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Youth, non-formal education and social media: reflections and practices

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As part of the project: Inter-ethnic youth participation in human rights debate using social media, PAC Multimedia compiled book that reflects on the status of non-formal education and the use of social media among students in the debate on human rights.

The book includes 5 articles and a practical guide of exercises that can be used in workshop context.

The book is available in Macedonian and Albanian language which are downloadable here or can be freely obtained in the office.

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Guideline on the Cultural Management Best Practices Analysis in EU Cultural Institutions (three Case Studies from the Netherlands)

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Research and reported by: PAC Multimedia, 2012

Authors: Violeta Simjanovska M.Sc., Aida Kalender M.Sc. and Katerina Mojanchevska M.Sc.

This Guidelines on the Best Practices on Cultural Management in EU (the Netherlands) Cultural Institutions is part of the PAC Multimedia project “Promoting a New Model of Cultural Institutions in Republic of Macedonia: best practice from the Netherlands”. It is an initiative that brings together three municipalities from Macedonia: Kichevo, Tetovo and Gostivar and cultural organizations from the Netherlands. The joint project provides a vehicle for the purposes of enabling the change through strengthening cross-cultural understanding and dialogue.

The main aim of this Guideline is to present the best practice regarding cultural management of the cultural institutions from EU (the Netherlands) that can serve as an instructive model of management practices for the cultural institutions in Macedonia.

The report is available in English and Macedonian language.

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The report has been produced with the assistance of the Embassy of The Royal Kingdom of the Netherlands in Skopje.

Strategies for cultural development of the municipalities of Tetovo, Kichevo and Gostivar

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The strategies set out the guidelines for the cultural development of the municipality, and, by (re)defining the identity of the city, which is based on the collective memory of the people, cultural heritage (movable and immovable) and vision for the future. Postulates of these documents are that they are open and dynamic and that the process of (re)defining and (re)positioning of local cultural policies is complex and certainly not short. Maximizing the power of culture as a central activity in a society, includes a number of steps. They promote new models of cultural planning at the local level that focus on de-institutionalization of culture, civic awareness, programming based on the needs of the community, participatory decision-making and public-private partnerships between cultural actors at the local level.
 
The strategies are developed in the framework of the project “Culture For/From All: policy cooperation among Kosovo and Macedonia”. The project is based on the assumption that culture is an essential component of social cohesion and the process of improving the quality of life for citizens in the municipalities in Macedonia and Kosovo, regardless of their ethnic, religious, educational, social background or gender, and an important factor in economic development.
 
The project, which began to be implemented three years ago and has been implemented in three municipalities of Macedonia (Kichevo, Tetovo and Gostivar) and three municipalities of Kosovo (Prizren, Novo Brdo and Gnilanje) is among the first collaboration of cultural / civic / research stages of these two countries, and among the first that allowed the exchange of experiences and knowledge among the municipalities.
The project included representatives from local government – municipalities, central government officials, representatives of public cultural institutions, as well as representatives of civil society organizations in an open and participatory process of policy-making and decision-making at the local level.
 
Through the implementation of seven trainings on issues related to local cultural policy in a period of three years; an international conference and a regional conference; four creative workshops of artists and artistic production; research activities of the needs of the citizens, the cultural sector and cultural mapping in the involved municipalities, the process finalized with creating and writing participatory cultural policies and strategies for cultural development.
 
The Macedonian municipalities involved in the project are few of those in the country which have a defined strategy for local cultural development, which is specific in its structure, but involves an integrating approach in developmental planning system of economic, social, cultural and environmental factors.
 

This project was implemented in partnership with ODA (www.teatrioda.com) from Prishtina, Kosovo.Following this links, the strategies can be downloaded. Each strategy is available in Macedonian and Albanian language. Hard-copy can be obtained at PAC Multimedia `s office or the municipalities.

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

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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.

Creating knowledge-based organisations: Knowledge management research within civil society organisations in Macedonia, by Katerina Mojanchevska and Violeta Simjanovska

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Knowledge gathering and sharing are key parts of the knowledge management initiatives. An effective process of knowledge management requires a supporting organisational infrastructure that clearly sets the guidelines and communication schemes of who, how and when gathers data, where data is disposed and further transferred within the organisation and the wider community.

The aim of this report is, on one side, to identify and analyze key processes, techniques and tools for creating and harnessing knowledge in Performing Arts Center MULTIMEDIA from Skopje, Macedonia and, on the other side, to provide information on the status of the subject among the civil society sector in Macedonia.

Moreover, this report is designed to support the civil society organisations in finding, creating, managing and sharing knowledge to improve their performance by introducing the value of knowledge management, providing portfolio of KM tools and techniques and providing approaches to organisational processes which support KM.

The book is available in English language and can be freely downloaded here.

Research results on cultural life in the Municipalities of Tetovo, Gostivar and Kichevo, by Violeta Simjanovska

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The purpose of these publications is to determine the situation in terms of cultural life in the municipalities of Tetovo, Gostivar and Kichevo and to detect the current situation in the cultural field in order to support the planning process (creation) of a strategy for cultural development of these communities.

Planning for cultural development one of the main instruments that define the local cultural policy. Cultural development, as a general social category involves a process of development of all areas of human life. In global terms, the development is a process that involves homogenization or tendency of balancing the way people live worldwide. This includes the creation of common values.

These books are provided in accordance with the Grant Agreement Number IG – 04-09, under the programme implemented by CIVICA Mobilitas and financially supported by SDC. All the above contents are opinions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the CIRa and SDC.

The publications are part of the project “Culture from-for all: policy cooperation among Macedonia and Kosovo“, realised in partnership with ODA from Prishtina, Kosovo, and financed by the Swiss Cultural Programme in the Western Balkans, European Cultural Foundation, the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe sponsored by the German Embassy in Skopje and the Olof Palme International Center.

The brochures are available in Macedonian and Albanian language and can be freely downloaded.

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Guide to Citizen Participation in Local Cultural Policy Development for European Cities, by Jordi Pascual i Ruiz and Sanijn Dragojevic (translation into Macedonian language)

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The translation and print of the publication in Macedonian language was supported by the European Cultural Foundation and in part, through U.S. Embassy grant. The opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed herein are those of the Author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of State.

The Introduction to the Macedonian version is made by Violeta Simjanovska.

The book is available in Macedonian language and can be freely downloaded here.