Tamás Hegedűs / Member of the Hungarian National Assembly Chairman of the Hungary-Turkey Friendship Group

1. Tamás Hegedűs
Member of the Hungarian National Assembly
Chairman of the Hungary-Turkey Friendship Group
25. September 2012.

2. I. 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

3. „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)

4. „Civilization and sciencies are a source of strenght
for us by which we progress forward.”
(Mustafa Kemal Atatürk)

5. (Jean Monnet)

6. 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’ culture
2. Encouraging contemporary cultural creation
3. Taking the cultural dimension into account in all Community policies
4. Encouraging cooperation

7. Not supranational
National sovereignty
EU as an inscentive
Importance during the accession process
Copenhagen Criteria

8. 1959. Applies for associate membership of the European Economic Community
1963. Ankara Agreement
1987. Applies for membership of the European Economic Community
1999. Official candidate status
2004. 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.)

9. 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

10. 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

11. Since 1985
The Aim of the Project:
living proof of the richness and diversity of European cultures

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

13. 20 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

14. Abraham’s Wheel

15. Avrupa 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.