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03-Feb-2012: Mapping of intermediary organisations supporting performing arts circulation
The SPACE network, acronym for Supporting Performing Arts Circulation in Europe, commissioned an exploratory research on the profiles and role of intermediary organisations in improving artist mobility and performing artworks circulation in Europe. The research was conducted and written by Cristina Farinha in 2011. - more...
01-Feb-2012: Launch of 2012 EU-China Year of Intercultural Dialogue
Brussels, 01 February 2012 – The 2012 EU-China Year of Intercultural Dialogue will be officially launched today by Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, and Cai Wu, Minister of Culture of the People’s Republic of China. The Year will see a large number of events and projects hosted by EU Member States and China, with the aim of strengthening intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding through cultural exchanges and people-to-people contacts. The EU-China Year of Intercultural Dialogue also offers opportunities for Chinese and EU cultural institutions, organisations and other stakeholders to establish and develop structured and sustainable cooperation during 2012 and beyond. - more...
31-Jan-2012: Classical:NEXT: new international forum for classical music premiers from 30 May to 2 June in Munich
Munich/Berlin: Today's music culture is undergoing a sea change, viewed by many as a crisis, by others as an opportunity. The individual – be that the professional or layperson – now has access to exciting possibilities for continuous, active participation. The principle of easy consumer access to as much music as possible is being replaced by a new ideal, that of direct involvement. This new ideal will affect the future of classical and contemporary art music. - more...
30-Jan-2012: Call for Nominations: ‘Charles V European Award’ 2012
The European Academy of Yuste Foundation released the call for nominations for the ‘Charles V European Award’ 2012. Its aim is to reward those persons who, through their effort and dedication, have contributed to a ‘better knowledge and dissemination of the cultural and historical values of Europe, and/or to the unification of the European Union’. - more...
19-Jan-2012: Martin Schulz elected President of the European Parliament
MEPs elected Martin Schulz to be the new European Parliament president with 387 votes in favour out of 670 cast. The 56-year old German MEP will lead the European parliament for two and half years, until the beginning of the next legislature in July 2014. - more...
13-Jan-2012: 2012 is the European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations
2012 is the European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations. A chance for all of us to reflect on how Europeans are living longer and staying healthier than ever before — and to realise the opportunities that represents. - more...
12-Jan-2012: ENCATC launches new international e-journal on Cultural Management and Policy
On Monday 9 January 2012, ENCATC, the European network on cultural management and cultural policy education, has officially launched the first issue of the ENCATC Online Journal of Cultural Management and Policy. - more...
12-Jan-2012: Survey: Funding Opportunities for International Cultural Exchange in Asia
The Asia-Europe Foundation and its online platform culture360.org are conducting research on Funding Opportunities for International Cultural Exchange in Asia. The research will focus on mapping resources for funding in your country and abroad which allow individuals or organizations to engage/take part in international cultural exchange. - more...
11-Jan-2012: Act for culture in Europe: help collecting 100.000 signatures
2012 is a key decision-making year during which the EU budget 2014-2020 will be voted upon by Members of the European Parliament and Ministers from the Member States. EU support to culture over the next seven years is at stake and the negotiations over the first four months of the year will be crucial. The campaign 'we are more - act for culture in Europe' calls for vital support for culture in the next EU budget and wants to collect 100.000 signatures and present them to the Culture Ministers of all EU Member States when they gather in Brussels for the EU Council of Culture Ministers in May 2012. - more...
10-Jan-2012: European Capitals of Culture 2012: Guimarães (Portugal) and Maribor (Slovenia)
Guimarães (Portugal) and Maribor (Slovenia) take over the title of European Capitals of Culture 2012 on 1 January. Both cities have a busy calendar of events planned for the year, with the aim of showcasing themselves to the world and building a lasting legacy for their citizens. The official programme of events begins on 13 January in Maribor and 21 January in Guimarães. - more...
09-Jan-2012: The Danish EU Presidency 2012 and its priorities in the field of culture
In the first half of 2012, Denmark holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. It is the seventh time Denmark holds the EU Presidency since joining the European Community in 1973. The programme for the Danish presidency was officially presented on 6 January at a press conference in Copenhagen. - more...
09-Jan-2012: 2nd Forum on Festivals in the Arab Countries to take place 1/2 March in Bahrain
The Second Forum on Festivals in the Arab Countries is the only state-level festival event hosted in the Arab region. With experts from various fields, this Festival Forum is one of the highlights for festivals in the Arab countries. The second edition on 1 and 2 March 2012 in Manama/Bahrain is organised by the Ministry of Culture in the Kingdom of Bahrain, in coordination with the Arab Administrative Development Organization, to celebrate Manama, the Arab Capital Culture of 2012. The Forum is committing itself to both innovation and originality and builds on its first successful edition in Beirut in December 2009. - more...
06-Jan-2012: Meeting Points 6: Contemporary Art Festival from the Arab World takes place 12-14 January
In collaboration with Young Arab Theatre Fund (YATF) from Brussels the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin) presents the transnational and multidisciplinary festival Meeting Points 6 from 12 to 14 January 2012. After being in Beirut and Brussels, Okwui Enwezor and Tarek El Fetouh (YATF) show their programme “Practices and Logics of the Civic in the Arab World” in Berlin. - more...
05-Jan-2012: Albania becomes 37th country to participate in EU Culture Programme
A Memoranda of Understanding was signed on 20 December 2011 by the Director General for DG Education and Culture, Mr Jan Truszczynski, and Albania's Ambassador to the EU, Mrs Mimoza Halimi, clearing the way for Albania to fully benefit from cultural cooperation opportunities in the framework of the Culture Programme. - more...
04-Jan-2012: First Gaudeamus Muziekweek New York to take place 25-28 January 2012
Since 1945, the Netherlands-based contemporary music festival Gaudeamus Muziekweek has presented groundbreaking and challenging new music by emerging composers from around the world. Working in partnership with Gaudeamus, ISSUE Project Room will present, for the first time in the United States, a festival highlighting some of the extraordinary talent that has emerged from the Gaudeamus Muziekweek. - more...
21-Dec-2011: NEU/NOW Festival 2012 – Call for nominations
The European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA) announces the fourth NEU/NOW Festival, presenting the most exciting and creative NEU artistic talent NOW emerging across Europe and beyond. The NEU/NOW Festival promotes graduating/just graduated artists from higher arts education institutions. ELIA is looking for projects in five disciplines: Visual Arts, Design, Film, Sound/Music, and Theatre/Dance. Applications must be nominated by a professor/representative of the institution. The deadline for sending in nominations is 31 January 2012. - more...
20-Dec-2011: European Theatre Convention launches “Young Europe 2” on multilingual artistic education
[Berlin] For the 2nd time, the [ETC develops with the support of the Culture Programme of the European Commission the 2 year European artistic education project: “Young Europe 2: Multilingual Creation and Education in Theatre” with the aim to establish a European multilingual drama repertoire for young people, focusing on artistic education through theatre and multilingualism in theatre. Based on the successful first project edition, which was attended from 2008-2010 by over 20 000 young people in 8 countries, ”Young Europe 2” will take place until autumn 2013 offering young theatre professionals and adolescents across Europe to work and create across multilingual borders. - more...
19-Dec-2011: European Composer and Songwriter Alliance organises Creators Conference on 2/3 February 2012
Following the successful launch of the first Creators’ Conference in Stockholm in 2010 initiated by the Swedish Society of Popular Music Composers (Skap), the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) is organising the second Creators Conference. It will be held in Brussels, Belgium on 2-3 February 2012. - more...
14-Dec-2011: Registration Gaudeamus Prize 2012 has started
Registration for the Gaudeamus Prize 2012 has started! Composers of any nationality who are born after September 9, 1981 may enter their compositions. The works may already have been performed, but they must have been composed not more than three (3) years ago. - more...
13-Dec-2011: Call for Applications for Arts Network Asia (Ana) Project Grants 2012
Arts Network Asia (ANA) would like to invite artists, cultural workers, arts activists, and arts communities in Asia to apply for the ANA 2012 Grants scheme. Deadline for submission is 31 December 2011. - more...
08-Dec-2011: More Europe initiative is launched in Brussels
Opinion leaders appeal to policy makers to use culture more strategically to create a stronger voice for Europe in the world
Brussels, 8 December – A one year-long civic initiative More Europe – External Cultural Relations will be launched today at a special event at the Centre for Fine Arts (Bozar) in Brussels, bringing together an alliance of cultural leaders, politicians, diplomats and influential civil society networks around the world. - more...
29-Nov-2011: EUNIC publishes Europe-China Cultural Compass
Are we meaning the same, when we say the same? -- This was the leading question at the start of the EUROPE-CHINA CULTURAL COMPASS project, an initiative by partners of EUNIC in China, the Goethe-Institut, the British Council, and The Danish Cultural Institute. - more...
23-Nov-2011: Creative Europe: Commission unveils plan to boost cultural and creative sectors
Brussels, 23 November 2011
Thousands of people working in cinema, TV, culture, music, performing arts, heritage and related areas would benefit from increased EU support under the new 'Creative Europe' programme unveiled by the European Commission today. With a proposed budget of €1.8 billion for the period 2014-2020, it would be a much-needed boost for the cultural and creative industries, which are a major source of jobs and growth in Europe. The new programme would allocate more than €900 million in support of the cinema and audiovisual sector (area covered by current MEDIA programme) and almost € 500 million for culture. The Commission is also proposing to allocate more than €210 million for a new financial guarantee facility, which would enable small operators to access up to €1 billion in bank loans, as well as around €60 million in support of policy cooperation and fostering innovative approaches to audience building and new business models. - more...
18-Nov-2011: Access to Culture platform organises workshop on "Access to Culture in the Digital Era"
The Access to Culture Platform (ACP) and its working group on Audience Participation are focusing on access to culture in the digital era this year. In collaboration with all members of the working group chaired by the European Festivals Association (EFA), a workshop entitled “Access to Culture in the Digital Era: A Citizen’s Right” is organised on 15 December 2011 (16.00-19.00) in Brussels. - more...
17-Nov-2011: European Parliament public hearing on Culture and the EU's external actions
On 22 November 2011 at 3pm, the European Parliament’s CULT Committee will hold a public hearing on Culture and the EU's external actions. As a follow-up on the EP resolution on the Cultural dimensions of the EU's external actions, adopted in May 2011, the Committee has invited several experts to discuss the role of culture in the EU's foreign relations, and to look forward to possible developments in the future. - more...
16-Nov-2011: EMC's Working Group Youth invites to endorse “Manifesto for Youth and Music in Europe”
With its Manifesto for Youth and Music in Europe the Working Group Youth (WGY) of the European Music Council (EMC) calls upon policy and decision makers on a local, regional, national and European level to rethink their existing strategies, to address the specific situation of young people in the music sector, and to act upon a number of key requirements concerning life-long learning, professional training, mobility & dialogue, employment, and resources. The WGY invites to support the Manifesto. - more...
15-Nov-2011: The EuroTrail – Re-thinking Realities: a day of debate at the European Parliament
On 29 November 2011 in Brussels at the European Parliament, the Europe of Cultures Forum organises a meeting entitled “EuroTrail - Re-thinking Realities”. The event is organised in collaboration with Boguslaw Sonik, Member of the European Parliament (EPP), and in partnership with the Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB / Barcelona), the Center for Intercultural Communication and Interaction University of Ghent (CICI), COSMOPOLIS - City, Culture & Society / Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Institute for Social and European Studies (ISES / Köszeg). - more...
14-Nov-2011: Europe at a crossroads: Barroso urges in State of Europe speech for comprehensive reforms
On 9 November 2011, José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, spoke at the "Berliner Europa-Rede", a strong appeal for deeper integration, unity and democracy. “Provided there is the political will, the greatest emerging power in the world will be the European Union,” said the President. In front of almost 900 invited guests at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, he urged: “Europe is at a crossroads.” - more...
28-Oct-2011: "A Soul for Europe": Common Call for Citizenship through Culture signed by MEPs
On 11 October 2011, at the European Parliament in Brussels, the Advisory Board and the Advisory Board Parliamentarian Working Group of the civil society initiative “A Soul for Europe” endorsed a Common Call to name the year 2013 the “European Year of Citizens Through Culture”. Reacting to the proposal of the European Commission presented in August 2011, the group of 15 Parliamentarians and further Advisory Board members claim to include a strong cultural dimension into the European Year. - more...
27-Oct-2011: EU civil society platforms launch joint statement on structured dialogue process in culture
At the occasion of the European Culture Forum (20/21 October 2011, Brussels) the three civil society platforms – Access to Culture Platform, Platform on Cultural and Creative Industries and Platform for Intercultural Europe – presented a Joint Statement on the importance of the Structured Dialogue process in culture. - more...
26-Oct-2011: EAEAC informs: bug in eForm “Support for Festivals” (Strand 1.3.6)
To all festivals wishing to apply for funding under Strand 1.3.6 of the European Union’s Culture Programme regulating the support to European cultural festivals: The Executive Agency Education, Audiovisual & Culture releases important information relating to the part E.1 of the e-Form "Festival statistics" - Festival edition number 5 and 6: Technical Bug in the e-Form. Deadline remains 16 November 2011. - more...
18-Oct-2011: Record number of international delegates at Dutch Classical Music Meeting 2011
Organizer Music Center the Netherlands looks back with great satisfaction on its three day event The Dutch Classical Music Meeting (DCMM). On 15, 16 and 17 October more than 300 international music professionals, from 38 countries, visited Amsterdam to meet in the Netherlands to discover the the top in Dutch classical music. - more...
12-Oct-2011: 5th World Summit on Arts and Culture wraps up as Chile takes the baton for 2014
The 5th World Summit on Arts and Culture concluded on Thursday 6 October 2011, generating a range of international initiatives to support arts practice and policymaking in Australia and internationally. - more...
06-Oct-2011: IFACCA launches WorldCP: international database of cultural policies
The Executive Director of the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA), Sarah Gardner, today unveiled the prototype of a major new initiative, WorldCP, an international database of cultural policies. - more...
28-Sep-2011: ENCATC 2011 Annual Conference "Culture Forecast" takes place 12-14 October in Helsinki
Over 300 eminent academics, policy-makers, artists and students from over 36 countries have already confirmed their registration for ENCATC’s 2011 Annual Conference “CultureForecast”, which will take place in Helsinki, Finland, on 12-14 October 2011. Set to become a milestone event in the debate about future trends and developments in the culture and education sector, this important event will put the spotlight on three themes that have recently been focal points in arts and cultural management and which will determine future developments in the cultural field: Culture and the City, New Audiences and Networking. - more...
26-Sep-2011: Coming up: the 2011 European Culture Forum (20/21 October, Brussels)
On 20 and 21 October, the European Culture Forum will bring to Brussels 800 participants from culture civil society, the EU Member States and EU institutions. - more...
14-Sep-2011: Yoshiaki Onishi (1981, Japan) wins Gaudeamus Prize 2011
On 11 September 2011, after the closing concert of the Gaudeamus Music Week at Museum Speelklok in Utrecht, the winner of the Gaudeamus Prize 2011 was announced. From the thirteen nominees the international jury, consisting of Tadeusz Wielecki (Poland), Miguel Azguime (Portugal) and Rozalie Hirs (The Netherlands), unanimously chose for Yoshiaki Onishi (1981) from Japan. The prize was awarded by the mayor of Utrecht: Aleid Wolfsen. Andrew McIntosh (1985, USA) and Wei-Chieh Lin (1982, Taiwan) received an honorable mention for their submitted work. In total, 385 compositions from over thirty countries were submitted for the Gaudeamus Prize. - more...
12-Sep-2011: First Eastern Partnership Culture Congress to take place 21-23 October 2011 in Lublin
The Eastern Partnership Culture Congress will be the first event of its kind devoted to cultural cooperation for Eastern Partnership countries, offering their representatives a possibility of participation and a long-term action perspective. The Congress will become a platform for idea exchange, a place where you can develop tools to support effective cooperation and establish a common representative group at European level. - more...
09-Sep-2011: 20.000 signatures say we are more
The we are more campaign calls on the EU Ministers for Culture to use the Informal Ministers' Meeting in Wroclaw on September 9th to support the 37% budget increase that the Commission recently proposed for its new Culture and MEDIA programme Creative Europe in 2014-2020. - more...
06-Sep-2011: European Theatre Convention moves – in – Europe!
The European Theatre Convention (ETC), the largest pan-European public theatre network, expands its activities across Europe and opens a new executive office in Berlin at the "Deutsches Theater". As of September 2011 the ETC will also be present in Brussels with an EU office at the European House for Culture. The headquarters of the ETC will remain at the "Comédie de Saint-Etienne" in France, where the theatre network was founded in 1988. - more...
05-Sep-2011: Forum Wroclaw: Culture and Active Citizenship in the Development of Europe
“A Soul for Europe” together with Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny (National Audiovisual Institute, Warsaw) will organise “FORUM WROCŁAW – Culture and Active Citizenship in the Development of Europe”, a one-day-discussion on 10 September 2011 in Wroclaw. The Forum takes place within the framework of the European Culture Congress (8-11 September 2011), initiated by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, as part of the cultural programme of the Polish EU Council Presidency. - more...
26-Aug-2011: A Soul for Europe engages in European debate in online magazine “The European”
In May 2011, “A Soul for Europe” started a media cooperation agreement with "The European" – an online magazine for debates. Six articles by members of the "A Soul for Europe" Strategy Group have been published on topics relevant to the initiative’s work and the daily European debate. - more...
27-Jul-2011: Syndeac calls to sign petition in favour of culture in Europe
The National Syndicate of Artistic and Cultural Companies (SYNDEAC) has launched a petition in favour of a future European Union Culture Programme calling "For a real artistic and cultural ambition", with the objective of gathering the signatures and support of artists and cultural managers from all EU countries. - more...
18-Jul-2011: 2011 European Culture Forum (20-21 October, Brussels): Registration open
Don't miss out on the European Commission's key culture event of 2011! On 20 and 21 October, the European Culture Forum will bring to Brussels 800 participants from culture civil society, the EU Member States and EU institutions. - more...
13-Jul-2011: European Capitals of Culture in 2016: Wroclaw and Donostia-San Sebastián
Both the Polish city of Wrocław and the Spanish city of Donostia-San Sebastián were recommended for the title of European Capital of Culture in 2016 by an independent selection panel. The formal nomination by the EU's Council of Ministers will take place in May 2012. - more...
12-Jul-2011: ENCATC-University of Antwerp Debate: War economy or Warhol economy?
Europe needs a “Warhol Economy” instead of a war economy said European Commissioner for Trade, Karel De Gucht, at the opening of the ENCATC-UA debate on managing the impact of the financial crisis in Europe. - more...
11-Jul-2011: EU budget 2014-2020: Commission plans new programme 'Creative Europe'
The European Union has just proposed a multi-annual budget for 2014-2020. Responding to today's concerns and tomorrow's needs it focuses on priority funding at the EU level that provides true added value and includes more funds for Europe’s youth. In order to overcome the fragmentation of current instruments the Commission proposes to create an integrated programme of €15.2 billion for education, training and youth ('Education Europe'), with a clear focus on developing skills and mobility. The Commission's plans also include a new programme for the cultural and creative sector worth €1.6 billion ('Creative Europe'). - more...
07-Jul-2011: New On the Move research dossier: Green Mobility Guide for the Performing Arts
Commissioned by On the Move to creative industries environmental experts Julie’s Bicycle, the Green Mobility Guide offers practical recommendations for professionals across the performing arts, case studies and resources, including the Julie’s Bicycle “IG tool” for tracking carbon emissions while on tour. - more...
06-Jul-2011: Poland takes over EU Presidency, ambitious cultural programme launched
Between 1 July and 31 December 2011, Poland presides over the works of the Council of the European Union. Aside from its strictly political dimension, the Presidency also gives the country holding it an opportunity to build its image as a nation and a member of the European Union. - more...
05-Jul-2011: IETM and KAMS publish “Coproduction manual”
IETM and KAMS – Korean Arts Management Service - released a publication on June 22, 2011, for cultural operators and artists interested by cooperation in Asia, in Europe and between Asia and Europe: International Co-Production Manual – The journey which is full of surprises. - more...
04-Jul-2011: Edinburgh Festivals releases groundbreaking study on the impacts of festivals
Massive economic impact, huge tourism and promotional benefits and significant contributions to local and national identity and pride are all key findings from independent research published on May 23, 2011 which describes and quantifies the effect of Edinburgh’s year-round Festivals on locals, visitors, young people, artists, the economy and the environment. - more...
10-Jun-2011: Culturelink releases publication "Networks: The Evolving Aspects of Culture in the 21st Century"
Culturelink's new publication, edited by Biserka Cvjeticanin, marks twenty years of its continuous networking and research activities in cultural development, cultural policies, intercultural communication and international cultural cooperation. - more...
08-Jun-2011: Creative Encounters: Asia-Europe Foundation calls for artistic project proposals
For the first time, the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) combines forces with the Arts Network Asia (ANA) in collaboration with the European network Trans Europe Halles to present the “Creative Encounters: Cultural Partnerships between Asia and Europe” in 2011. - more...
08-Jun-2011: Dutch Classical Music Meeting 2011 to take place from 15-17 October in Amsterdam
Presented by Music Center the Netherlands, the 4th edition of the Dutch Classical Music Meeting 2011 (DCMM; 15-17 October 2011, Amsterdam/Netherlands) is the largest b2b showcase and networking event in the Netherlands for professionals spanning early, classical and contemporary music. Organised biannually DCMM is attended by some 200 professional delegates, bringing together curators, artistic directors, presenters, managers and government representatives from all over the world. Registration is now open. - more...
02-Jun-2011: European Academy of Yuste Foundation announces European Research and Mobility Grants
The European Academy of Yuste Foundation announces its European Research and Mobility Grants for European Studies ‘Charles V European Award - Javier Solana Madariaga’ and its “VI Summer Doctoral Seminar in Contemporary European Multidisciplinary Studies” with the academic support of SEGEI (SocioEconomic Governance and European Identity) Research Network, to take place at the Royal Monastery of Yuste (Extremadura, Spain) in the second semester of 2011. The grants are supported by the Alliance of Civilizations of the United Nations and the European Commission through the Europe for Citizens European Programme. - more...
02-Jun-2011: Second edition of the Chopin Piano FEST Prishtina 2011 great success
The Kosovo Chopin Association was established in 2009 and organised the Chopin Piano FEST Prishtina in 2010 to honour the 200th anniversary of Chopin’s birthday. The 2011 Chopin Piano FEST Prishtina (12-24 April) dedicated its concerts to the 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt. It brought together pianists from Kosovo, Germany, Austria and also Argentina. 17 Kosovo artists participated in the festival; it was an opportunity to promote two new music works composed by two young Kosovo composers. - more...
26-May-2011: European Music Council’s Working Group Youth launches Manifesto for Youth and Music in Europe
The Working Group Youth is a network of young people, most between the age of 18 and 30, who are involved in all kinds of music throughout Europe. In 2010 and 2011, the focus of the work of the Working Group Youth (WGY) has been the Access! project. In May 2011, the Working Group launched a Manifesto for Youth and Music in Europe. - more...
19-May-2011: PEARLE/EAEA: Statement on mobility information services for artists and cultural workers
The European social partners of the committee 'live performance' adopted, ahead of the Culture Council of 19 and 20 May 2011, a joint statement on the “mobility information services for artists and for culture professionals”. - more...
17-May-2011: On the Move and PRACTICS call for improvement of conditions for culture mobility
On the Move (OTM) and PRACTICS, two major European key players in supporting the trans-border mobility of artists and cultural operators, organise a joint press conference in Budapest on May 19th at 10.30 a.m. to call for improved conditions for trans-border mobility of artists, culture operators and arts worldwide. - more...
04-May-2011: Invitation Conference: "A little bit of Opera?" (20–22 May, Antwerp & Ghent/Belgium)
Vlaamse Opera, the International Arts Campus deSingel, Music Theatre Transparant and Production House LOD have the honour to invite you to the Conference and Symposium on the occasion of the biannual Festival of Contemporary Music Theatre OPERA XXI. - more...
02-May-2011: European Commission publishes results for "Support to European cultural festivals"
An unprecedented high number of applications (674 from 32 countries) were submitted by the application deadline 15 November 2010 for strand 1.3.6 of the European Union’s Culture Programme regulating the support to European cultural festivals. A total of 26 applications were retained in line with the available budget. - more...
15-Apr-2011: 4th IMC World Forum on Music: the music world to convene in Tallinn (26 Sep – 1 Oct 2011)
Paris/Bonn/Tallinn – April 15, 2011. The International Music Council, the European Music Council and the Estonian Music Council are pleased to announce the 4th IMC World Forum on Music to take place in Tallinn, September 26 – October 1, 2011, under the title “Music and Social Change”. The event will be staged in close collaboration with the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. - more...
12-Apr-2011: Call for Participation: Tandem - A Cultural Managers Exchange Programme – Turkey-EU
Tandem – A Cultural Managers Exchange Programme - Turkey-European Union – is a new initiative by Stiftung Mercator (Essen) and the European Cultural Foundation (Amsterdam) together with MitOst (Berlin), Anadolu Kültür (Istanbul) and Istanbul Bilgi University (Istanbul). It offers the chance for 15 cultural organisations based in Germany and other EU countries to create a co-production together with Turkish partner organisations specifically from Anatolian cities. - more...
08-Apr-2011: International Arts Professionals Summer School to take place 18-22 July 2011 in Brussels
The International Arts Professionals Summer School is an intense week of inspirational learning for creative practitioners, arts managers and cultural project managers interested in engaging with the current debates and research in the management of visual and performing arts organisations. - more...
31-Mar-2011: EU Culture Programme "Support to European cultural festivals”: Publication of results delayed
The European Commission announced a delay of the publication of results for the support to European cultural festivals (strand 1.3.6). The selection results will be published on the website of DG Education & Culture in April 2011. The applicants will be informed of the outcome of the selection procedure in April 2011 as well. - more...
21-Mar-2011: “A Soul for Europe” – Istanbul Forum: Final publication available now
The Istanbul Forum of the initiative “A Soul for Europe” entitled “Global Challenges – Cultural Visions” took place on 12 and 13 October 2010 in Istanbul. It was initiated as a laboratory to define and implement new forms of collaboration between political decision makers and civil society - including the business sector and the individual citizen - to develop Europe as a cultural project. The final publication including all speeches and discussions is now available for download at citizensofculture.net. - more...
11-Mar-2011: High-level conference Budapest: "Culture as a driver for smart, inclusive and sustainable growth"
European Commissioner for Education and Culture Androulla Vassiliou and the Hungarian Minister of State for Culture, Géza Szöcs participated in a conference on the contribution of culture to the Europe 2020 Growth Strategy. - more...
02-Mar-2011: Ars Musica 2011 throwing open its doors to creativity
For its 22nd edition, the celebrated contemporary music festival, Ars Musica, is throwing open its doors to creativity, showing just how diverse, unpredictable and playful today’s music can be. - more...
01-Mar-2011: EU Culture Programme: Results for 2010 calls published
The European Commission released the results of the 2010 calls for proposals under the multi-annual projects and cooperation measures (Strand 1.1 and 1.2.1) as well as for support for European Cultural Bodies (Strand 2) and cooperation projects between organisations involved in cultural policy analysis (Strand 3). - more...
18-Feb-2011: Nominees selected for the Gaudeamus Prize 2011
The jury of the International Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2011, consisting of Miguel Azguime (Portugal), Rozalie Hirs (The Netherlands), and Tadeusz Wielecki (Poland), has nominated thirteen compositions for the Gaudeamus Prize 2011. These compositions, selected from over 400 entries, will be performed in the International Gaudeamus Muziekweek (Music Week). At the conclusion of the Gaudeamus Muziekweek this same jury will announce the winner of the Gaudeamus Prize. - more...
02-Feb-2011: Javier Solana to receive Charles V European Award of the European Academy of Yuste Foundation
Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia will present the Charles V European Award to Javier Solana, President of Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation, on 11 February 2011 at the Royal Monastery of Yuste, Spain. The 2010 ‘Charles V European Award’ was awarded to Javier Solana for his high level of commitment to external relations and his efforts in favor of peace and democracy as High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union. The European Charles V Award Ceremony is organised by the European Academy of Yuste Foundation. - more...
