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Culture Action Europe is the major European network of cultural networks, organisations, artists, activists, academics and policymakers.

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Response to Interim evaluation anf final evaluation of Creative Europe Programmes

9 Jun 2023

2023 kicks off the mid-term review of the EUs Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the blocs seven-year budget. Looking at the new cycle for Creative Europe, the EUs only dedicated programme to cultural cooperation, the substantial increase of the financial envelope by more than 50% is a central development compared to the past, which must be acknowledged. However, next to this important improvement, which responded to the steady calls coming from the cultural and the creative sectors, many features of the programme, which were copied from Horizon Europe, still create excessive burdens and prevent the widest participation possible in Creative Europe especially among micro and small organisations, ultimately undermining upholding cultural diversity in Europe. First and foremost, the budget, which still remains too little of an envelope for an overly subscribed programme. Culture Action Europe, the major European cross-sectoral cultural network, has gathered inputs, reactions, and remarks from its wider membership, in view to contribute to the stakeholders consultations organised by the European Parliament and the European Commission. The attached document examines all relevant profiles of the Creative Europe programme: 1) Application Process; 2) Reporting System; 3) Accessibility; 4) Budget; 5) Future programme; 6) Specificities of the Network Grant; 7) Specificities of the Platform Scheme; 8) Specificities of the Cooperation Projects; 9) Additional comments.
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Meeting with Lauriane Bertrand (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

14 Feb 2023 · Creative Europe Culture financing Framework for Culture

Response to A comprehensive approach to mental health

30 Jan 2023

As Europes major cross-sectoral cultural network, Culture Action Europe believes culture should be included as one of the core pillars of the EUs comprehensive mental health strategy. This comes also as a follow-up to the EUs Preparatory Action Bottom-Up Policy Development for Culture & Well-being in the EU implemented by the CultureForHealth project. The approach to mental health should be comprehensive, holistic, should invest in long-term health promotion and disease prevention and should address health inequalities. Cultural activities can prevent mental health conditions and support individual and community well-being. The EU's mental health initiative could spearhead the inclusion of cultural interventions for individuals showing early signs of mental health issues in the context of culture-based social prescribing models. On the individual level, cultural interventions can complement traditional psychological support, as cultural activities have shown to help individuals strengthen their sense of self-worth, potentially preventing further deterioration in their condition. Culture-based social prescribing models are increasingly common in the UK, as well as in Nordic and a few other countries, but a broader awareness would be needed in the EU as a whole. On the societal level, supporting cultural activities in communities can be a key contributor to a holistic mental health strategy, counterbalancing loneliness and isolation and, at the same time, promoting health and well-being for all. Culture-based social prescribing, however, needs investing in joint training involving the health, social, cultural,and educational sectors on equal level, awareness raising and further research. The efforts should be based on the combined resources of three different major budgets (health, culture and social care) and be consistent with the timeframe required to achieve the benefits. [Please see the Policy recommendations of the CultureForHealth Report. Cultures contribution to health and well-being. A report on evidence and policy recommendations for Europe, uploaded here: page 13-15] Evidence In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a report entitled What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being? A scoping review in which WHO stated that the arts provide cost-effective interventions for complex health challenges that may not have current health-care solutions, while alleviating pressures on limited health resources. In 2022, the CultureForHealth research team updated and widened the scope of the WHO report looking through more than 6.000 scientific studies. It included 310 scientific studies in the compilation of evidence. The areas examined were: the links between 1) culture and health (138 studies), 2) culture and subjective well-being(118), 3) culture and community well-being(131), 4) cultures positive effects during COVID-19(12). The compilation of the evidence is summarised on page 11 of the full report uploaded here. Examples: Music: helps to alleviate stress and anxiety, and promote social engagement and connection Drama and storytelling: aid social interaction as a means of health promotion Dance and movement: foster social engagement and physical functioning Clown interventions: reduce anxiety and stress in hospitalised patients Reading and writing: enable the finding of meaning and reduction of risk behaviours Photography and film: reduce stress and short-term anxiety, and combat body shaming Visual arts: reduce feelings of loneliness and isolation, and generate a positive therapeutic environment Architecture and design:improve overall well-being and perceptions of healthcare environments Heritage sites and museum visits: can play an important social role in promoting health, well-being and social inclusion Multiple art forms: provided in the same setting, so that individuals can pick the most suitable and therapeutic form of expression
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Meeting with Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner) and Climate Action Network Europe and

5 Jul 2022 · xxx

Meeting with Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President) and

15 May 2020 · Covid-19 and cultural and creative sectors

Meeting with Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel), Guglielmo Di Cola (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

13 May 2020 · COVID-19 and Cultural and Creative Sectors

Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

7 Feb 2019 · MEET bilateral secretary general Tere Badia

Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

19 Sept 2018 · exchange on the positions and the road ahead, as well as regarding the possible reaction of the Commissioner to the critical issues raised in the letter we sent on the 25 of July

Meeting with Themis Christophidou (Director-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture) and Lifelong Learning Platform

19 Jul 2018 · Building synergies between education and culture

Meeting with Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

23 Feb 2018 · Culture in EU

Meeting with Irena Andrassy (Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica)

13 Dec 2017 · Exchange of views on the cultural response to the White Paper on the future of Europe