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Strategy, Policy & Entrepreneurship in the Arts, Culture & Creative Industries

Cultural Entrepreneurship: an inspiring online workshop!

Cultural entrepreneurship is an economic as well as socio-cultural activity, based on innovation, risk taking and maximizing opportunities. This online workshop focuses on the essence, uniqueness and importance of cultural entrepreneurship in the overall strategic management and policy-making process. An … Read More

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Rethinking Education on Arts and Cultural Management: ENCATC Leads the International Discussion

ENCATC 21st Annual Conference held in Antwerp (5-7 November 2013) was on a very important topic on what should we improve and develop in the educational world to better meet the needs of tomorrow in terms of skills and competences … Read More

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European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centers: professionalism and inspiration

Interview with Lidia Varbanova In ENCATC News, Issue No: 5/2013 For this month’s ENCATC in Contact we interviewed Lidia Varbanova who has joined ENCATC. Her areas of professional interest include: strategic management and entrepreneurship in the arts, organizational change and … Read More

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Promoting the Next Generation of Cultural Entrepreneurs

“It’s about the exchange of ideas” Experienced consultant commits to promoting the next generation of cultural entrepreneurs By: Oscar Tollast “It’s a great topic,” said Lidia Varbanova, overlooking the gardens of Schloss Leopoldskron. “I find it very important for the … Read More

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Cultural Entrepreneurship in Eastern Europe: In Search of Business Models for Social Change

Cultural entrepreneurship is a young phenomena for many countries in Central and Eastern Europe. The change from a fully state subsidized and controlled system in the arts and culture sector to new forms of cultural policy and management is a … Read More

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Research proposal writing: useful online resources

Many students and emerging researchers face difficulties in writing high quality competitive research proposals. This is an important piece of work, as it intends to convince others (academic boards, research, grants and selection committees, etc.) that your research is meaningful, … Read More

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Research Methods: Selection of Tools and Manuals

Below is a selection of resources which might help emerging researchers in their research work. They provide guidelines and practical suggestions on how to analyze qualitative and quantitative data, how to deal with social research, what are the participatory research … Read More

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Discover “Panorama”: A Resource Collection for Intercultural Dialogue

Panorama is a resource offered by the Platform for Intercultural Europe (initiated in 2006 (as the Civil Society Platform for Intercultural Dialogue) by Culture Action Europe and the European Cultural Foundation (ECF), with the support of the Network of European … Read More

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Master Programme in Cultural Policy and Management

Study Level: Master Study Mode: Full Time Duration: One academic year (2 semesters) Start Date: 1st October 2013; due Date: 30th September 2014 Application Deadlines: 1. June 20th 2013 2. September 19th 2013 Directors: Milena Dragićević Šešić, PhD; Jacques Bonniel, … Read More

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Blogging on Arts Management and Cultural Policy: Let’s Learn by Sharing!

Blogging is one of the phenomena of the 21 century and has been around for more than 10 years now.  Blogs (or “web-logs”) are effective online diaries – online spaces where people maintain and update information on a regular basis. … Read More

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