Roundtable “Free to Create: Artistic Freedom in Slovenia, and in Europe, today”

2 October 2023 (5 pm) Ljubljana, Slovenia (Slovenian Museum of Modern Art, Cankarjeva ulica 15)

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...

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Cultural heritage, cornerstone of European construction

European Heritage Days 2023

1er septembre 2023 Europe

Living Heritage is the pan-European theme for the 2023 European Heritage Days. Tens of thousands of events taking place in 48 participating countries will showcase the vibrancy, diversity and significance of cultural traditions, knowledge, and skills in Europe. Organised jointly by the Council of...

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Sixth annual gathering of the Faro Convention Network (FCN)

20-22 June 2023 Kaunas, Lithuania

In the framework of the Faro Convention Action Plan, the Council of Europe celebrated the sixth Faro Convention Network (FCN) annual gathering, that took place from 20 to 22 June 2023 in Kaunas, Lithuania. Organised jointly with the Community of Žemieji Šančiai, a member of the Faro Convention...

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Raising custom authorities’ awareness of the NICOSIA Convention

1-2 June 2023 Strasbourg, France

A workshop on some of the criminal Conventions of the Council of Europe was held on 1 and 2 June 2023. More than 120 customs representatives from 13 francophone countries, all members from the International Association of French-Speaking Customs Officials (AIDF) (Benin, Burkina-Faso, Central...

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International Conference “The Nicosia Convention: a criminal justice response to offences relating to cultural property”

15-16 June 2023 Riga, Latvia

The International Conference “The Nicosia Convention: a criminal justice response to offences relating to cultural property”, organised by the Council of Europe together with the Latvian authorities in the framework of the Presidency of Latvia to the Committee of Ministers to the Council of...

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Bureau of the Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP)

24-25 May 2023 Strasbourg, France

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...

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Preparatory Meeting for the Faro Convention Network in France

10 May 2023 Paris, France

In the framework of the Faro Convention Action Plan, the Council of Europe organised a Preparatory Meeting for the Faro Convention Network in France, that took place on 10 May 2023 in Council of Europe Office in Paris. The meeting gathered 10 representatives of different cultural heritage...

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9th World Summit on Arts and Culture

3-5 May 2023 Stockholm, Sweden

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...

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How can the ST21 be used in the fields of education, policy and research? 

28 April 2023 Online

The next “ENCATC Members Talk” will be held online on 28 April 2023, organised for the second year in a row in cooperation with the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP) and its observer organisation ENCATC. Participants will take a closer look at the...

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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

25 April 2023 Council of Europe, Strasbourg

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....

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