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Cultural Policy and Research 2011-2016

Evaluation of Cultural Policies and EU funded programs as Promoters of Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue in the Balkans/Southeast Europe (SEE)

By Cultural Policy and Research 2011-2016

The project “Evaluation of Cultural Policies and EU funded programs as Promoters of Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue in the Balkans/Southeast Europe (SEE)” aims to enhance the impact of cultural policies on promoting cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue in 5 countries of the Balkans/SEE.

To that aim, the project activities are intended to contribute to more systematic and comprehensive analysis and sharing of the existing data on cultural policies and programs related to promoting cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue in the region.

The basic argument put forth by this project follows the logic of the Mr. Petritsch quote: cultural integration is as important as political and economic, and in some regards it also precedes and supersedes it.

The project laid out herein proposes to evaluate the impact of national (state) and local (municipal) cultural policies and EU funded programs for culture in the countries of the Western Balkans in promoting cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue as a part of the EU integration process.

Despite the reality of this fact, cultural policy, nationally, locally and in particularly regionally (between Balkan/SEE countries), has to date paid it little regard. There has been a tremendous, primarily international effort, invested in the region’s integration, however most of it has concerned social, political, and economic priorities.

Partners of the project are:

– österreichische kulturdokumentation. internationales archiv für kulturanalysen
Address: Schultergasse 5/15
1010 Vienna
Austria
http://www.kulturdokumentation.org/
Contact person: Veronika Ratzenboeck, Director (veronika.ratzenboeck@kulturdokumentation.org)

– Udruženje građana “Akcija”
Address: Telali 10
71000 Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
http://www.akcija.org.ba
Contact person: Aida Kalender, Program Director (akcija.sarajevo@gmail.com)

The project is supported by the EC Culture 2007-2013 Programme within the Sub-Programme: Support for cooperation projects between organisations involved in cultural policy analysis.

 

Promoting a new model of cultural institutions in the Republic of Macedonia (2011-2012)

By Cultural Policy and Research 2011-2016

The project “Promoting a new model of cultural institutions in the Republic of Macedonia” aims to explore new models of cultural organisation at local level that prioritizes de-institutionalisation of culture, civic consciousness, community based programming, participatory decision-making and public-private partnership between cultural stakeholders on local level.

The researches of the cultural life in the municipalities in Macedonia (conducted by PAC Multimedia) set in front the conclusion that fundamental changes within the cultural sector must be made. Local communities have greater need of cultural institutions that respond to their diverse needs (not political and mono-cultural), there is need for greater exploration and innovations in culture and there is need for greater cohesion among independent and institutional culture.

The proposed project responds to these needs of citizens in 3 municipalities in Macedonia: Tetovo, Gostivar and Kichevo. 

 The project encompasses:

– One Training session (3 days workshop) on the issues of: Strengthening of the independent cultural scene; Promoting public-private partnership in culture; and promoting new models of cultural landscape on local level;

– Three Forum sessions (one in each municipality) – bringing citizens, institutions and local government closer, debating issues related to openness of cultural institutions and citizen`s participation. Forum sessions relates to the need of citizens concerns to be debated and actions to be approved with the direct participation of the citizens.

– One study visit in Amsterdam, visiting The Tolhuistuin Community Arts Center in Amsterdam where two representatives per municipality will take part;

– Strategic Plan development sessions for the new cultural institutions;

– Report analysis of the status of the independent cultural scene on local level in Macedonia;

– Three Media promotions (one in each municipality) so to stimulate the public dialog on culture on local level.

The project is financed by the Embassy of The Kingdom of The Netherlands in Skopje.

 

Institutional grant for the Culture Policy Programme (2010-2012)

By Cultural Policy and Research 2011-2016

The Cultural Policy and Research Programme is institutionally supported by the Center for Institutional Development CIRa in accordance with the Grant Agreement number IG – 04-09 in the programme CIVICA Mobilitas implemented and financially supported by SDC. All the above contents are opinions of the author / s and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of CIR-a and SDC. The financial support of the program refers to activities in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Improving cultural understanding in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH): research and capacity building project (2010-2011)

By Cultural Policy and Research 2011-2016

Within the scope of The MDGF programme in Bosnia and Herzegovina “Improving Cultural Understanding in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)”, which is a joint initiative by UNDP, UNESCO and UNICEF, funded through the Spanish MDG Achievement Fund, PAC Multimedia is implementing the project Culture Management Practices among EU and Swiss cultural institutions as a model for cultural institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Programme aims to strengthen cross-cultural understanding in Bosnia and Herzegovina by: Developing and implementing cultural policies and legal frameworks; Improving cross-cultural understanding at the community level; Strengthening the cultural industries; and Improving tolerance levels towards diversity.

The project encompasses:

– Analysis of the best practices of Culture Management in EU cultural institutions;

– Analysis of the current context of Cultural Management in BiH;

– Organisation of two trainings on Strategic planning and Fund-raising and EU funds for public cultural institutions in BiH.

Culture from-for all: Policy cooperation among Macedonia and Kosovo (2009-2012)

By Cultural Policy and Research 2011-2016

The project is based on the presumption that culture is not just some kind of an extra option to the municipalities in the Republic of Macedonia and Republic of Kosovo, but it is its essential component for social cohesion, an improvement to the life quality of its citizens regardless of their ethnical, religious, educational, social, gender background, as well as to its economic development.

Project aims to:

– Increase and encourage the citizens` participation in policy making and decision-making activities on local level;

– Identify and develop an efficient system of mechanisms in the area of culture that would lead to a systematic cultural development of the municipalities;

– Improve the influence of artists over policy creation process at local and national level in both of the countries and to make them to have a critical approach toward society processes;

– Improve the regional cooperation among the municipalities in both countries.

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Re-thinking Local Cultural Policy: new identity and new paradigm (Conference proceedings)

By Cultural Policy and Research 2011-2016

Editor: Violeta Simjanovska

Foreword by: Violeta Simjanovska

Catalogization-in-Publication (CIP) for this book is available from the National and University Library, Skopje.
ISBN 978-608-4652-01-4

“This publication is not a cultural policy manual, guide or list of cultural tools and indicators per se. Rather, its central ambition is to present the thoughts towards City Cultural policies from experts, academics, cultural operators, artists from the Balkans.

The articles assembled in this collection touch upon other pertinent issues representing a kind of intellectual approach that supports the process of re-contextualization of city challenges: culture becoming a resource for development of our societies and the importance of re-defining the local cultural policies in this respect.

This publication is addressed to a number of constituencies – to policy-makers and practitioners in the field of culture and development, to institutional and community-based researchers, to ‘stakeholders in the cultural field’ in the broadest sense – and we are probably all members of that group.

It might serve as a generator for further dialogue and discussions.”

The Editor

The publication can be downloaded from the following link Re_Think_Conference_proceedings and free sample can be obtained at the office of PAC Multimedia.