Lars Ebert

Secretary General

Culture Action Europe, Belgium

Lars Ebert is Secretary General of Culture Action Europe, the main advocacy organisation for the cultural sector in Europe. Previously, he was co-director of H401 in Amsterdam and Deputy Director of the European League of Institutes of the Arts.

He has a specific interest in participatory practices and publishes regularly on topics including new forms of collective leadership, cultural democracy and ecosystemic approaches to sector representation, as well as art-based research and the innovative potential of cultural practices for more sustainable societies. His recent publications include a.o. a contribution to the IFACCA World Summit on Arts and Culture (Seoul, 2025), a stock-taking article on artistic freedom in Europe in Boekman (#145), and a refelction on artistic research in Productive Archiving (Valiz, 2023).

He serves on the advisory boards of the Create to be Free Platform (Council of Europe), the Forum on EU–UK Cultural & Media Relations, and the European Heritage Hub. He is a member of the European Commission’s Expert Group on Cultural Heritage and a delegate of the Cities and Regions Network of EIT Culture and Creativity. He is also a board member of Stichting Herengracht 401 and Stichting House of Gisèle (both Amsterdam), and a founding board member of EQ-Arts. Together with his life partners, he has set up [SIC] – Space for International Cooperation in Athens.

Lars holds a postgraduate degree in theology, is of German nationality, and lives between Brussels, Amsterdam, and Athens.