EUNIC Yearbook 2012/2013 Culture Report - Culture and Conflict

Culture and conflict: challenges for Europe’s foreign policy / publ. by: EUNIC, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen and the Robert Bosch Foundation, in coop. with the British Council, the French Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. – Stuttgart: ifa, 2013. – 236 S. – (Culture report; 5) (EUNIC yearbook; 2012/2013).

European Film Festival 2013 in Almaty by EUNIC Kazakhstan, 12-19 May

Between 12-19 May EUNIC Almaty will organise European Film Festival in the Caesar cinema, jointly with Oleg Boretskiy’s Cinema Club. During the Festival ten countries will present the 10 films from various European countries, going from Hungary and France to Turkey and Sweden. This film festival will start on the 12th of May with a movie from Switzerland and end on the 19th with one from Latvia. EUNIC Almaty was established by the Alliance Française Almaty, British Council, Comitato “Dante Alighieri” Almaty, Goethe-Institut Almaty and Consulate General of the Republic of Hungary in May 2011.

European Literature Night 2013 by EUNIC Prague, 15 May

One night – many experiences: public readings of contemporary literature performed by well-known personalities at attractive and unusual venues in cities across Europe. This is the motto of the Literature Night organized by Czech Centres as a EUNIC project in Prague, as well as it is the motto of the European Literature Nights project. The Literature Night Prague 2013 constitutes an important and inspiring part of the European Literature Nights project. Capitalizing on the success of the previous years, the seventh annual literature happening organized by Czech Center in collaboration with EUNIC Prague will present a selection of contemporary European literature works and uncover the magic of major and minor literatures, in excerpts read by personalities at attractive and normally inaccessible venues of Prague 7 - Letná.

Literature night by EUNIC Paris, 1 June

The Forum of the Foreign Cultural Institutes in Paris is organizing for the first time, at the initiative of the Czech Centre in Paris, the Literature Night which will be held on June 1st from 16h to 22h in Paris Rive Gauche. Introduced for the first time

European Literature Night 2013, by EUNIC Brussels, 16 May

The Literature Night is based on the premise of literature being the tool of mutual understanding and cultural exchange, which helps to break down barriers. Organized by EUNIC, the Literature Night aims to offer the platform to present European contemporary literature.

European Book Club by EUNIC Toronto, 8 May

EUNIC in Toronto meets again for a literary evening on wednesday, May 8. This time, the Alliance française, in cooperation with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Instituto Camões and the Goethe-Institut, hosts the event and presents 'La moustache' by Emmanuel Carrère, famous French author and well-known in the litterary environment. This new reading session will be moderated by Martha Baillie. Here's a foretaste of the book:

Cultural policy debates: Faculty of Dramatic Arts of Belgrade by EUNIC Belgrade

EUNIC colleagues have become an integral part of the teaching staff of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, teaching to future professionals in the field of culture. Every week they met with students following the cultural diplomacy course together with students from the UNESCO master of Management in culture and cultural policy in the Balkans. The EUNIC colleagues were representatives in the field of cultural diplomacy and international cultural cooperation coming from eight European countries.

Im Gespräch mit Guillaume Rousson, Direktor des französischen Kulturinstituts & Vorsitzender von EUNIC Austria

EUNIC Austria wurde 2007 ins Leben gerufen. Welche Visionen verfolgen Sie als Vorsitzender dieser Vereinigung? - Die Abkürzung steht für die Vereinigung der europäischen Kulturinstitute sowie Kulturabteilungen europäischer Botschaften, die Mietglied des EUNIC Netzwerks sind. Ich möchte vor allem die Arbeit meiner ungarischen und slowakischen Vorgänger fortsetzen und entwickeln. Mein Wunsch ist es, den Begriff „EUNIC week“ zu stärken. Diese kulturelle Woche wurde unter der ungarischen Präsidentschaft ins Leben gerufen. Sie ist heute der wichtigste Teil unserer Zusammenarbeit. Unser Ziel ist deshalb, die Sichtbarkeit des österreichischen EUNIC clusters sowie die Anzahl der Teilnehmer zu erhöhen.

Yearbook EUNIC Senegal 2011-2012

On 30 June 2011, the institutes and cultural services of the European embassies in Senegal formed the first EUNIC group in francophone sub-Saharan Africa. Establishing the group was a logical consolidation of several years of collaborations between the cultural operators of the member countries, under the aegis of a European Union Delegation, which is dynamic and highly involved in the cultural sector. With a contribution of between 1 and 2 million euros (9th and 10th EDF), the EU Delegation has a significant role in structuring and professional development of public and non-state cultural stakeholders. However, the relationship with civil society and artists required the establishment of an intermediary, a "go-between" between macroeconomic structural policies and minor, everyday activities which put culture at the heart of development issues.

Atelier For Young Festival Managers: one week left to apply for Atelier BEIRUT 2013, new mentors revealed

The sixth edition of the 7-day intense training programme, initiated by the European Festivals Association (EFA), will take place from 5 to 12 October 2013 in Beirut, Lebanon, in collaboration with the Beiteddine Art Festival. Emerging artistic festival directors worldwide are invited to apply now!

ENCATC unveils its new online publication: /encatcSCHOLAR

Gathered in Brno, Czech Republic on the occasion of its second board meeting, the ENCATC Board took this moment to officially launch the new /encatcSCHOLAR – an online publication designed to be a unique tool for education and lifelong learning on arts and cultural management and policy.