On Friday, 15 March, the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) shared a publication highlighting the European Union’s initiatives and collaborations that aim to mitigate the impact of the conflict on the creative and cultural sectors in Ukraine.
This document—the result of a collaboration between the EACEA, the European Commission, the European External Action Service (EEAS), and the EU delegation in Kyiv—aims to demonstrate the importance of culture as a vehicle for resilience and reconstruction.
Initiatives such as ZMINA: Rebuilding, Culture Helps, U-RE-HERIT, and House of Europe, which have significant budgets, illustrate this effort. For example, ZMINA has €1.996 million to support at least 40 Ukrainian art projects, while House of Europe has €17.21 million. These projects aim to not only preserve cultural heritage but also facilitate the social integration of people displaced by the conflict.
EU4CULTURE—an initiative with a budget of €7.85 million—stimulates economic and social development through culture.
Furthermore, Perform Europe allocates 5% of its budget to projects involving Ukrainian partners—weaving Ukrainian culture into the fabric of European culture. Ukraine’s contribution to European culture is also recognised through prizes and awards.
The publication: https://aeur.eu/f/bd0 (Original version in French by Nithya Paquiry)