The Council of Europe's CultureWatchEurope Platform promotes culture as "the soul of democracy" by offering an innovative and evidence-based understanding of culture, heritage and media developments in Europe.

CultureWatchEurope:

• generates, improves and follows-up policy standards in the culture, heritage and media fields,
• provides online information through joint access to the Council of Europe’s electronic information tools,
• enables rapid consultation of key cultural data,
• offers a platform for creative exchange and synergy,
• contributes to prospective analysis and forward thinking.

Website: http://www.coe.int/CultureWatchEurope/

See also related tools: Eurimages; European Audiovisual Observatory; Compendium of Cultural Policies; European Heritage Network (HEREIN).