Commission launches new Culture Compass for Europe

Today, the European Commission presented its vision for a vibrant and integrated European cultural landscape with the launch of the Culture Compass for Europe. This forward-looking framework is designed to shape EU cultural policy, to ensure that culture plays a central role in fostering European identity, celebrating diversity, and promoting excellence.

In times of uncertainty and change, culture strengthens our democracy, social cohesion, competitiveness and resilience. This chimes with the latest Eurobarometer on Culture that shows that 87% of respondents believe that culture and cultural heritage should have a very important place in the Union, so that citizens feel more European. 

Furthermore, several new initiatives will be launched. They will include a new EU Artists Charter for fair working conditions for artists and cultural workers, a European Prize for Performing Arts, and a cultural stakeholders' dialogue. There are also plans for an EU cultural data hub and a Youth Cultural Ambassadors Network to improve young people’s access to culture through a voluntary framework for national culture and cultural heritage passes. An AI strategy for the cultural and creative sectors and an update if the EU strategy on international cultural relations are also foreseen.

A press release, Q&A and factsheet are available online.

You can now follow the press conference by Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu and Commissioner Glenn Micallef live on EBS.