Committee on Culture and Education

On Monday 31 May (14.00-18.30), CULT will hold an exchange of views with national and regional parliaments entitled "Together towards a European Education Area". Speakers and participants include representatives of the German, Portuguese and Slovenian national parliaments and several regional parliaments of the three Member States forming the current Council Presidency trio.

During its meeting on 27 May the Committee is holding an exchange of views on the own initiative report on The situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU (Rapporteur Monica Semedo, Renew) in the presence of the invited experts from Culture Action Europe. in the context of the so-called ' concomitant expertise'.

Citizenship education gives people the knowledge and skills to understand, challenge and engage with democratic society including politics, the media, civil society, the economy and the law. The importance and need for active European citizenship education will be the focus of discussions during the public hearing, on 27 May, organised by the CULT Committee and entitled “The status of European citizen’s education and possible avenues forward to strengthen civic and democratic education”.

During its committee meeting on the 27 May, the CULT Committee will hold an exchange of views on an own-initiative report (INI) recommending ways towards recovery and deep transformation of the media and audio-visual sectors in Europe. During the exchange of views following the presentation of the draft report, questions will be put forward to experts who prepared an accompanying research commissioned by Policy Department B at the European Parliament.

The presentation of the study “Education and Youth in post-COVID-19 Europe – Crisis effects and policy recommendations” by the Policy Department B took place during the CULT committee meeting on 10 May 2021.