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Es ist die vornehmste Aufgabe von zeitgenössischen Festivals, sich um die Gegenwart zu kümmern.
Joachim Sartorius, Director Berliner Festspiele
EFA Activities
Communication: The office coordinates contacts and facilitates cooperation and co-production among its members by means of online and offline networking opportunities.
Expertise: EFA stimulates researches on festivals, e.g. through the EFA BOOKS Series. Bit by bit, EFA develops into a Festival Resource, Research and Expertise Centre.
Training: EFA provides training and education opportunities through the European Atelier for Young Festival Managers that takes place on a bi-annual basis.
Advocacy: EFA represents festivals in the international cultural debate. Highlighting the role of arts, culture and in particular festivals by means of flagship projects such as the Arts Festivals’ Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue, the FestLab for Creativity and Innovation or the European House for Culture in Brussels belongs to EFA’s permanent tasks.
EFA events
2012
- Atelier for Young Festival Managers - October 2012
- EFA Jubilee Gala - Bergen/Norway, 23-26 May 2012
- EFA Group Meeting with collective and affiliate members - Dublin/Ireland, 16-18 February 2012
- Round Table: Festivals meet Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou - Brussels/Belgium, 26 January 2012
2011
- EFA presents "Europe for Festivals – Festivals for Europe” at European Parliament’s CULT Committe" - Brussels/Belgium, 22 November 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 Group Meeting with collective and affiliate members - 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 Group Meeting with collective and affiliate members - 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 Group Meeting with collective and affiliate members - Ubeda, 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
