MICA

Mu.SA International Community Activators

Mu.SA
community
institution
Charter and Internal Rules
Contents

04 Mu.SA Community Charter 09 Mu.SA Community Rules

Who we are Mu.SA Engagement &
Community Rules of
conduct
04 Mu.SA Community Charter
10 Mu.SA Community Rules
Where we come from
Group discussion
Etiquette
05 Mu.SA Community Charter
Our Mission 11 Mu.SA Community Rules
Privacy Policy

06 Mu.SA Community Charter

Our Values 11 Mu.SA Community Rules
Legal Notice

08 Mu.SA Community Rules

Community structure
Mu.SA
COMMUNITY
CHARTER
Who we are
Mu.SA Community (MSC), is an international informal group of
Cultural Heritage professionals based in the European Union. It aims
to exchange local practices, implement self professional education
and training, and create new opportunities of transnational
cooperation in every cultural field. .

Where we come from

The Community was born by participants and partners from three
European projects: eCult Skills (LifeLong Learning Programme –
Leonardo da Vinci 2013/2015), Mu.SA Museum Sector Alliance
(Erasmus+ / Sector Skills Alliances.2017/2019), M.I.C.A. - Mu.SA
International Community Activators (Erasmus+/ small scale
cooperation 2021/2023).

Partners from Mu.SA project were:

Hellenic Open University (HOU) – DAISSy group, Greece –
Coordinator
Melting Pro Learning (MeP), Italy
ICOM, Portugal
Link Campus University, Italy
National Organization for the Certification of Qualifications and
Vocational Guidance (EOPPEP), Greece
Symbola – Fondazione per le Qualità Italiane, Italy
University of Porto (U.PORTO), Portugal
Institute of Vocational Training AKMI (AKMI), Greece
Istituto per i Beni Artistici, Naturali e Culturali della Regione Emilia-
Romagna, Italy
ICOM, Greece
Culture Action Europe (CAE), Belgium
Mapa das Ideias (MAPAS), Portugal
They create courses and online modules for new digital professions
in the Cultural field. Training sessions were open just for Museum
specialists from around Europe, Especially Italy, Greece and Portugal.
Since the first lessons, participants felt the necessity to go beyond
the education field and create more stable connections with other
professionals, to share ideas, best practices, and collaboration
opportunities. From this very practical need was born the idea to
create the M.I.C.A. project.

Even though Partners of MICA Project came from Mu.SA experience

(except for the coordinator Cultura REPublic ETS an Italian no-profit
led by some ex Mu.SA student), the focus was totally on the new
digital community. Aim of MICA was to give the participants
themselves the tools to create and manage an active, sustainable
international digital community. Furthermore, partners wanted to go
beyond the Museums field and open the access to professionals
from the cultural world, in its wider meaning.

Our Mission

Mu.SA Community Mission is to create an open, active, sustainable

digital community for European professionals in the Cultural Fields.
MSC scope is to establish a shared virtual space for European
Cultural Heritage progress in an updated and sustainable way.

We aims to:

Create opportunities of professional improvement through self-

learning and training shared opportunities.
Generate new national and transnational cooperation
opportunities through continuous networking and active
participation at community life
Exhange best practices and new ideas.
Our Values Part Three

Mu.SA Community Values are:

1 . Open access: Access to the community is open to whoever works

or wants to work in the Cultural field, and shares our mission and
values.

2. Diversity is gold: We believe that diversity (from European

Countries level to individuals), is one of our greater assets.
Therefore, respect for diversity no matter which form it takes, is
mandatory to be part of this community.

3. Equality: each community member has the same relevance of

all the others.

4. Active participation: A community works if all its members make

an effort to actively participate in its life, contributing with the time,
effort and resources that can share. This point too won’t generate
any sort of discrimination or distinction among members.

5. Yes, and...: Open mindedness and acceptance to other

members' proposals. Mu.SA Community encourages a proactive
positive attitude among members and the community itself.
Mu.SA
COMMUNITY
RULES
Community Structure

Mu.SA International community has two main cores

1. The International Community
2. The National Communities

The International Community: is the main apparatus of the MSC, its

tasks are:
Community Management
Definition of common MSC policies and actions
Coordination of National Communities
International representative actions
Official Communication and Community branding
International MSC meetings management
Financial Management and Fundraising for transnational
activities

The National Communities: are National/local emanations of the

MSC. Their Main tasks are:
National Community management
Alignment with International Management
Promotion of MSC values and activities on National territories
Coordination and communication among National members
Financial Management and Fundraising for National activities

Both International and Nationals communities have the same form.

Each one will have an Administrative office, for decision making and
bureaucratic work, and a financial office for community expenses
and funding.

Each decision will be taken through democratic votes. Each

member can cast a vote for each decision.
If any member can’t participate in voting assemblies, it will have
the chance to delegate, in written form, his vote to another member.
Each member can be a delegate for just one other member.

Cultural Institutions, no matter their form, can participate

collectively in the Community. Anyway each institution will have to
elect a single person as its representative. Each institution will count
as one member and will have the same rights and weight of single
participants. Single professionals can be personally members even
though their work institution is a member too. Institution
Representatives can be changed, given written communication to
the MSC administrative office.

Mu.SA Engagement &

Community Rules of
conduct

Treat all users and colleagues fairly and equally. Stimulate

conversation, be respectful of others’ views, and refrain from
personal attacks..
Respect legitimate intellectual property rights, do not plagiarize
work, and give credit to the originators of ideas.
Don’t share the posts of others without permission.
Group Discussion
Etiquette

All defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal

material is strictly prohibited.
Discriminatory, hostile or intimidating messages or language will
not be tolerated, whether based on a person’s race, ethnicity,
culture, national origin, social or economic class, educational
level, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age,
size, family status, political belief, religion, or mental or physical
ability.
Mu.SA Community strives to create and maintain a community
in which people of many different backgrounds and cultures are
treated with respect.
Be mindful and respectful of linguistic backgrounds – while the
language for online discussions is mostly English (unless
otherwise specified), remember not everybody is a native
English speaker / writer. The same rule is valid also for National
Communities and National Languages.
Keep subject lines concise and clear so that members can
respond appropriately and easily search the archives.
Include only relevant portions of the original message in replies.
Only send a message to the entire list if everyone can benefit
from it. Do not send “thank you” and “me too” replies to the full
list.
If relevant, add “Long Message” to the subject line or at the
beginning of the message body.
Do not spam several lists or libraries with the same message.
Don’t publicly post commercial messages.
Use caution when discussing products. Information posted on
the lists and in the libraries is available for all members to see.
Comments are subject to libel, slander, and antitrust laws.
Please carefully read the items listed in the disclaimer and legal
rules below, particularly regarding the copyright ownership of
information posted.
Privacy policy Part Four

Mu.SA Community is committed to respect the privacy of our

members and of visitors to our community. We do not sell, rent, or
share any personally-identifiable information shared by visitors or
our membership mailing list. To learn more, please view our full
privacy policy.

Legal Notice

Do not post any information or other material protected by

copyright without permission. By posting material, the posting party
warrants and represents that they own the copyright with respect to
such material or has received permission from the copyright owner.
In addition, the posting party grants the Mu.SA Community and
users of its shared online spaces the nonexclusive right and license
to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print, and use such
information or other material.

The Mu.SA Community shares communication tools as a service for

its members. The Mu.SA Community is not responsible for opinions
and information posted on this site or list. The Mu.SA Community
does monitor but does not moderate postings on this site or list, but
if any inappropriate posting is brought to the attention of the Mu.SA
Community, the Mu.SA Community reserves the right to take
appropriate action, including, without limitation, terminating access
to any user who does not abide by these guidelines.
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Mu.SA International Community Activators