Asociación cultural Baizara signed and supported ECF joint letter calling for a substantial increase in funding for the AgoraEU programme in the next long-term EU budget, where:
«We welcome the Commission’s proposal to establish AgoraEU as a unified framework bringing together support for culture, the audiovisual sector and media (currently under Creative Europe) with support for rule of law, fundamental rights and freedoms, democratic participation, and efforts to combat gender based violence and all forms of discrimination (currently under CERV). The proposed envelope marks a significant increase compared to previous programming periods and recognises culture, media freedom and democratic participation as core elements of Europe’s social and democratic infrastructure.«
As European organisations from the civil society, cultural and creative, audiovisual, media and news sectors, we must now encourage Member states to, in turn, support an increase of the AgoraEU programme in the next EU budget