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Advocacy – MONDIACULT 2025
AEC participated in MONDIACULT 2025 in Barcelona: advancing culture, cooperation, and new momentum for higher music education. This global forum provided a valuable opportunity to highlight the vital role of higher music education in shaping inclusive, sustainable, and culturally rich societies.
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Share the needs of your institution in the field of quality assurance!
We need your help to complete by 11th November a short survey prepared by our partner organisation MusiQuE - MusiQuE Quality Enhancement. Your input will enable MusiQuE to offer more tailored and relevant support and provide insights for AEC’s lobbying activities in this field.
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AEC Council Meeting
On 2 and 4 September, the AEC Council held its fall meeting to monitor AEC operations and discuss key developments. The outcomes of some of these discussions will feed a wider process with the membership, including a brainstorming session on events at the Salzburg Congress.
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A book review: “Music, Higher Education, and Society – Leading Change through Music’s Essential Goodness”
Stefan Gies, AEC former Executive Director and AEC Advisor, wrote a review of the book “Music, Higher Education, and Society - Leading Change through Music’s Essential Goodness” , which shows how leaders in higher music education can embrace strategic change as a positive opportunity and address contemporary challenges.
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Advocacy updates
Back to Brussels, back to work. After the summer break, EU politics return to Brussels - and with them the debate on Europe’s future.
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Advocacy updates – Summer
The main event of the summer was the European Commission’s publication of the long-awaited proposal for the EU’s next long-term budget for the period 2028–2033, the so-called Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).
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AEC Statement on the European Commission’s MFF 2028–2034 Proposal
The Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen (AEC) welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for the next MFF, particularly the decision to maintain the programmes Erasmus+, Horizon Europe, and Creative Europe.
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Advocacy – spotlight on artistic freedom
Artistic freedom and cultural diversity are essential principles for our society, and for AEC, they are important cornerstones in our work to advance higher music education.
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Where was AEC in May?
Springtime is the main season for annual meetings of many of AEC’s partner organisations, and Executive Director Finn Schumacker had a busy month attending and contributing to four events hosted by our closest partners.
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AEC welcomes Progress on Key Cultural and Educational Policy Issues
As spring unfolds and the days grow brighter, AEC is pleased to report encouraging developments on several important policy fronts. These include progress toward securing future funding for European cultural and educational support programmes, as well as growing recognition of the arts and humanities in shaping the future European education landscape.
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