International Conferences & Activities

Meeting organized in the context of the Co-Presidency of Finland and Åland of the Nordic Council of Ministers, during the Nordic Diversity Connections In Arts and Culture Seminar (6–8 October 2025).

Meeting organized in the context of celebrating 10 years Creative learning in Wales.

Focus: How can Arts Education contribute to Peace and Sustainability?

The main topic of this ACEnet meeting is the new UNESCO Framework for Culture and Arts Education, as adopted on the World Conference (Abu Dhabi, February 13th – 15th).

Discussion: roles of teachers and educators in arts and cultural education.

The main topic of this meeting is connected to the topic of the conference Arts and culture education and Democracy.

Context : Youth addendum to The Porto Santo Charter (Youth-action-culture towards cultural democracy 13-14 nov.)

Context: Youth Work, Culture & Education the European Trilogue-Conference on Cultural Youth Education

Topic: Lifelong learning: opportunities and challenges 

Topic: Key competence on cultural awareness and expression in curriculum development.

Context: The European Network Of Observatories In The Field Of Arts And Cultural Education – conference Global Learning in Postcolonial Times? New Perspectives on Arts and Culture.

Topic: Teacher-Artist Partnership as a Model of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for Supporting & Enhancing Arts Education – outcomes and implications when addressing this issue in arts education policy.

Topics:

• What is the situation for arts and cultural education (in and out of school) in your country in regards of the pandemic?
• Developments in digital cultural education. Strategies used to replace the ‘offline’ lessons with online.

The ACEnet meeting in Dortmund focused on sharing European perspectives on arts education, strengthening collaboration, and developing future actions to improve cultural learning, policy, and participation.

The ACEnet meeting in Kaunas focused on understanding national approaches to arts education—particularly Lithuania’s system—comparing European policies, and strengthening collaboration to improve monitoring, advocacy, and integration of arts education across countries.

Context: the conference The European Capital of Culture Forum on 23-24 May, 2019

Topic: Exploring arts education’s role in addressing societal challenges.

Context: European conference Sharing Arts & Heritage

Topic: Developing shared European approaches to monitoring and strengthening arts education through the Seoul Agenda.

Context: Conference: Culture and Creative Actions for Better Education 

Topic: Advancing collaboration around arts education policy, particularly through shared agendas, European cooperation, and alignment with the Seoul Agenda.

Context: Children Art & Culture + Sustainability conference

The ACEnet meeting in Estonia focused on sharing national approaches to arts and cultural education, developing tools to monitor progress through the Seoul Agenda, and strengthening cooperation between policy, research, and practice across Europe.

The ACEnet meeting in Cardiff focused on integrating creativity into education through policy and practice, with a strong emphasis on quality, evaluation, and the role of arts education in improving learning and inclusion.

The ACEnet meeting in Stockholm focused on strengthening the role of arts education in European policy through cross-sector collaboration, sharing national practices, and advancing the implementation of cultural awareness and expression in education.

The ACEnet meeting in Edinburgh focused on strengthening the network’s strategy, promoting youth voice in arts education, and enhancing collaboration across policy, research, and practice in Europe.

Context: Polylogue III: Improving the quality and outreach of arts and cultural education in Europe” conference

Context: Media and Learning conference.

Focus: Raising awareness of arts and cultural education.

The ACEnet meeting in Brussels focused on examining the impact of arts education on learning (via OECD research) and sharing concrete practices on artist–school collaboration and curriculum development.

The ACEnet meeting in Wildbad Kreuth focused on developing strategies to “provoke” political and societal awareness of arts education, building the network’s manifesto, and identifying priorities such as linking arts education to social, economic, and European policy agendas.

The ACEnet meeting in Ghent focused on identifying concrete strategies to raise the political relevance of arts education—especially through research evidence, storytelling, media engagement, and alignment with economic, social, and EU policy agendas.

The ACEnet meeting in Copenhagen focused on redefining the network’s role and strategy, particularly by strengthening links to EU and UNESCO agendas and developing practical methods (learning, sharing, provoking) to influence arts education policy.

The ACEnet meeting in Antwerp focused on deciding to relaunch and restructure the network, defining its goals, membership, and links to EU and UNESCO agendas in order to strengthen its relevance for arts education policy