News | European Network of Cultural Centres

Save the dates 2019-2020

General | 20 February 2019

Dates to pencil in your calendar for the coming year.

New member: Sanatatak

General | 15 February 2019

Welcome Sanatatak, our new associate member and first ENCC member in Turkey!

BECC fellows 2019

General | 28 January 2019

We're delighted to announce the names and organisations of the 15 selected fellows who will participate in our BECC 2019 training and staff exchange programme.

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BECC - Bridge between European Cultural Centres

Hello, 2019

General | 09 January 2019

A look at topics we're working on, with dates to remember for the coming months

End of year message from the ENCC Office

General | 19 December 2018

Our office in Brussels is closed from Monday 24th December 2018 to Monday 7th January 2019. Before leaving, a few words about the ending year.

European construction has not even begun

General | 17 December 2018

A letter from the ENCC Office on the EU and its future

Announcing ENCC Project Fair

General | 16 December 2018

On June 4-5 2019, we'll meet in Lisbon, Portugal to match partners for European Projects.

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Project Fair: registrations are open

"European cooperation gives us ideas to solve our local issues"

General | 14 December 2018

An interview with our member A Vértes Agorája from Hungary #ENCCMembersPortraitSeries

BECC Frequently Asked Questions

General | 26 November 2018

What's in the programme for me? May non-ENCC members apply? Do I have to live in the EU? What about Brexit?

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BECC - Bridge between European Cultural Centres

On local networks and the need for empowerment

General | 21 November 2018

Notes on our recent Travelling Academy meeting in Timisoara

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Travelling Academy

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Join us in Timisoara for an international meeting on local networks!

Apply now for our 2019 BECC staff exchange/training programme

Call | 09 November 2018

This year's topic is 'Building local networks (and keeping them alive)'. Deadline for applications: 15 December 2018.

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BECC - Bridge between European Cultural Centres

Who Is Europe?

General | 09 November 2018

Join us in Warsaw on 22-23 November for the final conference of CoHERE research project on heritage practices & divided identities.

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CoHERE

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CoHERE Living Lab: Mainstreaming Heritage Policy

Brexit and the Cultural Sector

General | 17 October 2018

Recommendations from a panel of arts & culture experts on legal issues, funding and partnerships, and mobility.

General | 21 September 2018

How to build a cultural network from scratch in your city or territory? How to keep it alive ? Register now for our meeting in Timisoara.

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Travelling Academy

CoHERE Living Lab: Mainstreaming Heritage Policy

General | 21 September 2018

We find ourselves in a moment of fragmentation and division in Europe that can be hard to reconcile with aspirations for valorising a shared European heritage. In this situation, how should heritage be at the “centre of the policies and priorities”?

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CoHERE

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CoHERE Living Lab: Mainstreaming Heritage Policy

ENCC events for the coming season and onwards

General | 10 July 2018

Our meetings and our red thread topic for the year.

Welcome, new members!

General | 31 May 2018

The ENCC is happy to introduce five new members in 2018.

Shortcut Europe 2018

General | 16 May 2018

Our April conference gathered participants from 10 countries in Turnhout, Belgium. Some highlights.

'We all understand, in philosophical and cultural terms, that we live in Postmodern times. But what I want to suggest to you is that Modernism was the last phase of the Enlightenment. And we are now leaving the Enlightenment. Because the Enlightenment's ideas, including its invention of Fine Art and its purpose in society, was shaped by a world that no longer exists.'

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Shortcut Europe

Supporting Culture = Supporting Europe

General | 07 May 2018

Support the 1% FOR CULTURE campaign & Manifesto from Culture Action Europe.

More information, a video and the manifesto in 9 languages here.

Looking at next EU budget proposal

General | 03 May 2018

On May 2nd, the EU Commission presented its proposal for the 2021-2027 budget. Main news for us at first glance: the doubling of Erasmus+ and an increase for Creative Europe. Analysis.

The ENCC is happy to see Creative Europe maintained as a stand-alone programme, and its budget increased from 1.4 billion Euros (for 2014-2020) to 1.8 billion euros. However, it remains to be seen which strands will be covered by that budget, and what financial allocations will be made to culture in the other EU budget lines.

Shortcut Europe 2018 - printable programme

General | 19 April 2018

The detailed programme for the 2018 conference. With speakers, cultural events, practical information, Turnhout restaurants and more.

Download & print here.

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Shortcut Europe

An interview with Staf Pelckmans

General | 19 April 2018

The director of De Warande (Turnhout, BE), host of our 2018 Shortcut Europe conference, talks cultural infrastructures, interaction between professional and non-professional artists, and how to create 'cultural ecosystems'.

Read the full interview here.

Boosting the EU culture budget – A call from Europe’s cultural & creative sectors

General | 11 April 2018

ENCC is one of the sixty-seven networks and cultural organisations representing Europe’s cultural & creative sectors call on European decision makers to boost the EU financing for cultural and creative sectors recognised today as driving forces for social and economical sustainable growth.

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Shortcut Europe

The Evaluation Journey - A Toolkit for Cultural Operators

General | 19 March 2018

Our newest publication, by Marie Le Sourd and Dagna Gmitrowicz, is now available online.

This toolkit is designed to help cultural centres staff, as well as other cultural professionals, evaluate their project, programmes and/or organisation, especially when financial and human resources are limited. It offers an overview of questions, strategies and methods to consider, as well as a practical section with hands-on tools for the cultural evaluator.

Download the digital publication here.