European Cultural Convention


The European Cultural Convention is an international Council of Europe's treaty to strengthen, deepen and further develop a European Culture, by using local culture as a starting point. Setting common goals and a plan of action to reach an integrated European society, celebrating universal values, rights and diversity. The Convention contributes to joint action by encouraging cultural activities of European interest.
The European Cultural Convention was opened for signature by the Council of Europe in Paris on 19 December 1954 and entered into force on 5 May 1955. Its signature is one of the conditions for becoming a participating state in the Bologna Process and its European Higher Education Area. The term "Convention" is used as a synonym for an international legal treaty.
The convention has been ratified by all 47 member states of the Council of Europe and also by Belarus, the Holy See, and Kazakhstan.
The Council of Europe's Youth Sector with the European Youth Foundation, the European Youth Centres and its co-managed structures like the Advisory Council on Youth and the European Steering Committee for Youth covers all countries signatory to the European Cultural Convention, because the youth sector originally came under the Directorate of Education, Culture and Sport.

Members

The 50 Signatories to the European Cultural Convention are:
SignatorySignatureRatificationEntry into force
25/06/199225/06/1992
10/11/199422/01/199622/01/1996
25/04/199725/04/1997
13/12/195704/03/195804/03/1958
25/04/199725/04/1997
18/10/199318/10/1993
19/12/195411/05/195511/05/1955
29/12/199429/12/1994
02/09/199102/09/1991
27/01/199327/01/1993
30/11/196723/09/196923/09/1969
10/05/199001/01/1993
19/12/195407/05/195507/05/1955
07/05/199207/05/1992
23/01/197023/01/1970
19/12/195405/05/195505/05/1955
25/04/199725/04/1997
19/12/195417/11/195517/11/1955
19/12/195410/01/196210/01/1962
10/12/196210/12/1962
16/11/198916/11/1989
19/12/195401/03/195601/03/1956
19/12/195411/03/195505/05/1955
19/12/195416/05/195716/05/1957
07/05/199207/05/1992
05/03/201005/03/2010
23/11/197813/06/197913/06/1979
07/05/199207/05/1992
19/12/195430/07/195630/07/1956
02/05/196612/12/196612/12/1966
24/05/199424/05/1994
06/07/199406/07/1994
28/02/200106/06/2006
19/12/195408/02/195608/02/1956
24/11/199524/11/1995
19/12/195424/01/195624/01/1956
16/11/198916/11/1989
16/02/197616/02/1976
19/12/199119/12/1991
21/02/199121/02/1991
13/02/198613/02/1986
28/02/200128/02/2001
01/01/199301/01/1993
02/07/199202/07/1992
04/07/195704/07/1957
19/12/195416/06/195816/06/1958
13/07/196213/07/1962
19/12/195410/10/195710/10/1957
13/06/199413/06/1994
19/12/195405/05/195505/05/1955