Programmes – European Cultural Foundation

Cultural initiatives in wider Europe are supported through our programmes and projects. Ranging from initiatives by cultural venues in The European Pavilion, local libraries in The Europe Challenge, creatives in the iPortunus programme, to cultural organisations in and around Ukraine, 220 projects are supported in 2022.
Three thematic domains define our cultural programmes, that aim to inspire people and communities to EXPERIENCE Europe – IMAGINE Europe – SHARE Europe.

All our cultural programmes focus on Europe as deeply cultural community. They engage Europeans from many backgrounds to experience the common space they share. They stimulate citizens to imagine their futures freely and open-mindedly and support the co-creation of Europe as a shared public space for everybody.

Experience

Provides citizens and cultural professionals from different European countries (and beyond) with direct people-to-people contacts. All ECF work in this field grows a European sense of belonging and builds on long-term cultural and educational exchange of people and common practices.

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Imagine

Supports the development and presentation of fresh ideas that matter for envisioning Europe. Cultural and artistic initiatives that challenge the future of Europe are supported in Imagine programmes

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Highlights the importance of Europe as a shared public sphere in which people with different cultural and national backgrounds and views are connected, providing an alternative to looking at Europe only through national lenses. The Initiative for a European Public Space (IEPS) is developed with partners and promotes the development of inclusive and democratic European media platforms, networks and digital infrastructure.

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