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This coming October, on the 20th and 21st to be precise, the Brussels Flagey building will be home to the 2011 European Culture Forum, at which 800 participants from the local, regional, and national authorities as well as the cultural sector will meet to discuss contemporary themes that face their culture. The forum will be filled with discussions, speakers, and debates spearheaded by the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth, and Multilingualism Mrs. Vassiliou. Some of the various themes that will be discussed at the culture forum include an in-depth look at digitization and how it can best be used.
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Categories: European Culture
Tagged: brussels, cultural exchanges, culture, culture forum, debates, democracy and human rights, digitization, economic development, ecosystems, education culture, empowering civil society, EU, europe, european culture, european regions, flagey, investments, multilingualism, national authorities, panel participants, powerful voice, speakers, third world countries
The European Commission has organised a meeting in Brussels to celebrate the five year anniversary since the UNESCO Convention was first adopted to help promote and protect the diversity of different cultural expressions. The aim of the conference will be to celebrate the amount of progress that the Convention has made since its establishment and to help prove the relevance of UNESO when it comes to globalization. In attendance at the anniversary conference will be about 200 different participants that are a part of the UNESCO including ministers of culture and ministers for development from many countries.
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Categories: European Culture
Tagged: aim, anniversary conference, attendance, brussels, culture, diversity, EU, europe, european commission, expressions, globalization, inception, measures, next five years, participants, relevance, unesco, unesco convention, visual identity, year anniversary
The 25th anniversary of the European Capitals of Culture was celebrated last year on March 23rd with an exhibition that was held in Brussels and a confidence that was fully attended by over 400 reps of future and past capitals as well as many other movers and shakers in the cultural world.
In charge of opening the event was President Jose Manuel Barroso along with aide from Doris Park the chair of the European Capitals of Culture Committee and Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou. According to President Barroso, the aim of the EU is to promote cultural diversity within the EU and that is an aim that is continuing to be met.
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Categories: European Culture
Tagged: 25th anniversary, aim, brussels, citizens of europe, confidence, cultural diversity, culture committee, culture project, cultures, doris park, european capitals, exhibition, jose manuel, launch, main goals, movers and shakers, mutual understanding, th anniversary
