IN SITU, 13 January 2026, International

IN SITU, the Horizon Europe-funded initiative working with cultural and creative industries (CCIs) in Europe’s non-urban regions, has published three major new reports that together offer fresh evidence, practical tools and a new way of seeing cultural change beyond metropolitan centres.

IETM - International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts, 13 January 2026, Belgium

Democracy and human rights are under growing pressure worldwide, and culture is increasingly recognised as a cornerstone of democratic resilience.

UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade & Development, 08 January 2026, International

The global economy has shown resilience, but the outlook remains clouded by trade tensions, fiscal strains and persistent uncertainty. Growth is expected to slow to 2.7% in 2026, below 2025 levels and the pre-pandemic average, as subdued investment and structural headwinds weigh on momentum despite easing inflation and monetary loosening.

Palgrave Macmillan, 03 January 2026, International

This edited open access volume offers a comprehensive analysis of new and traditional funding models for the arts and culture. In the economic and political contexts of reduced art funding, the book takes an objective, pragmatic and heterodox approach to demonstrate how financial sustainability in the arts can be achieved via a range of top-down and bottom-up mechanisms which are valued either in…

ENCATC - European Network on Cultural Management and Policy, 19 December 2025

As we approach the post-2030 horizon, culture is moving—finally—from the margins of policy discourse to its foundations. Not as an ornament of development, but as a force that shapes how societies interpret risk, imagine futures, and decide what is worth protecting. This issue of ENCATC Magazine, Culture that Counts, is an invitation to take that shift seriously, and to examine what it demands of…

European Commission, 17 December 2025, International

The Commission has adopted a report on the evaluation of Creative Europe, the flagship EU funding programme for culture and media. The report covers the final evaluation of the 2014-2020 programme and the mid-term evaluation of the current programme. It shows that Creative Europe has successfully contributed to safeguarding cultural diversity and strengthening competitiveness in the cultural and…