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Creative Europe Networks and BIPoC Representation: Bridging Gaps and Breaking Barriers — Study & Guide

How can the cultural sector be more welcoming and representative for BIPoC communities? And what role can Creative Europe networks, that bring together European cultural players and defend their interests in front of the European institutions, play in this endeavour? This study highlights the disparity between the cultural sector’s diverse self-awareness and the current reality, which exposes a glaring lack of BIPoC communities, both on stage and behind the scenes.

How can the cultural sector be more welcoming and representative for BIPoC communities? And what role can Creative Europe networks, that bring together European cultural players and defend their interests in front of the European institutions, play in this endeavour? This study highlights the disparity between the cultural sector’s diverse self-awareness and the current reality, which exposes a glaring lack of BIPoC communities, both on stage and behind the scenes.

Two versions of this work are available:

1. Creative Europe Networks and BIPoC Representation: Bridging Gaps and Breaking Barriers is an in depth-report that examines how Creative Europe networks can develop strategies to strengthen BIPoC representation in the European cultural sector. It is based on research carried out among networks, independent actors defending the representation of bipoc communities and the European institutions.

2. The shorter one entitled BIPoC Representation in Cultural Spaces: A Guide to Action provides a historical understanding of the lacking BIPoC representation in European culture, analyses key concepts such as diversity and representation, and explains how cultural players can take advantage of them to create more representative environments.