The report contains 39 speeches by cultural affairs ministers at a 1976 Council of Europe conference in Oslo, Norway. The focus is on four themes: (1) the challenge of cultural policy in a changing society, (2) cultural policy as an instrument for improving the quality of life, (3) encouraging artistic creation, and (4) European cultural cooperation. The conference dealt with topics such as nonmaterialistic values, definitions of culture, commercial exploitation, cultural policy as devised by various governments, cultural statistics, industrial mass culture, international cultural relations, European cultural heritage, and amateur versus professional values in cultural affairs. In the closing speech, the Norwegian Minister of Education identified the major contribution of the conference as one of consolidation of the desire for cultural cooperation among European nations. The ministers presented eight resolutions aimed at ensuring stronger and more coherent cooperation in European cultural affairs through increased governmental support, stimulation of individual cultural development, dissemination of information, and coordination of cultural policy with policies in other sectors of social life. A list of participants and an index of speeches are presented in the appendix. (Author/DB)