OPEN CALLS

Our Picks | April 2026 Open Calls for Artists, Designers & Cultural Professionals

A curated list of seven open calls closing in April 2026, supporting projects in design, crafts, rural innovation, cultural heritage, journalism, and international collaboration. Check them out and apply during your Easter holidays.
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Innovation Transformation

From Roubaix's Ruins to a National Network: How Fashion Green Hub Proved That Sustainability Creates Jobs

Annick Jehanne, president of Fashion Green Hub, founded the organisation in 2015 in Roubaix—once one of France's great textile capitals—with the conviction that sustainability, innovation and job creation were not competing priorities but a single argument waiting to be made.

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Europe Marks International Roma Day with Pledges, Youth Summits, and Calls for Deeper Reform
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Apply for Gentler Futures Festival 2026 in Lisbon
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Philanthropy

Citofonare PimOff in Italy supports dance projects at their creation phase

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Citofonare PimOff | Residencies Programme for Contemporary Dance 26/27

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Public funding

Residency in Vienna for four international mid-career curators 

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Verein K | Visiting Curators Vienna 2026

Artificial Intelligence

Jordi Baltà Portolés: 'We Need A Stronger Recognition Of Culture In International Frameworks'

Generative AI could wipe out a quarter of music and audiovisual creators' revenues by yet global policy responses remain slow Jordi Balt Portolés principal editor of UNESCO's Re Shaping Policies for Creativity report warns that without urgent action the most vulnerable artists will...

Children's data harvested on vast scale as global watchdogs find age checks routinely bypassed
An arms race over disinformation: using AI to detect AI
Two verdicts in two days: How American courts are rewriting the rules for Big Tech and children
Meta And Google Found Liable as Jury Delivers Landmark Ruling on Social Media Addiction

Interviews

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Neda Rusjan Bric, Soul of the Borderless ECoC: "Just Keep Going"

Jordi Baltà Portolés: 'We Need A Stronger Recognition Of Culture In International Frameworks'

Matej Drlička: We need a European Artistic Freedom Act

Lars Ebert: “Now is the moment to start talking about European culture”

Inclusion

EU Ends Months Vacuum With McGuinness Religious Freedom Appointment

EU appoints Mairead McGuinness as Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, ending a 16-month diplomatic vacancy and signaling renewed commitment to addressing religious persecution beyond European borders.

Europe Marks International Roma Day with Pledges, Youth Summits, and Calls for Deeper Reform
EU Accuses World's Biggest Porn Sites of Letting Children Watch Explicit Content
Creative Lab ‘Artistic practice shaped by disabled experience’
From Boomers to Zoomers: The First-Ever European Intergenerational Fairness Strategy

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From Roubaix's Ruins to a National Network: How Fashion Green Hub Proved That Sustainability Creates Jobs

From Pixels to Patches: When AI supports sustainable making

Cartoon Saloon: Turning Irish Folklore Into Global Success Through IP

Wear the Change: Modular Sweaters and the Puzzle of Infinite Possibilities

Working Conditions

AI set to slash creators’ revenues by up to 24% by 2028, UNESCO warns

Musicians and audiovisual creators could lose up to a quarter of their earnings by 2028 as generative artificial intelligence floods the market with synthetic content, a UNESCO report has warned on the 20th anniversary of the international treaty designed to protect cultural diversity.

European Commission and EUIPO Join Forces to Crack Down on Online IP Theft
Jordi Baltà Portolés: 'We Need A Stronger Recognition Of Culture In International Frameworks'
Brexit trademark ruling leaves British brands exposed in EU disputes
MFRR: 2025 Report Reveals Alarming Decline of Press Freedom in Europe

Ukraine Crisis

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Cyprus Invites Ukraine to EU Culture Ministers in Meeting in March

From Insight to Impact: Powering Quality Journalism with Audience Data

Commissioner Micallef in Rome to build financial support for multilateralism through culture and cultural heritage

G. Micallef: "Ukraine's future is Europe's future. And culture belongs at the center of that future"

Greening

Four Spanish cities vie for European Capital of Culture 2031

Cáceres, Granada, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Oviedo shortlisted as Spain prepares to host the title for the fourth time

Buildings consume 30% of global energy – digital twins could be the key to cutting their waste
Join a team of creative rural innovators from Spain, Portugal and Italy
The Midterm Review of The EU Social Economy Action Plan Shows Progress
Turning the tide on plastic in Europe’s rivers