European Cultural Convention

The network is made up of national information centres from each of the member states of the European Cultural Convention.

Kosovo is not a party to the European Cultural Convention of the Council of Europe.

The starting point of this convention, mentioned in the preamble, was the European Cultural Convention signed in 1954.

The Compendium allows users to compare policy issues in the majority of the 48 countries adhering to the European Cultural Convention.

It sponsored the European Cultural Convention of 1954 and a European Social Charter in 1961.

By 2010, 50 signatory states of the European Cultural Convention had joined the EHDs.

The European Cultural Convention is an international treaty opened for signature by the Council of Europe in Paris on 19 December 1954.

It places the revised Convention in the framework of activities of the Council of Europe concerning the cultural heritage since the European Cultural Convention came into force.

The Council of Europe, which is distinct from the European Union (EU), first formalised cultural cooperation policy in Europe with its European Cultural Convention.

The "cultural routes of the Council of Europe" are tools of the European cultural cooperation implemented by the Council of Europe with the "European cultural convention" in 1954.

Hence, Israel participates in the meetings of the Council of Europe's Steering Committees under the European Cultural Convention - such as the CDESR - as an observer.

The European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (revised) is "open for signature by the member States of the Council of Europe and the other States party to the European Cultural Convention.

European Heritage Days (EHD) is a joint action of the Council of Europe and the European Commission involving all 50 signatory states of the European Cultural Convention under the motto, Europe: a common heritage.

Although the Kyrgyz Republic ratified the Lisbon Recognition Convention in 2004, it is not a State party to the European Cultural Convention of the Council of Europe, and there is - as far as is known - no consideration of expanding the geographical scope of this Convention.