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International Event on the fight against offences relating to cultural property
Crimes against cultural property are a global concern that require equally global solutions. The alienation and destruction of heritage objects affect everyone, insofar as cultural assets are not only the legacy of each country, but also of humanity as a whole. Therefore, being a scourge that...
Croatia makes its mark in the digital exhibition “Free to Create - Create to be Free”
The “Free to Create - Create to be Free” digital #exhibition, a unique initiative by the Council of Europe, accompanies the Manifesto on Artistic Freedom in the Digital Era and Reports on Artistic Freedom in Europe. This project under the framework of “Free to Create - Create to be Free” launched...
Special Session held in Bucharest to mark 70 years of the European Cultural Convention
On Thursday, 30 May 2024, the Meeting of the Bureau of the Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP) of the Council of Europe was held in Bucharest at the invitation of the Romanian National Institute for Cultural Research and Training. The meeting provided a platform for...
Let’s celebrate the 70th anniversary of the European Cultural Convention in Venice on 20th April!
As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the European Cultural Convention, which recognises creativity as having intrinsic cultural, social and political value, it is a critical moment for us to pause and reflect on the state of artistic freedom in Europe today. To do this, the Council of Europe,...
12th plenary session of the Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP)
The CDCPP will hold its 12th plenary session in Strasbourg on 15-17 November 2023. Members of the Committee will discuss, inter alia, the follow-ups to the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers of Culture (Strasbourg, 1 April 2022) and the 4th Summit of Heads of State and Government...
Roundtable “Free to Create: Artistic Freedom in Slovenia, and in Europe, today”
A round table discussion will be co-organised by the Council of Europe and the Slovenian Ministry of Culture on the theme: “Free to Create: Artistic Freedom in Slovenia and in Europe today”. Slovenian State Secretary for Culture, Marko Rusjan, and Council of Europe Director of the Directorate for...
Bureau of the Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP)
The members of the CDCPP Bureau will meet officially in person in Strasbourg on 24-25 May 2023 to discuss the ongoing work of the Steering Committee this year. The agenda is a rich and diverse combination of ongoing work from Council of Europe Conference of Ministers of Culture (Strasbourg, 1...
9th World Summit on Arts and Culture
The 9th World Summit on Arts and Culture, co-hosted by the Swedish Arts Council and IFACCA, is scheduled to take place in Stockholm (Sweden) from 3-5 May 2023. The Summit will bring together leading policy makers, researchers, managers and practitioners from the arts, culture, and related sectors...
Presentation of the "Free to Create, Create to be Free“ digital exhibition and the Report on freedom of artistic expression at the PACE Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Council of Europe exhibition "Free to Create, Create to be Free“ will be presented by its curator Dr Katalin Krasznahorkai, to the Parliamentarians present at the meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, to be held on 25 April in Strasbourg....
Luxembourg joins Council of Europe digital #exhibition “Free to Create — Create to be Free”
The digital #exhibition “Free to Create - Create to be Free”, set up under the responsibility of the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape, has received a new artwork from Luxembourg. For the work “Dystopian Circles” the artist Armand Quetsch has travelled...
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