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EFA launches FestFlash: a Newsletter on Arts Festivals celebrating Intercultural Dialogue

31 July 2008

The European Festivals Association published the first edition of its FestFlash – a monthly newsletter highlighting exceptional cases of festivals celebrating intercultural dialogue. “Festivals declared all together in Ljubljana, during the opening of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue, how important cultural organizations are in turning multicultural societies into intercultural societies. In this FestFlash, we show how the Arts Festivals’ Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue is brought to life!” as Darko Brlek , President of the European Festivals Association, explains. In July’s “Spotlight”: the Festival Internacional de Musica y Danza de Granada. Highlights include projects by the Emilia Romagna Festival, Ruhr Piano Festival, Culture&Cultures Festival in Lempaut, France, March Music Days International Festival in Rousse, Bulgaria, as well as the REMA signing ceremony of the Arts Festivals Declaration. Download the FestFlash on Intercultural Dialogue No 1/July 2008 here. Keep an eye on the FestFlash that is distributed widely – it is also featured on the EU website on Intercultural Dialogue! To sign up the Declaration and present projects, read the Open Call. To receive the FestFlash monthly, write an e-mail to Juliane@efa-aef.eu . More on the Arts Festivals’ Declaration’s website where 25 language versions of the Declaration can be downloaded! The Arts Festivals’ Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue is an initiative of the European Festivals Association in the framework of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. EFA is a member of the Rainbow Platform on Intercultural Dialogue and collaborates closely with the initiative A Soul for Europe.