Belgrade Declaration of the Ministers in Charge of Culture of the Member States of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (Belgrade, 23 November 2018)

The adoption of the Belgrade declaration has led to the development of the Plan of action of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Working Group on Culture, adopted for the years 2019-2020 and coordinated by the Republic of Turkey. The plan of action contained explicit references to the 2005 Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions as an internationally agreed mechanism that aims to shape the design and implementation of policies and measures that support the creation, production, distribution of and access to cultural goods and services. The plan contained a chapter of activities for the BSEC Member States on encouraging creativity through the support of the mobility of artists and professionals in the field of cultural and creative industry. The chapter aims to explore the facilitation of mobility of artists and professionals in the field of cultural and creative industries in the BSEC region, as well as promote the exchange of experience and experts in the field of creativity in the digitalization and the entrepreneurship in creative industries.