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Culture Action Europe Conference 2010

October 7-9, 2010, Brussels/Belgium - The Culture Action Europe conference has a long established tradition as the key focal point for cultural operators, civil society, experts and policy makers to come together and debate key issues at stake for Europe’s cultural life.

Arts as Cultural Diplomacy - A Forum for Young Leaders

Between 11 and 16 July the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD) in cooperation with the European Cultural Parliament gathered more than 30 participants at its European headquarters in central Berlin. Some participants had come from as far as Mexico, the US, Canada and Swaziland to meet with like-minded graduates and post graduates as well as young professionals in order to learn more about cultural diplomacy by following a week-long intensive programme while experiencing the summer heat in buzzing Berlin. Berlin, having become an international melting pot with an outstanding cultural offer and a compelling history and a place which is sought after by many as a conference and meetings location, did certainly further underline the case for the arts and cultural diplomacy.

European Capitals of Culture: Research and Evaluation

Following a very successful launch in Brussels in July 2010, the outcomes of the European Capitals of Culture Policy Group's work have been presented in a final report. The document is the result of the international group – made up of representatives from Liverpool, Stavanger, Turku, Marseille, Essen for the Ruhr and Kosice – working together for one year to produce a research framework, including recommendations for future European Capitals of Culture. 

First International Congress of Cultural Management – New Paradigms

The National University of Mar del Plata and the Argentinean Graduate Cultural Managers Association are glad to inform you about the realization of the First International Congress of Cultural Management – New Paradigms in the context of the Bicentenary, which is going to take place in Mar del Plata on October 21-22-23, 2010.

Economics of the Visual Arts. International Symposium on Cultural Economics in Ljubljana

The Four Member State Expert Working Groups - Final Reports

The four Member State expert working groups established in the 2008-2010 Workplan for Culture have published their final reports on:

1.      mobility of culture professionals;
2.      cultural and creative industries;
3.      synergies between culture and education;
4.      museum activities,
5.      Eurostat ESSnet-culture.

These groups have worked through the "Open Method of Coordination", exchanging good practices, comparing policies and making recommendations for action at national or European level. Their work is feeding into Member State discussion of the next Workplan from 2011.

Vitalising Cultural Action in the Arab Region

The European Cultural Foundation organised with the British Council and the DOEN Foundation, the first Conference on cultural policies in the Arab region in early June.  The event, which took place in Beirut, marked an important step in gathering research and setting out recommendations to support planning and cultural cooperation in the Arab region. 

Creative Networks and the City

Towards a Cultural Political Economy of Aesthetic Production

New study “Making culture accessible”

Research studies for Liverpool has been released

Neighbourhood Impacts is a longitudinal research study into the impact of the Liverpool European Capital of Culture (ECoC) on local residents. It explores what local people felt about the Liverpool ECoC, their levels of cultural participation, and their perceptions of their city and some of its individual neighbourhoods.

Tourism and the business of culture: the views of small and medium-sized tourism businesses on Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008 is the result of in-depth interviews and an on-line survey of small- and medium-sized enterprises within Liverpool and Merseyside’s visitor economy.

The Economic Impacts of Visits Influenced by the Liverpool European Capital of Culture in 2008 sets out to understand the visitor economy in 2008, and estimate how it was affected by the Liverpool ECoC. Student Perceptions of the European Capital of Culture: University Choice and Liverpool 08 considers the influence of the Liverpool ECoC on student choice, through 35 focus groups of first year undergraduates across all faculties of the University of Liverpool.