From 23-27 February performance group SPACE shows their performance The Cloud in Amsterdam at de Brakke Grond theatre. Join this trip to the future and discover all about the age of cyberspace. | more about this

The performance made by Stefan Kaegi, one of our Routes laureates 2009, tours in Paris, Brussels and Antwerp with Juliane Männel (with whom Kaegi shared his award). Check the info and the dates. | more about this

Routes Award winner 2009, Borka Pavicevic will be the special guest at this debate at the cultural hub De Balie in Amsterdam. The debate will tackle the tackle the role and power of art in post and potential conflict areas. The main question will be: What are the new challenges for artists and independent cultural spaces in cultural decontamination for the future?
Other speakers on the panel: Manja Ristic, artist and cultural entrepreneur in Belgrade, Gal Kirn, Slovenian scholar in political science, philosophy and film, and Laurens Runderkamp, European policy maker. | more about this

ECF grantee Cultural Centre Pekarna is holding a conference on the role played by independent culture in shaping the development of society locally and globally. 'New Times New Models' will take place at the Centre in Maribor, Slovenia, from the 28th to the 30th of January 2010. Those interested - including policy makers and advisers, researchers and others active in the cultural field - are invited to register now (deadline 15th January). | more about this

The Routes Award ceremony 2009 will honor theatermaker Stefan Kaegi and Borka Pavićević, cultural activist and founding Director of Belgrade’s Centre for Cultural Decontamination. The ceremony will be held on January 26, 2010 in Brussels at the Royal Flemish Theatre / Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg (KVS) in presence of HRH Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, the ECF's President and HRH Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, former ECF President. | more about this

Cultural reform in Moldova is making significant strides forward. The country's first-ever cultural congress took place in Parliament on December 12th 2009, with the acting President voicing strong support for the reform process. Our training participants were prominent in the thousand-strong cultural lobby and are spearheading change in the sector. | more about this

'Introduction to Cultural Policy in Turkey' is a groundbreaking new collection of essays on this subject of growing national importance. It is a valuable companion to the first-ever issue of the 'Cultural Policy & Management Yearbook in Turkey', which is dedicated to cultural policy and cities.

Both books, in Turkish and English versions, appear within the framework of our partner project on cultural policymaking in the country. | more about this

On 9 December, ENCATC is organising an expert meeting to present the first findings of a European comparative study on the reality of cross-border mobility of artists and its impact on their professional development. | more about this

INTERCULT is organizing the conference Re:Designing Cultural Politics in Stockholm on 3-4 December. The conference is about the inter-relations between local, regional, national and European culture policy making. | more about this

Exit Europe is a four day international conference in Zagreb that will critically look at cultural policies on EU and local level and to the new cultural practices in the former Yugoslav countries. The EU enlargement process will also be critically evaluated in perspective of the emerging political and social societies in the Balkan region. | more about this