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• Culture Moves Europe: Commission rolls out new €21 million mobility scheme for artists and cultural professionals

  The European Commission has signed an agreement with Goethe-Institut to implement a new €21 million mobility scheme for artists and cultural professionals: Culture Moves Europe.

• European Spaces of Culture: Bosnia and Herzegovina among 11 new project ideas shortlisted

  A jury of six experts has shortlisted 11 project ideas for European Spaces of Culture to be developed into concrete projects for 2023. Following a call for ideas, the Preparatory Action European ...

• Commission joins forces with Member States to launch a Collaborative Cloud for Europe's cultural heritage

  The Commission has launched a dialogue with Member States on the joint creation of a Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage to help safeguard European cultural treasures through a digital infrastructure...

• Multi-million Euro partnership for culture and creativity launched: EIT Culture & Creativity

  Following months of preparations and proposal evaluations, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) today announced the winning team set to build EIT Culture & Creativity. The ...

• Bosnia and Herzegovina successfully digitalize its living heritage after the COVID-19 pandemic

  In April 2020, the Living Heritage Entity launched an online survey to grasp the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world. The “Living Heritage in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic” report summarizes...

• [Project Announcement] Global capacity-building programme for Safeguarding Intangible Heritage (UNESCO)

  Capacity building is one of the five functions that UNESCO performs to fulfil its mandate. As such, one of the top priorities for implementing the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible...

• [Call Announcement] Join the free UNESCO MOOC on living heritage and sustainable development!

  How is intangible cultural heritage – or ‘living heritage’ - related to sustainable development? How is it relevant for addressing today’s development challenges in areas such as health, education, gender...

• In Belgrade, Serbia, participants in a capacity-building workshop develop safeguarding plans for living heritage

  The Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in South-Eastern Europe, a Category 2 centre active in the field of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), recently organized ...

• [Call Announcement] Call for Applications: Youth, Mental Health and Culture

  What is it about? The third topic of Voices of Culture 2021 – 2023 will generate project ideas and policy recommendations for the cultural and creative sectors and decision-makers on the topic of the...

• EU and the Western Balkans strengthen ties in first Ministerial Meeting on Culture

  Commissioner Gabriel launched the new Western Balkans Ministerial Platform for Culture. © European Union, Florion Goga

• Ministerial meeting of the Western Balkans Steering Platforms on Culture, Research and Innovation, Education and Training

  On 27 and 28 June 2022, the Ministerial Meeting of the Western Balkans Platforms on Culture, Research and Innovation, Education and Training took place in Tirana, Albania, with the participation of...

• Videos of the Ministerial Meeting Side Events 2022 in Tirana, Albania now online!

  Recordings of the public events and photos of the Ministerial Meeting of the Western Balkans Steering Platfroms on Culture, Research & Innovation, and Education & Training on 27-28 of June 2022...

• Registration to the European Research and Innovation Days has opened

  On September 28-29, 2022 the European R&I Days, the European Commission’s annual flagship Research and Innovation event are back. The event is bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs...

• [Document Announcement] CulturEU: Commission steps up support to the cultural sector through an online guide on EU funding

  The Commission launched a new interactive guide mapping all funding opportunities available at EU level for the cultural and creative sectors. CulturEU, a  one-stop shop for EU funding, gathers a...

• The European Union, UNESCO, the British Council and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation launch the project “Culture and Creativity for the Western Balkans (CC4WBs)”

  UNESCO, the British Council and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) are launching “Culture and Creativity for the Western Balkans” (CC4WBs), a project funded by the European Union aimed...

• WB Success Stories: HERITAGE HUBS

  Heritage Hubs was a two-year project related to the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. Heritage Hubs brought together 10-16-year...