In 2019, the first week of European Culture in Athens was organized by members of the EUNIC network, who presented a program with several events and commune actions on the matter of multiculturalism. In 2020, the second edition focuses on sustainability, on awareness-raising on the impact of human activity on the environment, on knowledge sharing and on good practices. The fundamental threads of this European week are climate change, dangers of sustainability and realistic commitments and solutions.
On Thursday, September 24, an online panel on "Culture and Sustainability, from theory to action" is held with guest speakers from PCAI and Locus Athens & Tavros. In this conversation, the participants are Eirini Komnimou, head of the European Union and Creative Europe Desk in Greece, Maria Thalia Karra, co-founder of Locus Athens & Tavros, partner in the Creative Europe project LA TABLE ET LE TERRITOIRE and Kika Kyriakakou, PCAI Artistic Director, partner in the Creative Europe programme STRONGER PERIPHERIES: A SOUTHERN COALITION.
Pre-registration through this link. (Deadline September 21)
MORE ABOUT EUNIC GREECE
EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture) is an association of European Union national or official cultural bodies who represent their countries’ cultural and, in many cases, educational relations with other countries. The primary aim of EUNIC Greece is to encourage existing European cultural institutes in Greece to work on joint programmes and projects with each other and with Greek partners – public and private. The main purpose of the association is to create effective partnerships and networks between the participating organisations, to improve and promote cultural diversity and understanding between European societies, and to strengthen international dialogue and co-operation within and outside Europe.
The EUNIC Athens cluster was established on 10 June 2008. Eighteen European cultural institutes based in Athens have signed an unofficial Memorandum of Understanding. The cluster includes
Embassy of the Czech Republic in Athens
Embassy of the Netherlands in Athens
Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Athens
Hellenic Foundation for Culture
Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Atene
The EUNIC Thessaloniki cluster was established on 5 July 2012 with the participation of five cultural institutes based in Thessaloniki.
British Council in Thessaloniki
Institut Français de Thessalonique
Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Salonicco
Associate Member:
Centro Cultural Hispano-Helleno de Salonica Federico Garcia Lorca
