EUNIC - European Union National Institutes for Culture

Building trust and understanding between the peoples of Europe
and the rest of the world through culture
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We are 36 organisations responsible for cultural relations.

Our institutes come from all 28 EU member states.

Over 100 clusters in our global network deliver collaborative cultural relations projects.

Where we are

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Our story

We believe in sharing good practices, promoting cultural diversity and mutual understanding across cultures. In 2006 we established EUNIC to work together better.
We have become a partner of the European Commission and other European institutions in defining and implementing European cultural policy.
Over the past 10 years EUNIC has evolved into a global network. We deliver transnational collaborative projects through our 36 members and more than 100 clusters.
Our vision is to become the delivery, research and training partner of choice for cultural diplomacy and cultural relations at European and International level by 2025.
The EUNIC Global Office in Brussels supports our members in the design and delivery of collaborative work worldwide and advocates for European cultural relations.

Our work

The Crossroads for Culture project is aimed at strengthening EUNIC’s capacity to enable cultural players from all EU Member states to work transnationally, internationalise cultural and creative sectors and further enhance the European cultural relations sector.

This project is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme as part of its support to European networks. After a first selection in 2014, EUNIC was awarded a subsequent grant for the period of 2017 through 2021.

EUNIC Global is running a Cluster Development Programme to enhance the capacity of EUNIC members to work together by means of clusters. The programme consists of a series of regional meetings of EUNIC clusters and members operating in a region to develop a strategic approach to their work.

The programme is financed under EUNIC Crossroads for Culture - Enhancing EU Member States Transnational and International Cooperation project under the Creative Europe Programme.

Knowledge sharing workshops are hosted by EUNIC member organisations for professional exchange on operations and management. The serve the statutory purpose of EUNIC to share best practices and discuss issues of common interest.
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In the workshop, key senior staff members and sometimes external stakeholders meet to discuss on a variety of issues deemed relevant for the strengthening of the network and its members.
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Find out more about past topics for knowledge sharing workshops in the members section.

EUNIC clusters develop and implement collaborative cultural relations projects across the world. Activities are based on three-year strategies.

EUNIC clusters engage in partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders, from local cultural actors to national authorities to international players, and seek strategic partnership to EU Delegations or Representations in the host country.

See our projects page for more information.
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