Endorsement of informal agreement on European Year of Cultural Heritage in 2018

The European Parliament's plenary session adopted on 27 April 2017 the proposal relating to the establishment of a European Year of Culture Heritage in 2018.

MEPs secured funding of around €8 million for cultural projects aiming to protect and promote Europe’s shared cultural heritage.

The proposal was put forward by the European Commission in August 2016. The Parliament and the Council of the European Union reached an informal agreement on the framework of the European Year of Cultural Heritage in February 2017. The Council's committee of permanent representatives provisionally endorsed it a week later.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Celebrating European cultural heritage in 2018 [EPRS, April 2017] http://www.europeansources.info/record/celebrating-european-cultural-heritage-in-2018/

European Parliament: Press Release, 21.04.17: European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018: why it is important http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20170407STO70800/

EPRS: At a Glance, April 2018: Celebrating European cultural heritage in 2018 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_ATA%282017%29599440

European Commission: DG Communicate: IP/17/1111, 27.04.17: Commission welcomes European Parliament's backing for European Year of Cultural Heritage http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-1111_en.htm

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