Commissioned by the ECF for the Culture powers europe - kultur macht europa, the Fourth Federal Congress on Cultural Policy (Berlin, 7-8 June 2007).
Authors Christopher Gordon and Theodoor Adams argue on Cultural Policy in Europe that “the European Union has struggled, often with good - but rather limited intentions to ‘do something’ for culture - as a sector - since the mid-1980s.”
The ECF commissioned the external consultative paper assessing the position of, and advocacy for, cultural policies for Europe so far. The document reflects the critical opinion of the authors who conducted a series of interviews with present and former policy makers and experts. As the ECF website notes: ‘However ´bitter´ or ´realistic´ or this essay may be in the eyes of many, the ECF considers a discussion without any taboos vital - exactly at the moment when the European Commission has published its first ever strategic paper on a European agenda for culture in a globalising world.’
The European Union and Cultural Policy – Chimera, Camel or Chrysalis?
European Culture Foundation,
20 May 2007, Netherlands