2006-10-12

Cultural Management in Changing Environment

The Department of Culture of Tartu City Government is glad to invite cultural professionals to the international cultural management conference "Cultural Management in Changing Environment" on 23-24 November 2006 in Tartu, Estonia. The first conference day will deal with management of cultural sector at European, state and local government level (cultural policies) and management of international cultural cooperation. The second conference day will focus on management of cultural organisations - strategic management, human resources management with the purpose of building a creative and innovative environment, case studies of management of Estonian cultural organisations.

The early registration fee (until 1 November) for the conference is 1000 EEK (about 65 EUR).The conference programme and additional information is available on the conference webpage http://www.tartu.ee/kultuurikonverentsidThe conference is co-funded by the EU DG Education and Culture, programme Town Twinning, Active European Citizenship.The conference features prominent local and international speakers, among
others Andy Feist (United Kingdom Home Office), Björn Holmvik (Cultural Director of the City of Bergen), Marianna Kajantie (Deputy Cultural Director of the City of Helsinki), Marian Fitzgibbon (Head of the School of Humanities at Athlone Institute of Technology), Milena Dragisevic-Sesic (Head of the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policies and Management at Belgrade University of Arts), Chris Torch (Head of the international production unit Intercult), Toimi Jaatinen (Director of Tampere Museums), etc.