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At the crossroads? Cultural Leadership in the 21st Century

The 7th IFACCA World Summit will bring together government and cultural leaders from over 80 countries in Valletta, Malta (18-21 October 2016) to explore Cultural Leadership in the 21st Century. I look forward to this unique opportunity! The focus of the … Read More

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Cultural Management Education in Risk Societies – Towards a Paradigm and Policy Shift?!

The 24th ENCATC Annual Conference will take place in Valencia, Spain from 5-7 October 2016. Aademics, researchers, cultural operators, artists, policy makers, students and media from Europe and around the globe will meet to explore what are consequences risk society … Read More

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The Magical Khakassia: Innovative and Intrapreneurial Aspects of Museum Management Highlighted at “Siber Il” Forum

A snapshot interview with Dinara Khalikova, Project Director of ICOM, Russia and Afanacy Gnedovsky, Executive Director of ICOM Russia  1. Why the International Forum “Siber Il” , held in Khakassia Republic in July 2016 was so important? The VI International … Read More

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Unicult2020: A Platform for Learning, Networking, Collaboration and Partnership

A Snapshot Interview with Daniela Urem 1. What is your main motivation to initiate and run Unicult2020 International Arts & Cultural Management and Cultural Policy Programme? Why in Rijeka? Cultural producers and workers, young or experienced have fewer opportunities for … Read More

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Cultural Leadership in the 21st Century: 7th World Summit on Arts and Culture, Malta

7th World Summit on Arts and Culture: At the crossroads? Cultural Leadership in the 21st Century The 7th World Summit on Arts and Culture is jointly hosted by the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) and Arts … Read More

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The Entrepreneurial Strategy in the Real World: Davender Gupta’s Advises and Lessons Learned

Davender Gupta is a coach and mentor to many entrepreneurs through his company, Startup-Académie, and programs such as Startup-Académie 101, FastTrac TechVenture Québec, Startup Weekend (Québec, Sherbrooke and Montreal) and Lean Startup Machine. His passion is to guide high-performance entrepreneurs … Read More

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International Entrepreneurship in the Arts: Scope, Models and Examples

This report summarizes the results of the online survey on International Entrepreneurship n the Arts, disseminated among the members of IFACCA (International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies) in May-June 2015. IFACCA Secretariat assisted my research on this topic. … Read More

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Cultural and Creative Industries for Sustainable Development: Policy Directions and Innovative Projects

Paper, presented at the III International Conference “Cultural Policy, Policy for Culture: the Role of Culture in Sustainable Development in Post-2015 Agenda”, within the framework of 70th Anniversary of UNESCO (11-13 July 2015, Yerevan, Armenia). The full results of the research … Read More

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Call for Donations of Publications for the New Arts Management Resource Center, Tajikistan

The Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation in Tajikistan is about to launch a new MA program in Arts Management in Dushanbe in 2016, in partnership with four local universities. This will be the first program of that kind in the … Read More

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The New Arts Management Program at Centennial College: engaging, unique, promising…

Proud to be part of the faculty “dream team” of the new Arts Management Post Graduate program at the Story Centre in the School of Communications, Media and Design, Centennial College, I interviewed Shelley Crawford,  the Program Coordinator. Her responsibilities … Read More

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