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Public consultation on opportunities offered by digital technologies for the culture heritage sector Republished by ECBN from: European Commission The European Commission is evaluating Recommendation of 27 October 2011 on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation to make sure it is still fit to respond to the needs and challenges of the [...]

Hasan Bakhshi, Director of the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre in interview with John Knell Republished by ECBN from: Arts and Humanities Research Council The AHRC-funded Policy and Evidence for the Creative Industries is perfectly positioned to help us to understand the effects of the pandemic on the UK’s arts, cultural and creative sectors. [...]

Why COVID-19 Is an Unprecedented Opportunity to Radically Rethink Arts Funding Republished by ECBN from: Artsy The events of the last four months feel utterly unprecedented, but for artists, and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) artists in particular, the results have been predictably disastrous. COVID-19’s devastating effect on the already precarious financial state [...]

Arts and Culture Return-to-Business Guidelines Republished by ECBN from: Creative Victoria, Victoria Government The Victorian Government has developed tailored guidelines for museums, galleries, libraries and performance venues outlining the actions to be taken to safely reopen and operate in the current climate. These include guidance on areas including hygiene and cleaning, physical distancing, front of house, back [...]

A collaborative call by the Creative Bureaucracy Festival, Berlin and the European Creative Business Network (ECBN) in Rotterdam to submit initiatives that promote innovations in public administrations. Innovative initiatives which have been realized after 2015 are welcome, from professionals from within the Cultural and Creative Industries, which have been founded before 2018 and public entities [...]

Cultural leaders envision a post-COVID world Republished by ECBN from: The World Economic Forum “During this lockdown period audiences have become more used to participating…[and] to actually getting involved. There has been more collective action”. That was the assessment of Es Devlin, a London-based artist and stage designer, on how the COVID-19 pandemic may have forever changed [...]

World spends to protect culture from economic ruin Republished by ECBN from: The Guardian Cultural recovery programmes amounting to billions of dollars have been established across the globe to shore up theatres, festivals and other arts institutions against economic ruin. Although some advocates believe the arts industry can be rejuvenated by interventions in a post-pandemic [...]

The European Commission launches the “Europe’s Culture – close to you” campaign Republished by ECBN from: European Commission To ease the economic impact of the measures taken to contain the coronavirus outbreak, the European Commission presented a recovery plan on 13 May, 2020. As outlined in this plan, the coming months represent an opportunity: as restrictions are [...]

Urban Solutions: Learning from Cities’ Responses to COVID-19 Meeting 25 June – Available online! Republished by ECBN from: UNESCO The UNESCO Cities Platform has hosted a public online discussion “Urban Solutions: Learning from Cities’ Responses to COVID-19” on the way cities, at the forefront of worldwide efforts to contain COVID-19, are responding to the pandemic. [...]

Covid-19: A comprehensive European Cultural Recovery is urgently needed Republished by ECBN from: Renew Europe The Covid-19 pandemic will not only have long-lasting severe effects on the cultural and creative industries, which are strategic sectors for Europe’s citizens and its economy, but also on cultural diversity in Europe, the Renew Europe Group in the European [...]