Culture Action Europe (CAE) has commissioned this report primarily as a mirror for ourselves, our members and our sectors: how are we seen by others, e.g. policy makers, and how do we see ourselves? The State of Culture is thus a conversation starter that challenges and provokes our ecosystem to address some critical questions central to shaping our collective advocacy in the years to come. This conversation throughout our ecosystem, with our members and their constituencies, requires designing tailored approaches, formats and questions to their various missions. At CAE we will offer a central online and live platform to bring voices
together.Culture Action Europe hopes that this facilitated conversation will give the sectors more clarity on how to effectively advocate within today’s political landscape and help to collectively imagine a new paradigm of action for the cultural ecosystem in Europe and beyond.