Ivo Peeters
Ivo Peeters was born in 1954 and has a master's degree in Political and Social Sciences. In 1994 he co founded the ENCC and coordinated the network for 10 years as General Secretary. In those first 10 years he organised many international meetings and the ‘cultural management course' that became the current BECC staff exchange/training programme. He has been the director of De Zeyp cultural centre in Brussels for many years, is on the Board of Directors of the Flemish Association of Cultural and Community Centres and he is currently the Chairperson of ENCC Board of Directors. He has been involved in conceiving and facilitating many European cooperation projects, with a special focus on arts and disabilities.
Nicolas Combes
Nicolas Combes, vice-general director at the World Heritage site Saline Royale d'Arc-et-Senans (EPCC), is specialised in European projects and funding. He has been interim director of the EPCC, former general administrator of the Gaîté Lyrique in Paris, and co-coordinator of Jordi Savall's tri-annual residency and the ORPHEUS XXI project.
Giles Agis
Giles Agis has been developing and delivering carnival and festival events across Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Asia over the past thirty years. In the last decade he has focused on the capacity building of emerging arts, cultural operators, and arts organisation through a wide range of European funding programmes. Giles currently works as the carnival and community manger, at Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival in Scotland.
