“A Soul for Europe” Upcoming Events/Activities
“A Soul for Europe” contributes with its activities to a better understanding of how important culture is for our daily life as European citizens. The aim of “A Soul for Europe” is to implement concrete steps and conduct projects to ensure that Europe makes greater and better use of its cultural assets. Quoting Bernhard Schneider: “We need a Europe whose citizens don’t operate as consumers, but as jointly responsible producers of the European project. So that Europeans see and accept this project as their own, it needs to be returned to them.”
Upcoming Events/Activities
A Soul for Europe @ iwEU: jien l-Ewropa/aħna l-Ewropa
26 January 2017 (Valletta, Malta)
"A Soul for Europe" will be participating in the cultural programme for the Malta EU Presidency 2017. MEP Therese Comodini Cachia is hosting two prestigious events for the cultural programme in the framework of 2017 Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU. “Forum Valletta” consists of a series of provocations and reactions addressing issues of cultural governance and public engagement followed by a debate involving artists, scholars, cultural critics, and the general public. The Forum will look at a how cultures, people, cities, and regions function in relation to each other and how these generate systems of governance which in turn determine the lives of people and the places they inhabit.
Entrance to the iwEU events is free. To book send an email to therese@comodinicachia.eu
Further information at www.comodinicachia.eu/iweu
A Soul for Europe @ European Ideas Lab
3-5 February 2017 (Brussels, Belgium)
The Green party in the European Parliament (European Free Alliance) is organizing a two days workshop session to assess challenges in the fields of Asylum, migration & integration, Democracy, Urban movements and access to housing, Social Justice, Urban movements and access to housing and environment. A great opportunity to get new ideas and contacts!
More information here
Register here!
A Soul for Europe Pre-Conference
Virtual online debate, accessible via https://medium.com/asoulforeurope
Having been opened with an article by Bernhard Schneider (“Our Europe”), the online debate preceding the “A Soul for Europe” Conference now gathers an impressive number of high-profile contributors such as Wim Wenders, Györgi Konrád, Dieter Kosslick, Lord Puttnam, Ulrike Guérot, Doris Pack and many more, debating about the future of Europe. These experts from the fields of politics, political science, culture and civic engagement shared their thoughts on how a sense of responsibility for the future of Europe and democracy through culture could be fostered.
Everyone is invited to add their comments at https://medium.com/asoulforeurope with the most important quotes from the texts here.
“A Soul for Europe” initiative wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2017!