering innovation and reflection, broadening empathy, creating space for debate.
EU Commissioner for Culture and Media, Ms Monika Grütters (1st September 2020).
In September, the European Commission launched a new call for proposals worth €1 million to support artists, cultural organizations and institutions in the EU Outermost Regions, as well as in the Overseas Countries and Territories, in recognition that the cultural sector of these places have been badly hit. The projects will aim at safeguarding, supporting and fostering local and indigenous culture, popular arts and practices, as well as the ancestral culture, improving cultural dialogue and promoting the dissemination of cultural and creative works, especially through digital technologies.
Due to the effects of the coronavirus crisis, the European Commission proposed to give Rijeka (Croatia) and Galway (Ireland) the possibility to extend their year as 2020 European Capitals of Culture until 30 April 2021. The Commission also proposes to postpone the year in which Novi Sad (Serbia) is due to host a European Capital of Culture from 2021 to 2022 and the year in which Timisoara (Romania) and Elefsina (Greece) will hold the title from 2021 to 2023.
The EU also published a report entitled “European Cultural and Creative Cities in COVID-19 times: Jobs at risk and the policy response”. Using statistics from Eurostat and the Joint Research Centre’s Culture and Creative Cities Monitor, the report identified highly vulnerable cultural jobs and creative cities. It also examined the wide-range of policy measures introduced by both national and city governments to maintain Europe’s “cultural capital.”
Culture is not a luxury that we can only afford when times are good. Art and culture are essential when it comes to tackling societal problems (..), fostering innovation and reflection, broadening empathy, creating space for debate.
EU Commissioner for Culture and Media, Ms Monika Grütters (1st September 2020).
In September, the European Commission launched a new call for proposals worth €1 million to support artists, cultural organizations and institutions in the EU Outermost Regions, as well as in the Overseas Countries and Territories, in recognition that the cultural sector of these places have been badly hit. The projects will aim at safeguarding, supporting and fostering local and indigenous culture, popular arts and practices, as well as the ancestral culture, improving cultural dialogue and promoting the dissemination of cultural and creative works, especially through digital technologies.
Due to the effects of the coronavirus crisis, the European Commission proposed to give Rijeka (Croatia) and Galway (Ireland) the possibility to extend their year as 2020 European Capitals of Culture until 30 April 2021. The Commission also proposes to postpone the year in which Novi Sad (Serbia) is due to host a European Capital of Culture from 2021 to 2022 and the year in which Timisoara (Romania) and Elefsina (Greece) will hold the title from 2021 to 2023.
The EU also published a report entitled “European Cultural and Creative Cities in COVID-19 times: Jobs at risk and the policy response”. Using statistics from Eurostat and the Joint Research Centre’s Culture and Creative Cities Monitor, the report identified highly vulnerable cultural jobs and creative cities. It also examined the wide-range of policy measures introduced by both national and city governments to maintain Europe’s “cultural capital.”
2 October 2020
Last update:20 April 2023
