[artinfo] Searching Routes - cultural policy conference at CEU

[Center for Arts and Culture]

Dear All,

The Budapest Observatory and the Center for Arts and Culture, CEU in collaboration with the Leiden University Faculty of Creative & Performing Arts cordially invites you to the following conference

SEARCHING ROUTES
in Dutch, Flemish and Hungarian cultural policies
7-8 March 2008, CEU, Auditorium
www.budobs.org/searching-routes.html 

Since the regime change in 1989, Central and Eastern European culture professionals, policy makers and researchers have been following with keen interest the cultural life in Western Europe, and especially the ways its governance and financing. The Dutch and Flemish schemes, important archetypes and inspiring innovations in the post-1968 Europe, enjoyed special attention. We did our best to adapt good practices, gave up certain illusions, and found out after a while that cultural policies are in motion over there, too. Often the problems are the same as here, and the solutions point at different directions than what we would expect: are we witnessing periodic regressions? One sided search for models gradually gave way to the exchange of experiences between peers. The cultural policy forum of three cultural systems will take place against this background as a part of the Dutch-Flemish cultural festival in Hungary in February-March 2008. The main features of national strategies and a few selected areas - the position of flagship institutions, policies at city level, the relations between national and European goals, and of course financing - will be presented by specialists from the three nations and discussed involving the participants. The programme of the conference, to be held in English and Hungarian, is of special interest to policy makers on the national, regional and municipal level, to the leaders of cultural organisations and representatives of the professional association, to policy researchers and students. Participation: free of charge, upon registration at judit at budobs.org.

PROGRAM:

 7 MARCH, FRIDAY 
10.00 - 12.00        National policies in motion 
                    Statements by HANS VAN MAANEN, followed by a podium
                    discussion involving the other presenters, moderated by Dragan Klaic 
Buffet lunch 
1.00 - 2.30           Flagship cultural institutions: mission, status, finances 
                    Presented by HENK SCHOLTEN 
                    Commented and complemented by Bruno Verbergt and Barnabás Bencsik, 
                    moderated by Jos van Rillaer 
Coffee break 
3.00 - 4.30           Municipal cultural policies 
                    Presented by BRUNO VERBERGT 
                    Commented and complemented by Jantien Hadders and Vilmos Fedor, moderated
                    by Ben Hurkmans 
4.30 - 5.00          GEOFFREY BROWN (Euclid, UK): Day's wrap up, moderated by Péter Inkei. 

 8 MARCH, Saturday
 
10.00 - 11.30        Financing culture: sources, channels, models 
                    Presented by JOS VAN RILLAER 
                    Commented and complemented by Henk Scholten and László Harsányi,
                    moderated by Péter Inkei 

Coffee break 

12.00 - 1.30          National interests and European opportunities 
                    Presented by BEN HURKMANS 
                    Commented and complemented by Ann Olaerts and Fruzsina Szép,moderated
                    by Hans van Maanen. 

1.30 - 2.00             Summing up by DRAGAN KLAIC, assisted by Jan Kennis and Walter Moens 

Buffet lunch 

You are very welcome!