Founded in 2005 as an informal network, ECCD brings together 11 national coalitions in a federation. Within the coalitions are professional cultural and creative organisations from cinema, audiovisual, performing arts, editing, music, visual arts and multimedia… These organisations cover all professions in the artistic and cultural sectors such as authors, producers, composers, editors, artists-interpreters, broadcasters…
ECCD work in Brussels to uphold the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the protection and the promotion of cultural diversity which the EU has ratified. To this end, ECCD supports and encourages EU cultural policies that are necessary to underpin the creative industries, creators and our diverse cultures to ensure that they thrive and prosper.
News and Positions
Public broadcasting: Swiss vote sends a powerful signal to Europe
On Sunday 8 March, Swiss citizens rejected by a very large majority (61,9 % of votes) a referendum aimed at weakening the funding of national public broadcasting service through a drastic reduction in the annual licence fee. The European Coalitions …
PRESS RELEASE: New ambition for cultural diversity and AI at UNESCO: the European Union must be the driving force
At the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity, Member States expressed almost unanimous support for the development of an additional protocol aimed …
ECCD Conference-Debate about the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO Convention photos and videos
The ECCD together with MEP Emma Rafowicz celebrated the 20th anniversary of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in the European …
PRESS RELEASE: European Coalitions call for urgent action to safeguard cultural diversity in the digital and AI age in the EU
At the conclusion of the debate organised by the European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) at the European Parliament on 19 November, held to mark the 20th anniversary of UNESCO’s …