Philipp Dietachmair - ECF and Its Work in The EU Neighbourhood

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European Cultural Foundation

& its work in the

European Union Neighbourhood


Philipp Dietachmair KUMA Talks, May 16, 2012

Project Cultural Development in Belarus, Vilnius, April 2011

EU Neighbourhood Programme
There is no new vision or strategy for Europe without the historical, cultural, economic, political and human ties we share with our EU neighbours

Belarus History Book 10th grade (A. Liankevich)

EU Neighbourhood Programme

A sincere and organically growing communication and collaboration process with cultural innovators in the EU Neighbourhood will bring new joint visions for the wider Europe artistically, socially and politically
Cultural Policy workshop (Kaliningrad 2005)

EU Neighbourhood Programme

Skilled cultural managers establish strong organisations and form powerful communities of cultural change-makers in turbulent societies
Clubture Croatia, Zagreb

EU Neighbourbood Programme
Across the wider Europe: EU & neighbouring countries Belarus Ukraine Moldova
Turkey Algeria Egypt Jordan Lebanon Morocco Palestine Syria Tunisia

5 dimensions of our work

1. Capacity building 2. Supporting arts innovation 3. Community development 4. Participation in policy development 5. (pan-)European collaboration

1. Capacity building
Arts management training for cultural entrepreneurs

Belarus Pilot Workshop, Vilnius April 2011

1. Capacity building

Development of cultural organisations

Biblioteka Odesa

2. Supporting arts innovation

Small-scale grants for local projects encourage cultural innovators & support alternative artistic expressions
DJ Lavr (Belarus) by A. Liankevich

3. Community development

Powerful local communities of professionals

Zagreb Right to City Movement fighting for Badel cultural factory

3. Community development example

Chernihiv
Kyiv Lutsk Lviv Ivano-Frankivsk

Kharkiv

Poltava Luhansk Zhytomyr Dnipropetrovsk Kremenchuk Khirovohrad Donetsk Kherson Odesa

Ukraine Culture Network (2010)

4. Participation in policy development

Strong civic voices for more accountability in public art budgets, cultural planning & policy reform
Right to the City Movement Zagreb

5. (pan-)European collaboration
Adventures of the Trash People Canakkale, Turkey

Collaboration must be twoway, recognizing the inequality of resources, but not of human capacity or cultural expression

5. (pan-)European collaboration
On the ground practice feeds into new EU cultural policies for the neighbourhood countries

5. (pan-)European collaboration

Tandem Cultural Managers Exchange: EU, Ukraine, Moldova and Turkey


Tandem study visit Ukraine, Kyiv (May 2011)

Challenges
Political Turbulence Socioeconomic Volatility
Westernization vs. Local Ownership Complexity vs. Quick Fix Aspirations

Middle-Town: Imagining the Unspectacular, Trabzon, Turkey

www.eurocult.org/activities/neighbourhood

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