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"Even before Europe was united in an economic level or was conceived at the level of economic interests and trade, it was culture that united all the countries of Europe. The arts, literature, music are the connecting link of Europe."
Dario Fo
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
2010
- EFA–AAPAF Joint meeting - Shanghai, 25–29 September
- EFA Meeting in Zagreb: Open The Door to Arts and Culture - Zagreb, 5/6 June 2010
- Open The Door - EFA flagship project 2010 - Activities throughout the year
- 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
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 in Brussels - Brussels, 7 - 10 June 2007
- Ars Nova – Meeting - Brussels (Flagey), 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 in Luxembourg - Luxembourg, 16 June 2006
- Ars Nova – EFA/ECPNM workshop on new music - Oslo, 6-8 October 2006
- General Assembly in Luxembourg 2006 - GA Luxembourg 2006
- EFA is launching European Atelier for young festival managers - Goerlitz, 15-21 May 2006
- Meeting with collective and affiliate members - Rome, 27-29 January 2006
2005
- EFA General Assembly 2005 in Brno - Brno, 7 - 9 October 2005
- General Assembly 2005 in Brno - Announcement - 7 - 9 October 2005
- EFA/ECPNM Ars Nova - Zagreb, 22/23 April 2005
