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Culturelink Network Evaluation Survey

Last week we have sent you an evaluation survey soliciting your comments on the work of Culturelink. A respectable number of you has already answered the survey and we thank you very much. We would also like to encourage all of you, who have not yet responded, to please send us your opinions and suggestions - this will represent a very significant indicator for Culturelink's future work. Please access the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/culturelink-s

E-Book for Free Download

We also have the pleasure to inform you that our book Networks: the Evolving Aspects of Culture in the 21st Century, Culturelink Joint Publication Series no.15, has now been made fully available in PDF format for free download from the Culturelink website. In the book, researchers from all continents investigate the role that cultural networks play in cultural development and international cultural cooperation. The book can be downloaded from www.culturelink.org/publics/joint/networking/Cvjeticanin_Networks.pdf. The print edition of the book may also still be ordered.

1.   International Conference on European Culture

The Charlemagne Institute for European Studies (ICEE), part of the International University of Catalonia (UIC), is organising the 12th international conference on European Culture, which will take place in Barcelona, Spain on 24-26 October 2013. Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2013. >>>

2.   Sixth European Workshop on Applied Cultural Economics (EWACE)

The Sixth European Workshop on Applied Cultural Economics (EWACE) will take place at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 5-7 September 2013. Deadline for submitting draft papers: 31 May 2013. >>>

3.   TANDEM - CULTURAL MANAGERS EXCHANGE 2013-2014

The TANDEM - Cultural Managers Exchange Turkey - European Union 2013-2014 aims at establishing long-term partnerships between cultural organisations from Turkey and EU countries. It is targeted on engaging participants in an intense international collaboration process, which includes realisation of a shared interdisciplinary project, linked to their cultural expertise. The deadline for application is 24 March 2013. >>>

4.   Call for 2013 Collaboration Grants

The European Cultural Foundation (ECF) is looking for cross-border artistic and cultural projects by cultural organisations working together with organisations from outside the cultural sector to apply for the 2013 Collaboration Grants scheme. The deadline for application is 25 March 2013. >>>

5.   Allianz Cultural Foundation: Call for Projects for 2014

The Allianz Cultural Foundation promotes and supports cultural and artistic networking in Europe and the Mediterranean region. The focus of the promotion is on exchange and encounter projects, as well as discursive events in contemporary art, literature, dance and theatre. Applications for 2014 have to be received by 31 March 2013. >>>

6.   Open Call for Young Artists: CSAV - Artists Research Laboratory

The CSAV - Artists Research Laboratory is a project where dialogue and exchange among artists of different generations and nationalities stand at the heart of a unique artistic and learning experience. The 19th edition of the laboratory, entitled Meaning of Things, will be held in Como, Italy, on 5 - 29 July 2013. Application deadline: 5 April 2013. >>>

7.   The Banff Centre: Thematic Residency 2014

Winterjourney is a thematic residency, organised by The Banff Centre, Canada, open to all forms of artistic practice within the visual arts. Presentations, readings, and discussions will form an integral part of the programme. Application deadline: 14 June 2013. >>>

8.   Banff Artist in Residence (BAIR) Programs

Banff Artist in Residence (BAIR) Programs offer independent periods of study where artists, curators, and other arts professionals are free to experiment and explore. Ongoing short and long-term opportunities. >>>

9.   2013-2014 Arts Professor in Residence Program

The Visual Cultures Program at the Department of The Arts of the American University in Cairo (AUC) is seeking applications from both emerging and established artists/designers and filmmakers for its 2013-2014 Professor in Residence programme. Deadline: 20 March 2013. >>>

10.   Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) - Master of Fine Arts

The Master of Arts in Fine Arts at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) occupies a strong position on the international scene. Its main aims are to promote and deepen individual and collaborative approaches to artistic and media practice, and their various strategies and procedures. Application deadline: 28 March 2013. >>>

11.   Umeå Academy of Fine Arts - Master in Fine Arts

Umeå Academy of Fine Arts offers an English-taught, two-year Master programme comprised of supervised independent individual projects, lectures, seminars, master classes and field research. Submission deadline: 1 April 2013. >>>

12.   Public Policies toward Museums in Times of Crisis

ICOM Portugal and ICOM Europe are jointly organising a conference to promote the exchange of knowledge related to the diversity of public policies towards museums and its relations with the financial and economic, but most of all, social and cultural crisis currently developing in Europe. The event will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 5 - 6 April 2013. >>>

13.   NEW DATE: THE BEST IN HERITAGE 2013

With the International National Trusts Organisation as the founding global partner, and Europa Nostra as the founding European partner and host, the organisers announce the launch of the Global Heritage Forum, to take place at this year's conference The Best in Heritage, scheduled for 19-21 September 2013 in Dubrovnik, Croatia. >>>

14.   6th World Summit on Arts and Culture

The 6th World Summit on Arts and Culture will be held in Santiago de Chile, Chile, on 13-16 January 2014. Through the theme of Creative Times: New Models for Cultural Development, the Summit will address how globalisation, shifts in social and economic development and new forms of communication are generating an array of challenges and opportunities within the cultural field, with an impact transcending the artistic realm. >>>

15.   The 7 Most Endangered

Aiming to identify endangered monuments and sites in Europe, the continent's leading heritage organisation Europa Nostra has launched its new flagship programme under the name of The 7 Most Endangered, with the European Investment Bank Group, represented by the EIB Institute, as its founding partner. The first list of The 7 Most Endangered will be announced during Europa Nostra's 50th anniversary Congress in Athens on 16 June 2013. >>>

16.   THE INTERCULTURAL CITY STEP BY STEP

The Intercultural City Step by Step - Practical Guide for Applying the Urban Model of Intercultural Integration is designed for city leaders and practitioners wishing to learn from the Intercultural Cities pilot project run by the Council of Europe and the European Commission in developing an intercultural approach to diversity management and integration. >>>

17.   CULTURAL POLICY LANDSCAPES. A GUIDE TO EIGHTEEN CENTRAL AND SOUTH EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

The book is a compilation of cultural policies in the CSEE region and in the Baltic States, which, through a set of synoptic country profiles, retraces the historical development since the early 1990s and outlines specific national cultural policy issues as well as present-day international relations. >>>

18.   MEASURING THE IMPACT OF A MOBILITY GRANT: A WORK IN PROGRESS BY THE ROBERTO CIMETTA FUND

The Roberto Cimetta Fund (RCF), in collaboration with regional and local partners, defines strategies for transnational artistic mobility. Within this framework, an analysis of the impact of mobility has been undertaken in order to identify positive effects of travel and consequences for the nature and diversity of cultural and artistic products or offers. >>>

19.   LA POLITIQUE CULTURELLE EN DÉBAT. ANTHOLOGIE, 1955-2012

The ambition behind this anthology is to set out the meaning of the cultural policy conducted in France during the past fifty years. The selected method consists in giving prominence to the debates raised by the "policy" promoted by Public Authorities. >>>

20.   ARTISTS' MOBILITY AND VISAS: A STEP FORWARD

This report is a milestone in On the Move's concrete engagement on visa issues: OTM aims to create a platform for dialogue between the cultural sector and the policy- and decision-making level (nationally, EU-wide and internationally), while taking into account the experiences of the cultural field and of other advocacy groups. >>>

21.   MOVE ON! CULTURAL MOBILITY FOR BEGINNERS - NEW OTM RESEARCH DOSSIER

On the Move, in collaboration with its members and with the support of the Hippocrène Foundation, has prepared this guide with 'tips & links' for your mobility experience: 10 'golden rules' to make the most of an experience abroad - no matter when, where and how long. >>>

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