Euro – Mediterranean collaborations

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2022 Cyprus Culture Summit

European Education and Culture

Olga SISMANIDI, 09.12.2022
Executive Agency
Global state of affairs Euro – Mediterranean
Complex existing realities
Fit for purpose
 Geopolitical - Geosocial elements
New consumer choices  Identity and self-representation
and tendencies  Mix of cultures and languages
 Globalisation
 North–South
Emerging
COVID-19 Technologies  Flow of migrants
 Potential cultural resistance

Globalisation
Possible scenarios

 Geopolitical
 E.g. employment pressure,
Values
increased Asian investment
 EU full integration
Work Plan for Culture 2023 - 2026
Four Priorities Three Actions for co-creative
partnerships
(a) Artists and cultural
professionals  Governance
(b) Culture for the people  Cultural heritage / UA
(c) Culture for the planet  Human Rights and Democracy
(d) Culture for co-creative
partnerships
 EU Funding programmes

• Creative Europe: cultural - linguistic diversity and heritage,

competitiveness and economic potential of CCS
• Horizon Europe: democracy, cultural heritage, social and economic
transformations
• EIT – Culture and Creativity: education, business, innovation,
mainstream of the impacts and data
• Erasmus Plus: education, skills, youth, entrepreneurship
Collaboration, co-creation, co-production,
circulation, demonstration
“There is geometry
in the humming of
the strings, there is
music in the spacing
of the spheres”
Pythagoras

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Music cooperation projects*

A European
odyssey for young
artists

*examples
European Music
Networks

European Media Art Platform

European Networks’ synergies (1)

YOUROPE e.V. - European Festivals

Association

#ImpossibleWithoutYouth campaign

2022 European Year of Youth - Voice

Platform
European Networks’ synergies (2)
IMZ Network – Fedora Platform IMZ Network– Pixii Festival

Performing Arts Digital Creation

Documentary

This is not a Kanga Alternates (Bergantian)

Wonder Maria / Bruno CinemaLeap Inc. / Lynn
Cabral Song
Culture and Creativity – Music – SDGs
 Education on SDGs for positive evolution of the music sector
 Joint initiatives, partnerships and collaborations in SDGs areas
 Awareness raising and engagement :use music, other artistic
expressions and citizen participation
 Advocacy and specific policy development for the Mediterranean
music
 Professional opportunities for artists and music industry
professionals
Pathways to successful projects
Success factors

Exceeding requirements, timely implementation, budget

execution and acceptance

Results and impacts

Creation and distribution of high quality CCS works
Bolstering capacity building, jobs and creativity-based growth
Raising public awareness on CCS

Synergies and Scalability

Other EU – national funding / public -private sector investment
Tackling EU priorities and global challenges via creativity and
innovation

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 What Euro – Mediterranean collaborations?

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