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UNESCO COP 2025 review: a step forward for the diversity of cultural expressions in the digital age The French Coalition for Cultural Diversity participated in the 10th Conference of Parties (COP) to the 2005 UNESCO Convention, held in Paris. This edition marked an important step in the recognition of issues...
Since 2011, the French Coalition for Cultural Diversity has awarded a €5,000 prize each year to an association or initiative that aims to promote access to culture and highlight cultural diversity in all its forms: music, theatre, circus, cinema, visual arts, etc. All disciplines are eligible, so don’t wait! Applications...
Bringing together more than 40 professional organisations representing the cultural sector, the French Coalition for Cultural Diversity held its General Assembly on 29 April. On this occasion, it elected its new Board of Directors for the period 2025-2027. Pascal Rogard, Director General of the SACD, was unanimously re-elected as President....
The French Coalition for Cultural Diversity expresses its deep concern about the direction taken by the European Commission in the third version of the draft Code of Practice on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Although the European Union has committed to establishing an ambitious and balanced framework for the development of AI—notably...
From 10 to 14 February 2025, Paris hosted the 18th session of the Intergovernmental Committee of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, bringing together all the States Parties. In parallel with this event, the International Federation of Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (IFCCD) organised an event on...
On 12 December 2024, in the salons of the SACD, Pascal Rogard, president of the French Coalition for Cultural Diversity, presented the 2024 cultural diversity prize to Franco-Senegalese writer Fatou Diome, author of the novel Le Ventre de l’Atlantique and Veilleurs de Sangomar, among others, in recognition of her lifelong...
At the end of the year, the French Coalition had the pleasure of welcoming and discussing their work in progress with the experts from UNESCO’s Reflection Group on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in the Digital Environment and the Secretary of the Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the...
In 2024, the French Coalition for Cultural Diversity has decided to honour the woman of letters Fatou Diome, in recognition of her commitment to cultural diversity. The Coalition is also recognising the Cartooning for Peace organisation for its work to promote cultural diversity and support gender equality through its ‘Draw...
Since 2011, the French Coalition for Cultural Diversity has awarded a €5,000 prize each year to an association or initiative that aims to promote access to culture and highlight cultural diversity in all its forms: music, theatre, circus, cinema, visual arts, etc. All disciplines are eligible, so don’t wait! Applications...
As part of the campaign for the European elections, the French Coalition for Cultural Diversity submitted a questionnaire to the lead candidates to find out their commitments on the future of culture and creativity in Europe. Consult the responses of: Parti Socialiste-Place Publique (Raphaël Glucksmann) La France Insoumise (Manon Aubry)...
In the run-up to the European elections, the French Coalition, which brings together professional organisations from all cultural and creative sectors, is sending a questionnaire to candidates in order to place culture at the heart of European priorities. Faced with a campaign that seems to ignore culture, the French Coalition...
The French Coalition for Cultural Diversity is sounding the alarm as the trade negotiations launched in 2017 by 71 member states of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to establish standards for e-commerce accelerate, posing a major risk to the future of cultural diversity in the digital age. During the negotiations...