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/
Battle of Algiers
More than 50 people were killed, and over 250 injured, in attacks in Algiers. They constitute an assault not only on the current government, but also on its cultural policy. Algiers is the 2007 Cultural Capital of the Arab world. [more]![[Internal]](fileadmin/templates/images/link_int.gif "Internal link")
More than an interesting event
The cultural capitals to be, Liverpool and Stavanger (2008), Linz and Vilnius (2009), Ruhr, Pécs, Istanbul (2010), Turku and Tallinn (2011 ) want sustainable effects. [more]
Interview: Jacques Santer
Jacques Santer, former President of the EU Commission, criticises that Europe has too often defined itself "ex negativo" in the past. And yet, there is no alternative to Europe. [more]
European cultural associations
There are just under 80 cultural associations at the European level. According to a new study commissioned by the Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft, only a good half of them are actually active in matters of cultural policy for... [more]
Free every day
In the past, free daily newspapers were alternately seen as being "the future of the press market" or "a threat to quality journalism". They have in the meantime achieved an average market share of more than 20 percent in Europe... [more]