(Aufruf vom 30.1.2012) Kulturrat Österreich ruft zur Unterstützung der Kampagne WE ARE MORE auf!
Derzeit verhandeln nationale Regierungen und VertreterInnen der EU über den nächsten EU-Haushalt. Diese Entscheidungen werden in den nächsten zehn Jahren die Unterstützung für kulturelle Aktivitäten maßgeblich beeinflussen.
Culture Action Europe (CAE), europäische Plattform für Kunst und Kultur, in der auch der Kulturrat Österreich Mitglied ist, und European Culture Foundation (ECF) haben aus diesem Anlass die Kampagne WE ARE MORE gestartet – mit dem aktuellen Ziel, bis zum Treffen der europäischen MinisterInnen für Kunst und Kultur im Mai 2012 mindestens 100.000 Unterstützungen für das Manifest der europaweiten Kampagne für Kunst und Kultur – WE ARE MORE! zu sammeln.
Unterzeichnen können Sie das Manifest hier
Manifesto of the Europe-wide arts advocacy campaign ‘we are more’
We are many individuals that value and shape contemporary European cultures. We are more than many. We are more than producers and consumers. We are committed to cultural rights, education and active citizenship.
We believe that the strong tradition of public funding of the arts across Europe makes a difference to the diversity, accessibility and quality of the arts available to us all.
The arts, culture and the humanities engage and inspire us, and stimulate us to challenge the world we live in.Investing in the arts from kindergarten to old age builds societies that are creative, innovative, democratic and diverse. Let us re-imagine long-term public investment that contributes to human, social and environmental progress.
National governments and EU policymakers are currently taking decisions on the next EU budget that will influence the next ten years of support to cultural activities that benefit everyone who lives in Europe.
Help us collect 100.000 signatures before the 10th of May 2012 when the Culture Ministers of all EU Member States meet in Brussels – sign the manifesto now and check out the national targets for collecting signatures in your country!
Zum Manifest in einer Übersetzung auf deutsch
Weitere Informationen:
we are more – act for culture in Europe is a Europe-wide campaign for the arts and culture. It was launched in October 2010 and will run until 2013, when the EU decides about its next multiannual budget for the years 2014-2020.
The we are more campaign promotes culture, heritage and the arts, together with education, social cohesion and environmental sustainability, as key areas in which the EU has to make more bold investments if it wants to reach its growth objectives and Europe to remain a thriving democracy in the future.