The Nordic Councils of Artists, which represent over 90,000 professional artists from different art disciplines in the Nordic countries – recently issued a statement in which they call for the respect of the 2005 UNESCO Convention and for “ a clear exemption of cultural services” from the negotiations of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. …
On December 9th, the European Commission published its action plan to modernize copyright and its regulation on cross-border portability for on-line services. The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity see a clear evolution in the European Commission’s position on the subject. In particular it welcomes the Commission’s recognition of the importance of the territoriality principle, central …
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As a consequence of the recent tragic events, security measures have been upgraded at the European Parliament resulting in the cancellation of some of the conferences and events scheduled for the next few weeks. Amongst them is the conference we were to organize on December 8th from 14:45 to 18:15. This event is therefore cancelled. …
The European coalitions for cultural diversity are organizing a conference on tuesday December 8th at the European Parliament in Brussels. Read the program Enquiries and registration with Martine Schnitzler : 00 33(0)1 40 23 45 14 or contact@europeancoalitions.eu
The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity fully support the initiative of four movie makers at the European Parliament on April 15 to defend authors’ rights. Read the call Read the press release Credit photo : kts design – fotolia.com
In a joint declaration, the German, French, Italian and Polish Culture ministers have urged the European Commission to urgently propose an evolution of the European legislation to allow reduced VAT rates on all books whatever their format. Read the press release Crédit photo : Gstudio Group – fotolia.com
The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity have officially launched an association with the objective to become a priviledged interlocutor with European institutions and to better defend a strong ambition for culture in Europe. Read the press release
The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity strongly reject the conclusions stated in the draft report on the implementation of the 2001 directive on copyright and related rights in the information society published by Julia Reda, rapporteur and MEP for the Pirate Party. Read the press release
On the occasion of a meeting organized in France by Matthias Fekl, French State Secretary in charge of Foreign Trade, promotion of Tourism and French Citizens abroad, Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner for Trade, confirmed the exclusion of audiovisual services from EU/US trade negotiations, no matter their form of distribution (both traditional and digital services). Read …
La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde has been created by the Institut Français, in partnership with the International Organisation of la Francophonie to support talented new filmmakers from Southern and emerging countries. This professional programme has been developed in close association with the Festival de Cannes and the Marché du Film and accompanies ten directors …
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While the European Commissioners-designates’ hearings by the European Parliament are fast approaching, the European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity want clarification on the roadmap & agenda of the new Commission vis-à-vis creation, culture and copyright
The word ‘Culture’ was completely absent from the ‘Millennium Development Goals’ adopted by the UN in 2000.
The International Federation of Coalitions for Cultural Diversity together with six other international organizations therefore decided to launch a campaign calling on governments and political leaders who set the agenda for the UN Sustainable Development Goals post 2015 to ensure Culture is part of the goals to be reached.
