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Previous EESC opinions on related matters and key documents from other institutions and think tanks to which the content of this opinion refers

EESC

Creative Europe Programme — Funding for Culture

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the Creative Europe Programme

COM(2011) 785 final — 2011/0370 (COD) (1) (covering the period 2014-2020)

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Creative Europe programme (2021 to 2027) and repealing Regulation(EU) No 1295/2013

COM(2018) 366 final (2) (covering the period 2021-2027)

Culture for Europe

EESC plenary debate «rEUnaissance — A cultural vision for Europe», organised during the EESC presidency 2018-2020 (3) (October 2019)

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — New European Bauhaus: Beautiful, Sustainable, Together

COM(2021) 573 final (4) (February 2022)

International cultural relations

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Joint Communication of the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to the European Parliament and the Council: Towards an EU strategy for international cultural relations (JOIN(2016) 29 final) (5)

Own-initiative opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Cultural diplomacy as a vector of EU external relations — new partnerships and role of CSOs  (6) (October 2022).

Territorial dimension of culture

EESC study Culture, Cities and Identity  (7) (2016)

Working conditions and social protection for artists and cultural workers

Own-initiative opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Imbalances in social protection in general and specifically for the «new forms of work» and «atypical workers» (October 2024) (8)

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Access to social protection for the self-employed — analysis, limitations and scope for improvement (exploratory opinion requested by the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU)(March 2025) (9)

Democracy shield

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee — The European Democracy Shield (exploratory opinion requested by the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU) — Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the European Democracy Shield (COM (2025) 45 final) (September 2025) (10)

Other

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — A Culture Compass for Europe COM(2025)785 final (11)

Commission Staff Working Document: Summary of Consultation Activities. Accompanying the document «communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of The Regions — A Culture Compass for Europe» (SWD(2025)785 final) (12)

Report on copyright and generative artificial intelligence — opportunities and challenges (2025/2058(INI)), Committee on Legal Affairs (rapporteur: Axel Voss), adopted on 10.3.2026  (13)

European Court of Auditors — Special report 08/2020: EU investments in cultural sites: topic that deserves more focus and coordination (14)

P9_TA(2023)0405 — EU framework for the social and professional situation of artists and workers in the cultural and creative sectors — European Parliament resolution of 21 November 2023 with recommendations to the Commission on an EU framework for the social and professional situation of artists and workers in the cultural and creative sectors (2023/2051(INL)) (15)

Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council Towards an EU strategy for international cultural relations (JOIN(2016) 29 final) (16)

Report of the OMC (Open Method of Coordination) group of EU Member States’ experts on The status and working conditions of artists and cultural and creative professionals  (17) (2023)

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions The 2024 Annual Single Market and Competitiveness Report COM/2024/77 final (18)

Eurostat (2023) Cultural statistics — Government expenditure on recreation, culture and religion (19)

Eurostat (2023) Government expenditure on cultural, broadcasting and publishing services (20)

Eurostat (2025). Culture statistics — cultural employment (21)

Eurostat. Cultural statistics — cultural enterprises (22)

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regulations (EC) No 300/2008, (EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2019/2144 and Directives 2014/90/EU, (EU) 2016/797 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Artificial Intelligence Act) (Text with EEA relevance) (23)

Joint communication on the Pact for the Mediterranean (2025) (24)

United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), «Report on Tourism and Culture Synergies» (2018) (25)

UNESCO, Re|shaping policies for creativity: we share, we act, we build, 2026 (26)

Council Recommendation of 8 November 2019 on access to social protection for workers and the self-employed 2019/C 387/01 (27)

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(1)   ΕΕ C 181 της 21.6.2012, σ. 35.

(2)  EESC opinion on Creative Europe .

(3)   EESC Plenary, rEUnaissance — A cultural vision for Europe, 31 October 2019.

(4)   ΕΕ C 275 της 18.7.2022, σ. 73.

(5)   ΕΕ C 288 της 31.8.2017, σ. 120.

(6)   ΕΕ C 75 της 28.2.2023, σ. 122.

(7)   European Economic and Social Committee study Culture, cities and identity in Europe, 2016.

(8)   https://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions-information-reports/opinions/imbalances-social-protection-general-and-specifically-new-forms-work-and-atypical-workers.

(9)   https://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions-information-reports/opinions/access-social-welfare-self-employed-analysis-limitations-and-scope-improvement.

(10)   EE C, C/2026/25, 16.1.2026, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/25/oj.

(11)   https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52025DC0785&utm.

(12)   https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:52025SC0785&utm.

(13)   https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-10-2026-0019_EN.html.

(14)   https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/publications/SR20_08.

(15)   https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/ALL/?uri=CELEX:52023IP0405&utm.

(16)   JOIN/2016/029 final.

(17)   https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/01fafa79-1a13-11ee-806b-01aa75ed71a1/language-en.

(18)   https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2024:77:FIN.

(19)   https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Government_expenditure_on_recreation,_culture_and_religion.

(20)   https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Government_expenditure_on_cultural,_broadcasting_and_publishing_services.

(21)  Στατιστικές στον πολιτιστικό τομέα — απασχόληση στον πολιτιστικό τομέα — Επεξήγηση στατιστικών στοιχείων — Eurostat.

(22)   Culture statistics — cultural enterprises — Statistics Explained — Eurostat.

(23)  Κανονισμός (ΕΕ) 2024/1689 του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου και του Συμβουλίου, της 13ης Ιουνίου 2024, για τη θέσπιση εναρμονισμένων κανόνων σχετικά με την τεχνητή νοημοσύνη και την τροποποίηση των κανονισμών (ΕΚ) αριθ. 300/2008, (ΕΕ) αριθ. 167/2013, (ΕΕ) αριθ. 168/2013, (ΕΕ) 2018/858, (ΕΕ) 2018/1139 και (ΕΕ) 2019/2144 και των οδηγιών 2014/90/ΕΕ, (ΕΕ) 2016/797 και (ΕΕ) 2020/1828 (κανονισμός για την τεχνητή νοημοσύνη) (EE L, 2024/1689, 12.7.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj).

(24)   Joint communication on the Pact for the Mediterranean — Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf.

(25)   Tourism and Culture Synergies| World Tourism Organization.

(26)   https://doi.org/10.58337/DQDA4649.

(27)   EUR-Lex — 32019H1115(01) — EN — EUR-Lex.

ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ II

ΚΑΤΑΛΟΓΟΣ ΕΚΠΡΟΣΩΠΩΝ ΟΜΑΔΩΝ ΣΥΜΦΕΡΟΝΤΩΝ ΠΟΥ ΚΑΤΕΘΕΣΑΝ ΤΙΣ ΑΠΟΨΕΙΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΣΤΟΝ ΕΙΣΗΓΗΤΗ

Ο κατωτέρω κατάλογος καταρτίζεται υπό την ευθύνη του εισηγητή. Ο εισηγητής έχει λάβει τις παρατηρήσεις των ακόλουθων εκπροσώπων ομάδων συμφερόντων κατά την προετοιμασία της γνωμοδότησης:

Organisations

European Commission Directorate-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (EAC)

European Commissioner for intergenerational fairness, youth, culture and sport

Member of the European Parliament

Member of the Committee of the Regions

Δημόσια ακρόαση, 12 Φεβρουαρίου 2026

Organisations

European Commission Directorate-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (EAC)

UNESCO Liaison Office in Brussels

Culture Action Europe

Europa Nostra

Freemuse

Eurocities

Pearle Live Performance Europe

UNI-MEI (Media, entertainment and arts), UNI Global Union

Authors Rights Initiative, Germany

Arts for health, Austria

European confederation of industrial and service cooperatives (CECOP)