European Agenda for Culture

Since 2007, under this initiative, the Commission has been encouraging the national authorities, the cultural sector and EU institutions to jointly promote:

• cultural diversity and dialogue (see Intercultural dialogue, and Skills and mobility)
  
  
• culture as a catalyst for creativity and innovation – (see Cultural and creative industries, Culture and regional development and Cultural heritage)
  
  
• culture as part of the EU's international relations (see Culture and external relations).

Cooperation with national authorities

The Commission coordinates cooperation with and between national authorities throughout the EU on cultural matters connected to the Agenda – through the EU’s open method of coordination.

- For more, see National authorities

Dialogue with the cultural sector

As part of the Agenda, the cultural sector has a structured dialogue with the European Commission through various platforms for discussion and exchange (see Cultural sector dialogue).

Culture in other EU policies (mainstreaming)

The Agenda also calls for a stronger place for culture in relevant EU programmes and policies (see Culture in other policies) as well as the promotion of evidence-based policy making, in particular through the development of comparable quality statistics on culture across the EU (see Cultural statistics).

Implementation

European Agenda for Culture – implementation report 2010

This report examines progress at European and national levels towards the Agenda’s 3 objectives and assesses initial experiences with the working methods.