European Expert Network on Culture (EENC)

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Culture and the Structural Funds in Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain

31 July 2012

In the framework of the design and negotiation of the EU’s Cohesion Policy and the Operational Programmes for the funding period 2014-20, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education and Culture asked the European Expert Network on Culture (EENC) to prepare papers to analyse how the cultural and creative sectors could foster local and regional development in several EU Member States.

Each national analysis presents an overview of available information on how the Structural Funds have been used with regard to the cultural sector, a short SWOT analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of investment in the cultural and creative sector and an identification of priorities for investment in culture in 2014-2020.

The first four papers completed are presented hereafter – as prepared by Cornelia Dümcke (Germany), Pier Luigi Sacco (Italy), Dorota Ilczuk and Małgorzata Nowak (Poland) and Jordi Pascual (Spain). Similar analyses of some other EU Member States are currently being prepared.

Culture and the Structural Funds in Germany

Culture and the Structural Funds in Italy

Culture and the Structural Funds in Poland

Culture and the Structural Funds in Spain

Tags: Economic Impact of Culture, EUs Cultural Policies and Programmes, Germany, Italy, Local and Regional Development, Poland, Social Impact of Culture, Spain

The EENC has been set up at the initiative of the European Commission Directorate General for Education and Culture. The project comprises a group of high-level experts in the field of cultural policy who provide reports and studies on a range of topics according to requests of the European Commission. The coordination of the network has been entrusted to a consortium led by Interarts and Culture Action Europe following an open call of tender launched in 2010.