European Commission, 25 March 2026, Scotland

The 2018 New European Agenda for Culture and its 2025 successor, the Culture Compass for Europe, are a clear acknowledgement by the EU that culture matters for community building and shared identity.

Business Daily Africa, 25 March 2026, Kenya

Kenya stands at a demographic and economic crossroads. With nearly 80 percent of the population under 35, the country must urgently create scalable, sustainable employment pathways. Traditional sectors alone cannot absorb this youthful energy. The creative economy presents one of the most under-leveraged solutions.

ECF - European Cultural Foundation, 24 March 2026, International

In this conversation, Ruxandra Gidei, Programme Coordinator at the European Cultural Foundation, reflects on what she is seeing through her work across digital culture and libraries. Her perspective brings together two connected realities: the fast-moving dynamics of online cultural communities and the slower, deeply rooted role of libraries as civic anchors. Together, these spaces are responding…

Stark Reflections on Writing & Publishing, 24 March 2026, International

Libraries are the great equalizer, because they allow easy access to books and reading; and often programs to help people learn how to read among so many other things that are taught for free there. And in more recent years, they’ve become incredibly powerful community hubs providing access to technology, resources, and learning that go well beyond books.

Culture Action Europe, 24 March 2026, International

While the Compass has been broadly welcomed across institutions and the wider cultural sector, the discussions during the lunch showed the strong consensus that its real test now lies in implementation: in the design of the Structured Dialogue, the future EU Cultural Data Hub, the State of Culture report, the AI Strategy, and the wider policy architecture that will shape the next Multiannual Fina…

Museums Association, 24 March 2026, United Kingdom

Culture is to be made an official responsibility for Strategic Authorities for the first time under an amendment to the UK Government’s English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill.