| Titre : | AGM PACK : 17th General Assembly of Members | | Type de document : | texte imprimé | | Auteurs : | Culture Action Europe, Auteur | | Editeur : | Culture Action Europe | | Année de publication : | 2009 | | Importance : | 35 | | Langues : | Français | | Catégories : | Bilan ; Europe ; finance ; Politique culturelle ; Rapport
| | Index. décimale : | D.01.2. Européen | | Note de contenu : | Here at Culture Action Europe, we are looking forward to our 17th Annual General Meeting, taking place around the September Culture Forum organised by the European Commission.
Culture Action Europe has been intensively involved in the processes leading up to this event, from the rather disappointing 2007 Culture Forum in Lisbon, to the adoption of a European Agenda for Culture and the establishment of the civil society dialogue platforms.
Yes the European Culture Forum can offer an opportunity for cultural actors to hear what is happening at EU level. Yes there will be interesting debates, and a chance to see some of the European Commission’s transversal policy in action. It’s a dramatic improvement on the range and scope of events offered by DG Education and Culture even only 5 years ago. We know however that these large-scale events are most important for what happens afterwards, and what individuals and organisations can meaningfully take back to their own work.
How to ensure that a European Agenda for Culture can develop over time and deliver some concrete results, that there be some ownership for the cultural policies in Europe beyond an elite group of the initiated, and be understood as not just a project of a distant EU institution, but something that is taken up and defended by national ministries, local authorities, and most importantly artists and practitioners across Europe.
Facing a busy period in the EU institutions ahead for the next period, we are focusing on where we can really make a difference. Read Chris Torch on Sweden’s presidency and how culture can be seen at all in an EU where the autumn will be dominated by the Copenhagen summit on climate change. With global issues dominating, Dragan Klaic also reminds us that many organisations in Central and Eastern Europe are under threat as cuts follow the financial crisis, leaving the independent sector without resources.
At the beginning of a new parliamentary mandate and with a new Commission about to be appointed, let us not be cynical in the face of these steps towards establishing the Arts and Culture as a fundamental building block of the European project. Culture Action Europe and its members will be there in force to make their voices heard, even in a crowded room. |
AGM PACK : 17th General Assembly of Members [texte imprimé] / Culture Action Europe, Auteur . - [S.l.] : Culture Action Europe, 2009 . - 35. Langues : Français | Catégories : | Bilan ; Europe ; finance ; Politique culturelle ; Rapport
| | Index. décimale : | D.01.2. Européen | | Note de contenu : | Here at Culture Action Europe, we are looking forward to our 17th Annual General Meeting, taking place around the September Culture Forum organised by the European Commission.
Culture Action Europe has been intensively involved in the processes leading up to this event, from the rather disappointing 2007 Culture Forum in Lisbon, to the adoption of a European Agenda for Culture and the establishment of the civil society dialogue platforms.
Yes the European Culture Forum can offer an opportunity for cultural actors to hear what is happening at EU level. Yes there will be interesting debates, and a chance to see some of the European Commission’s transversal policy in action. It’s a dramatic improvement on the range and scope of events offered by DG Education and Culture even only 5 years ago. We know however that these large-scale events are most important for what happens afterwards, and what individuals and organisations can meaningfully take back to their own work.
How to ensure that a European Agenda for Culture can develop over time and deliver some concrete results, that there be some ownership for the cultural policies in Europe beyond an elite group of the initiated, and be understood as not just a project of a distant EU institution, but something that is taken up and defended by national ministries, local authorities, and most importantly artists and practitioners across Europe.
Facing a busy period in the EU institutions ahead for the next period, we are focusing on where we can really make a difference. Read Chris Torch on Sweden’s presidency and how culture can be seen at all in an EU where the autumn will be dominated by the Copenhagen summit on climate change. With global issues dominating, Dragan Klaic also reminds us that many organisations in Central and Eastern Europe are under threat as cuts follow the financial crisis, leaving the independent sector without resources.
At the beginning of a new parliamentary mandate and with a new Commission about to be appointed, let us not be cynical in the face of these steps towards establishing the Arts and Culture as a fundamental building block of the European project. Culture Action Europe and its members will be there in force to make their voices heard, even in a crowded room. |
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