[oberlist] CE/EaP# call/cult: VACuM - Visegrad Academy of Cultural Management

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Visegrad Academy of Cultural Management (VACuM)
http://www.vacum.eu/About.aspx

Call for participation: 1 April 2014 - 15 May 2014

BACKGROUND
The Visegrad Academy of Cultural Management (VACuM) is 24 months training
for young professionals working in cultural field in the Visegrad Group
countries (V4) ie. Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the
Eastern Partnership countries (EaP): Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.

Its main aims are:

development of skills and competences in the field of cultural and
community policies and management
strengthening democratic transformation and community development
supporting integration and cooperation between EaP and EU.
VACuM is not an academic course but a tailor-made training for young but
already experienced professionals open for cultural cooperation projects.
The course is designed in a way which allows its participants carrying on
their professional tasks, developing their professional competencies and
building new cooperation networks in EU and EaP countries.

20 cultural professionals from 10 countries will be selected to
participate in VACuM training. The course will enable them to develop
capacities and managerial skills needed for both cultural cooperation and
reform processes in their countries.

CANDIDATES
The programme is designed for cultural managers from public and private
organizations and institutions. Participants should have basic knowledge
about European, national and regional cultural policies and min. two
years’ experience in management of cultural or artistic projects addressed
to local or international communities.

The selection of participants will be done by an international panel of
experts. It will be based on evaluation of applications (submitted
on-line) and include analysis of candidates qualifications and
professional experiences, as well as the quality of the submitted project.

The training is conducted only in English therefore applicants must have a
fluent command of this language.

SCHEDULE
1-10 September 2014: First residential phase in Poland (Kraków)

September 2014 - March 2015 – practical phase in home countries (work on
the project, study visit)

9-18 March 2015: Second residential phase in Czech Republic (Prague)

March - September 2015 – practical phase in home countries (work on the
project, study visit)

11-14 September 2015 : Seminar in Georgia (Tbilisi)

Please note that all participants have to complete the two residential
training sessions as well as the diploma seminar, without exception.

METHODOLOGY
The course includes: 2 training sessions – one in Poland and one in the
Czech Republic (each 10 days long, including travels), development of a
project in home country and a study visit in V4 or EaP countries
(organized and covered by participants) and 1 diploma seminar (4 days) in
Georgia.

It aims to achieve:

improvement of knowledge about European, national and regional cultural
policies and practice
development of professional capacities and managerial skills
preparing participants to play active roles in reform processes and use
innovative and efficient practices in local development
extension of European cultural exchange networks
The training consists of theoretical contributions and practical inputs of
experts and practitioners and includes:

Intervention of lecturers who not only lecture on their topic but also
debate with the participants;
Workshops in small groups and interacting on participants’ respective
experiences and projects as well as on various topics tackled. The
training format in these workshops is based on a “peer to peer”
methodology;
Creative sector and cultural projects case studies organized in the cities
where the training will take place.
Other obligatory components of the course are: implementation of the
project submitted at the application stage and study visit organized by
each participant. (Please note that Organizers will not cover costs
connected to this phase).

EXPERTISE
The Visegrad Academy of Cultural Management is a unique educational
initiative based on the collaboration of the Villa Decius Association from
Krakow with the Marcel Hicter Association from Brussels and its partner
organisations and institutions: Arts and Theatre Institute (Czech
Republic), European Cultural Foundation (Hungary), Centre for Information
on Literature (Slovakia), Public Advocacy (Georgia), Institute for
Regional and Euro-Integration Studies “EuroRegio Ukraine” (Ukraine) and
Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program Alumni Association in Armenia (Armenia).

The Villa Decius Association’s main programme since 2002 has been the
Visegrad Summer School, awarded by Ministers of Culture of V4 with the
International Visegrad Prize. Over the years its 600 Alumni have taken
important positions both in their countries and in the structures of the
EU, carrying on the ideas of cooperation.

The Marcel Hicter Association’s flagship programme is the European Diploma
in Cultural Project Management which has been completed, over 25 years, by
more than 550 cultural managers mainly from Europe, but also from African,
Asian and American countries. Most of them hold now key positions in
cultural cooperation projects and programmes.

FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION
Most of the expenses for this training programme are covered by the
Organizer and the partners. Each participant or the organisation he/she
works for, will cover the cost of the travel, health insurance and a visa
if needed. The organizer will assist participants in obtaining a Schengen
visa in their home countries.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: 15th May 2014

CONTACT
For further info, please contact: kasiarenes at villa.org.pl

Recruitment: vacum at villa.org.pl


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