EU Structured Dialogue in the field of culture policy: History and record of our involvement

  • In March 2007 the Platform became a partner in the European Commission’s steering group for the 2008 European Year for Intercultural Dialogue; several meetings of this group took place in 2007-8.
  • In May 2007, the European Commission published its unprecedented strategy document “A European Agenda for Culture” and referred to the Platform: "The Commission welcomes the progressive structuring already taking place with the emergence of some representative organisations as well as some cooperation structures such as a civil society platform on intercultural dialogue".
  • In February 2008, following the adoption of this Agenda by the EU Council of Culture ministers in November 2007, the European Commission announced that the Structured Dialogue between the EU and the cultural sector (one of the instruments proposed in the Agenda for Culture) would be organised around three thematic platforms – the Civil Society Platform for Intercultural Dialogue had served as the prototype and formally became one of the three (the other two concern ‘Access to Culture’ and ‘The Creative and Cultural Industries’.)
  • In response to doubts raised about the sustainability of the 3-platform scenario, the European Commission created an opening for “policy support structures” in the EU Culture Programme (for 2009-2013). The Platform for Intercultural Europe has thus applied and been selected for EU operational grants.

The Platform for Intercultural Europe has been contributing to the Structured Dialogue on Cultural Policy in the following fields:

  • EU Culture Forums – Read more
  • European Agenda for Culture process – Read more
  • Open Method of Coordination by the EU Council in the field of culture – Read more
  • EU Culture Programme consultation – Read more



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