In the briefing Arts, culture, and cultural awareness in education for the European Parliament the European Parliament Research Service (EPRS) has brought together facts and figures on the role of arts and culture in the EU, looking at European policies and EU mechanisms and their effect in the Member States. The brief covers global challenges faced by arts and cultural education, potential benefits of arts and cultural education, the EU's role in and support for cultural education, recent policy developments in cultural education and the European Parliament's concern for arts and cultural education policy.

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