Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe

The Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends is a web-based and permanently updated data base of national cultural policies and related development of all European countries (http://www.culturalpolicies.net). Compendium cultural policy country profiles are mainly drawn up and updated by independent cultural policy experts (i.e. 'expert authors'), in consultation with respective ministries.

The Compendium seeks to generate and review policy standards in areas of concern to governments and society, by providing data, information, knowledge, comparative and trend analyses, expertise, advice and case studies. The country profiles provide information on the historical development, present structure, legal framework, financial aspects and ongoing debates in cultural policies and trends. New indicators are constantly introduced to regularly monitor policy developments in Europe.

This transnational project was initiated in 1998 by the Council of Europe's (CoE) Steering Committee for Culture. On the 1st of April 2018, the Compendium of Cultural Policies & Trends transitioned into a multi-stakeholder Association. Since 2021 the Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft e.V. (Bonn, Germany) is the new Coordinator of the  Compendium of Cultural Policies & Trends and therefore responsible for the daily management of the project.

With Latvia as a member state, it is represented in the Association by the Latvian Academy of Culture with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia. The unique character of the Compendium system that comprises both NGO's and government bodies as members, ensures the independence of the community of expert authors in its statutes. Since 2021, the Chair of the Board is Baiba Tjarve (Latvian Academy of Culture).

For more information:

Baiba Tjarve: baiba.tjarve@lka.edu.lv