Terugblik Europees seminar
Op 3 mei 2024 vond in de Koninklijke Academie voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen te Brussel een SARC seminar plaats over twee bijzondere maatschappelijke uitdagingen waar de CJSM velden zich toe moeten verhouden, met name klimaat en inclusie.
Dit seminar kadert in de internationale oriëntatie en de thematische agendasetting waar we als SARC nu en in de toekomst verder op inzetten. Voor beide uitdagingen nodigden we twee experten uit die de problematiek kaderden in een Europees en globaal perspectief. Het seminar opende met een keynote van Dr. Kirsten Dunlop, CEO van de EIT Climate-KIC en lid van de European Commission’s Expert Group on the Economic and Social Impact of Research and Innovation (ESIR). Zij belichtte how the Culture and Creative Sectors can drive the Green Transition. Voor het tweede gedeelte vroegen we Prof. dr. Susanne Janssen van de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam en coordinator van het Europees Horizon research project INVENT, ons de resultaten toe te lichten van het onderzoeksluik “European Inventory of Societal Values of Culture as a Basis for Inclusive Cultural Policies in the Globalizing World”.
Na beide presentaties reflecteerden panels over de bijdragen en was er ruimte voor interactie met het publiek.
English summary of the seminar
European Seminar on the Future Challenges for Cultural, Youth, Sport and Media Policies
Brussels - 3 May 2024
On the occasion of Belgium’s EU presidency (January 2024-June 2024), we want to personally invite you to contribute to a specialist seminar focusing on the future challenges for Cultural, Youth, Sport & Media policies from a European perspective.
Culture, Youth, Sport & Media are facing huge challenges at various policy levels in a volatile, uncertain and rapidly changing world and we, the strategic advisory body for the policy domains of Culture, Youth, Sport and Media of the Government of Flanders (SARC), want to facilitate a rich discussion and debate exploring these challenges from a European perspective in order to develop proactive policies that are relevant across the different member countries/regions.
In order to fulfil this aim we have divided our seminar into two parts. The seminar will open with a keynote from Dr. Kirsten Dunlop, CEO of the EIT Climate-KIC and member of the European Commission’s Expert Group on the Economic and Social Impact of Research and Innovation (ESIR) on how the Culture and Creative Sectors can drive the Green Transition. Dr. Kirsten Dunlop was also the topic expert at the Voices of Culture meeting on this subject matter. You can read the Voices of Culture report on "Culture & Creative Sectors & Industries driving Green Transition and facing the Energy Crisis" here.
In the second part of our seminar, we have asked Prof. dr. Susanne Janssen from Erasmus University Rotterdam and coordinator of the European Horizon research project INVENT, “European Inventory of Societal Values of Culture as a Basis for Inclusive Cultural Policies in the Globalizing World” to give a presentation on the results of the above research project.
Susanne will share data collected over a three year period from 14,000 respondents in nine European countries (the Netherlands, Spain, France, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Switzerland, Croatia, and Serbia) about Europeans’ engagement with culture in relation to societal megatrends of digitalisation, globalisation, Europeanisation, migration, and rising inequalities. She will highlight some key findings obtained from this rich empirical material, which have also implications for cultural policy research and practice. We also would like to know what your thoughts are on how to realize a much-needed “social turn” in cultural policy making.
A panel will reflect on both imputs from our presenters and then invite the audience to contribute.
Based on your expertise and experience, we believe you can make a valuable contribution to this seminar.