Entries tagged as ‘culture’
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
