Annual Policy Conversation – A Cultural Deal for Europe: Make culture central in the EU’s green and sustainable future, 18 November
Culture Action Europe (CAE), the European Cultural Foundation (ECF), Europa Nostra, also in its capacity as coordinator of the European Heritage Alliance, and Bozar – the Centre for Fine Arts, are pleased to invite you to join the Annual Policy Conversation A Cultural Deal for Europe: Make culture central in the EU’s green and sustainable future, to be held in a hybrid format – Brussels and online – on 18 November 2021 from 15:00 to 18:00 CET.
Like in the two previous editions, the event will bring together Europe’s cultural scene and European policymakers to engage in a dialogue, to share ideas and develop together the way forward to put culture at the heart of the European project – because there is no Europe without culture.
This year’s event will focus on the contribution of culture and cultural heritage to Europe’s recovery, and to its green, more sustainable and inclusive future through the European Green Deal, the Conference on the Future of Europe and the New European Bauhaus, of which the three hosting organisations are official partners. The aim of this policy conversation is to inspire and engage the wider European community of artists, cultural workers, creative industries and heritage stakeholders in building a future that is more resilient and sustainable for Europe and its citizens.
To follow the debate live online, please register before 15 November. We will notify you once we are live!
Programme
(12/11/2021)
15:00 Welcome by Tamsin Rose, moderator of the event, Friends of Europe, and Magdalena Liskova, BOZAR
15:05 – 15:15 Opening video message by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
15:15 – 16:15 Culture for Recovery and Sustainability in Europe
– Presentation of the “Culture in the EU’s National Recovery and Resilience Plans” by Gabriele Rosana, Policy Director, Culture Action Europe
– Discussion with Tere Badia, Secretary General, Culture Action Europe, Elena Polivtseva, Head of Policy and Research, IETM and Inês Câmara, Co-founder and CEO of Mapa das Ideias
– Reactions by MEP Marcos Ros Sempere and Tamas Szucs, Director Culture and Creativity, DG EAC, European Commission
– Q&A with the online and onsite audience
16:15 – 17:15 Culture and cultural heritage in the European Green Deal
– Video message by European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira
– Discussion with Jordi Pascual, Coordinator of UCLG Committee on Culture (online), Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailovic, Secretary General, Europa Nostra and MEP Salima Yenbou (Greens/EFA, France)
– Q&A with the online and onsite audience
Cultural break and presentation of the drawing by live illustrator Menah
17:00 – 17:50 Culture for the Future of Europe
– “To Make the Silos Dance. Mainstreaming culture into EU policy” – presentation by Gijs de Vries, Senior visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
– Discussion with Gijs de Vries, Senior visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Tamas Szucs, Director Culture and Creativity, DG EAC, European Commission, and André Wilkens, Director, European Cultural Foundation
– Reactions by Luca Bergamo, Independent expert, former Deputy mayor of Rome, Catherine Magnant, Head of Unit Cultural Policy, European Commission and Matteo Bagnasco, Culture Goal Manager, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo
– Q&A with the online and onsite audience
17:50 – 18:00 Wrap up by the moderator and 1-minute closing remarks by each hosting organisation
Presentation of the visual story time-lapse by Menah
Cultural Deal for Europe
The Cultural Deal for Europe, launched in November 2020 by three organisations is a transversal, overarching framework aiming to place culture at the heart of the European project.
A Cultural Deal for Europe is a call from a wider European cultural community to acknowledge the pivotal role of culture in shaping the future of our lives.
The Cultural Deal for Europe is currently open for public endorsements! Do not forget to express your support here!
