Montreal is one of the world leaders in creative industries: music, design, fashion, computer games, live shows, film, festivals and much more! Our city is ranked in the top 7 metropolis in North America (after Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, … Read More
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
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
Networking is more than breathing: it is a “social meditation” that creates open spaces
Networking for entrepreneurs is like breathing: it creates a favorable environment for the necessary sparkle to elaborate an idea further, to not give up, to work on an idea until a successful end, to grow up and improve an idea. … Read More
Tags: entrepreneurship, networking
Mobility Matters: Programs and Schemes to Support the Mobility of Artists and Other Cultural Professionals
Sometimes we have to go back to a great research we have done in the past with joined efforts and in a collaborative manner. This helps us to see how we change, advance and improve. It also assists us to … Read More
Tags: artistic mobility, cooperation, networking, research
The future of cultural networks
ENCATC Interview with Lidia Varbanova during the 19th ENCATC Annual Conference, Helsinki, Finland (October 2011): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QfyYBkxiZ0&list=UU1uzMLf_wy1c9CM_y5eBChw&index=1&feature=plcp The first European networks: founded in the early 80s: they had lean structures and simple organizational models. The Manifesto of the European Cultural … Read More
Tags: cooperation, innovation, networking, strategy
Young cultural policy research forum online: stay connected, inspired and updated: a snapshot interview with Forum moderator Lidia Varbanova
Read the interview also on ENCATC website: http://www.encatc.org/pages/fileadmin/user_upload/Newsletters/ENCATC_NEWSLETTER_2011_6_DIGEST.pdf Dr. Lidia Varbanova has over 20 years of professional experience as a consultant, researcher and lecturer in more than 50 countries. Her portfolio covers subjects as diverse as strategy, management, entrepreneurship, marketing, fundraising, … Read More
Tags: cooperation, networking, policy, research
The magic and responsibility running cross-border projects: an interview with Chris Torch
Chris Torch is artistic director at Intercult, a production and resource unit focused on culture, ideas and the arts. Founded in 1996, it is a publically-financed institution, based in Stockholm, Sweden. Intercult is also a designated Europe Direct office, managed … Read More
Tips to use facebook groups to promote our research and artistic work
No doubt that Facebook is a very powerful social networking site where millions of people worldwide “meet” every day, exchange viewpoints, links, videos, photos, opinions, activities, invite each other to events, share tastes, and much more. It is easy and … Read More
Virtual mobility: A contribution to artistic innovations, participatory approach and new angle of policy making: an interview with Judith Staines
A freelance cultural consultant based in the UK, Judith Staines has always been inspired by the issues of international cultural cooperation, artistic mobility and networking. She is the European Editor for Culture360, the Asia-Europe Foundation’s multidisciplinary Arts and Culture portal … Read More