The Austrian Cultural Council
- is a coalition of associations representing interests in art, culture and community broadcasting.
- is a platform for shared cultural policy concerns and objectives.
- represents common interests to politics, administration, media and the public.
- is a contact to politics, administration and media.
- is an interface to regional, European and global organizations and networks.
The Austrian Cultural Council
- …pools cultural-political concerns and takes a stance on issues with interdisciplinary relevance in the sector.
- …initiates, intervenes in and promotes cultural, educational, media and socio-political debates.
- …cooperates to generate knowledge and provide access to information.
- …networks with and advises decision-makers in cultural policy.
- …actively participates in the shaping of cultural policy opinion and strategy development.
- …works consistently, long-term and goal-oriented to improve general conditions of artistic and cultural work, especially the social and economic situation of artists and those working in the arts and the entire spectrum of cultural production.
- …advocates that diversity of opinion and emancipatory participation of everyone involved in the arts, culture and media become a principle of cultural policy.
Demands of the Austrian Cultural Council
Work and income
- Fair pay for work = fair pay as a principle in art, culture and community broadcasting
- Fair pay for the use of works = appropriate remuneration for utilizing rights of authors and performing artists
- Fair play as a principle in art, culture and community broadcasting
Social rights
- Further development of the Artists’ Social Insurance Fund (KSVF)
- Coverage during periods of unemployment
- Social security in all circumstances of life
Budget and funding policy
- Reliable funding of art and culture
- Comprehensive reform of the funding system for a contemporary funding policy
- Modernization of contract allocation policy = more efficiency, transparency and predictability
Media, education and social policy
- Strengthen public and community broadcasters
- Integrate art and culture in all facets of educational policy, expand structures for cultural education
- Structural inclusion of civil society
- Compliance with international commitments
- Establish art and culture as a cross-cutting issue
- Regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI)
Demands are detailed on the websites of the member associations of the Austrian Cultural Council and here
(Übersetzung: Ida Cerne)