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Welcome, new members!
General | 31 May 2018

The ENCC is happy to introduce five new members this spring.

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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.

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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.

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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.

 

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BECC - Bridge between European Cultural Centres
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BECC kickoff Seminar 2018
Shortcut Europe 2018: Programme and Speakers announced
General | 07 March 2018
The programme for our 2018 Shortcut Europe conference, 'Exploring Cultural Spaces', is online.
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Shortcut Europe
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ShortCut Europe
No police raids in art centres for migrants!
General | 14 February 2018

The ENCC cannot accept police raids in cultural spaces that have been funded by the authorities to be safe havens for artistic activities by migrants. 

On 9/02/2018, Globe Aroma arts centre, in Brussels, was raided by the police, who arrested several persons without documents. Globe Aroma defines itself as an open arts centre, accessible to everyone, in particular newly arrived migrants who want to practice an artistic activity, as well as migrants who are professional artists.

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BECC List of selected participants 2018
General | 23 January 2018

This year, thanks to Creative Europe's support to ENCC projects, 10 young professionals will join the BECC learning community and participate in trainings, mobility and staff exchange.

View list of 2018 selected candidates.

The ENCC received 30 applications from 18 European countries, representing cultural centres as well as other organizations active in the cultural sector.

We wish to thank all candidates for their interest in BECC and their high-level applications.

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BECC - Bridge between European Cultural Centres
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BECC kickoff Seminar 2018
RECcORD - Final Report on Research Project
General | 19 December 2017

Across Europe, cultural centres engage citizens in a variety of artistic and social activities. But what are the their characteristics, what kinds of citizen participation take place in them, and to what effects? This has been investigated in RECcORD, a European research project involving 38 cultural centers and researchers Birgit Eriksson, Carsten Stage and Camilla Møhring Reestorff from Aarhus University. 

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Shortcut Europe
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RECcORD
Shortcut Europe 2018 - Register now!
General | 19 December 2017

Shortcut Europe 2018 meeting will be dedicated to 'Exploring Cultural Spaces' - the new and unexpected spaces that cultural centres are creating by interacting with and transforming their environment.

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Shortcut Europe
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Shortcut Europe 2018 : "Exploring Cultural Spaces"
The ENCC at Cultura Viva Latin-American Congress
General | 18 December 2017

This year, for the first time, members of the ENCC Team attended the Cultura Viva Comunitaria Cultural Congress of Latin America. The meeting brought together organizations from 18 Latin-American countries, and was organized by the network Cultura Viva Comunitarias Ecuador, in cooperation with local and international partners.

 

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First World Summit of Community Arts Centers and Networks
European Conference Artistic Processes and Cultural Participation-New Perspectives for Rural Development
General | 27 September 2017
Local changemakers from Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Ireland, Germany and Switzerland will tell their stories of success, failure and resilience.
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Vital Village
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EUROPEAN CONFERENCE: Artistic Processes and Cultural Participation-New Perspectives for Rural Development
CoHERE Living Lab - The New Europe
General | 18 September 2017
Landing in the middle of a courtyard on a quiet street in Norrebro, the New Europe is a place suspended above reality,
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Thematic working groups
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CoHERE
Follow-up: Seminar on Social Innovation
General | 19 April 2017
Seminar on Social Innovation
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Regional Antennas
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ENCC General Assembly and Seminar on Social Innovation
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.

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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
Post-2020 funding for culture: get your expectations on the EC table!
General | 25 January 2018

Discussion and negotiations are starting at the European level concerning the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). In the context of pressure from national governments to respond to the departure of Great Britain with budget cuts, we, the cultural sector, must act to ensure that funding for culture is not affected by those cuts.

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Book publication: Vital Village
General | 17 January 2018
From our partners at the University of Hildesheim, with whom we organised our 2017 European Conference on rural development, a new collection of essays on cultural policy in rural areas.
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Thematic working groups
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Vital Village
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EUROPEAN CONFERENCE: Artistic Processes and Cultural Participation-New Perspectives for Rural Development
Two interviews on culture, participation and rural areas

We asked a few speakers from the European Conference in Hildesheim for their perspective on the topics from the meeting. 

Marilyn Reddan, programme developer for Galway 2020, and Lone Larsen, international cultural adviser for Aarhus 2017, discussed artistic and curatorial practices in rural areas and high/low culture clashes in that context. Read the full interview here.

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Shortcut Europe
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Vital Village
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EUROPEAN CONFERENCE: Artistic Processes and Cultural Participation-New Perspectives for Rural Development
Follow-up on European Conference: Artistic Processes and Cultural Participation - New Perspectives for Rural Development
General | 30 November 2017
From Olesnica to Hildesheim we have explored best practices in European rural areas and created a framework for cooperation between academia, cultural centres, European networks, local governments and citizens.
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Vital Village
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EUROPEAN CONFERENCE: Artistic Processes and Cultural Participation-New Perspectives for Rural Development
ENCC signs European Alliance for Culture and the Arts' response to EU Commission

The ENCC is one of the signatories of the Statement by the European Alliance for Culture and the Arts on the European Commission’s Communication “Strengthening European Identity through Education and Culture”. Read the full text of the statement and the communication in our resources.

 

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Opening of BECC Call for Applications 2018
Call | 08 November 2017
The topic of our flagship training and staff exchange programme this year: “Cultural management & the digital shift. Using the digital process for outreach and increased participation.”
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BECC - Bridge between European Cultural Centres
ENCC stands for equal access to culture for all: the "Sign and Sound Theatre" selected by Creative Europe
General | 18 September 2017

Cultural Centres De Zeyp and Tresnjevka, together with ENCC and four European partners, will work for the next two years exploring new ways to produce inclusive arts, for inclusive audiences. 

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Sign and Sound Theatre
ENCC New Board
General | 19 April 2017

ENCC General Assembly elected four new members of the board.

During the General Assembly on April 7th 2017 in Segovia, Céline D'Ambrosio, Gabriele Gerbasits, Ljiljana Perišić and Søren Søeborg Ohlsen were elected to the board of the European Network of Cultural Centres.

They bring their national and European experience and their full engagement in promoting the ENCC values.

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ENCC General Assembly and Seminar on Social Innovation
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