During a busy and fruitful few days EUNIC held its General Assembly in Brussels on 2 and 3 December. Whilst hybrid, the majority of colleagues were able to join live. The network was introduced to new pilot projects for European Spaces of Culture, the selected projects for the 2021 EUNIC Cluster Fund and welcomed the new EUNIC Cluster in El Salvador.

On 29 November, the international selection committee made up of cultural experts selected the pilot projects for the second phase of European Spaces of Culture, to be implemented throughout 2022.

23 projects were selected for co-financing under the EUNIC Cluster Fund 2021 with a total of 308,515.00 Euros. With EUNIC's aim to drive the importance of culture in the SDG agenda and in strengthening cultural cooperation as a dimension of sustainable development, the Cluster Fund 2021 strongly welcomed project proposals that address one or several SDGs directly through their activities.

Open call for the cross-sectoral innovation project ideas within the Northern Dimension region.

On 14 October 2021 the European Parliament’s committees on Culture & Education and Foreign Affairs hosted a joint public hearing on culture in the EU's external relations.

The report "The Cultural Dimension of Sustainable Development: Opportunities for National Cultural Institutes" summarises the main discussions and findings of the EUNIC Knowledge Sharing Workshop organised in April 2021 on the role and possibilities of culture in the UN Sustainable Development Agenda.

A report on Cultural Relations - Key Approaches in Fragile Contexts offers evidence and recommendations to the EU, EU Member States and other interested countries, EUNIC members and partners on how cultural relations can enhance peace and stability.

ifa and EUNIC publish an updated edition of a simulation game on European cultural policy.

This year's EUNIC Cluster Fund Call features a special focus on projects directly addressing and contributing to the achievement of the UN's SDGs through cultural relations activities.

Europe Readr, the flagship project of the Slovenian EU Council Presidency, was officially launched and inaugurated by David Sassoli, the President of the European Parliament, Gitte Zschoch, the Director of EUNIC, and Anže Logar, the Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs.