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Replies to the public consultation on the Green Paper "Copyright in the Knowledge Economy" online
April 2009
The replies to the public consultation from November 2008 on the Green Paper "Copyright in the Knowledge Economy" have been published on the 
Circa website.
NEMO contributed to the public consultation calling on European cultural policy to make all efforts that European copyright legislation takes into account the interests of museums and other heritage institutions which make an important contribution to the accessibility of cultural information.
The European Cultural Forum in Brussels: Review
November 2009
The European Cultural Forum had the intention to make culture more visible and underline it's important contribution in every aspect of the European Union. From 28 - 30 September about 900 participants - among them NEMO - were invited to join the event in Brussels, to attend discussion groups and to present themselves, to network and to learn more about European iniviatives.
Click here for further information on the sessions and the programme....
EVE database is online
March 2009
EVE is a new tool available - from March 2009 - for project beneficiaries of the "Lifelong learning", "Culture", "Youth in Action" and "Citizenship" programmes, to have visibility on the European Union website. EVE is the electronic platform for the dissemination and exploitation of results of projects supported by programmes implemented by the Education and Culture Directorate-General (DG). It will acquire much information as the projects develop and the results are introduced by the project coordinators.
Selection results Strand 1.2.1 Cooperation Projects / Culture Programme
April 2009
The EACEA has published the results of the strand 1.2.1 Cooperation Projects in the Culture Programme. One of the projects selected for funding is "Colletions Mobility", which is actively supported by NEMO.
Further information about the project's aims
Download selection results
The Commission appoints Jan Truszczyński as Director-General for Education and Culture
October 2009
The European Commission has appointed Jan Truszczyński as Director-General of the Education and Culture DG. From spring 2010 he will be responsible for overall management of the Directorate-General and its staff of over 650 women and men. This is the first appointment at Director-General level of a national of an EU-12 member state.
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Have your say on EU financial rules
October 2009
As part of its second revision of the financial rules for EU-funded programmes, the European Commission today launched a public consultation inviting beneficiaries and managers of public funds to send in their views on how to make the rules for grants and contracts more effective for everyone. The open consultation is an opportunity for all interested parties to share their practical experience so the Commission can, among other things, improve access to grants and simplify its own handling of financial files. This is especially important as the EU begins to prepare the ground for a new generation of programmes in 2014.
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The Swedish EU Council Presidency website is online
June 2009
Sweden is getting set to take over the Presidency of the Council of the EU which means that from 1 July until the end of the year, Sweden will lead the work of the EU Council. The website se2009.eu is the Presidency's home on the internet.
Here it will be possible to follow, in detail, our common efforts to take the European agenda forward. The website will become the main communication tool for the Presidency and our aim is to make it a transparent, open and up-to-date website useful for EU citizens, media and, generally speaking, people interested in EU affairs.
For further information, please visit: www.se2009.eu
Civil Society Platform "Access to Culture": Final version of the “Policy guidelines” available
July 2009
NEMO has been involved in the work of the Civil Society Platform on “Access to Culture”, which was established and formed by the European Commission June 2008.
The platform has now concluded the work on the policy guidelines and will hand them over to the DG on Education & Culture. The guidelines will be presented at the European Cultural Forum in Brussels on 29 and 30 September in Brussels and will feed into the next Culture programme and policies of the EU.
Please have a look at the policy guidelines and two annexes, which will also be handed over to the Commission and which have special interest for the heritage sector. These are the recommendations from the work group on “education and learning” and the collected best practices.
Around 1st September a so-called tool kit with the policy guidelines and all work papers will be accessible through the homepage of the DG on Education & Culture.
European Capitals of Culture 2012 and 2013
July 2009
The EU Council has chosen the cities Guimarães/Portugal and Maribor/Slovenia to be the European Capitals of Culture in 2012. Marseille/France and Košice/Slovakia will follow as the European capitals of Culture in 2013.
New Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament
July 2009
After the European parliament elections in June 2009 the Committee on Culture and Education has been constituted.
Newly elected Chairwoman is the German Doris Pack. Helga Trüpel (Germany) has been re-elected to act as Vice-Chairwoman of the Committee, together with newly elected Timo Soini (Finland), Lothar Bisky (Germany) and Morten Løkkegaard (Denmark).
Further information about the Committee on Culture and Education of the EP.
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Study on culture and creativity newly released by the European Commission
August 2009
The study ‘The Impact of Culture on Creativity’, commissioned by the EC, is looking at the potential of arts and culture in the field of industrial and social innovation, as well as in the educational field. It therefore strengthens the concept of culture ibeing a catalyst of economic and social innovation for regions and cities in Europe.
Study "The Mobility of Works of Art in the EU" available
September 2009
The Policy Department "Structural and Cohesion Policies" has commissioned a note on "The Mobility of Works of Art in the EU" at the request of CULT. The overview, that has now been published, provides a panorama of the existing obstacles to the circulation of works of art in the EU, both for non-commercial purposes and as part of the art market. It focuses on the situation of private galleries. The authors explain how the EU influences the circulation of works of art via its legal framework and make some suggestions on how it could contribute to improving on the status quo.
Closure of Architecture Museum of Ljubljana (AML) in Ljubljana, Slovenia and Reorganisation of State Authority on Museums in Latvia
October 2009
Recently NEMO was informed about two alarming developments in the museum landscape of Latvia and Slovenia, which we would like to forward to your attention:
Latvia:
The State Authority on Museums in Latvia, which is responsible for the professional museum work in Latvia, will be re-organized with the beginning of the next year. Re-organization means in this case that the institution will be closed, and only few functions and few people will be incorporated in the Latvian Ministry of Culture. There are considerable doubts that the same results and the same quality of activities of the Latvian museums system will be ensured after the planned changes. Neither the State Authority on Museums nor museum professionals have been involved in planning the new structure of this museum system, which is probably the most alarming.
Slovenia:
After 37 years the Municipality of Ljubljana will dissolve the Architectural Museum of Ljubljana on 19th October 2009. The activities of AML will be merged with those of the International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC). This has no beneficial basis as the domain of graphic and visual arts is quite different from that of architecture and design and will blur the activities in the domain of design and architecture. There will be a reduction in the number of exhibitions, subsidies, sponsors, and staff of both institutions. There will also be a further threat to merge the two now separate biennials that the two institutions currently run (the Biennial of Industrial Design and the Biennial of Graphic Arts) into a single event, although the contents are incompatible and will consecutively ruin both events.
NEMO has published two letters of concern directed to the Ministry of Culture in Latvia and to the Municipality of Ljubljana, Slovenia, in order to raise its concerns over these developments and to stop the merger of the Architectural Museum of Ljubljana and International Centre of Graphic Arts on the one hand and on the other to keep the Latvian State Authority on Museums alive.
For further information read NEMO's letters of Concern to the Latvian Ministry of Culture and to the Municipality of Ljubljana, Slovenia...
NEWS! +++ The Ministry of Culture in Slovenia decided on 19 October 2009 that the Architectural Museum will become a state institution in the future and therewith ensured the museum's continuity. Read museum director's statement +++
Erasmus Prize for EUROPEANA
October 2009
At the Erasmus EuroMedia Awards 2009 ceremony at the City Hall in Vienna last Friday, 16 October 2009, Europeana.eu was awarded the Erasmus Award for Networking Europe. 230 applications resulted 62 nominations, from which the jury selected 3 Erasmus awards. The award is given by the European Society for Education and Communication. All 62 nominees were also awarded the Erasmus Seal of Approval for excellent quality and educational value.
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NEMO statement to the EC’s public consultation on the future “EC Innovation Policy”
November 2009
NEMO has contributed a statement from the European museum sector to the EC’s public consultation on the future “Community Innovation Policy” in preparation of a new European innovation plan.
NEMO advocates EU policy makers to recognise cultural heritage as a resource for creativity and innovation, and to ensure that the potential of culture to contribute to a creative and innovative Europe is fully tapped.
Download NEMO statement...
Elections to the NEMO board
November 2009
In the course of the NEMO meeting from 27 - 29 November in Linz/Austria, a new chair and executive board for NEMO was elected by the NEMO members. The executive board and the chair will represent and act for NEMO until the next elections on the annual meeting in September 2010.
Elizabeta Petrusa-Strukelj, board member of the Slovenian Museums Association, was confirmed in her function to act as NEMO's chairwoman. In addition to the executive members Anja-Tuulikki Huovinen, General Secretary of the Finnish Museums Association, Mark Taylor, Director of the Museums Association (UK), Frank Birkebak, Director of the Rokilde Museum in Denmark, and Margherita Sani, Representative of the Istituto Beni Culturali Regione Emilia-Romagna in Italy, two new members of the executive board were elected: Siebe Weide, Director of the Netherlands Museums Association, and Peter Assmann, President of the Austrian Museums Association, have agreed to join the executive board of NEMO from 2010.
Council conclusions on promoting a creative generation
November 2009
On 27 November 2009 the EDUCATION, YOUTH AND CULTURE Council meeting adopted the "Council conclusions on promoting a creative generation: developing the creativity and innovative capacity of children and young people through cultural expression and access to culture".
Download Conclusions....
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