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European Cultural Heritage Days: Russia's cultural war against Ukraine
European Cultural Heritage Days allow millions of people across the continent to celebrate their cultural heritage every September. This year Ukrainians will not able to enjoy the celebrations, as Russia's aggression has killed or displaced innocent people and declared war on their culture. Since this cultural cleansing began in Crimea in 2014, the Russian army has damaged or destroyed hundreds of cultural, artistic, scientific, educational and religious institutions, sites and works. Artists, and ...
Russia's war on Ukraine's cultural heritage
Russia's invasion of Ukraine aims to deny the sovereign country its right to a distinct identity. Indiscriminate shelling is seriously damaging Ukraine's cultural heritage. International law sets rules to limit civilian deaths and destruction of cultural heritage, both are war crimes that the international community will need to address.
Digital cultural diversity
Digital technologies have revolutionised every aspect of our lives, and culture is no exception. They have impacted on the value chains of all the cultural and creative industries not only as regards the creative process and its execution but also as regards the making of a work or product of art and its promotion, distribution, marketing and sale. Cultural heritage can be digitised and, in the case of analogue film, it needs to be digitised to be made accessible. Some production processes are solely ...
Performing arts: Emerging from confinement
In the EU as elsewhere in the world, the performing arts were among the first sectors to be hit by measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus, and are now among the last to reopen. As the confinement measures are relaxed, the focus now is on supporting the performing arts and finding a way to re-engage with live audiences.
EU policies – Delivering for citizens: Promoting European culture
The concept of cultural diversity lies at the heart of the European project. Recent years have seen renewed interest in the sector's potential for promoting social cohesion, unity and tolerance, on the one hand, with continued recognition of its valuable economic role, on the other. There is a strong commitment at the EU level to ensure that culture is mainstreamed in all policy areas, with a special focus on the protection of cultural heritage and cultural diversity, which are key elements in cultural ...
Il patrimonio culturale nelle politiche dell'Unione europea
Il 2018 è dedicato al patrimonio culturale dell'Unione europea. Il presente documento si sofferma in particolare sull'evoluzione del concetto stesso di patrimonio culturale, sul suo ruolo e la sua collocazione nella società nonché sul modo in cui è percepito e interpretato nel contesto delle prerogative correlate dell'UE. L'Anno europeo del patrimonio culturale 2018 è il risultato di tale evoluzione e consente ai cittadini dell'UE di comprendere più a fondo il loro patrimonio culturale sotto tutti ...
One step forward and two steps back for human rights in the world
On 13 December 2017, just a few days after the United Nations' Human Rights Day, the European Parliament (EP) adopted in plenary its annual resolution on human rights and democracy. Addressing the numerous pressures exerted on human rights in 2016, the resolution calls upon the European Union to place human rights at the centre of EU relations with all third countries and to lead by example. The resolution hails the step forward made for the empowerment of women, but also warns of two new challenges ...
Empowering women in the EU and beyond: Education and reproductive health
In the EU, gender equality in education and several other policy areas is protected by law. In practice, however, full gender equality has still not been achieved. Beyond the EU, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has found that millions of girls are still being denied an education. Therefore, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is calling for all countries to repeal discriminatory laws that create barriers ...
RICERCA PER LA COMMISSIONE CULT – LINGUE MINORITARIE E ISTRUZIONE: MIGLIORI PRATICHE E INSIDIE
La relazione presenta un'approfondita analisi comparata di tredici studi di caso in materia di lingue, al fine di ottenere una visione della situazione delle lingue minoritarie nell'istruzione in Europa. Sono presentate indicazioni per le migliori pratiche ed evidenziate le sfide che le lingue minoritarie affrontano nell'istruzione. Particolare attenzione è rivolta all'istruzione professionale e alle prospettive di carriera. Infine, la relazione formula raccomandazioni sul modo in cui l'UE può sostenere ...
Protection of cultural heritage in armed conflicts
Cultural heritage is vulnerable. Composed of historic buildings, monuments and artefacts of artistic, historic, religious, scientific or technological importance, it contributes to national identities, but can be destroyed in military conflict. The value and rarity of many cultural artefacts exposes them to human greed: they are vulnerable – especially during times of conflict – to being illegally removed from archaeological sites, stolen from museums, trafficked and sold to private collections. ...