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“A festival is a unique occasion for meeting different people and different cultures. Together with artists who are real masters of communication through art, a festival is a strong builder of bridges between different cultures - and even between civilizations."
Ján Figel’, former European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture, and Youth
EFA Activities
Networking, co-production and cooperation opportunities through annual conferences and round table meetings across Europe; training and education through Ateliers for Young Festival Managers worldwide; insight into festivals through the EFA BOOKS series and the EFA Blog Festival Bytes; advocacy work through the European House for Culture ‐ find out more about all activities and projects of the European Festivals Association!
EFA events
2014
2013
- Atelier for Young Festival Managers – Beirut/Lebanon, 5-12 October 2013
- Festival Readings – Sibiu/Romania, 11-13 June 2013
- EFA General Assembly and Conference 2013 – Granada/Spain, 18-21 April 2013
- EFA Collective and Affiliate Members’ Meeting – Belgrade/Serbia, 15-18 March 2013
- Culture Combats Cuts: Statement of festival leaders and EFA – Brussels/Belgium, 12 February 2013
- Round Table: Festivals meet Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou – Brussels/Belgium, 12 February 2013
2012
- EFA BOOKS 5: Inside/Insight Festivals. 9 Festival Directors - 9 Stories
- Atelier for Young Festival Managers - Ljubljana/Slovenia, 14-21 October 2012
- EFA 60 Years On: EFA releases Jubilee publication and film
- EFA Jubilee Gala - Bergen/Norway, 23-25 May 2012
- EFA Collective and Affiliate Members’ Meeting - Dublin/Ireland, 16-18 February 2012
- Round Table: Festivals meet Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou - Brussels/Belgium, 26 January 2012
- EFA 60 Years On: EFA celebrates its Diamond Jubilee in 2012 - Activities throughout the year
2011
- EFA launches Working Group “Communicating Festivals – Communicating Europe”
- Open The Door - Activities throughout the year
- EFA BOOKS Series to be extended by two volumes
- Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Europe – Izmir/Turkey, 24-31 October 2011
- Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Asia – Singapore, 14-21 May 2011
- EFA General Assembly and Conference 2011 - Varna/Bulgaria, 28 April-1 May 2011
- EFA Collective and Affiliate Members’ Meeting - Budapest/Hungary, 1-3 April 2011
2010
- Two Ateliers for Young Festival Managers 2011: EFA launches Call for Application
- Round Table: EFA, festivals and Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou - Brussels, 20 October 2010
- Festivals: Open Doors. Open Minds. Build Societies! - Brussels, 18-20 October 2010
- AAPAF-EFA meeting - Shanghai, 25–29 September
- EFA Meeting in Zagreb: Open The Door to Arts and Culture - Zagreb, 5/6 June 2010
- EFA General Assembly and Conference 2010 - Merano/Italy, 8-11 April 2010
- EFA/ECPNM Ars Nova Meeting 2010 - Brussels, 26-28 March 2010
- EFA Collective and Affiliate Members’ Meeting - Stockholm, 11-14 February 2010
- Open The Door - EFA flagship project 2010 - Activities throughout the year
2009
- “Together for a Cultural Europe”: Festivals commit to engage - Linz, 13 September 2009
- Launch of EFA BOOKS 4: Dialogue. Festivals Act for an Intercultural Society - Ghent/Brussels, May 2009
- EFA General Assembly and Conference 2009 - Vilnius, 13-16 May 2009
- European Atelier for Young Festival Managers 2009 - Varna, 26 April - 3 May 2009
- Launch of the FestLab for Creativity and Innovation - Prague, 26/27 March
- EFA Collective and Affiliate Members’ Meeting - Ubeda/Spain, 28-30 January 2009
- European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009 - activities throughout 2009
2008
- Arts festivals committed to build bridges between cultures beyond 2008 - Paris, 17 November 2008
- Launch of EFA BOOKS 3: Cahier de l'Atelier. Arts festivals for the sake of art? - Ghent, Belgium
- Launch of EFA BOOKS 2: Give, Get or Get Off! Challenges of cultural networking today - Ghent, Belgium
- EFA Group Meeting with collective and affiliate members - Tallinn, 1-3 February 2008
- EFA General Assembly and Conference 2008 - Antalya, 24-27 April
- European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 - Ljubljana, 7-8 January 2008
2007
- 2008 - European Year of Intercultural Dialogue
- EFA General Assembly and Conference 2007 - Brussels, 7-10 June 2007
- EFA/ECPNM Ars Nova Meeting - Brussels, 7 June 2007
- EFA Group Meeting with collective and affiliate members - Ljubljana, 1-3 February 2007
2006
- STILL SO MUCH TO BE DONE – NEW EFA BOOKS SERIES LAUNCHED
- Public conference on festivals and media - Luxembourg, 16 June 2006
- Ars Nova – EFA/ECPNM workshop on new music - Oslo, 6-8 October 2006
- EFA General Assembly 2006 - Luxembourg, 16-18 June 2006
- European Atelier for Young Festival Managers - Goerlitz, 15-21 May 2006
- Meeting with collective and affiliate members - Rome, 27-29 January 2006
