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Directorate of Culture, Cultural and Natural Heritage

Enhanced strategic focus
by Robert Palmer, Director

We are constantly adapting our programmes and methods, to keep in line with the challenges of our changing societies.
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 The mission in a nutshell
Culture, the soul of democracy (Brochure in PDF)

Our current priorities include intercultural dialogue, value of cultural heritage for society, the importance of landscape for sustainable development, evidence-based policy making, regional co-operation, climate change and biodiversity. (More...)
NEWS
Media in the Intercultural city

Can local media be a real partner to cities which are trying to build a vision for diversity as an asset for their development? How to report on facts and fears without stigmatising entire communities? What are the challenges for media ethics in diverse communities?
These are some of the many questions media professionals from the 12 pilot cities participating in the Intercultural cities programme, and leading media experts will discuss at a unique event in Patras, Greece, on 27-29 November. (More…) [14/11/2008]
New label for cultural events
“Council of Europe Cultural Event” label has been awarded for the first time to cultural projects which through their artistic and cultural work convey strong messages about the Council of Europe’s work and critical issues of the European societies  (More…) [18/06/2008]
Intercultural Cities programme launched
Has multiculturalism failed and what interculturalism is actually about? This was among the issues discussed at a
conference in Liverpool from 1 to 3 May 2008 where the Intercultural Cities programme was launched. (More…) [19/5/2008]
CultureWatchEurope approved

At its Plenary Session on 5-6 May 2008, the Steering Committee for Culture approved the Council of Europe’s cultural governance observatory function, CultureWatchEurope. The function includes optimal linking and strengthening of existing information and monitoring tools, resulting in the production of targeted policy and trend reviews, as well as increased liaison opportunities between governmental stakeholders and key partners from civil society. (More information). [12/5/2008]

Towards integrated spatial management
Logo designed and offered to the Council of Europe by Alberto Floridi, Italian Architect, 2006 "Landscape in planning policies and governance: towards integrated spatial management" was the theme of the seventh
meeting of Council of Europe workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention which was held in Piestany, Slovak Republic, on 24-25 April 2008. (More…) [7/5/2008]
Intercultural dialogue at the heart of Europe's cities and regions

 Council of Europe's work on intercultural dialogue, including the Intercultural   cities programme will be presented at an event of the Committee of the Regions on 25 and 26 November.

 The event is organised with the European Commission Directorate-General for Education and Culture and Notre Europe, the European think-tank founded by Jacques Delors. The debates will focus on migration and integration, diversity,  inter-religious issues and the development of an European identity (More…)  [14/11/2008]
  
First European Heritage Forum
The First European Heritage Forum on “Heritage and Dialogue” took place in Brussels, on 23-24 October 2008, on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the European Heritage Days in Belgium and as a contribution to the 2008 European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. 200 participants took part in round tables animated by a team of professionals. A meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly’s Sub-Committee on the Cultural Heritage was also held during the Forum. Dame Liz Forgan, Former Chair of the United Kingdom’s Heritage Lottery Fund, gave an inspirational keynote presentation at the end of the Forum.     (More…)  [6/11/2008]  
Celebrating Jewish Culture
The 9th edition of the European Day of Jewish Culture, a key activity of the Europe Routes of Jewish Heritage, will be held on Sunday, 7 September 2008, in 30 countries.
The theme for this year is "Music", inviting the public to discover the place of song and music in Judaism, as well as diversity of Jewish music and the Jewish contribution to the world of music.(More…) [08/08/2008]
Funding heritage in South-East Europe
The Joint Action of the Council of Europe and the European Commission for rehabilitating European heritage is entering into a new phase with the launching of the "Ljubljana Process – Funding Heritage Rehabilitation in South-East Europe"
during the conference, organised by the Slovenian EU Presidency on 13-15 May 2008 "New Paradigms, New Models – Culture in the EU External Relations". (More…) [7/5/2008]
Memorandum for enhanced co-operation
Addressing new environmental challenges: Memorandum signed for enhanced co-operation between the United
Nations Convention on Biological Diversity and the Council of Europe Bern Convention (More…) [23/5/2008]
 
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