The Austrian Cultural Council
- is a consortium of the associations representing the interests of art, cultural and media workers
- is a platform for shared cultural policy concerns and objectives
- represents common interests to politics, media and administration
- connects to European and global organizations and networks (e.g. European Council of Artists, UNESCO)
The Austrian Cultural Council
- opens, promotes and publishes debates on cultural, educational, media and social policies
- provides space for differentiated positions and content
- promotes a diversity of opinions and emancipatory participation in art, culture and media as a cultural policy principle
- takes an active part in the formation of cultural policy positions and strategy development
Demands of the Austrian Cultural Council
Politics and Reality
- Increase of the budget for contemporary art to 0,5% of the national budget
- Implementation of the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity and orientation of cultural policy actions to its contents
- More transparency and reliability in art/cultural and media funding and its administration
Existence and Survival
- No repayment demands from the Artists’ Social Security Fund
- Immediate measures for art, cultural and media producers
- Equal social rights for all, regardless of nationality
- Secure livelihood must not be predicated on wage labor – unconditional basic income for all
Equal Rights for All!
- Immediate annulment of the Settlement and Residence Law and the downgrading of the residence law status of artists and scholars – right of residence for everyone
- Reformulation of the funding regulations to include anti-discrimination criteria
- Proactive funding for marginalized or under-represented sections of society also from the budget for art, culture and media
Intellectual Property Rights, Commons and Copyright
- Respect and safeguarding of intellectual property rights and adequate compensation for the use of the rights of authors, introduction of at copyright contract law
- Immediate abolishment of the cessio legis that is contrary to EU guidelines and a reform of film copyright laws
- Support for current artistic work with revenues from the use of works in the public domain (“Mozart penny”)
- Assurance of free access to knowledge and information and guaranteed right to private copying
Media Culture
- Fulfillment of the cultural and educational mandate in the radio, TV and online offers of the public service broadcasting institution ORF
- Expansion of the financial support and infrastructure for a self-determined media culture
- Public funding for information and communication technologies for non-commercial use for art, culture and education
- Breakup of the media cartels and no further power for Komm-Austria (Austrian Communications Authority)
Demands are detailed on the websites of the member associations of the Austrian Cultural Council