Intercultural Dialogue Forum

Tamás HegedűsMember of the Hungarian National Assembly

Chairman of the Hungary-Turkey Friendship Group

25. September 2012.

Table of ContentI. An Overview of the EU’s Cultural Legislation

II. The Legal Background of Turkey’s Accession Process

III. Cultural Cooperation with Non-EU Member States

IV. Culture Program 2007-2013

V. European Capital of Culture - Pécs and Istanbul in 2010

VI. Summary

„Bir millet savaş alanlarında ne kadar zafer elde ederse etsin, o zaferin sürekli sonuçlar vermesi

ancak kültür ordusu ile mümkündür. "

„It does not matter how many victories a nation has on the battlefield,

continuous victory is only possible by an army of culture.”

(Mustafa Kemal Atatürk)

„Biz uygarlıktan, bilim ve fenden güç alıyoruz ve ona göre yürüyoruz.”

„Civilization and sciencies are a source of strenght for us by which we progress forward.”

(Mustafa Kemal Atatürk)

„If I could start again, I would start with culture.”

(Jean Monnet)

I. The Overview of EU’s Cultural Legislation

1. Treaty of Rome (1957) Article 151.

2. Treaty of Maastricht (1991) Article 128.

3. Treaty of Lisbon (2007) Article 167.

Defines the role of the EU on cultural field and sets out four

objectives:1. Contributing to the flowering of Member States’ culture2. Encouraging contemporary cultural creation3. Taking the cultural dimension into account in all Community

policies4. Encouraging cooperation

I. The Overview of EU’s Cultural Legislation

Not supranational

National sovereignty

EU as an inscentive

Importance during the accession process

Copenhagen Criteria

II. The Legal Background of Turkey’s Accession Process 1959. Applies for associate membership of the European Economic Community 1963. Ankara Agreement 1987. Applies for membership of the European Economic Community1999. Official candidate status2004. Decesion to open the accession talks

12 June 2006. Concrete negotiation talks on the basis

of the 35 chapters- 13 chapters have been opened

- Science and Research has temporary closed- Education and Culture had been the second-opened

chapter (26 October 2005.)

III. Cultural Cooperation with Non-EU Member States

Participation in Culture-Related Community Programs

eg. 7th Framework Program, LLP 2007-2013, Jean Monnet Program,

Youth in Action, Culture Program 2007-2013.

Financial Support

eg. IPA, TAIEX, Twinning Program

IV. Culture Program 2007-2013.

Budget: 400 million Euros

The Aim of the Project:

enhance the cultural area common to Europeans through the

development of cultural cooperation between various actors.

Cultural Contact Points

V. European Capital of Culture

Since 1985

The Aim of the Project:

living proof of the richness and diversity of European cultures

V. Pécs-IstanbulAchievements:

- established the good relationship- new forum at the representational level- establishing informal ECoC network- UNeECC- Centre for Young Artists and Designers

V. Pécs-Istanbul20 Common Projects:

- Travel Around the Turkish Crescent- Muezzin sang in Pécs- Turkish Film Week in Pécs- Temporary City Project- Csontváry exhibit in Pera Museum- Pécs-Ruhr-Istanbul Music Caravan

Abraham’s Wheel

VI. SummaryAvrupa Birliği’ne ihtiyacı olan Türkiye

değildir. Türkiye’ye ihtiyacı olan Avrupa Birliği’dir.

It is not Turkey, who needs the European Union, but the European Union is, who needs

Turkey.Thank You!