ERICarts and the Council of Europe
See Research Teams for full listing of Compendium Authors.
Council of Europe/ERICarts, 2002-2007
Council of Europe, ERICarts
Croatian Ministry of Culture (2007)
Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (2002-2004)
Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture (2004, 2006, 2007)
Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture (2005, 2006, 2007)
Direction des Affaires Culturelles, Monaco (2006)
German Foreign Ministry (2004)
European Cultural Foundation (2002-2003)
The Compendium is a web-based and permanently updated information and monitoring system of national cultural policies in Europe.
It allows users to compare policy issues in 39 countries. Every year, new country profiles are added. Eventually the Compendium aims to include all 48 countries adhering to the European Cultural Convention.
The country profiles address current challenges to cultural policies and decision makers across Europe such as:
The Compendium originates from the Council of Europe's Programme of National Cultural Policy Reviews. It was initiated by the Council of Europe Cultural Committee and Secretariat and has been carried out in partnership with the ERICarts-Institute since 1998.
Cultural Policy Evaluation as a Means of a Schemata Construction and as a Policy Instrument
by Ritva Mitchell 
Building An Information System for Cultural Policies in Europe: Experiences from the Compendium Project
by Danielle Cliche 
Reports of Annual Meeting of Compendium Authors:
Strasbourg 2002
Strasbourg 2003
Berlin 2004
Amsterdam 2005
Budapest 2006
Zagreb 2007
