Cultural policy in Europe
The "Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe" website offers an overview of cultural policy in Europe. It provides information on the cultural policy profile of 38 European states and permits a detailed comparison of structures, key funding areas and goals. The constantly updated site facilitates comparisons of national cultural policies and promotes the dialogue across the whole of Europe.
The website is a joint venture of the Council of Europe and ERICarts, Bonn, and is realised with the help of numerous, independent cultural scientists, NGOs and national institutions.
The eighth edition of the Compendium will be uploaded onto the Web in 2007. The aim of the work is to present the cultural policy of all 48 states collaborating in the framework of the European Culture Convention. The country profiles are generally presented in English.
Information: www.profiles.culturalpolicies.net:80/new/
Where cultures meet
EFA, the European Festivals Association, will give Festivals a voice in Europe, says Kathrin Deventer, Secretary General EFA. [more]![[Internal]](fileadmin/templates/images/link_int.gif "Internal link")
Reviving the “Cool Britannia” spirit …
As the British Government seeks to make Britannia cool again, the founder of the visual music festival Optronica puts her case for supporting non-mainstream artforms. [more]
Do it NOW
Electronic music was a rather new thing among the general public in Slovakia, but Tibor Holoda and friends started the Wilsonic Festival – and succeded in Bratislawa. [more]
How do we deal with each other?
Kathinka Dittrich van Weringh, former Chair of the Board of the European Cultural Foundation, talks about ‘Year of Intercultural Dialogue’ 2008. [more]
Rainbow Dialogue
Millions of people are on the move in today’s world. As a result migration has become our cultural, social and political reality. Mobility is part of the aganda of the Rainbow Platform. [more]