[oberlist] EaP# APEL: Connected by the Border - culture networking in Eastern Partnership and non-EU countries

[Vladimir US]

Reprezentantii unor institutii culturare, ONG-uri, artisti, animatori  
culturali, administratori ai culturii, oameni ai stiintei interesati  
in implementarea unor proiecte de cooperare culturala cu tarile  
Parteneriatului Estic si Uniunii Europene, si care doresc sa ia parte  
la proiectul Connected by the Border sint rugati sa completeze  
aplicatia din anexa la acest mesaj si sa o expedieze la adresa vladimir at oberliht.org.md
DATA LIMITA: 4 septembrie 2012
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CONNECTED BY THE BORDER



Trans Cultura Foundation (Poland) together with Workshops of Culture  
(Poland) and partners: Suburb Cultural Centre (Armenia), United  
Artits’ Club (Azerbaijan), Lohvinau Publishing House (Belarus),  
GeoAIR (Georgia), Young Artists Asociation “Oberliht” (Moldova) and  
Arts Society “Dzyga” (Ukraine) would like to invite to participate  
in study visits and workshops session dedicated to the building of the  
new model of culture networking in Eastern Partnership and non – EU  
countries.

ABOUT
In 2011 the Trans Culture Foundation, together with its partners from  
the EaP countries and financial support from the Ministry of Foreign  
Affairs of the Republic of Poland organized the first Eastern  
Partnership Culture Congress (EPCC) during which representatives of  
the cultural sectors from EaP and EU countries set the directions for  
cultural cooperation for the upcoming years and developed  
recommendations for EU policies.
This project is a continuation of works which begun during EPCC. The  
activities planned in the project are to prepare artists, culture  
managers, institutions and culture organizations from EaP countries  
for active participation in the second EPCC schedules for 2013 and to  
create a tool for building of a cultural cooperation network in  
Eastern Europe.

AIMS
Reinforcement of culture and civil society’s role in building of  
friendly relations between the European Union and the Eastern  
Partnership countries and their mutual respect.

OBJECTIVES:
Building a new model of network for cultural cooperation in Eastern  
Europe, aiming at intensification of contacts between cultural  
operators, NGOs, artists and managers of the EaP and the EU countries.
Raising the level of knowledge and skills in modern culture  
management, education and cultural policies
Building and strengthening the positive image of Eastern Europe in EU.

PROJECT DURATION: July – December 2012.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: representatives of opinion-forming cultural  
circles in the EaP countries: representatives of cultural  
institutions, NGOs, artists, animators, and managers of culture and  
arts, an academics  interested in implementing projects of cultural  
cooperation with the Eastern Partnership and the European Union  
countries.

PROJECT SCHEDULE:
Study visits and meetings in:
Baku (Azerbaijan) 6th October 2012
Yerevan (Armenia) 13th October 2012
Minsk (Belarus) 2nd November 2012
Chisinau (Moldova) 8th November 2012

Networking Building Workshops:
Tbilisi (Georgia) 8 - 11 October 2012 – workshops for participants  
from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (max 10 from each country)
Lviv (Ukraine) 3 - 7 November 2012  - workshops for participants from  
Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine (max 10 from each country)

Study visits and meetings:
Visits in art and culture institutions and organizations, meetings  
with artists, cultural and art managers of festivals, international  
projects and social activists aiming at familiarization with the  
models in which the cultural activities function in the EaP countries  
as well as establishing contacts with representatives of cultural  
communities in these countries.
Meetings dedicated to the Eastern Partnership Culture Congress'  
mission, results and future objectives, the European Union's foreign  
policy towards the Eastern Partnership, integration of the EaP and the  
EU countries, possibilities of participation in educational artistic,  
social and financial programs and EU mechanisms for the EaP citizens  
as well as the current situation of culture in the EaP countries.
Networking Building Workshops:
workshops dedicated to issues such as: networking and partnership –  
what does it mean, what are the models of networking, study cases,  
models of networking for Eastern Partnership countries and non – EU  
countries. Building the new model of network cultural development in  
EaP countries, its mission and main goals and projects.

ELIGIBLE CRITERIA:
The project is open for all cultural art managers having citizenship  
in one of the EaP countries, working in EaP countries, active and  
experienced in the field of culture or arts, having knowledge about  
the cultural sector and policies in the home country, be interested in  
EaP cultural network building, can be a member of any local or  
international network, should speak at least communicative English .

HOW TO APPLY:
Please fill the application form in English and send to the  
coordinator from your country (see the list below) till 4th of  
September 2012.
Local coordinators:
Armenia: Eva Khachatrya; evakhachatrian at gmail.com;
Azerbaijan: Sabina Shikhlinskaya; sabinaart7 at gmail.com
Belarus: Pavał Kaściukievič, liavonka at yahoo.com
Georgia: Sophia Lapiashvili lapiashvili at hotmail.com
Moldova: Vladimir Us vladimir at oberliht.org.md
Ukraine: Lesia Antonovycz antonovychlesja at gmail.com

COSTS:
Costs of transport, accommodation and food for workshop participants  
are covered by the organizers.

RESULTS:
The result of these visits shall be the development of a strategy for  
building of networks for cultural cooperation in Eastern Europe,  
development of guidelines for the next Congress, to be held in 2013  
and the analysis of culture and its aspects shape as well as the  
impact on the political, social and economic systems in the EaP  
countries and integration with the EU. This diagnosis will be used to  
develop common tools for cooperation in Europe and will be one of the  
important elements in creating a strategy for building of networks for  
cultural cooperation in Eastern Europe.
THE BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATION IN THE PROJECT:
participation in workshops run by renowned European experts
acquire the knowledge and experience in the field of cultural  
management, network building and cultural policies, the creation of  
cultural, social and educational projects, sources of financing and  
mobility
getting to know experts who work for the Eastern Partnership good,  
tightening of relations between EaP and EU, and who are initiators of  
projects that integrate countries of the region
possibility to join the already existing programming and financing  
mechanisms for the EaP

ORGANIZERS:
Trans Culture Foundation
The Workshops of Culture in Lublin, Poland

PARTNERS:
Artistic Society Dzyga – Lviv, Ukraine
GeoAIR Foundation, Tibilisi, Georgia
Lohvinau Publishing House – Minsk - Belarus
United Artits’ Club – Baku - Azebaijan
Suburb Cultural Centre – Yerevan – Armenia
Oberliht, Young Artists Association – Chisinau – Moldova



The project is co-financed by the Lublin City Council and the Ministry  
of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland





CONTACT:
Trans Culture Foundation (Fundacja Trans Kultura)
Zlota Street 5/21
20-052 Lublin, Poland
Tel./fax +48 81 533 08 18
email: fundacja at transkultura.org
www.transkultura.org

Project coordinator: Agata Will; agata.will at gmail.com


Vladimir US

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