The primary aim of the CULPOL project is to promote discussion and reflection on the impact of the EU agenda on the Croatian cultural policy. The EU has been indirectly contributing to the creation of common cultural policy frameworks through its soft cultural policy instruments and mechanisms that represent de facto policy approach to the various cultural policy issues and their related instruments (Open Method of Coordination, Creative Europe program, European Capitals of Culture initiative). Since Croatia’s accession to EU, there has not been any visible progress in terms of developing better coordination within the cultural policy research community and between cultural professionals and policy-makers responsible for the implementation of different EU instruments and agendas. The project will contribute to enhancing knowledge about the impact of the EU and its processes on the national cultural sector and will create synergies between stakeholders in the domain of culture.The project will be implemented through a conference on EU soft mechanisms, a round table on the impact of the Digital Single Market strategy on the reforms of Croatian cultural policy and through the publication of the special issue of the Croatian International Relations Review (CIRR). The conference and round table will be open to academia, researchers, cultural professionals and policy-makers, where a special focus will be paid to engagement of postgraduate students and young professionals. By bringing them together, these events will enable the cross-fertilisation of the ideas and fostering of the dialogue between different cultural policy stakeholders and will contribute to enhancing the knowledge about the relevant cultural policy processes at the EU level. The participation of European partners will provide a comparative angle and bring an added value to the reflection on the discussed issues. CIRR special issue will be a tool for knowledge dissemination beyond the events.