Conclusions of the Ministers of Culture meeting within the Council of 18 May 1990 on future eligibility for the 'European City of Culture' and on a special European Cultural Month event
Date: 1990-05-18
Institutions: Representatives of the Governments of the Member States
Subjects: cultural cooperation, cultural event, cultural heritage, cultural identity, cultural organisation













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Conclusions of the Ministers of Culture meeting within the Council of 18 May 1990 on future eligibility for the 'European City of Culture' and on a special European Cultural Month event  


Official Journal C 162 , 03/07/1990 P. 0001 - 0001 





CONCLUSIONS OF THE MINISTERS OF CULTURE MEETING WITHIN THE  COUNCIL of 18 May 1990 on future eligibility for the 'European City of Culture` and on a special  European Cultural Month event (90/C  162/01) In regard to the 'European City of Culture`  resolution of 13 June 1985, the Ministers of Culture note that designations of cities have been  made for the years up to 1996 inclusive and that by then a first cycle of European Community Member  States will have been completed.  They agree that for the years after 1996 not only Member States of the Community but also other  European countries basing themselves on the principles of democracy, pluralism and the rule of law  should be able to nominate cities for the event. They will begin to make further designations from  1992 onwards.  They note with interest that the current European City of Culture, Glasgow, will call towards the  end of the year a meeting of organizers of the different Cities of Culture, with a view to pooling  experience. One conclusion which can already be drawn is that greater publicity should be given to  the event in the Member States other than the one in which it is taking place.  In view of the widespread interest in holding the event of European cities both inside and outside  the Community, the Ministers agree to create a further cultural event, which would be a special  European Cultural Month in one city (from a European country basing itself on the principles of  democracy, pluralism and the rule of law) each year, to be known as 'Europe in [name of city], 199   .  .` The Cultural Month event should be launched as quickly as possible and in the first instance  for an experimental period.  The special European Cultural Month  (1) would not affect the standing of the European City of  Culture event or the support given to it and would not exclude the city concerned from a possible  future designation as European City of Culture. Some linkage between the European City of Culture  and the special European Cultural Month of the same year could be made. The Committee on Cultural  Affairs should explore further the modalities of the special European Cultural Month, including the  contribution which the Council of Europe might make to the event.  They note the willingness of the Commission to be associated with the organization of this new  event.  A complementary method of bringing European cities outside the Community into a relationship with  the European City of Culture event (already effected or planned in some cases) would be for a  European City of Culture, on a voluntary basis, to make a special feature of such a city's culture  within its own programme.  The Presidency and the Commission should jointly explore the possibilities for the first years and  report to their next session on these.   (1)  The Cultural Month could, if appropriate, last for a slightly longer period  than one month.