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Initiators & Co-Chairs: Mafalda Dâmaso & Benjamin Feyen
Website: www.forum-uk.eu
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General email address: organisers@forum-uk.eu
Media/press inquiries: press@forum-uk.eu
Forum on EU-UK Cultural & Media Relations
The Forum on EU-UK Cultural & Media Relations is a pan-European grassroots initiative started and led by Prof Mafalda Dâmaso (London) and Benjamin Feyen (Brussels), both of whom have been professionally involved with the European (i.e. both EU's and UK's) Cultural and Creative Sectors (CCS) – in the UK often referred to as “creative industries” – for over a decade in various roles, in academia and politics respectively. Preparatory work for the take-off of the initiative and for organising its first conference began in September 2024.
The inaugural Forum took place on 20 October 2025 in Brussels at MEDAA (the European House of Authors), providing a platform for the exchange of experience and best practices. Around 50 participants – CCS representatives from the EU and the UK as well as governmental and parliamentary observers from both sides of the Channel – developed joint Policy Recommendations, co-signed by more than 200 stakeholders from the EU and the UK and published on 11 November 2025 (see links to the documents below).
The Policy Recommendations emphasise that culture and creativity are vital to the political, societal and economic relationship between the EU and UK, particularly at a time of growth of the CCS, rapidly evolving technologies and new regulatory challenges. They have been shared with numerous policymakers and government officials from the EU and the UK, including the members of the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (PPA), which will gather a group of MEPs and UK MPs in London in mid-November 2025.
If you would like to be kept updated on further activities by the Forum on EU-UK Cultural & Media Relations, please fill this form to provide your contact details and information about the CCS organisation you represent.