This report is a digest of the discussions that took place during the conference “Culture and the Policies of Change” that was held in Brussels on 6-7 September 2010. It is a document that contains various presentations, papers, summaries of workshops, and a general résumé of the issues and broad conclusions of the conference. The event took place within the framework of CultureWatchEurope, a platform initiated by the Council of Europe to monitor and evaluate trends relating to culture across Europe.