Towards a cultural ecology?

Wednesday 23 June 2010 09:00-16:00

09:00-09:20

Opening

• Welcome by MEP Malika Benarab-Attou, Greens/EFA Coordinator, Committee on Culture and Education, MEP Helga Trüpel, Vice President, Committee on Culture and Education, and MEP François Alfonsi, Committee on Regional Development
• General introduction by Ferdinand Richard, Head of the Culture committee (French Greens), former President of Culture Action Europe

09:20-10:25

State of play and evolutions of the EU cultural strategies: what next in 2014-2020? A view from the field

• Key note speaker: Ilona Kish, Secretary General, Culture Action Europe, Brussels

Speakers:

• Emina Visnic, Director, Zagreb Center for Independent Culture and Youth
• Luca Dal Pozzolo, Deputy Chairperson, Fondazione Fitzcarraldo, Turin
• Richard Polacek, European cultural policy advisor, Prague/Brussels

Debate

10:25-10:45

Coffee break

State of play and influence of institutional reforms

Key note speaker: Marie-Christine Blandin, Senator, former President of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region

Speakers:

• Ivor Davies, independent consultant, former Director of an Arts Council in England, qualified acceptance

Debate

Cross-over financing

Key note speaker: Corinne Rufet, President of the regional Council of Ile-de-France

Speakers:

• Xavier Fina, philosopher and consultant in cultural management, qualified acceptance

Debate

Informal buffet lunch

Transversalities of Culture in different policies

Key note speaker: Eduardo Miralles, Province of Barcelona

Other speakers:

• Xavier Troussard, Head of Unit, Culture policy and intercultural dialogue, Acting Director Culture, Multilingualism, Communication, Directorate general Education and Culture, European Commission
• Helena Drnovšek Zorko, Head, Division for International Cultural Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Slovenia

Debate

Citizens co-making modes

Key note speaker: Pascale Bonniel-Chalier, Head of Culture, Lyon-Urban-Council (Greens), European cultural "networker"

Other speakers:

• Pablo Fernandez Alonso, Deputy Artistic Director, BOZAR, Réseau des Arts à Bruxelles
• Lissa Kinnaer, Coordinator, Réseau des Arts à Bruxelles
• Mariana Kajantie, Head of department of cultural policies, City of Helsinki

Debate

Synthesis

Simon Mundy, cultural policy advisor, London

Conclusions

• Ferdinand Richard, Head of the Culture committee (French Greens), former President of Culture Action Europe
• MEP Malika Benarab-Attou, Greens/EFA Coordinator, Committee on Culture and Education, MEP Helga Trüpel, Vice President, Committee on Culture and Education, and MEP Franços Alfonsi, Committee on Regional Development