Visegrad Academy of Cultural Management (VACuM) http://www.vacum.eu/About.aspx
Call for participation: 1 April 2014 - 15 May 2014 BACKGROUND The Visegrad Academy of Cultural Management (VACuM) is 24 months training for young professionals working in cultural field in the Visegrad Group countries (V4) ie. Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Eastern Partnership countries (EaP): Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. Its main aims are: development of skills and competences in the field of cultural and community policies and management strengthening democratic transformation and community development supporting integration and cooperation between EaP and EU. VACuM is not an academic course but a tailor-made training for young but already experienced professionals open for cultural cooperation projects. The course is designed in a way which allows its participants carrying on their professional tasks, developing their professional competencies and building new cooperation networks in EU and EaP countries. 20 cultural professionals from 10 countries will be selected to participate in VACuM training. The course will enable them to develop capacities and managerial skills needed for both cultural cooperation and reform processes in their countries. CANDIDATES The programme is designed for cultural managers from public and private organizations and institutions. Participants should have basic knowledge about European, national and regional cultural policies and min. two years experience in management of cultural or artistic projects addressed to local or international communities. The selection of participants will be done by an international panel of experts. It will be based on evaluation of applications (submitted on-line) and include analysis of candidates qualifications and professional experiences, as well as the quality of the submitted project. The training is conducted only in English therefore applicants must have a fluent command of this language. SCHEDULE 1-10 September 2014: First residential phase in Poland (Kraków) September 2014 - March 2015 practical phase in home countries (work on the project, study visit) 9-18 March 2015: Second residential phase in Czech Republic (Prague) March - September 2015 practical phase in home countries (work on the project, study visit) 11-14 September 2015 : Seminar in Georgia (Tbilisi) Please note that all participants have to complete the two residential training sessions as well as the diploma seminar, without exception. METHODOLOGY The course includes: 2 training sessions one in Poland and one in the Czech Republic (each 10 days long, including travels), development of a project in home country and a study visit in V4 or EaP countries (organized and covered by participants) and 1 diploma seminar (4 days) in Georgia. It aims to achieve: improvement of knowledge about European, national and regional cultural policies and practice development of professional capacities and managerial skills preparing participants to play active roles in reform processes and use innovative and efficient practices in local development extension of European cultural exchange networks The training consists of theoretical contributions and practical inputs of experts and practitioners and includes: Intervention of lecturers who not only lecture on their topic but also debate with the participants; Workshops in small groups and interacting on participants respective experiences and projects as well as on various topics tackled. The training format in these workshops is based on a peer to peer methodology; Creative sector and cultural projects case studies organized in the cities where the training will take place. Other obligatory components of the course are: implementation of the project submitted at the application stage and study visit organized by each participant. (Please note that Organizers will not cover costs connected to this phase). EXPERTISE The Visegrad Academy of Cultural Management is a unique educational initiative based on the collaboration of the Villa Decius Association from Krakow with the Marcel Hicter Association from Brussels and its partner organisations and institutions: Arts and Theatre Institute (Czech Republic), European Cultural Foundation (Hungary), Centre for Information on Literature (Slovakia), Public Advocacy (Georgia), Institute for Regional and Euro-Integration Studies EuroRegio Ukraine (Ukraine) and Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program Alumni Association in Armenia (Armenia). The Villa Decius Associations main programme since 2002 has been the Visegrad Summer School, awarded by Ministers of Culture of V4 with the International Visegrad Prize. Over the years its 600 Alumni have taken important positions both in their countries and in the structures of the EU, carrying on the ideas of cooperation. The Marcel Hicter Associations flagship programme is the European Diploma in Cultural Project Management which has been completed, over 25 years, by more than 550 cultural managers mainly from Europe, but also from African, Asian and American countries. Most of them hold now key positions in cultural cooperation projects and programmes. FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION Most of the expenses for this training programme are covered by the Organizer and the partners. Each participant or the organisation he/she works for, will cover the cost of the travel, health insurance and a visa if needed. The organizer will assist participants in obtaining a Schengen visa in their home countries. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: 15th May 2014 CONTACT For further info, please contact: [email protected] Recruitment: [email protected] -- Oberliht, Young Artists Association http://oberliht.com . . . . . . . . . . . https://lists.idash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oberlist portal informational pentru arta si cultura din Moldova information gateway for arts and culture from Moldova _______________________________________________ oberlist mailing list [email protected] https://lists.idash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oberlist
