For our communities
At the European Cultural Foundation, our communities are the heart of our mission. They represent diverse voices across Europe working together to strengthen solidarity.
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ECF Logopack
Our logo symbolizes the continuous adding to the foundations of Europe, which we do through our work.
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European Sentiment Compass 2025: Reality Show
The 2025 edition asks how Europeans can define their politics, identity, and values in the face of growing turbulence in transatlantic relations.
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Common Ground 2024
Our annual magazine, on the many lives lived on our continent and how they interconnect, how diverse our Europe is and how we have so much in common.
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Annual Report 2023
The work of the European Cultural Foundation is about creating exchange and experiences that foster a European sentiment.
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Philanthropy Back to the Drawing Board
Our former board member Rien van Gendt urges foundations to reflect on why and how they, too, can generate the most creative efforts proportionate to
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Sense of Belonging
‘Sense of Belonging’ showcases the 39 initiatives created during the Europe Challenge between 2021 and 2023.
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Sensing Earth Cultural – Quests Across a Heated Globe
Sensing Earth states that our environmental issues are a matter of culture and aesthetics. Technology and science are not enough to to solve them.
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European Sentiment Compass 2023
Culture clash: Russia, Ukraine, and the fight for the European public
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Mobility in Culture (Volumes 1 to 4)
Volumes 1–4 of Mobility in Culture unpack cultural mobility’s ideas, realities, impact, and future from the i-Portunus Houses project.
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European Sentiment Compass 2022
Our annual research survey measuring European sentiment in all 27 EU member states.
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To Make the Silos Dance (2021)
Written by Gijs de Vries, commissioned by the European Cultural Foundation as contribution to the Cultural Deal for Europe.
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Feel, Show, Change (2021)
Feel, Show, Change (2021) is a #mediactivism guide to claiming a right to your city, gathering methods & approaches of media activists across Europe.
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Our City Our Home (2021)
Our City, Our Home (2021) is a collection of eleven essays against the forces of displacement in European cities.
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Policy Analysis and Recommendations (2020)
Published within the framework of the Cultural and Creative Spaces and Cities (2018—2021) for grassroots participatory democracy in cultural policies.
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Commons. Between Dreams and Reality (2020)
Published within the framework of the Cultural and Creative Spaces and Cities (2018—2021) for grassroots participatory democracy in cultural policies.
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Forces of Art: Perspectives from a Changing World (2020)
Through essays and case studies from all over the world, this book explores the impact of art on civil society and social change.
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Imagine Philanthropy for Europe (2020)
In this paper, we invite you to imagine European philanthropy for a common future.
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Activities Report 2020
The work of the European Cultural Foundation is about creating exchange and experiences that foster a European sentiment.
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Financial Report 2020
The work of the European Cultural Foundation is about creating exchange and experiences that foster a European sentiment.
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Stories of Europe – 65 Years of the European Cultural Foundation (2019)
To celebrate our 65th birthday, we released Stories of Europe – a collection of essays and stories from our archive between 1954 and 2019.
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Lost in Media: Migrant Perspectives and the Public Sphere (2019)
Gathers critical responses to the representations of migrants in the media in Europe through nine essays by prominent writers, artists & journalists.
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Annual Report 2019
The work of the European Cultural Foundation is about creating exchange and experiences that foster a European sentiment.
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Displaced in the Media Recipe Book (2018)
This booklet gathers learnings from organisations working towards greater representation of refugees in the
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Annual Report 2018
The work of the European Cultural Foundation is about creating exchange and experiences that foster a European sentiment.
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Courageous Citizens. How Culture Contributes to Social Change
This book celebrates the capacity of individuals and small groups to contribute to social change through culture and art.
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The Art of Civil Action
This book asks how cultural and art initiatives can question and strengthen the civil domain.
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Action of the Commons: Communities of Practice Towards Social Change (2017)
Publication is the result of a special collaboration with our partners in our action-research network: Connected Action for the Commons.
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Connected Action of the Commons: Co-making the City Report (2017)
Publication is the result of a special collaboration with our partners in our action-research network: Connected Action for the Commons.
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Annual Report 2017
The work of the European Cultural Foundation is about creating exchange and experiences that foster a European sentiment.
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Connected Action of the Commons: Build the City (Magazine, 2016)
Publication is the result of a special collaboration with our partners in our action-research network: Connected Action for the Commons.
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Annual Report 2016
The work of the European Cultural Foundation is about creating exchange and experiences that foster a European sentiment.
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Connected Action for the Commons: Build the City (2015)
Publication is the result of a special collaboration with our partners in our action-research network: Connected Action for the Commons.
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Annual Report 2015
The work of the European Cultural Foundation is about creating exchange and experiences that foster a European sentiment.
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Annual Report 2014
The work of the European Cultural Foundation is about creating exchange and experiences that foster a European sentiment.
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The Dwarfing of Europe (2013)
In this publication we turn to our neighbours for an honest view of Europe from outside its borders.
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Annual Report 2013
The work of the European Cultural Foundation is about creating exchange and experiences that foster a European sentiment.
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Annual Report 2012
The work of the European Cultural Foundation is about creating exchange and experiences that foster a European sentiment.
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Annual Report 2011
The work of the European Cultural Foundation is about creating exchange and experiences that foster a European sentiment.
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Annual Report 2010
The work of the European Cultural Foundation is about creating exchange and experiences that foster a European sentiment.
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Annual Report 2009
The work of the European Cultural Foundation is about creating exchange and experiences that foster a European sentiment.
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Annual Report 2008
The work of the European Cultural Foundation is about creating exchange and experiences that foster a European sentiment.
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Annual Report 2007
The work of the European Cultural Foundation is about creating exchange and experiences that foster a European sentiment.
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Annual Report 2006
The work of the European Cultural Foundation is about creating exchange and experiences that foster a European sentiment.
Annual Report 2005
The work of the European Cultural Foundation is about creating exchange and experiences that foster a European sentiment.