Culture in Motion Conference

What is the added value of transnational cultural cooperation projects supported by the EU and what does European financing enable the cultural sector to achieve that would not have been possible otherwise? The European Commission is organising its third Culture in Motion Conference 15-16 February 2011 in Brussels in order to help answer these and other questions. A sample of projects funded by the Culture Programme 2007-2013, by the Pilot Project for Artist Mobility and by other EU programmes (like the Lifelong Learning Programme, Citizenship Programme, Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme and European Regional Development Programme) will be discussed.

Some of the questions that will be explored are how projects:

• contribute to promoting the EU's cultural and linguistic diversity and heritage,
• increase the circulation of works within Europe and beyond,
• promote Europeans' access to heritage and European cultural works, and
• strengthen the development and professionalization of the sector, innovative experimentation and improving its capacity to operate in an international context.

Target audience:

• Cultural operators, both project promoters and those involved in dialogue with the European institutions;
• Policy-makers in the cultural field and other fields in which we wish to raise the profile of the contribution of culture;
• Journalists, essentially specialised in the cultural field, although not necessarily exclusively so.

Programme information:

The conference will start mid-day 15 February with a mix of invited projects presented in plenary and in an accompanying exhibition, and end with lunch the following day. Stakeholders are invited to discuss how a future Culture Programme could be further optimised to help the cultural sector to achieve the aims as set out in the EU-2020 strategy in the afternoon 16 February. 

Give your view on the future EU Culture Programme

The current EU Culture Programme aims to support cross-border cooperation and protect and promote cultural diversity. The programme runs until the end of 2013 and it is scheduled to be followed up by a new programme which will start in 2014. The online public consultation on that new programme is now open until 15 December 2010, so you can still share your views on the new programme's design. A public meeting open to all interested individuals and organisations will be held in Brussels on 16 February 2011.

How to register

You can register for both the conference and / or the stakeholder's meeting by filling out this form. (Registration deadline is 31 January 2011.)

For more information: www.culture-in-motion-2011.eu