External Cultural Relations

For better conditions for the international mobility of artists and cultural professionals, On the Move (OTM) tackles visa issues.

White Paper distributed in preparation for discussion at the Salzburg Global Seminar Session 490 on "Public and Private Cultural Exchange-Based Diplomacy," about the changing distribution of wealth among nations and how it transforms the ways in which actors in the arts and culture sector engage with each other across the planet.

Damien Helly's presentation of the study he conducted for More Europe - external cultural relations, delivered at the More Europe - One Year On event on December 4, 2012.

New regional programmes to support media, culture and private sector development in the Southern Mediterranean

The European Union has today approved two new programmes for the South Mediterranean region aiming at contributing to an inclusive growth and reinforcing the sectors of media and culture as vectors of development.

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The study commissionned by More Europe - external cultural relations and conducted by Damien Helly, visiting professor at the College of Europe, throughout 2011.

Speech delivered by M. Xavier Darcos, President of the Institut français, at the More Europe seminar in Paris on the 23rd of May 2012, addressing the role of culture in the European Union's external relations.

Speech delivered by European Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou at the First International Culture Summit in Edinburgh on the 13th of August 2012, adressing the role of culture in the European Union's external relations.

Rod Fisher's presentation to the More Europe - external cultural relations seminar in Paris, on the 23rd of May, 2012.

For More Europe - external cultural relations participation to the EUNIC Culture Plus conference on Culture and Diplomacy (Prague, 19th April 2012), M. Gottfried Wagner, advisor to More Europe presented More Europe and gave "10 provocative arguments for culture in the EU's external relations".

This publication provides an introduction to the realities of public cultural administration and policy-making in Arab countries, where an independent sector is emerging. This opens up space for contemporary artists, with an impact on the role and accountability of governments in cultural life. source: LabforCulture.org