European Cultural Cooperation Resources

LabforCulture,
27 August 2007, Netherlands

Changes in society and politics at the international level are affecting cultural cooperation in Europe. Some of these trends lead to a re-orientation of the scope and form of policies and official programmes of national governments and their cultural institutes.
On the one hand, the importance attributed to bilateral cultural programmes – particularly within Europe – has decreased. Public funding is being diverted towards international events, theme years and anniversaries. Most of these have a high political profile or links to ‘cultural tourism’. On the other hand, a broader definition of culture is influencing the content of cultural cooperation projects. There is a shift away from traditionally funded one-directional or bilateral exchanges of artists or artistic projects.

http://www.labforculture.org/en/resources/research_in_focus/no_3_european_cultural_cooperation