Experiences in Eastern Europe and EUNIC projects

1. EUROPEAN ‘HOUSES’ OF CULTURE
Experiences in Eastern Europe
and EUNIC projects
24 April 2019
Co-funded by

2. THE EU, CULTURE AND EUNIC
Treaty of
Lisbon
2007
Preparatory Action:
Culture in External
Relations
2013 -
2014
2016 2017 2017 2018
New Agenda
for Culture
2019 -
2020
European ‘Houses’
of Culture
Council
Conclusions
Joint
Communication
Administrative
Arrangement
2019
Joint
Guidelines

3. NO MONEY
“JOINT PILOT ACTIVITIES”: REPORT ON
PARTNERSHIP
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4. RECOMMENDED READING
• EU-EUNIC cooperation in a nutshell a EUNIC working paper that historically
traces and explains the strategic partnership between EUNIC and EU institutions
• Report on the current partnership between EUNIC clusters and EU delegations
A report on the partnership, including recommendations.
• Joint Communication “Towards an EU strategy for international cultural
relations” the baseline document that defines the principles and values of the
EU’s approach to international cultural relations, published by Federica
Mogherini (High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy)
and the European Commission (June 2016)
• New European Agenda for Culture and the more detailed staff working
document which entails a section on international cultural relations (May 2018)

5. ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT HOUSES?
Not really.
The term ‘Houses’ is to be understood
symbolically:
Collaboration models and practices
that create safe spaces, whether
physical or digital, permanent or
temporary, for cultural exchange
beyond the arts, co-creation and
people-to-people contacts.

6. OBJECTIVES
To test (new) models of collaboration
between EU, EU member states, and
local stakeholders
To assist in designing and
implementing innovative projects on
the ground
To help deliver the EU approach to
international cultural relations,
complementary to MS strategies
€ 750.000
€ 83.419
Project budget
European Commission (DG EAC)
EUNIC Global

7. To bring European cultural relations
to a new level

8. 3 MAIN STEPS
Mapping
January – April 2019
Call for Ideas: OUT NOW!
April 2019 – October 2020
Evaluation
October – December 2020
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2
3

9. CALL FOR IDEAS

10. Ideas Proposals Projects
EUR
10,000
EUR
50,000
Phase 1 Phase 2
CALL FOR IDEAS

11. CALL FOR IDEAS
Cultural relations
• Engaging in dialogue, mutual listening and learning
• People-to-people approach and partnering with local
stakeholders
• Bottom-up approach, based on partners’ needs
• Co-creation and joint capacity-building
• Broader definition of culture beyond arts, including
education, creative industries development
cooperation, heritage, tourism, sports, and others

12. CALL FOR IDEAS - partnerships
EUNIC members3
1
At least 1
EU delegation
Key local partner
Implemented in non-EU
countries
Project lead!

13. EVALUATION
Testing
Measuring
Evaluating
European
’Houses’ of
Culture
Report & Policy
Recommendations
Toolkit

14. TIMELINE 2019
Launch of the
project at the
EUNIC General
Assembly
Dec
‘18
Launch of the
online mapping
survey
Start
projects design
towards phase 2
Jan
‘19
3 Apr
‘19
23 Jun
‘19
4 Jul
‘19
Sep
‘19
Desk research
Creative Labs for
project design
(EUNIC Global)
Dec
‘19
Deadline
Phase 2:
Project proposals
Deadline
Call for Ideas
Launch of Call
for Ideas
Publication of
mapping
Evaluation Call
for Ideas

15. TIMELINE 2020
Evaluation of
Project
Proposals
Jan
‘20
Start of
Pilot Projects
Mar
‘20
Aug
‘20
Oct
‘20
Nov
‘20
Policy
recommendations
and Toolkit
Dec
‘20
Final Event and
publication of project
results
Start external
Evaluation Report
End of
Pilot Projects
Start Final
Evaluation Report

16. Bulgaria: Cultural Panels (2018)

17. Romania: Cinema Project Eforie Sud (2018)

18. South East Europe: Cultural Management Academy

19. Albania: Art House School

20. Russia: Battle of the Curators

21. Ukraine: Sharing Contacts, Sharing Knowledge

22. Ukraine: Museum meetings. Support for the renovation of history museums

23. Serbia: EUNIC @ “Citizens and City Making”

24. North Macedonia: Babylon Best Young Translator Award

25. North Macedonia: My Skopje Story

26. Turkey: Spaces of Culture

27. Turkey: Be Mobile: Create Together!