Founded in 2005 as an informal network, ECCD brings together 11 national coalitions in a federation. Within the coalitions are professional cultural and creative organisations from cinema, audiovisual, performing arts, editing, music, visual arts and multimedia… These organisations cover all professions in the artistic and cultural sectors such as authors, producers, composers, editors, artists-interpreters, broadcasters…
ECCD work in Brussels to uphold the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the protection and the promotion of cultural diversity which the EU has ratified. To this end, ECCD supports and encourages EU cultural policies that are necessary to underpin the creative industries, creators and our diverse cultures to ensure that they thrive and prosper.
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Meet our panellists – Conference-Debate at the European Parliament | Celebrating 20 years of the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity
Date and time: November 19, 18:00 Venue: Spinelli Room 3G2, European Parliament, Brussels Followed by a cocktail reception. REGISTER HERE Co-organised by ECCD and MEP Emma Rafowicz, the special conference-debate marks two decades since the adoption of the UNESCO Convention …
PRESS RELEASE: The European Coalitions salute the adoption of a resolution defending Cultural Diversity and the AVMS Directive
The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) strongly welcome and applaud European Parliament’s adoption of an important motion for resolution defending Europe’s cultural diversity and the Audiovisual Media Services Directive …
SAVE THE DATE: Conference-debate celebrating 20 years of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) and MEP Emma Rafowicz invite you to a conference–debate at the European Parliament to mark the 20th anniversary of the 2005 UNESCO Convention …
Press release: European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity regret the absence of culture in the EU State of the Union Adress
The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity regret the absence of any mention of “culture” in the 2025 State of the Union Address delivered by President Von der Leyen to the …