[oberlist] EUROPE# cfA: statement on cultural co-operation between EU and Neighbouring countries

[Vladimir US]

http://www.ecflabs.org/group/tandem/blog/creative-europe-%E2%80%93-opportunity-improve-cultural-cooperation-between-eu-and-neighbou

For the last 12 months, 48 cultural manages from 31 cities across  
Europe have been working on artistic co-productions in the framework  
of Tandem, a cultural managers’ exchange programme initiated by the  
European Cultural Foundation(ECF) and MitOst, and partly funded  
through the European Commission’s CULTURE Programme and the Robert  
Bosch Stiftung.


In duos (or tandems), the selected cultural managers from 11 EU  
countries, Ukraine and Moldova took part in placements in each other’s  
organisations and enriched their cultural management skills and  
knowledge during workshops and study visits in Brussels, Kiev and  
Chisinau. Looking back on the experience of this cultural exchange,  
the Tandem community has developed the following statement on cultural  
co-operation between EU and Neighbouring countries.


We believe in the power of culture to connect and inspire people. We  
also believe that culture is essential for creating open, inclusive  
and democratic societies. Supporting culture is crucial for the  
education of all Europe’s citizens about democracy, freedom of choice  
and the responsibilities that come with it.


On a daily basis, we experience the threat to culture and its  
operators in countries in Eastern Europe, where there is a substantial  
lack of democratic traditions and structures, as well as in countries  
in Western Europe, where the focus falls all too often on the economic  
value of the arts.


We consider international cultural co-operation as a vital opportunity  
to meet colleagues and peers from abroad, to learn from each other and  
to exchange best practices in the cultural sector.


We welcome the opening up of the Creative Europe programme to the EU  
Neighbourhood countries.


We call on the EU and on the EU Neighbourhood countries (especially  
Ukraine and Moldova) to work together to remove all obstacles to  
international cultural cooperation as soon as possible.


More specifically, we urge the EU and the EU Neighbourhood countries:


• To conclude the Memoranda of Understanding in the field of cultural  
co-operation as soon as possible;


• To address the existing needs for structural reforms and capacity  
building in both the EU and EU Neighbourhood countries. This includes  
support for networking, best practice exchange and peer education, as  
well as a revision of the tax, legal framework and funding for  
cultural organisations;


• To recognise the benefits of culture as crucial to sustainable socio- 
economic development and make sure that the different EU policies and  
instruments are aligned;


• To establish cultural contact points in the EU Neighbourhood  
countries, to support local organisations with their applications to  
the programme and other relevant needs;


• To lower the minimum contribution from the (often small and  
independent) NGOs in the EU Neighbourhood countries to 20% of the  
project budget.



This is an excerpt of the statement as it was presented in Chisinau on  
25 May 2012 by the Tandem community.



Vladimir US

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