Commission Call

Commission Call

The European Commission published a call to learn more about the connection between art and civic engagement.

The call will explore how schools and artists can work together to enhance pupils’ civic engagement and democratic citizenship education through the power of participatory artistic and cultural experiences in and around schools.

This call is the first step to fulfilling the mandate given by EU countries in the EU Work Plan for Culture 2023-2026, which specifies that:

“Cross-sectoral synergies between schools, cultural organisations, civil society and other actors must be established to fully harness the transformative potential of culture for enhancing democracy.”

The call also responds to one of the key recommendations of the European Commission’s 2023 report, “Culture and Democracy, the Evidence: How Citizens’ Participation in Cultural Activities Enhances Civic Engagement, Democracy, and Social Cohesion.”

For more: https://culture.ec.europa.eu/news/commission-publishes-call-to-learn-more-about-how-art-can-boost-pupils-civic-engagement