The European Cultural Foundation strenghtens the European sentiment by developing and supporting cultural initiatives that let us share, experience and imagine Europe.
Our impact
Partner organisations
On our pogrammes and projects we work with organisations throughout Europe.
Programmes and projects
Grantee initiatives across Europe are supported through our programmes and projects.
People and stories
Stories told and people reached though our programmes and projects.
Policy and advocacy
On local and European level.
Stories & news
Highlighted
Open call: The Europe Challenge 2024
Open call: The Europe Challenge 2024
5 Sep 2023
ECF news
Meet the jury for The European Pavilion 2024 call
18 Sep 2023
Grantees
Libraries on Prescription
15 Sep 2023
ECF news
“EU and member state leaders need to regain confidence in liberalism and in their own citizens”
14 Sep 2023
News
Meet the Global Cultural Relations Programme 2023 participants
14 Sep 2023
Highlighted programmes & projects
The Europe Challenge for Libraries
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Culture of Solidarity Fund
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The European Pavilion
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Re:framing Migrants in European Media
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CrAFt Cities - Creating Actionable Futures
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More on programmes
“Support from the Culture of Solidarity Fund enabled us to produce The Walk – a theatre project featuring Little Amal, a 3.5 metres tall puppet of a 9-year-old girl. Walking 8,000 kilometres across Europe in search of her mother, Amal’s journey during the Covid-19 pandemic was enabled by relays of puppeteers. In a visionary act of solidarity with the plight of refugees, the project bore a single message on behalf of thousands of displaced children: Don’t forget about us.“
— Walk with Amal (UK), grantee
"Participating in the Europe Challenge has helped our local library to create a new vision for our city of Sant Boi de Llobregat, just miles from Barcelona’s busy international airport. By installing beehives at our library, we were able to champion biodiversity and experiment with our local community on ways of greening our city."
— La Biblioteca Jordi Rubió i Balaguer (Spain), grantee
“Over the years, we have collaborated with ECF on many successful projects - from i-Portunus (supporting green mobility of cultural professionals across Europe) to the European Pavilion (bringing together artists and thinkers for a pan-European alternative to the Venice Biennale's national pavilions). Working with ECF, we have forged a strong, mutually respectful partnership - and made a bunch of life-long international friends in the process!”
— Kultura Nova Foundation (Croatia), partner