Purpose/Activities

EUNIC is a partnership of national institutions for culture, engaged beyond their national borders and operating with a degree of autonomy from their governments.

The EUNIC membership currently includes  organisations from 25 EU countries, for Germany for example the Goethe Institute and the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations.

The purpose of EUNIC is

to create effective partnerships and networks between the participating organisations,

to improve and promote cultural diversity and understanding between European societies, and

to strengthen international dialogue and cooperation with countries outside Europe.

EUNIC operates at two complimentary levels:

The first level consists of the Heads or Directors General of the national institutions.

The second level comprises clusters of national institutions for culture, based in cities across Europe, cooperating together in common projects.

EUNIC Brussels represents both the Heads level and the clusters at the EU institutions.