culture Solutions

🌍 culture Solutions is working towards enhancing the role of culture in the EU's external relations and providing a better understanding of international cultural relations in general. 🇪🇺✨ Our multicultural network of professionals connects with artists and cultural professionals from different parts of the world, hearing their voices and sharing their views to understand the realities and needs, as they relate to International Cultural Relations. We have consistently made efforts to draw attention to the weight - political, financial, and symbolic - of culture in International Relations, and our ‘Composing Trust research report 2019/2020’ featured some observations that we believe are now more relevant than ever! 💪 “We live in a world where social media are used to amplify cultural confrontation. At the same time, climate change and threats against the planet by humanity as a whole have opened a new phase in history. People and societies have never been so interconnected due to globalisation, migration flows, and communications technology.” “Yet this does not mean that societies are culturally converging everywhere. On the contrary, cultural differences might actually deepen in certain cases.” “The need for intercultural sensitivity and trust-building among people and communities seems to be at a peak.” “The EU integration project is facing resistance from europhobic and eurosceptic forces usually on the basis of identity, cultural and social arguments. All this has an impact on the ways Europeans perceive their place in the world and how they are perceived. Some even say Europeans need new myths to renew their self-identification.” “The ways Europeans are dealing with artistic creation, creativity and cultural diversity will determine the level of trust they will build among themselves on the continent and with the rest of the world.” See the full report on our website💫 > https://lnkd.in/dyuxUuzi Our team remains committed to contributing to these important discussions with more insights and perspectives not only on EU policy-making, but also from voices outside the EU. #Culture #InternationalRelations #InternationalCulturalRelations #InternationalCulture #CulturalDiplomacy #EuropeanUnion #ExternalRelations #CulturalBridges #CreativeConnections

culture Solutions is proud to be part of the Africa-Europe Action Research Partnership, launched on November 5th by the Africa-Europe Foundation 👏. Together with our partner South African Cultural Observatory, we will look into the state of Africa-EU cultural cooperation and skills development for creative youth across continents. 🌍 Our research will inform and support future partnerships fit for youth, employment, human development and wellbeing. Stay tuned for the research outputs and recommendations! 👀 #InternationalCulturalRelations #CulturalDiplomacy #culturalaction Elise Cuny Linda Mbeki, PhD Amy Shelver Unathi Lutshaba

Today we celebrate World Television Day! 🌍📺  As per the United Nations, this day is "not so much a celebration of the tool, but rather the philosophy which it represents. Television represents a symbol for communication and globalisation in the contemporary world." 🤝  As TV channels such as the EU’s arte TV have the power to bridge cultures, spark dialogue, and bring the world closer together, what will you watch today?💭 #WorldTelevisionDay #UnitedNations #Culture #InternationalRelations #InternationalCulturalRelations

ArtXChange is a project that took place across the African and European continents 🌍, involving young artists from Kenya 🇰🇪, Somalia 🇸🇴, Italy 🇮🇹 and Sweden 🇸🇪 from 2019 to 2022. Listen to their views and experiences in Culture Solutions' latest podcast from our series (Re)generating trust on youth and culture. 🎙️ The project drew from the Abidjan Declaration of the 4th Africa-Europe Youth summit calling "on AU and EU Member States to support young people working in creative industries, through local structures, investment in training, leadership, management, production and promotion of culture for young people" and materialised thanks to the AU-EU Youth Cooperation Hub.  #CulturalRelations #InternationalRelations #CulturalDiversity #ExternalCulturalAction #AU #EU #artxchange 

✨🌍 "Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human," states UNESCO’s 1995 Declaration of Principles on Tolerance. Today at culture Solutions we are recognising UNESCO’s International Day for Tolerance. We believe that tolerance allows us to build bridges, enrich our lives and (re)generate trust in ourselves and one another🌉👥. How will you practise tolerance today? 💫 #CulturalRelations #Culture #Tolerance #UNESCO #CulturalDiversity #InternationalCulturalRelations

Today, we honour the efforts against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property 🏺. The theft and illegitimate trade of cultural artefacts rob communities of their history, heritage and cultural treasures. Marking this day by helping to spread awareness about these unethical practices is a small step towards combating them. 🗿 The art world, governments, and each of us as individuals have a role to play in protecting tangible cultural heritage 🌍 through mutual respect and an ethical approach towards cultural objects. #CulturalRelations #CulturalProperty #CulturalDiplomacy #IllicitTrafficking  #InternationalCulturalRelations #CulturalDiplomacy #Culture

In the context of the European Parliament's confirmation hearings of the 26 Commissioners-designate, culture Solutions poses key questions ❓ to the three directly related to International Cultural Relations: Glenn Micallef (Culture), Jozef Síkela (International Partnerships) and Kaja Kallas (HR/VP), as well as to other EU services. 🇪🇺 ❗Read our considerations and comments for the next European Commission> https://lnkd.in/eX9JXbqA culture Solutions works towards the recognition of the central role of #culture in the European Union’s external relations and promoting #InternationalCulturalRelations at large. We monitor and advise EU policy making on ICR and CCIs to foster its potential of promoting trust-based partnerships between Europe and external partners. 🤝 #CulturalRelations #CulturalDiversity #CulturalAction #ExternalCulturalAction #ExternalCulturalRelations #CultureForAll #CulturalDiplomacy

In these times where the climate and eco-social crisis demands our urgent action, culture has an essential role to play, and contributing to articulate creative climate solutions 🌱 from and within the EU is a priority for culture Solutions. Proposal #1 > How can EU cultural actors contribute to Creative Climate Action? 🤔 📑 Research Framework 🔍 Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Approach 👩🏫 Training Approach 📣 Advocacy Strategy Read the ambitious proposal to discover how EU cultural actors, their partners and wider audiences can engage and bridge culture and climate action > https://lnkd.in/eMWPqKdv #InternationalCulturalRelations #CreativeClimateAction #CulturalRelations #CulturalDiversity #CulturalAction #ExternalCulturalAction #ExternalCulturalRelations #CulturalDiplomacy #Culture

In 2024, citizens from over 70 countries are called to the polls. In unclear times of political polarisation, violence, and multiple crises, elections from India to the US, going through Mexico and the European Parliament, are shaping the politics of tomorrow. Amidst all the questions that might come with this, in our cS Internal Dialogue we raised this one: What about culture? 🤨 Last week culture Solutions hosted an enriching and insightful debate among cS members on how the current political trends are impacting culture and will do so in the future, and questioned whether they can compromise the potential of culture for promoting dialogue, understanding and democracy. 💬 Curious to know what were the main conclusions? Stay tuned! #InternationalCulturalRelations #CulturalRelations #CulturalDiversity #CulturalDiplomacy #Culture