New EU cultural portal
The European Commission has developed a new cultural portal, which will
give access to information on the EU cultural measures. This includes
information on funding programmes, which may be of interest to archives
pursuing EU funding opportunities. A hyperlink giving you access to the
site can be found below. Resource's Senior ICT Adviser, David Dawson is
the UK's national expert and will be working with the Commission on the
future development of the site.
The "Europe and Culture" portal is intended for all those who are active
in the field of culture and anyone else who is interested. It lists the
EU's cultural activities by type of action (regulation, cooperation,
international relations, etc.) and by type of activity (music, dance,
theatre, heritage, etc.). It also provides information on the European
funding available and provides links to the sites of Culture Ministries
and portals in the Member States and associate countries.
The European Culture portal is thus a response to the European
institutions' wish for EU policies and actions to take greater account
of cultural issues. With the cooperation of the Ministries of Culture
in the Member States and those involved in the field of culture, this
portal will quickly become a European reference point for information on
culture.
It is available in five languages (German, English, French, Spanish and
Italian) and can be accessed on the European Commission's Europa website
at the following address:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/culture/ Annex: homepage of the "Europe and
Culture" portal.
Justin Frost,
Archives Policy Adviser
Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries
16 Queen Anne's Gate
London SW1H 9AA
Direct line 020 7273 1477
Website: www.resource.gov.uk
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