ECF & the International Choice Rotterdam Theatre Festival hosted the event I AM HERE, THE TIME IS NOW, from 12 to 14 September 2008 For this special event we have chosen to work with the renowned curator and dramaturge Ong Keng Sen whose brand of intercultural theatre has been applauded around the world. | details

How does religion influence life in Europe's cities? What do young people make of it all? In the ECF-supported project ‘Divided God', young people from several countries carried out a video investigation of this burning issue in the cities of the Balkans and Southern and Central Europe. | details

During June and September 2007 the artist Tarek Atoui succesfully introduced video workshops as a form of convergence between cultures, to teenagers between 12 and 16 years old in Lebanon, Egypt, France and the Netherlands. | details

Romart festival, an annual event held in the city of Subotica with local and international artists, wants to counterbalance the traditional folkloristic image of Roma culture by presenting contemporary (urban) Roma music, film and theater. | details

Using the language of contemporary dance and its relationship with writing and the visual arts, this project touched upon the dynamics and flows of migration. | details

Inspired by the well-known game Monopoly, Europoly is a playful art installation about migration to Europe. Created by Serbian artist Dejan Kaludjerovic and supported by the ECF's grant scheme, the installation reveals different aspects of the European Union. | details

In November 2006 Dutch journalist Jelle Brandt Corstius and photographer Jeroen Toirkens travelled, with support of ECF's Closer Look grant scheme, to Sámi villages in the Murmansk region of Russia to document youth culture amongst the Sámi nomads. | details

In the latest spending negotiation, the European Parliament and the EU Council have settled for an extra 4 billion Euro budget. This is a major breakthrough, and good news for culture, as it is the first time that culture has achieved a share of the extra budget allocation.
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How does a 10-year-old see 'the world'? The ECF supported Koman Foundation asked this of over 500 children as part of the project ‘European Children's Eyes'. Children aged 7-13 used disposable cameras to capture their everyday lives in Turkey, Italy, France, Germany and Portugal | details

With support of ECF's grants scheme, a documentary workshop, organised by Nisi Masa (France) and 7 Arte (Mitrovica), aimed to capture the daily lives of young people living in Mitrovica, a city divided by a bridge that separates Serbs from Albanians. | details