Culture and Business Operations in Europe
When the European Union was formed the main agenda in doing such unionizing was to advance cultural and economical efforts within the region. The problem before Eu was different laws and methods in various countries. It is said that Culture brings people together which in the case of EU is true. When Opening travelling and business operations in the region the interaction of people and personalities and cultures are inevitable. Also the effect is in studying and building relationships beyond countries and borders. When people interact and create relationships of course race and cultures mix. In the future, im hoping, there would excist only one culture : The EU culture. Of course when different cultures mix different ways of operating and living collide. For these kind of collisions the Eu´s inner institutions try to create a mutual lining of rules and directives. As an example, recent European Capitals of Culture have successfully invested in culture to create jobs, heal their social fabric and transform their image.
The Eu also funds cultural progression. The coalition develops many different funds in progressing cultural mixing in the region. For Example, In the period of 2007-2013 the Eu has invested over 6 billion euros in financing cultural actions. The funds are called EU Cohesion Policy funds and Culture and Structural Funds.
The Future of EU Culture
Over the period 2014-2020, the Cohesion Policy Funds will also provide culture with many funding opportunities. These Funds could for example be used to speed up and encourage entrepreneurship within the cultural and creative sectors, to develop creative clusters or creative players, to support the digitisation of cultural content or to promote cultural heritage as all these activities can be a lever of development for regions and cities.
The challenge is to further integrate the cultural and creative sectors into regional and local development