The European Expert Network on Culture (EENC) new website will publish online activities and other relevant resources in the field of European cultural policy and cultural cooperation. The website aims to become a useful gateway to specialised information for all those interested in this field, including cultural professionals, academics and students.

The European Commission presented the new European Expert Network on Culture website (EENC). This group was set up in March of this year. This website is aimed to provide information about this initiative, its activities and other relevant resources in the field of European cultural policy and cultural cooperation. In particular, its objective is to become a useful gateway to specialised information for all those interested in this field, including cultural professionals, academics and students. Its contents are available in English, French and/or German.

The website contains a library of links to relevant resources, including specialised journals, reports, conferences and documentation centres, and a database of experts and organisations active in the fields of cultural policy and cultural cooperation in the EU, other European countries and elsewhere. Responsibles of the website stated that it will continue to be enlarged in the coming months and regularly updated thereafter.

Additionally, several papers addressing issues of interest to cultural policy development in the EU, including access to culture, the role of the cultural and creative industries in regional development, the impact of digitisation in the European cultural sector and in professional skills and the place of culture in civil society empowerment processes in countries outside the EU are included in the website.