http://www.eubusiness.com Guides on the EU policy on culture. daily 1 2010-07-29T04:25:39Z http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/culture/creative-europe Thousands of people working in cinema, TV, culture, music, performing arts, heritage and related areas would benefit from increased EU support under the new 'Creative Europe' programme unveiled by the European Commission today. With a proposed budget of €1.8 billion for the period 2014-2020, it would be a much-needed boost for the cultural and creative industries, which are a major source of jobs and growth in Europe. The new programme would allocate more than €900 million in support of the cinema and audiovisual sector (area covered by current MEDIA programme) and almost € 500 million for culture. The Commission is also proposing to allocate more than €210 million for a new financial guarantee facility, which would enable small operators to access up to €1 billion in bank loans, as well as around €60 million in support of policy cooperation and fostering innovative approaches to audience building and new business models. No publisher eub2 Culture 2011-11-23T22:10:36Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/culture/online-culture The European Commission has adopted a Recommendation asking EU Member States to step up their efforts, pool their resources and involve the private sector in digitising cultural material. This is seen as essential to make European cultural heritage more widely available and to boost growth in Europe's creative industries. The digitised material should be made available through Europeana, Europe's digital library, archive and museum. No publisher eub2 Culture Internet 2011-10-28T22:23:45Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/culture/europeana.10 Anyone in the world can now access over 14 million digitised books, maps, photographs, paintings, film and music clips from cultural institutions across Europe through Europe's digital library Europeana. Launched in 2008 with two million objects, Europeana has already passed the initial target for 2010 of 10 million objects. On 18 November 2010 the Reflection Group ("Comité des Sages" - Maurice Lévy, Elisabeth Niggemann, Jacques de Decker) set up by the Commission to explore new ways to bring Europe's cultural heritage online addressed the EU's Council of Culture Ministers and the European Parliament's Committee on Culture. The Comité des Sages' report is due to be published at the beginning of 2011. No publisher eub2 Culture Internet 2010-11-18T12:03:51Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/culture/heritage-label The European Commission on 9 March proposed to establish the 'European Heritage Label' as an EU-wide initiative. The aim of the Label is to highlight sites that celebrate and symbolize European integration, ideals and history. The proposed Decision to establish the Label will be submitted to the EU's Council of Ministers and the European Parliament for adoption and could come into effect in 2011 or 2012. No publisher eub2 Culture 2010-03-10T23:07:29Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/culture/return-cultural-objects This EU Directive secures the return of national treasures of artistic, historic or archaeological value that have been unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State once controls have been abolished at internal frontiers. No publisher Ina Dimireva EU Law Culture EU Law summaries EU legislation 2010-01-11T22:54:06Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/culture/export In order to ensure that EU exports of cultural goods are subject to uniform checks, this Regulation makes the presentation of an export licence compulsory for their export outside the customs territory of the European Community. No publisher Ina Dimireva EU Law EU Law summaries Trade Culture export EU legislation 2009-12-10T14:45:09Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/culture/eu-literature-prize The names of twelve European authors to receive the first ever European Union Prize for Literature were announced today by t he European Commission, the European Booksellers Federation (EBF), the European Writers' Council (EWC) and the Federation of European Publishers (FEP). The prizes will be presented during an Award ceremony in Brussels on 28 September. In recognition of his oeuvre and literary success Henning Mankell, the well-known and bestselling Swedish author, has accepted the role of Ambassador of the European Union Prize for Literature for the coming year. No publisher eub2 Culture 2009-07-16T15:51:30Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/media/policies-ecomm To improve innovation and increase efficiency in the telecommunications sector, the European Union promotes increased competition through a series of regulatory rules. No publisher inadim Culture Telecoms Media 2009-07-09T15:24:43Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/media/eu-film-support The European Commission has today adopted a Communication extending the validity of the state aid assessment criteria for the production of films and audiovisual works until 31 December 2012. These criteria, laid down in a Commission Communication of 2001, are used by the Commission to approve Europe’s national, regional and local film support schemes under the EU's state aid rules. The new Commission Communication also identifies a number of trends which are likely to have to be addressed by a future Cinema Communication. Across the EU, around EUR 1.6 bn is spent on national film support each year. No publisher eub2 Culture Media 2009-01-28T16:12:31Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/culture/europeana-guide Europeana, Europe's multimedia online library opens to the public today. At www.europeana.eu, Internet users around the world can now access more than two million books, maps, recordings, photographs, archival documents, paintings and films from national libraries and cultural institutions of the EU's 27 Member States. Europeana opens up new ways of exploring Europe’s heritage: anyone interested in literature, art, science, politics, history, architecture, music or cinema will have free and fast access to Europe's greatest collections and masterpieces in a single virtual library through a web portal available in all EU languages. But this is just the beginning. In 2010, Europeana will give access to millions of items representing Europe's rich cultural diversity and will have interactive zones such as communities for special interests. Between 2009 and 2011, some €2 million per year of EU funding will be dedicated to this. The Commission also plans to involve the private sector in the further expansion of Europe's digital library. In September 2007, the European Parliament supported, in a resolution voted by an overwhelming majority, the creation of a European digital library. No publisher eub2 Media Culture Internet 2008-11-20T16:02:14Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/culture/sport-eu-guide Sport and the EU - questions and answers No publisher eub2 Culture Sport Employment 2008-05-29T15:12:36Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/culture/european-digital-library A high level group on digital libraries met European Commission officials in Brussels on 27 November 2007 to discuss progress towards launching the European digital library. A European digital library foundation has recently been created. This formalises the agreement of European archives, museums, audiovisual archives and libraries to work together and to provide a common access point to Europe's cultural heritage online. No publisher eub2 Culture Media 2007-11-29T00:21:13Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/education/eu-youth-policies.faq As Europe's population grows older faster and the pool of young workers shrinks, the EU will rely more and more on its younger generation. According to a Commission analysis presented on 5 September 2007, young people are often insufficiently prepared to take on this responsibility. One in six young Europeans still leaves school early and 4.6 million 15-24 year-olds are unemployed. The document highlights the need, at EU and national level, to invest more and earlier in youth education and health and to improve transitions from education into work. It also stresses the importance of involving young people more in civic life, as well as in society as a whole. No publisher eub2 Culture Education 2010-11-25T10:44:16Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/culture/culture-eu.qa On 10 May 2007, the European Commission adopted a Communication entitled "A European agenda for culture in a globalizing world". Whilst the Communication is not the first in the field of culture, this is the first time the Commission has proposed a common European strategy for culture in the EU. No publisher eub2 Culture Education Living & Working in EU 2007-05-10T16:22:48Z Guide