Key documents
LATEST PUBLICATION
- 'Managing Diversity? Art and [The Art Of] Organisational Change' (ECF) & 'Neither Here nor There' (Ahmet Polat); Managing Diversity? explores the complex ins and outs of managing diversity
through a pallet of essay and stories of practitioners in the field of arts and culture. Neither Here nor There explores diversity through art - through the eye of Ahmet Polat who has made photographing diversity in society a leitmotif of his work. This compilation of two books is a co-production of the ECF, Ahmet Polat (Fatush Productions) and publishing house Mets & Schilt Publishers. The books can be ordered seperately or togehter via Mets & Schilt. Order now
ARTS MANAGEMENT
- 'Arts Management in Turbulent Times - Adaptable Quality Mangement', written by Milena Dragicevic Šesic and Sanjin Dragojevica, a pratical guide on Arts Management in regions in transition for Arts Managers, cultural operators, cultural policy makers etc. To be ordered at Boekmanstudies, Amsterdam
- The Arabic version of our publication 'Arts Management in Turbulent Times - Adaptable Quality Mangement', written by Milena Dragicevic Šesic and Sanjin Dragojevica, and translated by Nihad Salema - complete pdf version available here
BALKAN
- 'The Heart of the Matter - The role of the arts and culture in the Balkans´European integration', September 2006, Download
This publication is the result of a process of reflection which took place in 2005 and which has since led to the setting up of a Balkan Incentive Fund for Culture.
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
'Guide to Citizen Participation in Local Cultural Policy Development for European Cities', by Jordi Pascula i Ruiz and Sanijn Dragojevic, published by Interarts Foundation (Barcelona), ECUMEST Association (Bucharest) and the European Cultural Foundation Download English version, Spanish version, French version, Ukrainian version, Russian version
- 'Visions of cultural policy in the Kaliningrad region' - 2006, published by Tranzit (Agency for the support of cultural initiatives, Kaliningrad) & Kaliningrad branch of the National Centre for Contemporary Arts Download
- 'The Arts, Politics & Change - Participative Cultural Policy-Making in South East Europe', 2005, with contributions by renowned specialists from the fields, to be ordered at Boekmanstudies, Amsterdam
CULTURAL COOPERATION
- 'An alternative gaze - a shared reflection on cross-Mediterranean cooperation in the arts'- Published
by the ECF. Contributors include Basma El Husseiny, Sofiane Hadjadj, Adila Laïdi-Hanieh, curator Nat Muller, and Ghislaine Glasson Deschaumes. Read online or contact Susanne Mors if you want to receive a hard-copy.
CULTURE & ECONOMY
- The "CREATIVE SECTOR" - An engine for diversity, growth and jobs in Europe,
An overview of research findings and debates prepared for the European Cultural Foundation
By Andreas Wiesand in co-operation with Michael Söndermann1, September 2005, Download
CULTURAL MEMORY
- "Artistic Explorations in Cultural Memory" - report on the research workshop at the Faculty of Creative and Performing Arts, Leiden University, 3-4 November 2006, conceived by Dr. Dragan Klaic. Report by Dr. Mariangela Lavanga Read report
CULTURAL POLICIES
- 'Diversity makes the diffrrence' - European Foreign Policy and CultureConference March 2007, Review of the Conference edited by David Cameron, Download
- 'A Cultural Dimension to the EU's External Policies from Policy Statement to Practice and Potential' by Rod Fischer with a preface by Kathinka Dittrich-Van Weringh, 2007 Info & Order
- Cultural Cooperation in a Wider Europe' by Jochen Fried with the aim of gathering factual evidence and content proposals regarding a strategic cultural policy framework for the Wider Europe, 2003, Download
- 'Cultural Inventory': an inventory of projects, events and programmes in South Eastern Europe managed and/or funded by the Open Society Network (OSI), with an introduction by Vladimir Milcin entitled `Regional Prospect: Walls or Integration?´, June 2003, Download
- 'A Cultural Component as an integral part of the EU's Foreign Policy?' by Diane Dodd and Melle Lyklema, Boekmanstichting and Kathinka Dittrich-Van Weringh, European Cultural Foundation Order now
- "On the road to a cultural policy for Europe' by the European Cultural Foundation argues for the urgency of making culture the basis of European integration, of stimulating genuine cross-border cultural cooperation, of...Download
'Culture - A sound investment in Europe" - Hearing organised by the European Commission in advance of an EU Communication on Culture and Europe. Brussels, 4 December 2006, Report by Gottfried Wagner Read report
More info about the EU 2007 Communication on culture
'Europe as a cultural project' - final report of the Reflection group of the ECF (2002-2004) with contributions from Geert Mak, Otto von der Gablentz. Michael Nauman, Dragan Klaic, Nasr Abu Zayd, Andrei Plescu, Zelimir Zilnik, Krzysztof Pomian, Sonja Licht, Maarten van Veen Read now
In the 'EU - the next 50 yearsEurope', publication by Financial Times Business and Agora Projects Ltd in association with the London School of Economics, edited by Maurice Fraser, London 2007, read the contribution by Gottfried Wagner, Director of the ECF, "Europe - a cultural commonwealth"
'Europe needs New Cultural Policies', Gottfried Wagner's -Director of the ECF- contribution to the just published book 'Conflict and Renewal: Europe Transformed', Essays in Honour of Wolfgang Petritsch. Read contribution, check info on the book
CULTURAL POLICY RESEARCH AWARD
- 'Why we need European cultural policies'- The impact of EU enlargement on cultural policies in transition countries, by Nina Obuljen, CPRA winner 2005, Download
DIVERSITY
- 'Embracing cultural diversities when promoting European citizenship and shared values' by Odile Chenal, during the EFC general assembly, May 2006 Download
FUNDING
- 'Funding opportunities for international cultural cooperation in and with South East Europe'
A survey carried out by the ECUMEST Association in partnership with Relais Culture Europe, October 2005, Download
GENERAL
- 'The ECF 50 years - 1954-2004', downlaod the booklet here
- Annual report 2007
- Annual report 2006
- Annual report 2005
GRANTS
- Grants awarded by the ECF; view lists of 2005, 2006 and 2007
- Grants awarded by the ECF for the Making Collaboration Works Grants selection round April 2008
INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE
- Intercultural dialogue; key challenge for Europe, ECF Director, Gottfried Wagner interview by Anthony Garner for 'Europe in the UK', read interview, click here
MEDIA - JOURNALISM
Discover latest publication: ZONA. The project had two main goals: to raise awareness of the impact of borders on the lives of Europeans and to promote internationally talented young photographers and journalists from Eastern Europe...Download booklet
MILENA JESENKÁ fellowship programme
MOBILITY
- Special Mobility e-zine
This special e-zine brings you an array of cultural and political voices with insightful things to say on the subject of Mobility, along with a brief guide to the funds and tools available.
At the same time this e-zine is a means of saying farewell to our retiring Board Member Hywel Ceri Jones. Hywel stood at the cradle of the European Commission's Erasmus programme for student exchange, which the ECF managed from 1987 to 1995 Download - Report of the ECF Mobility meeting, 28 September 2006, drafting recommendations and conclusions for: The European Community Year of workers' mobility / Towards a European labour market: 'Perception of cultural labour mobility by mobility funds in Europe' Download
- 'Concrete actions for mobility on the culture sector', drafted by Mary Ann DeVlieg (IETM) for the European Culture Foundation, following the Sharing Cultures Conference 2004 in Rotterdam Download
- 'Recommendations for mobility of the cultural sector', drafted by SICA/CCP NL following the conference Artists on the Move, the informal CCP meeting and the Expert meeting on Culture 2007, in Rotterdam, 7/8 October 2004 Download
- 'Implementing the work plan on European cooperation in the field of culture: European added
value and mobility of persons and circulation of works in the cultural sector', European Council Resolution of 19 December 2002 Download