{"id":3030,"date":"2025-04-29T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T22:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iccira.org\/wp\/?p=3030"},"modified":"2025-05-09T00:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T23:06:10","slug":"what-is-the-future-of-creative-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iccira.org\/wp\/?p=3030","title":{"rendered":"What is the future of Creative Europe?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>*This piece is excerpted from the April 2025 issue of the Decoder, Culture Action Europe\u2019s monthly members-only publication dedicated to decoding what is happening in European cultural policy as seen from Brussels.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cultureactioneurope.org\/become-a-member\/#join\">Find out more about CAE member benefits<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, we breathed a sigh of relief when we saw a draft structure of the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2028\u20132034, the EU\u2019s long-term budget, which will determine the future shape and delivery of cultural funding. In that draft, Creative Europe was marked as a standalone programme\u2014something Culture Action Europe has long advocated for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But we warned: it was too early to celebrate. Now, we\u2019re hearing troubling whispers once again. This time, about the Commission, namely the \u2018central offices\u2019, wanting to merge Creative Europe with the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programme under a broader \u2018Values and Democracy\u2019 heading.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rumour has it that the proposed merged programme may place a stronger emphasis on media, particularly in the context of disinformation. Media would likely take a more prominent role, and the Commission\u2019s DG CNECT, which currently oversees the MEDIA strand of Creative Europe, is allegedly interested in this merger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Culture Action Europe, we have a growing intuition that the merged programme could be used as a vehicle to implement the European Democracy Shield (see below). Indeed, culture is crucial for defending democracy and countering disinformation, and this is precisely why it deserves its own budget line as a strong, standalone Creative Europe programme.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the one hand, Creative Europe clearly has its advocates in high cabinets. Commissioner Micallef reiterated during&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/audiovisual.ec.europa.eu\/en\/reportage\/P-066547\">our meeting on 22 April<\/a>&nbsp;that the EU needs a standalone culture programme. Emma Rafowicz, Member of the European Parliament and rapporteur for the Creative Europe file, told us she would call for Creative Europe\u2019s budget to be doubled in the next MFF. National culture ministers are also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cultureactioneurope.org\/advocacy\/ministers-of-culture-highlight-the-importance-of-cultural-cooperation-and-its-intrinsic-value-at-the-eu-level\/\">on our side<\/a>. At the same time, Culture Action Europe is hearing from institutional contacts that more public pressure is needed&nbsp;<em>outside<\/em>&nbsp;the cultural sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read full article here: <a href=\"https:\/\/cultureactioneurope.org\/news\/what-is-the-future-of-creative-europe\/\">Culture Action Europe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*This piece is excerpted from the April 2025 issue of the Decoder, Culture Action Europe\u2019s monthly members-only publication dedicated to decoding what is happening in European cultural policy as seen from Brussels.&nbsp;Find out more about CAE member benefits. 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