• Our partner project on cultural policymaking in Turkey takes a step forward with two new publications: a groundbreaking work, Introduction to Cultural Policy in Turkey and the first-ever issue of the Cultural Policy & Management Yearbook in Turkey  is dedicated to ‘cultural policy and cities'. With Istanbul celebrating its status as European Capital of Culture, the book's appearance is timely. Its ambitious aim is to bring policy research into under-explored urban landscapes and cultural horizons.

• The ECF supported research paper `Crossing cultural borders? Migrants and ethnic diversity in the cultural industries.´ by Amanda Brandellero is now officially published. Amanda Brandellero is an English-Italian PhD researcher at the Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies (University of Amsterdam). She was awarded the CPRA award in 2007 for her research paper ´Crossing cultural borders? Migrants and ethnic diversity in the cultural industries.` Amanda has accomplished an in depth theoretical study applying a specific interdisciplinary approach, and an inspiring empirical study on migrant entrepreneurship in the culturalindustries in three European cities - Paris, London and Amsterdam. Download
  

• The result of a year long mapping process in Lviv, Ukraine: The Lviv Cultural Map. Read all about who's who in the cultural sector of Lviv.

• '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 and Macedonian 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

• Arts Management in Turbulent Times - Adaptable Quality Mangement (Boekmanstudies, Amsterdam, 2005)

For information on these and other capacity development publications, contact Dilia Ham

• '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
• 'Cultural Policy and Management Yearbook 2009', Compiled by: Boekmanstudies and Istanbul Bilgi University Press, Dossier Editor: Serhan Ada. It is available in a Turkish version and an English version.
• "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
• 'Introduction to cultural policy in Turkey', Kasim - 2009. Order here
  

• `Crossing cultural borders? Migrants and ethnic diversity in the cultural industries.´ by Amanda Brandellero winner of the CPRA award in 2007  Download
• ´Live classical music organizations in Europe´ An international comparison of funding trends, governance mechanisms and organizational structures by Marcello M Mariani the 2006 winner of the CPRA award. Download 
• `The position of cultural workers in creative industries´ The south-eastern European perspective by Jaka Primorac, CPRA winner 2005 Download 
• 'Why we need European cultural policies'- The impact of EU enlargement on cultural policies in transition countries, by Nina Obuljen, CPRA winner 2004, Download

• `Embracing cultural diversities when promoting European citizenship and shared values' by Odile Chenal, during the EFC general assembly, May 2006 Download
• '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 together via Mets & Schilt. Order now
• Diversities in Perspective Essays by Ghislaine Glasson Deschaumes for the European Cultural Foundation (2007/2008) These essays by Ghislaine Glasson Deschaumes on diversity give a reflection on cultural cooperation between the EU and it’s neighbor regions. – a collection which forms, we believe, a brilliant analysis of regional approaches to diversity. The collection of essays is availabe for download in English and French.

• 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