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On 15 June, the French Coalition for Cultural Diversity presented the 2020 and 2021 Diversity Prizes in the SACD garden. Nabil Ayouch, the 2021 winner, received an honorary prize in recognition of his career as a filmmaker and activist. The director is indeed a committed filmmaker in Morocco, despite protests...
The Nordic Councils of Artists, which represent over 90,000 professional artists from different art disciplines in the Nordic countries – recently issued a statement in which they call for the respect of the 2005 UNESCO Convention and for “ a clear exemption of cultural services” from the negotiations of the ...
European culture is in the midst of a crisis. How decision-makers choose to respond now will set the scene for the next decade of cultural and creative life in our union. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, theatres, cinemas, music halls, museums and other venues of cultural expression have...
The European Parliament has adopted yesterday with a large majority the own-initiative reports of Monica Semedo MEP on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU and of Dace Melbārde MEP on Europe’s Media in the Digital Decade: an Action Plan to Support Recovery and Transformation. The...
The cultural and artistic sectors, the source of so much joy, inspiration, and moral support during this long year of the pandemic, have suffered a crushing blow. The artists, authors, musicians, and other creators and creative workers have seen their jobs disappear with revenues maybe never to return. Venues, touring,...
The EU Member States and the European Parliament agreed yesterday on the next EU long-term budget (2021-2027). This budget is of a particular importance as it will help the Union to recover from the sanitary crisis. As part of the EU Budget, the Member States and the European Parliament agreed...
The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity is part of the pan-European community of 110 networks and associations, calling on the Member States with the support of the European Commission to fully integrate culture in their national recovery and resilience plans, allocating at the very least 2% of the EU Recovery...
The European Commission unveiled last Wednesday its plan for the EU for financial recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. We welcome the historical proposal of the European Commission to allow the EU to borrow on the financial markets and thus relieve the pressure on Member States to directly support their economies. However, the European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) considers...
Last week, the Commissioners Mariya Gabriel in charge of Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, and Thierry Breton in charge of the Single Market have unveiled some measures to further help the cultural sector in a near future. The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) welcome the...
Today, the Members of the European Parliament adopted a resolution aiming at assessing the impact of the COVID19 crisis in the European Union and to set out recommendations to Member States and the European Commission. No doubt Members of the Parliament want to show solidarity and support Member States and...
Culture knows no borders. In this respect, the European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) would like to remind us all that the UK cultural sectors will remain part of the wider European cultural ecology despite Brexit. Even after Brexit and since the UK has ratified the UNESCO-Convention on the Protection...
The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity are joining other cultural and creative organisations in asking the EU Commission president-elect to urgently refer to culture within the title of the Commissioner’s portfolio “Innovation and Youth”. The absence of the word “culture” would be a shocking and incomprehensible signal to give after...