Culture and business
Wanda Pazdan
29 Nov 2008
“Culture is all the dreams and labour tending towards forging humanity (…)” Denis de Rougemont
Business, not only the one from the cultural sector, through its actions contributes to the development of culture.
Below you will find some quotations from the Communication on a European agenda for culture in a globalizing world COM(2007) 242:
“Culture lies at the heart of human development and civilisation. Culture is what makes people hope and dream, by stimulating our senses and offering new ways of looking at reality. It is what brings people together, by stirring dialogue and arousing passions, in a way that unites rather than divides. Culture should be regarded as a set of distinctive spiritual and material traits that characterize a society and social group. It embraces literature and arts as well as ways of life, value systems, traditions and beliefs.(…)
(…)culture is an indispensable feature to achieve the EU’s strategic objectives of prosperity, solidarity and security(…)
(…)There is a strong link between the promotion of culture and creativity and EU (…)legislation(…)
(…)the Commission wishes to make 2009 a European Year of Creativity and Innovation(…)
(…)OBJECTIVES FOR A EUROPEAN AGENDA FOR CULTURE: …three interrelated(…)
– promotion of cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue;
-promotion of culture as a catalyst for creativity in the framework of the Lisbon Strategy for growth and jobs;
– promotion of culture as a vital element in the Union’s international relations.(…)
(…)”Intelligence is programmed for the creation of differences.” Francesco Alberoni
(…)Creativity is the basis for social and technological innovation, and therefore an important driver of growth, competitiveness and jobs(…)
(…)”Culture is not a luxury, but a necessity.” Gao Xingjian
(…)” end of quotations
Development of a Declaration of Culture by a given organizational unit in the spirit of sustainable development is important.