EU INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL RELATIONS: A STRATEGIC APPROACH

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1 HIGH LEVEL POLICY WORKSHOP EU INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL RELATIONS: A STRATEGIC APPROACH Convenors: Anna Triandafyllidou European University Institute and Tamás Szűcs European University Institute and European Commission Conference Room Villa La Fonte, Via delle Fontanelle, 18 - San Domenico di Fiesole MAY 2017 INTRODUCTION Despite positive signs of economic recovery in the last few years, Europe is still in crisis: turmoil in the Middle East, international terrorism, both refugee and economic migration pressures in the Mediterranean, the Brexit negotiation as well as rising populism mark this second decade of the new millennium. Policy makers, stakeholders and civil society have been arguing for quite some time that answers to be found do not lie simply in more economic growth or lower unemployment rates. Culture has an important role to play both internally and externally, helping improve social cohesion and strengthening the EU s role in the world. There has been a drive to bring cultural diplomacy to the forefront of European foreign policy for almost two decades. The European External Action Service and the European Commission issued a Joint Communication on 8 June 2016 entitled Towards an EU strategy for international cultural relations which sets out a three pronged approach: supporting culture as an engine for sustainable social and economic development; promoting culture and intercultural dialogue for peaceful intercommunity relations; and reinforcing cooperation on cultural heritage. The Council of Ministers has already welcomed this proposal and Culture Ministers are planning to adopt their formal Conclusions on 23 May The s report is expected for July, the European Economic and Social Committee s Opinion for June, while the European Committee of the Regions already adopted its own in February Therefore the workshop comes at an opportune time to review progress and to plan ahead. This Policy Workshop develops in three panels, ending with a roundtable on how to implement the nascent strategy. After the keynote speech, the first panel discusses the role of culture in promoting socio-economic development in third countries. More specifically, we examine the role of cultural and creative industries as a motor for growth through the EU s foreign and development policies. Session 2 looks at the role of cultural and religious diversity in international cultural relations and in

2 connecting intra EU diversity with EU foreign policy. More specifically contributions to that panel examine how cultural diversity is incorporated in European cultural heritage, the migration heritage of Europe, and the role of migrants as pivotal actors in international cultural relations. Session 3 focuses on the role of culture in EU diplomacy and critically analyses how we can envisage a multipolar world not only in economics or geopolitics but also in cultural relations. PROGRAMME 18 MAY Welcome and Introduction Anna Triandafyllidou European University Institute and Vincenzo Grassi Secretary General of the European University Institute Keynote Lecture Ilaria Borletti Buitoni Undersecretary of State of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism in Italy SESSION 1 - CREATIVE ECONOMY, CULTURAL DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Chair: Philippe Kern MD KEA European Affairs How Creative Industries Contribute to the EU s Development Policy Aida Liha Matejicek European Commission Maximising the Soft Power of Culture for Diplomacy and Development Matteo Rosati UNESCO Contradictions of Economy and Culture Philip Schlesinger University of Glasgow Coffee Break SESSION 2 - CULTURAL DIPLOMACY, MIGRATION AND HERITAGE Chair : Ayhan Kaya Integration of Migrants through Culture and International Cultural Relations Giuliana De Francesco Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism in Italy Managing Religious Diversity: European Challenges and Asian Approaches Anna Triandafyllidou European University Institute Identity, Diversity and Heritage Politics in Europe Tuuli Lähdesmäki Jyvaskyla University

3 19 MAY SESSION 3 THE CULTURAL DIMENSION TO EU PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY Chair: Tamás Szűcs European University Institute and European Commission Coffee Break Adapting to a Truly Multipolar World, Not Only in Governance But Also in Culture Yudhishthir Raj Isar The American University of Paris and Aga Khan Trust for Culture EU Foreign Policy and Cultural Relations in Times of Crisis Mai a K. Davis Cross ARENA Center and Northeastern University The EU Strategy for International Cultural Relations Where Do We Stand? Silvia Costa ROUNDTABLE TIME TO ACT. CULTURAL DIPLOMACY: A NASCENT STRATEGY This roundtable discusses what is novel in the EU cultural diplomacy approach. How is the EEAS changing the dynamics as a new type of actor? What is the role of EU Delegations and Cultural Institutes across the world in this respect? What type of activities are being promoted and with what results? Is it new wine or just new bottles? Can we identify good practices that would help avoid past mistakes? What is the added value of a macro-regional approach? Chair: Anna Triandafyllidou European University Institute Silke Pillinger EUNIC and British Council Diego Marani European External Action Service Walter Zampieri European Commission Luigi Narbone European University Institute Discussant: Tamás Szűcs European University Institute and European Commission Light Lunch and Departure of Participants PARTICIPANTS Fabrizia Bemer Simona Bodo Chiara Bonaiuti Angiolo Boncompagni Ilaria Borletti Buitoni Andrea Bosco Cristina Capineri Jasper Chalcraft Judiciary Police - International Division - Judicial Cooperation Fondazione ISMU Ires Toscana Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism in Italy University of Florence University of Siena University of Sussex

4 Silvia Costa Mai'a K. Davis Cross Jozefien De Bock Giuliana De Francesco Nick Dines Izzeddin Elzir Francesca Fiorentini Vincenzo Grassi Vittorio Iervese Yudhishthir Raj Isar Bianca Kaiser-Kaya Ayhan Kaya Philippe Kern Sebastian Körber Tuuli Lähdesmäki Alessandro Giovanni Lamonica Patrizia Lattarulo Maria Pilar Lebole Cristina Loglio Isabelle Mallez Diego Marani Aida Liha Matejicek Ulrike H. Meinhof Maria Grazia Melchionni Eleonora Milazzo Jérémie Molho Alessandro Monti Luigi Narbone Sana Ouchtati Luisa Passerini Melissa Pignatelli Silke Pillinger Ilaria Poggiolini Alexandra Ricard-Guay Matteo Rosati Philip Schlesinger Francesca Scrinzi Tamás Szűcs Roberta Talarico Anna Triandafyllidou Frances Tsakonas Ana Filipa Vrdoljak ARENA Center and and Northeastern University Ghent University Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism in Italy Roma 3 University Unione delle Comunità Islamiche d Italia University of Trieste European University Institute Univiersity of Modena and Festival dei Popoli Florence The American University of Paris and Aga Khan Trust for Culture MD KEA European Affairs Ifa Jyvaskyla University Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Irpet Osservatorio Mestieri d'arte Institut français de Florence European External Action Service European Commission Southampton University La Sapienza University University of Florence More Europe LaRivistaCulturale.com EUNIC and British Council University of Pavia UNESCO University of Glasgow and European Commission Culturally.eu Rite Education

5 Walter Zampieri European Commission