Gathering expertise from 18 countries, the report outlines a clear demand that national cultural policymakers across Europe work quickly to establish specific cultural policies which support disabled people as cultural audiences, but also as cultural workers and as artists.
The European Writers’ Council is the federation of 41 national organisations of professional writers and translators in 27 countries including the EU, as well as Belarus, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey and Montenegro, altogether writing in 31 languages. The EWC defends the professional interests of its members in economic, legal and political contexts, their right to remuneration and compensation for their works, their relevance in cultural and social policy, freedom of expression, freedom of association, and the importance of lesser spoken and written languages.
Results of the EWC Survey “The Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Writers and Translators in the European Book Sector” and 37 recommendations for a sustainable future on EU and national level.
The letter calls on the European Commissioner for Internal Market to regulate the tech giants; the signatories include Pedro Almodovar, Luc Dardenne, Costa Gavras and Cristian Mungiu.
Photon Foundation has announced an open call for artistic residencies #home edition, a special edition because of COVID19 emergency to support artists in this hard time, during which artists will create audiovisual projects in their homes and studios to be presented in the 360° Gallery.
Literary art Diary is a creative initiative that links cultural institutions with creatives to rethink culture as an open space without limits.
As the EU has started discussing the proposed recovery plan, 94 organisations from across Europe’s cultural and creative sectors are uniting their voices to alert EU leaders: the sector needs strong and systemic support measures to recover from this crisis.
“Ingegnarsi” event wanted to react to the covid 19 situation and to provide an alternative and resilient way to celebrate this important moment for the city by organising a 4-day on line event that has reached over 5.000 people.
In order to keep the networking spirit of the physical MEDIA stands and the sharing of good practices among stakeholders, MEDIA has decided to move its showcases online during the 2020 edition of the Marché du Film.
EUNIC – EU National Institutes for Culture members have been developing online cultural offerings and initiatives throughout the COVID-19 confinement months, in order to substitute planned physical activities and to support the cultural sector in the darkest moments of the crisis.
The cultural and creative sector is one of those heavily affected by the outbreak of the coronavirus and subsequent crisis. What are the governments of EU Member States doing to mitigate the losses?
A call for a central place for culture in the EU long-term recovery budget.
The first comprehensive study of the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on workers in the cultural and creative sector (KKS) in Slovenia, which was financed by the Center for creativity.
At the launch of the most extensive survey of the cultural and creative sector in Slovenia which included 35,212 individuals working in creative professions and 24,062 registered organisational units in the field of creative activity, in the period between 2008 and 2017, Czk organised a discussion on the importance of the creative sector in Slovenia and its position in the pandemic.
A call for applications in order to receive financial support.
In addition to actively advocating for musicians and self-employed musicians, the Slovenian Music Information Center (SIGIC) helps musicians in financial distress due to the ban and cancellation of all public events.
MaskSign is a project that was born with the intention of collectively combining knowledge, energy and helping each other and society as a whole.
Pimp my Walls is a non-profit volunteer project carried out out of love for art, as a diversification of quarantine life and as a social experiment.
“Solidarni s kulturo” is a solidarity Campaign, which collects donations and financial aid for the most socially disadvantaged cultural workers during the coronavirus epidemic, and was developed as one of the projects of the informal group “Helping the Self-Employed in Culture during Covid-19”.
An open seminar that will be live streamed.
MEDIA organises a digital public conference to discuss the current situation of the audiovisual industry and how to face the challenges post COVID-19.
Joint Research Center published its Science for Policy report entitled “European Cultural and Creative Cities in COVID-19 times”.
Born as a creative response to the confinement and physical distancing implemented to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, this virtual platform aims at sharing and promoting digital best practices related to culture and cultural heritage from across Europe and the world.
A proposal from the German planning and construction sector.
A special online concert by the famous Italian baritone Franco Vassallo to celebrate, with some of the most famous arias of the opera, the moment of rebirth and the bond between music and health.
The European Commission, to complement and support Member States’ actions, has taken a set of measures to tackle the consequences of the novel coronavirus outbreak on the cultural and creative sectors.
As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the EU has been gathering information about specific national and European measures put in place on the national level in order to support cultural and creative sectors.
This page is for artists, organisations who are beneficiaries, and other participants in the Creative Europe Programme.
Yourope was founded in 1998, and has evolved into the most important Association of European Festivals. Besides discussing trade topics and sharing best practices with its 90 festivals and associated members, Yourope has founded dedicated groups dealing with health & safety (YES Group), green operations (GO Group) and marketing & communication (EMAC Group). The overall aim of the association is to collaborate, share experiences and to pinpoint areas that would benefit from a joint approach.
ECFR’s new tracker reveals the breadth and depth of solidarity expressed throughout Europe during the coronavirus crisis – with findings that will surprise critics.
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