The CultureAndHealth Platform is a four-year transformative initiative designed to support over 200 European emerging artists working at the intersection of culture, health, care, education, and social sectors. By providing grants, mobility and networking opportunities, and visibility of their work, the initiative aims to highlight the vital role of culture in fostering health, well-being, and social innovation across Europe.
Key actions of the platform
- National Focal Points for culture and health: Artists will have a place to turn to for mentoring and peer support provided by the CultureAndHealth Platform members across the EU.
- Capacity Building, Training, and Knowledge Sharing: More than 60 live and online training sessions provided in multiple languages, complemented by 30 peer-learning workshops.
Grants and Mobility Opportunities: Over 170 artists will have access to financial support to carry out projects or engage in international learning mobility opportunities.
- Showcasing and Networking Events: Four international conferences held in Finland (29 September – 2 October 2025 TBC), Austria, Romania, and Belgium and many more onsite and online events and encounters will showcase innovative practices in bridging culture and health, and will foster connections across artists, health and care professionals, and other stakeholders.
- An online database of artists: The launch of a digital tool in 2027 to enable matchmaking between the health and cultural sectors.
Cluj Cultural Centre is the focal point of the CultureAndHealth Platform in Romania
Cluj Cultural Centre is the focal point of the CultureAndHealth Platform in Romania, organising between 2025 and 2028:
- Annual open calls leading to the funding of 3-5 culture and health initiatives taking place in Romania, supporting collaboration between emerging artists and health or community institutions.
- Training sessions for professionals interested in engaging in arts and health practices.
- Networking and knowledge-sharing activities, enabling the participation of emerging arts and health practitioners based in Romania in other actions of the Platform at EU level.
Actions to raise awareness on culture as a health behaviour and the importance of arts engagement for health and well-being.
Platform member organisations
Led by Culture Action Europe, the four-year project brings together cultural institutions, a health network, and local authorities committed to advancing the arts and health field.
- Cluj Cultural Centre, Romania
- Culture Action Europe (coordinator), Belgium
- European Regional and Local Health Authorities ASBL EUREGHA , Belgium
- Arts for Health Austria , Austria
- Pôle Culture & Santé en Nouvelle-Aquitaine , France
- Stockholm Region, Competence Centre for Culture and Health , Sweden
- Cavan County Council Arts Office , Ireland
- HumaQ / Healing Culture Network , Germany
- Stichting Kunstloc Brabant , The Netherlands
- Asociacija Drustvo Nevladnih Organization In Posameznikov Na Podrocju Kulture , Slovenia
- Northern Dimension Partnership is Culture Secretariat NDPC , Latvia
- RED NOSES International , Austria
- Associazione Culturale Oltre aps , Italy
- ARC Research & Consultancy Ltd ., Malta
- Urban Culture Institute – City of Weaves, Poland
- Taikusydän – Arts & Health Coordination Centre in Finland & Turku University of Applied Sciences , Finland
Find more on the platform´s website: https://www.cultureandhealth.eu/.
The CultureAndHealth Platform is co-funded by the European Union (grant nr: 101176227) . Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or EACEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.