Activities of Massimiliano SMERIGLIO related to 2022/2047(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the New European Agenda for Culture and the EU Strategy for International Cultural Relations (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the New European Agenda for Culture and the EU Strategy for International Cultural Relations
Amendments (63)
Amendment 6 #
— having regard to the report by the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) Working Group of Member States’ Experts of 22 September 2022 entitled “Stormy Times. Nature and Humans: Cultural Courage for Change”,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 a (new)
Citation 29 a (new)
— having regard to the Final Declaration approved by the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development - MONDIACULT 202216a, _________________ 16a https://www.unesco.org/sites/default/files/ medias/fichiers/2022/09/6.MONDIACUL T_EN_DRAFT%20FINAL%20DECLAR ATION_FINAL_1.pdf
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the UN Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs) fall short in explicitly addressing culture as a global public good and both a cross- cutting dimension of sustainable development and a goal itself, as made clear by global campaign such as the #Culture2030Goal;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage promoted culture and cultural heritage; whereas cultural heritage can act as a catalyst for a long- term sustainable economic recovery, sustainable tourism and regional development, enhancing the involvement of local communities;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI) represent at least 4.4 % of EU GDP and employ around 7.6 million people16 ; whereas over 90% of CCS companies are small- and medium- sized enterprises, and 33% of the workforce are self-employed 16a; whereas the cultural and creative sectors only recoup a minimal share of the economic value they generate, negatively impacting cultural and creative workers; _________________ 16a Ernst & Young, Rebuilding Europe: The cultural and creative economy before and after the COVID-19 crisis, January 2021.
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic on the European CCSI has been dramatic but has been uneven across sectowith a loss of 31% of its turnover and has exacerbated the challenges faced by the sectors, in particular the living and working conditions of artists and cultural workers;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas public support measures contributed to mitigating the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, varying widely between Member States, but did not always take into account the specific nature of employment schemes in the CCSI; whereas different legislative systems deepened the already existing inequalities between CCSI across the EU, hindering cultural diversity and cultural collaboration across Member States;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas in its Resolution on the cultural recovery of Europe, the Parliament called for an investment of 2% of the Recovery and Resilience Facility in the CCSI and reiterated the importance of appropriate investments in the EU cultural agenda; whereas only 16 Member States have included culture in their National Recovery and Resilience Plans and in most cases the investments and reforms are insufficient; whereas the 2% target has been met on average at the EU level, but the majority of Member States stays well under this figure;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Parliament, in its resolutions of 7 June 2007 and of 20 October 2021, called for the establishment of a European Status of the Artist as a common framework for working conditions and minimum standards common to all EU countries;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas arts and cultural activities have long been recognised to be beneficial to health and mental well-being, including mental health, and to individual and societal well-being, particularly in light of the aftermath of the pandemic; whereas the pandemic has revealed forcefully how invaluable culture is for the overall resilience of societies;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the arts and artistic disciplines are important components of education; whereas these components are not being sufficiently developed in national school curricula; whereas through the strengthening of STEAM, Member States can promote a culture of innovation and creativity from a young age with a long-term impact;
Amendment 72 #
H. whereas the EU’s Creative Europe, the EU's framework programme for the cultural and creative sectors is, playings a key role in promoting the arts, culture and audio- visual content and in supporting high- quality media; whereas most of the target outputs of the Council Work Plan for Culture 2019-2022 have been achieved through actions foreseen by the Programme;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas cultural relations are commonly defined3a as reciprocal, non- coercive, transnational interactions between two or more cultures, encompassing a range of activities that are conducted both by state and non-state actors; within the space of cultural and civil society; whereas the overall outcomes of cultural relations are greater connectivity, better mutual understanding, more and deeper relationships, mutually beneficial transactions and enhanced sustainable dialogue between states, peoples, non-state actors and cultures, building therefore more resilient societies; _________________ 3a British Council and Goethe Institut, Cultural Value - Cultural Relations in Societies in Transition: A Literature Review (2018), p. 7
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas digital technologies affect all aspects of cultural institutes’ worklife, including the work of artists, cultural workers, organisations and institutions, also posing challenges to fair remuneration, access to culture and diversity;
Amendment 84 #
Ka. whereas digitization also has a strong potential and has changed the way in which CCS create, produce and share content, boosting opportunities to grow and rethink how to increase and diversify cultural participation;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the overall satisfactory implementation of the new European agenda for culture and of the joint communication towards an EU strategy for international cultural relations; is delighted to notenonetheless, notes that the assessment of the implementation of the new European agenda for culture has highlighted shortcomings, mainly in terms of priorities; stresses that the two documents, despite haveing withstood the challenges posed by unforeseen crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, can be further improved to develop a single comprehensive strategic framework encompassing both the new European agenda for culture and the EU strategy for international cultural relations;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Acknowledges that the Council Work Plan for Culture represents an essential tool for steering Member States strategies in addressing the issues that are relevant for the CCSI in Europe; in this regard, in terms of priorities, the forthcoming Council Work Plan for Culture should focus on: 1. recovery and resilience of the CCSI by further strengthening their ability to respond to future shocks; 2. Culture and sustainability by featuring culture as a driver of sustainable development, well-being and social justice; 3. Status, working and social conditions of cultural and creative professionals.
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Highlights that the future Council Work Plan should increase cultural policy collaboration, mainly among Member States and should include frameworks of evaluation as an approach for monitoring implementation;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Points out that working methods foreseen by the Council Work Plan should be revised with a view to make them procedurally lighter and more effective and the setting up of targeted working groups should be considered;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Acknowledges that cultural Open Method of Coordination (OMC) lacks concrete and institutionalized follow-up mechanisms; recommends therefore the implementation of specific timelines and indicators that may allow follow-up actions or evaluation of Member States’ performance; calls to expand collaboration with non EU countries in OMC groups as it has proved beneficial;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Acknowledges that reports produced at OMC level have a limited direct influence on policymaking at national, regional and local level due to the lack of proper dissemination and connectivity between participating countries and national ministries; recommends therefore to produce reports with clear and concrete policy recommendations supported by a more evidence-based approach; furthermore, invites the Commission to disseminate information on the OMC findings widely at national and EU level in as many languages as possible, including digitally;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the strengthening ofRecalls that the next Council Work Plan for Culture represents an opportunity to advance towards a more comprehensive cultural policy at EU level; stresses that such an ambition requires commensurate funding; recalls that the cultural and creative sectors only recoup a minimal share of the economic value they generate and require new, alternative and stable sources of funding; therefore calls for a significant increase in funding for the Creative Europe 2021- 2027 programme which is still significantly underfunded to answer the needs of the cultural and creative sectors;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is deeply concerned that the Creative Europe programme is underfinanced, despite its budget increase in the current MFF, with the necessary frontloading of the budget to the years 2021 and 2022 causing dramatic funding shortages in the following years, potentially bringing further harm to the cultural and creative sectors that have only slowly started recovering, and thus having a long-lasting negative impact on our European cultural ecosystem and its role in international cultural relations;
Amendment 104 #
3. Notes with satisfaction that synergies between different EU policies and programmes are being developed; encourages the Commission to continue harnessing these synergiespromoted, notably through Creative Europe, Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, the New European Bauhaus (NEB) and others; encourages the Commission to continue harnessing these synergies, with a view to maximising their positive effects, both in terms of substance and availability of funding; particularly, welcomes the mainstreaming of cultural heritage into other positions and policies of the EU;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Insists that freedom of artistic expression must remain guaranteed for all creators; invites the Commission to integrate freedom of artistic expression as self-standing indicator of the respect of the rule of law in its annual reports; invites the Commission and the EEAS to explore concrete paths to uphold the freedom of artistic expression of artists at risk, especially as consequences of wars and geopolitical instability;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the setting up of the Voices of Culture Structured Dialogue (SD); encourages more frequent and systematic exchanges between the SD and the OMCacknowledges that the structured dialogue with civil society has facilitated trans-sectoral cooperation, networking and exchanges; highlights, however, the insufficient interactions between the OMC and the structured dialogue platforms and therefore encourages more frequent and systematic exchanges as well as broadened participation to include smaller Member States and all subsectors; recalls that national cultural organisations should be directly involved as much as possible in the work of the platforms;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In line with the Parliament resolution on the European Year of Cultural Heritage6a, asks the Commission and the Member States to review and update the European Framework for Action on Cultural Heritage in order to ensure the protection of cultural heritage in post-pandemic Europe; stresses that it is important to continue building on this legacy with the appropriate resources; _________________ 6a OJ C 456, 10.11.2021, p. 24–33
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Invites the Member States to fully apply the principle enshrined in Art. 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recognise the right to cultural, artistic and scientific life and related cultural rights as human rights for all; calls on the Member States to take all appropriate measures to eliminate any obstacle to the enjoyment of such rights, including but not limited to obstacles linked to socioeconomic characteristics, income, and physical accessibility, and to ensure the necessary conditions for everyone to engage freely in cultural activities;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to promote and invest in citizens’both active and passive participation of people in cultural and artistic activities, not only via communication and outreach campaigns, but also and predominantly via coherent, comprehensive policy measures and incentives, with a particular focus on sub- urban, rural and peripheral areas and marginalised socio-economic communities and disadvantaged and vulnerable groups; invites the Member States to integrate cultural participation objectives in policy-making beyond cultural policy;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to promote and invest in citizens’ participation in cultural and artistic activities; invites the Member States to integrate cultural participation objectives in policy-making beyond cultural policy and to adopt a cultural rights approach shifting away from a narrow focus on access to meaningful participation;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that data collection should be considered as a key cross-cutting priorities in the new Council Work Plan for Culture; in this regard regrets that the latest available data collected by Eurostat on cultural participation date back to 2015; given the drastic change that CCSI have undergone since then, notably due to theCOVID-19 pandemic as well as innovative technological developments, invites the Commission to set up a Eurostat survey on cultural participation and trends in the EU, collecting and analysing statistical data at different territorial scales (national, regional, etc.), with special attention to participation in sub-urban, rural and peripheral areas and within marginalised socio-economic communities and disadvantaged and vulnerable groups;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights the social and societal importance of the international mobility of cultural creators such as authors, performers and artists; calls upon the Commission and the Member States to strengthen their role in the EU’s international relations; reiterates in this context its repeated calls urging the Commission to establish a European Status of the Artist, ensuring fair contractual situations and working conditions for everyone working in the cultural and creative sectors, and increasing opportunities for international mobility;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Acknowledges the work undertaken by the Commission to harness the power of culture and cultural diversity for social cohesion and, well-being, participation and for strengthening democracy;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the inclusion of the most disadvantaged groups in cultural activities and initiativemarginalised and underrepresented groups in cultural activities and initiatives, with the ultimate objective of fostering a sense of belonging among all people, particularly young people, and encouraging them to feel more European via their participation in cultural activities fostering their knowledge of EU values; welcomes in this regard the launch of an independent study entitled “The importance of citizens’ participation in culture for civic engagement and democracy - policy lessons from international research”, and looks forward to its publication in November2022; encourages the Commission to share the results of the study and take the appropriate follow-up actions;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the fundamental importance of culture for the development of the individual’s identity and overall individual and societal well-being as well as in the education of children and young people;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Expresses concern about the common narrowing of school curricula, which tend to relegate arts and artistic disciplines in a more marginal position compared to other subjects; urges Member States to allocate the appropriate financial and human resources and incentives to arts and artistic disciplines as curricular as well as extra-curricular activities; urges the Commission to move beyond a “STEM approach” and fully adopt a “STEAM approach” (Sciences, Technologies, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) instead;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recallminds that cross-border mobility remains an essential component of artists’ and cultural workers’ careers; therefore, stresses the importance of mutual recognition of artistic competences and creative skills and qualifications to facilitate cross-border mobility of workers in the CCSIit; recalls that funding instruments supporting mobility should foster the work-life balance of artists and cultural professionals and stimulate as much as possible environmentally and socially sustainable mobility;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the establishment of the Culture Moves Europe mobility scheme for professionals in the CCSI; regrets, however, that administrative and financial obstacles to mobility still remain; underlines that this scheme will be able to deploy its full potential if supported by an adequate budget in the future and if able to reach a wider audience; regrets, however, that administrative and financial obstacles to mobility still exist and calls for this scheme to dismantle persisting structural barriers to artistic and cultural mobility;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen their efforts to provide quality information on mobility and exchange programmes for artists and other cultural professionals and practitioners, as well as material support to tackle all kinds of obstacles to mobility in the CCSI, including administrative, financial and linguistic obstacles, as well as obstacles linked to disability;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the professionalworkers in the CCSI, having been seriously hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, must benefit from a genuine European recovery, particularly given the fact that this atypical sector is composed mostly of individuals as well as micro and small sized organisations and companies, often depending on irregular income and lacking long-term financial predictability;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that the support from the Recovery and Resilience Facility should be used in particular to improve the working conditions of professionals in the CCSI; Welcomes the Commission’s support to Member States in ensuring fair remuneration and improving socio- economic conditions for artists and creators through general and sector- specific dialogues; underlines that, besides measures supporting the economic recovery of the CCSI, the support from the Recovery and Resilience Facility should be used in particular to improve the working conditions, training, up- and reskilling of professionals in the CCSI in order to keep up with the ongoing structural changes in these sectors;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reminds the Commission of Parliament’s repeated calls for a European Status of the Artist to be proposed and set out a common framework for working conditions and minimum standards common to all EU countries, in full respect of the responsibilities of the Member States and the EU with regards to labour market and cultural policy, in order to improve the socio-economic conditions of culture professionals in all Member States; looks forward to the publication of the OMC report, expected by mid-2023; calls for input from relevant CSOs, including social partners on matters related to social protection, to be taken in due account with a view to ensure appropriate follow-up on this matter;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes with regret that the procedures to apply for EU funding are often burdensome; calls on the Commission to further simplify these procedures, including those for the Creative Europe programme, are often still too burdensome and create unnecessarily obstacles for all potential beneficiaries, especially micro and small sized organisations in the CCSI, whose administrative capacities are limited, with regards to organisations both in Europe and in third countries; therefore calls on the Commission to further simplify these procedures to allow a wider pool and variety of organisations to have access to EU funding;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the recent setting-up of ‘cascade funding’; invites the Commission to further develop such schemes; as a means to better reach all beneficiaries, especially individuals and small- and medium-sized organisations; invites the Commission to further develop such schemes in all programmes of relevance to the CCSI; advises the Commission to consider, when setting up such schemes involving intermediary organisations, the issues of potential conflict of interest between the intermediary and the final recipients, the overhead costs for intermediaries in the logistics and administration of the grants, the criteria for selection and final evaluations of the grants;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the success of the European Capitals of Culture initiative with respect to the development of cities and regions across the EU and associated countries; stresses the need for increased and additional funding for the European Capitals of Culture (ECOC) as the COVID-19 pandemic followed by rising inflation have significantly worsened the framework conditions for the implementation of the ECOC;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Advises the Commission and the Member States to build on the recommendations of the OMC report on Sustainable Cultural Tourism to ensure the correct balance is achieved between safeguarding and conserving cultural heritage on the one hand and enhancing visitor access and facilities on the other; at the same time, urges the Member States to remain vigilant on the risks of mass tourism for cultural heritage as well as natural ecosystems;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Acknowledges the important contribution of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative; acknowledges the important contribution of the NEB initiative as a creative and inter and transdisciplinary initiative which brings together arts, design and architecture with a view to contributing to a more sustainable and inclusive living environment for all; recalls that this initiative should be based on innovation at all levels and the active participation and involvement of people and local communities; stresses that the new Council Work Plan for Culture should mirror the relevance of the NEB initiative, including its external dimension, with clear target outputs; calls again on the Commission to present a proposal as soon as possible to make the NEB a new stand- alone EU programme by the next MFF;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Recognises the potential of the New European Bauhaus initiative in contributing to the restoration of cities and their cultural heritage, in particular in the context of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the loss of heritage that has occurred;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights the vast contribution that the arts and culture make to raising awareness of environmental, climate and sustainability issues, andsustainability issues, as well as the climate emergency and to inspiring positive behavioural change;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Encourages the Commission, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Member States to design their cultural programmes in line with the principles of environmental sustainability and the fight against the climate crisis; , and assess the environmental impact of all EU-funded projects throughout their life cycle; recommends stakeholders and beneficiaries of EU funding to seek the most environmentally-friendly methods and approaches in the design, planning and implementation of their projects;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Welcomes the OMC report on “Strengthening Cultural Heritage Resilience for Climate Change – Where the European Green Deal meets Cultural Heritage” and encourages the Commission and Member States to actively follow up on the recommendations and avail of the good practice examples;
Amendment 262 #
23b. Points out that special attention should be given to sustainability issues during the restoration of cultural heritage and traditional buildings; emphasises the need for further exchanges of best practices between Member States as well as with third countries on innovative measures to improve the energy efficiency of existing buildings, while preserving their architectural interest or historic character;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers that culture makes a key contribution to fostering mutual understanding and restoring communication on the international stage in challenging global contexts; highlights the role of culture in crisis response, also in light of its impact on economic development and employment and in promoting social inclusion, especially of marginalised and underrepresented groups;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Points out the difference in terms of decision-making processes, programme design and implementation, and overall philosophy between ‘cultural relations’ and ‘cultural diplomacy’; underlines that both approaches can coexist and complement each other but that each ultimately serves a different purpose;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. UWelcomes the recommendations published by the Voices for Culture SD on ICR and invites the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to take these into due account when developing their ICR strategies; particularly, urges the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to apply a bottom- up, human rights, and a people-to-people approach when building their cultural relations with third countries outside the EU; , and to design and implement their ICR strategy and project programming taking into account the needs and demands of their partner countries and local communities, while treating them as equal partners; stresses that such strategies should answer to the needs and specific political and socio-economic situation of each partner country or region, rather than being the product of a ‘one size fits all’ approach;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29b. Praises the work done by the Member States’ cultural institutes and organisations and by the EUNIC Clusters in third countries; encourages further cooperation between them and the development of their network with local CSOs, with a particular attention to be given to smaller Member States and Member States with limited or no cultural visibility abroad, and to their cultural representation needs;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Welcomes the fact that several Commission and EEAS units are engaging in cross-cutting work on ICR; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to improve the coordination mechanisms between the entities concerned, including through the creation of more coherent and streamlined working methods, in order to maximise efficiency, avoid overlapping actions and ensure institutional memory;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Encourages the Member States and the EEAS to integrate coaching on cultural policies, ICR and cultural diplomacy in the training of all their diplomatic staff, in order to raise awareness amongst diplomats of ICR as a key, independent field within public diplomacy, and build the appropriate political and policy competences in the field of ICR and cultural diplomacy; looks forward to the results of the newly launched European Diplomatic Academy based on a European Parliament pilot project and to the publication in November of the feasibility study commissioned by the EEAS;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to advocate at the UN level for the inclusion of a self-standing goal for culture in the development agenda beyond 2030, as included in the final declaration of UNESCO’s MONDIACULT 2022, as well as to reaffirm the role of culture as a cross-cutting dimension of sustainable development;