USA New York

During a meeting of the EUNIC in USA New York cluster, in June 2010, both strategic and practical projects were discussed among members for the new presidential mandate. Thus, it was agreed that the strategic objective of EUNIC New York should be to act along three key lines: as a think tank (becoming a stronger voices and advocate for issues of common interest to its members, such as facilitating the obtention of U.S. visas for European artists); as a catalyst, by including under EUNIC umbrella already existing projects with a substantial European component (e.g. the European Book Club project - initiated by the cultural institutes of six EU countries in 2008, now enlarged to 10 countries; The New Literature for Europe Festival - initiated in 2004 by five European cultural institutes and grown to seven in 2010); and as initiator of globally relevant projects (e.g.: Perpetual Peace project) or European relevant projects in the U.S. (EuropARTus initiated by RCINY- an online magazine in collaboration with NYU on the presence of European artists in NYC or "FAQ Serbia" initiated by ACFNY- a comprehensive project about the "culturalization of political and economic conflict" and Serbia's process towards E.U. membership).
EUNIC in USA New York also agreed on commenting upon consistent materials to be circulated among members and organize ad hoc meetings with experts (e.g. Rod Fisher's summary on ‘From Cultural Diplomacy to Cultural co-operation”).
In 2010, a website for the New York EUNIC Cluster will also be developed and a line of networking activities will be pursued, to include smaller groups like Central and Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean countries.