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Biennial activity report 2012–2013

Report about EUNIC network and its initiatives and activitiesww.eunic-online.eu

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Biennial activity report 2012–2013

Report about EUNIC network and its initiatives and activitiesww.eunic-online.eu

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contents

04 Introduction

06 eUnic Global projects

12 EUNICClusterActivities

16 Trainingactivities

18 EUNICPartnershipDevelopmentandAdvocacy

19 EUNICGovernance

22 EUNICCommunication

23 eUnic Finances

24 EUNICMembers

25 eUnic clusters Worldwide

26 OverviewofEUNICclusters’activities2012/2013

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IntroductIon

ForewordfromEUNICpresident and eUnic DirectorWithin last two years EUNIC has made a significant progress thanks to a sta-ble, permanent secretariat, an active Board of Directors, engagement of the Strategy group, commitment of EUNIC members and hard work of our clus-ters.

EUNIC membership increased sub-stantially in that time. In 2012 we admitted six members from Bulgaria, Estonia, Cyprus, France and two enti-ties from Italy. In 2013 four members joined from Greece, Latvia, Flemish Belgium and Croatia. Now EUNIC has 32 members from 27 EU countries.

The same development was observed for EUNIC clusters. Within two-year period the number of clusters in-creased from 73 to 89. Altogether sixteen new clusters have been creat-ed in Ottawa, Mexico, Uruguay, Iran, Thailand, Albania, Frankfurt, Georgia, Thessaloniki, Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Pal-estine, Morocco Casablanca, Camer-oon and Ghana.

A major success was development of a range of valuable services that are offered to all EUNIC clusters. This in-cludes project ideas in form of ready-made role model projects, positioning papers on strategic issues for EUNIC and communications support in form of individual sub-websites, intranet, newsletter, social media guidelines, visual identity and EUNIC Handbook.

EUNIC also provides training opportu-nities and direct funding from EUNIC Cluster Fund for execution of innova-tive project with European added val-ue.

At present we are getting ready for Creative Europe Programme from the European Commission with the aim to provide our members and clusters with new opportunities. In addition we are developing a system, which would facilitate channelling of infor-mation about funding to members of the network.

We see EUNIC as a base for interna-tional engagement of its members and clusters and strive to create opportu-nities for the network while accom-modating differences in operational setup of our members and adjusting to on-going changes within the organ-isations environment and accommo-dating to the trends of international cultural cooperation.

EUNIC role is to work jointly in Eu-rope and be recognized as one ‘port of entry’ for cultural relations projects worldwide. The national cultural in-stitutes forming EUNIC have already built up a strong position for them-selves and keep on strengthening it by focused cooperation through the EUNIC network.

Inside Europe EUNIC work focuses on shaping European Identity and strengthening European integration. Cultural work outside Europe is de-signed to be part of the process to-

wards a better understanding among civilizations and the shaping of a dia-logue between partners in an increas-ingly globalised world.

There are still areas for improvement in the sphere of capacity building, skills development and understanding of how international cultural relations are done today. However we are very happy to see that EUNIC members are willing to share their strategies on more efficient operating models for common work in EUNIC clusters and larger collaborative projects at the Heads level.

Finally EUNIC would like to extend a sincere word of thanks to the numer-ous people that have supported the Network over the past years, helping us to keep things moving, pointing the directions and helping us to progress with EUNIC common project improve-ment of our services to the clusters worldwide.

Charles-EtienneLagasse EUNIC President

HelenaKovarikovaEUNIC Global Director

introDUction

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european Union NationalInstitutesforcultureEUNIC is the network of the European national institutes for culture. Formed in 2006, EUNIC is a recognized leader in cultural cooperation. EUNIC has 32 members from 27 countries and over 80 clusters based in different locations around the globe.

EUNIC’s members work in over 150 countries with over 2,000 branches and thousands of local partners. They work in the arts, language, youth, ed-ucation, science, intercultural dialogue and development sectors. The mem-bers employ over 25,000 staff and have a combined turnover of more than € 2.5 bn.

EUNIC network is based on open co-operation and works in a bottom up NGO-style with a compact, indepen-dent and flexible administration.

EUNIC’s mission is to promote Europe-an values and to contribute to cultural

diversity inside and outside of the EU through collaboration between Euro-pean cultural institutes. EUNIC’s aim is to expand the role of culture in Europe and to strengthen cultural dialogue, exchange and sustainable cooperation worldwide.

EUNIC is the vital partner for interna-tional cultural affairs, because of its special expertise and world-spanning network. Serving as competence pool and think tank for European institu-tions EUNIC complements EU initia-tives and activities in the field of Cul-ture.

EUNIC projects contribute to con-necting culture with such key areas as development, ecology, conflict pre-vention and conflict resolution. The projects also foster innovation and de-velopment of creative economies.

Taken together, EUNIC is simultane-ously a network of partners and exper-tise, an operational network in charge of projects and an advocacy network.

MainobjectivesReinforce networking of Europe’s national cultural institutes and generate synergies and effective partnerships within the network and with other professionals working in the field of culture.

Expand the role of culture in Europe. EUNIC strives to expand the role of and the focus on culture in European Union and on the European continent more generally. It seeks to strengthen the sense of belonging to a rich and diverse European cultural community.

Promote European culture and the values that underpin it. EUNIC works to enhance the resonance and dissemina-tion of European culture and the values that underpin it, such as cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue and multilingualism.

Strengthen cultural dialogue, exchanges and cooperation with third countries. EUNIC believes in the importance of cooperation with third countries and of culture as a factor in development.

A learningnetwork sharing ideas and practices

between members and other stakeholders

A partneringnetwork developing partnerships

with like-minded organizations

An advocacynetwork raising awareness and

effectiveness of building cultural relationships

between people worldwide

What is eUnic?

An activenetwork implementing shared

projects directly or through its members and clusters

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eUnic GloBal projects

european-chinese cultural Dialogue - 5th editionXi’an2013Abigstepforwardwasmadeincul-tural cooperation between EuropeandChinathisyear,inOctober,withthe launch of the 5th European-chinese cultural Dialogue space∙-CULTURE∙OBJECT inXi’an.Thecon-tentof the5thDialogueorganisedby European Union National Insti-tutes for Culture (EUNIC), ChineseNational Academy of Arts (CNAA)and other partners, revolvedaround the themesof Sculpture inthe broad sense of the term andthe role of culture in urban space,sustainable development of cities,socialcohesionandclimatechange.

The 5th Dialogue was a two- day event with a conference featuring keynote speakers from reputable cultural institutions from both Eu-rope and China, and group sessions, in which artists, experts and other participants explored and exchanged the differences between the Chinese and European perceptions in a range of issues related to Public Space, Ur-ban Design, Plastic Arts and Sustain-able Development, Creative Industry and Art Education as well as Heritage Protection and Regional Culture.

A week-long sculptors’ residency preceded the conference in Xi’an with participation of artists from Chi-na and Europe (France, Ireland, Ro-mania, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Italy and Austria).

Part of the 5th Dialogue programme was devoted to New Media, with input from Xi’an Academy of Arts (XAFA) and Le Manège Mons from Belgium.

The 5th Dialogue in Xi’an was taking the European-Chinese Dialogue one step further, allowing the parties to go beyond sharing of information. It set the stage for exchanging attitudes and practices on themes, topics and prospects of mutual interest. The ul-timate goal of the 5th Dialogue is to extend the existing cultural relations and the bilateral exchange activities into structured partnerships and joint reflection on common challeng-es between Europe and China.

The 5th European-Chinese Cultural Dialogue in Xi’an, October 2013

The 4th European-Chinese Cultural Dia-logue, Luxembourg, October 2011

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Mena project

Missionstatement

The overall theme of our work in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) is the creative sector, articulated in the fol-lowing objectives:

Our approach is needs based with the aim to promote creativity as learning journey and culture as economically viable.Our target audiences are young people and women, along with civil society actors, private or independent sector and public authorities, on the basis of establishing strategic partnerships, trust and of creating links between all stakehold-ers.In a shared common language with our partners and target audiences, we advocate for the values of culture, diversity, dialogue, peace and freedom of expression, speech and assembly, with a main goal to put culture and civil society at the forefront of the democratic transformation.

BackgroundEUNIC/MENA program mission statement is based on the consul-tation process carried out in 2011 and 2012 in MENA, more specifically on the recommendations of the Eu-romed Forum on Creative Industries & Society, organized by EUNIC clus-ter in Jordan, Dead Sea in May 2012, which gathered 160 participants from 7 Arab and European countries, representing the whole creative sec-tor.Based on this consultation process, three main areas of work have been identified: cultural policies, capacity building and mobility and exchange. The cross cutting issue through all these areas is the critical need to build capacities in MENA cultural

sector. Due to the current socio-po-litical context of upheaval, we be-lieve this to be the crucial moment to empower cultural actors with the necessary tools to contribute posi-tively to the changes.

eUnic Mena incubator

EUNIC MENA programme has been designed as an Incubator of projects focusing on capacity building in the creative and cultural policies sector. This incubator will be functioning through schemes such as: training, research, conference and debates, web platforms etc.The principle of EUNIC MENA Incuba-tor is to develop projects, addressing

the identified needs, together with expert organizations and our strate-gic partners from Europe & MENA. Within the EUNIC/MENA Incubator, EUNIC Global will play a coordinating role in:

• Matching creative projects with resources from the network and other stakeholders (EC, founda-tions, private sector, etc.)

• Creating synergies between clusters and with European and MENA expertise

• Designing projects together with clusters, expert organisations and strategic partners

• Monitoring and evaluation

Developing new and realistic approaches in cultural policy that reflect evolutions in the region and that are re-sponsive to civil society movements and expectations

Supporting capacity building and professionalizing the creative sector and the independent cultural scene

Improving and developing mobility and exchange of artists and cultural operators within MENA and between EU and MENA

Promoting the values of dialogue and cultural diversity in MENA region through cultural projects

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EUNIC Turkey, European Day of Languages in Ankara, September 2013

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PilotProject1:MENA/Europeantrainingincultureandcreativesectormanagement

In the framework of EUNIC MENA Incubator, EUNIC is planning to de-velop a “MENA/European training in culture and creative sector man-agement”, in partnership with As-sociation Marcel Hicter (Belgium), Association Racines (Morocco) and Lebanon Development Union (Leb-anon).The objective of this training is to raise the skills and competencies of MENA cultural practitioners in the fields of:

• Supporting capacity building and professionalizing of the cultural and creative sectors

• Management of cultural proj-ects, programs, especially with the cultural cooperation dimen-sion

• Mapping creative industries and cultural policies.

The MENA/European Training in Culture & Creative Sector Manage-ment is a training of cultural oper-ators in MENA countries with focus on cultural management and cre-ative industries through coaching of

participants in carrying cooperation projects within the MENA region.EUNIC Global is currently raising funds and mobilizing resources for this initiative that is planned to be launched in 2014. More details will be published upon the progress in project implementation.

• Networking and exchanges with operators of various MENA and European countries

• Developing new approaches in cultural policy reflecting the new trends in the region and the im-portance of civil society

EUNIC Palestine, ‘Gestures of return: a cultural program examining questions around Palestinian displacement’, Jerusalem, 2013

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Multilingualism–Poliglotti4.euandlanguage rich europeIn autumn 2012, Poliglotti4.eu, a EU-NIC-led project co-funded by the Eu-ropean Commission and developed within the Civil Society Platform to promote multilingualism in Europe has entered in to its final stage.

The poliglotti4.eu brought togeth-er 9 members organizations from the Civil Society Platform. The proj-ect combined PR events, network-

ing and research in a three subjects area: early language learning, adult education and social services. The project covered more than 10 Euro-pean countries.

In May 2012, The Language Rich Eu-rope networking project, www.lan-guage-rich.eu, set up to discuss and develop better policies and practices for multilingualism, released the ini-tial draft of a research publication that analyses trends in language pol-icies and practices in 24 countries and regions across Europe. The sur-

vey covers languages in education, the media, cities and business. Til-burg University’s Babylon Centre for Studies of the Multicultural Society carried out the research in collabo-ration with partner institutions and experts in participating countries.

The outcomes were presented to policy makers in March 2013 in Brussels. There were made 10 rec-ommendations in the fields of edu-cation, business, media and press, public services and spaces, language policies.

EUNIC Budapest, European Languages Cocktail Bar, Budapest, September 2013Photo: Európai Bizottság/Dudás Szabolcs

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culture in external Relations–Moreeurope and PreparatoryActionEUNIC Global is an associated part-ner in the consortium made up of four national cultural institutions and specialist organisations that won the bid for the Preparatory ActiononCultureinEUExternalRelations. The aim of the preparatory action is to collect data and information through mapping and consultation in

a large number of states in order to analyze the resources, strategies and opinions relating to the role and im-pact of culture in external relations. The mapping will define concepts that relate to culture and diploma-cy issues. Countries covered by the projects are 28 EU member states, ENP countries and 9 strategic part-ner countries.

EUNIC strongly supports the More europe campaign, an external cul-tural relations initiative launched in December 2012 that aims to con-

vince policy-makers to place cultural relations – one of the strongest as-sets that Europe has – at the heart of the EU’s external affairs. Based on best practice evidence and re-search, More Europe calls on Mem-ber States, civil society and EU insti-tutions to work together to combine their visions, pool resources, and co-ordinate their activities.Since it was launched one year ago, the initiative has been very success-ful in terms of visibility, deep aca-demic reflections, inspirational de-bates and awareness raising.

CultureandDevelopment-LaunchofonlineeditionofCultureandDevelopment–ActionandImpactbookletThe online version of the brochure ‘Culture and Development – Action and Impact’ has been pub-lished on capacity4dev.eu website end 2012. The objective is to demonstrate the fundamental role culture has to play in the area of development and the leading role EUNIC members can take in this field.This new version of the brochure focuses on the Mediterranean region and links thus well with EU-NIC’s one priority area to engage in a dialogue with civil society in Middle East and North African re-gion to support a democratic transition.EUNIC Brussels, Transpoesie in Passa Porta, Brussels, September 2013

EUNIC Thailand, Thai-Europe Connection, BUKRUK Street Art Festival, Bangkok, February 2013Artist: Pharuephon ‘’Tum’’ Mukdasanit

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eUnic clUster activities

Clusters – the networks of EU-NIC members in a given city, re-gion or country – constitute the most important part of the asso-ciation. It is the clusters that are most active in developing and running various events and activ-ities in different locations around the world.

By December 2013, the EUNIC network had 89 clusters, the ma-jority of them outside the Euro-pean Union. In 2012 we admit-ted six members from Bulgaria, Estonia, Cyprus, France and two entities from Italy. In 2013 four members joined from Greece, Latvia, Flemish Belgium and Cro-atia. Now EUNIC has 32 members from 27 EU countries. The same development was ob-served for EUNIC clusters. With-in two-year period the number of clusters increased from 73 to 89. Altogether sixteen new clus-ters have been created in Otta-wa, Mexico, Uruguay, Iran, Thai-land, Albania, Frankfurt, Georgia, Thessaloniki, Turkey, Egypt, Isra-el, Palestine, Casablanca, Camer-oon and Ghana. A cluster event or project re-quires the involvement of at least three members of the cluster in order to obtain the EUNIC label. It is the clusters that decide what type of events and projects they want to run. Very often the pro-gramme depends on local cir-cumstances, opportunities and expectations of audiences in the country where the cluster oper-

ates. Some clusters develop very complex and rich programmes while other focus on a small number of activities.

In October 2012 EUNIC launched for the first time EUNIC Cluster Fund with the aim to provide funding to projects developed by EUNIC Clusters. EUNIC Cluster Fund aims to encourage cluster cooperation and to support joint actions and activities of the clus-ters through financial support to projects of strategic importance to EUNIC network.

Objectives for EUNIC ClusterFund:

In 2012/2013 edition 37 EUNIC clusters applied for cluster funds, 12 received a support totalling EUR 80.147. Following projects and EUNIC clusters have been supported:

austria2nd EUNIC Week in Vienna

chinaEU and creative industries/ EUNIC Foot-print

CroatiaArtEnergy: Creative visions of nature and technology

EgyptDiploma in cultural management - feasi-bility study/ MENA region

estoniaCultural diplomacy in the changing world

GeorgiaEU Literature Night

HungaryPromoting multilingualism competition

jordanSights and sounds of Europe

PalestineGestures of return: a cultural programme examining questions around Palestinian displacement

TurkeyEuropean Day of Languages + Training for teachers

WashingtonEuropean creative place-making

BelgiumHow to build an European project - train-ing for EUNIC staff

Stimulate cluster action

Implement EUNIC strategic topics

Enhance inter-cluster coop-eration

Present EUNIC as multilat-eral player bringing Euro-

pean added value

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eUnic clusters and multilingualismOne of EUNIC’s main interests lies in supporting multilingualism. On 26th September each year, many EUNIC clusters organise events celebrating the EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES to promote multilingualism. In 2013, the clusters were especially active and creative in the events they or-ganised for the day. Here are just a few examples:

TRANSPOESIE is an event created in 2011 by the eUnic Brussels cluster in collaboration with the STIB and the Loterie Nationale. The 2013 edi-tion of TRANSPOESIE began officially on 26 September, to mark European Languages Day. This year, no few-er than twenty-five countries have joined in to offer the population of

Brussels and the users of the public transport in the capital, a series of 25 poems in their original language (23 languages in total) and in their French and Dutch translations.

The European Cultural Institutes in eUnic spain opened their doors once again to celebrate European Day of Languages. Twenty cultural institutes based in Madrid took part in the activities this year, whose aim was to promote interest in lan-guage learning, showcase lesser well known cultures, and allow the public to discover artists and gastronomy from other parts of Europe. Through-out the day over 40 activities took place, including: plays, food tasting, cinema workshops for kids, guided tours, language classes, storytelling and so many other.

For the second consecutive year, eUnic peru organized the “Europe-an Day of Languages“ at the Italian Cultural Institute. During the after-noon, several promoters of the Eu-ropean culture presented various ac-tivities: traditional dances, European food as well as model classes to get introduced by various European lan-guages. At the same time the con-ference: “Working with languages: interpretation and translation” took place.

EUNIC Hungary cluster organised European Languages Cocktail Bar (ELCB) for the fourth time. 22 in-stitutes participated, 16 different languages present. The traditional Cocktail Bar programme was jazzed up with an online quiz, a poster com-petition and the prize giving ceremo-ny of the European Language Label.

EUNICClusterFund2012/2013ambitionshavebeenmetespeciallyinthefollowingareas:

• Development of EUNIC visibility of joint action to partners and interlocutors• Reaching to wider audiences and different layers of society• Informing about EUNIC action in the Third countries• Paving the way for future collaborations and sponsorships• Designing new formats to be shared across the network. • Strengthening relationship with local communities and the position on the local cultural

scene• Positioning culture as indispensible tool of external relations• Promotion of fundamental European values and multilingualism inside and outside

of EU• Consolidation and professionalization of EUNIC clusters benefiting from the

Fund• Contributing to good image of Europe in countries with ambivalent atti-

tude towards the EU• Capacity building for the whole EUNIC network

eUnic clUster activities

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european literature nightsthe european literature nights ini-tiative is coordinatedby the CzechCentres in cooperation with EU-NIC.TheaimofLiteratureNightsisto offer the platform for Europeancountries to present their contem-porarywritingintranslationandtopresentnewEuropeanliteraryvoic-es inacreativeway.TheEuropeanliterature night concept is based on the assumption that literatureis a unique and creative tool thatreflects the elementary dialoguebetween individual voices and cul-tures through shared reading ex-perience. Literature is the tool ofmutualunderstandingthathelpstobreak down communication barri-ers.

In 2012 literature was presented in its various forms in number of Eu-ropean cities including Amsterdam,

Banska Bystrica, Berlin, Bratislava, Budapest, Bucharest, Dublin, Dus-seldorf, Edinburgh, Yerevan, Kutna Hora, Kiev, London, Lviv, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Prague, Riga, Sofia, Stockholm, Warsaw, Vienna and Zi-lina.

In 2013 the initiative involved new cities like Brno, Brussels, Burgas, Dortmund, Florence, Kosice, Lisbon, Malmo, Vilnius, Wroclaw and many more.

In Prague the audience enjoyed various experiences during just one night: with public readings of con-temporary literature performed by well-known personalities at attrac-tive and unusual venues.

In Bucharest the books and the lec-tors started looking for the listeners in the city’s crowded cafés, alterna-tive clubs, noisy intersections and totally unexpected (as for literature) venues like a modern petrol station

or… the Bucharest Stock Exchange. The lectors were amongst the most prominent Romanian actors, well-known journalists, poets, rappers and celebrities.

In London European Literature Night 2013 featured a wealth of prose that is as wide as the continent itself. There were the personal family sto-ries, from the comedic Catalonian tale of four brothers who have nev-er known each other to an Austrian exposure of generational estrange-ment, from an ancient Belgian family mystery to a homely portrait of Ger-man domestic bliss, which is masking deep divides.

EUNIC Stockholm, European Literature Night, Malmo, May 2013Photo: Andrea Ericsson

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EUNIC Biennial Report|2012-2013EUNIC Jordan, Creative Industries Jordan Project, 2013

CultureinExternalRelations-Strengtheningcreativeindustries

OthermainfocusofEUNICnetworkis culture in EU external relations.Hereareafewexamplesinregardsto this topic:

Zimbabwe

Alliance Francaise, British Council and Goethe-Institut under the ban-ner of EUNIC Zimbabwe Cluster, launched the Creative Zimbabwe Programme in partnership with the European Union on the 18th of Oc-tober 2013. The European Union is supporting the programme with a financial contribution of €495,000, equivalent to approximately USD 670,000 to be used over the next 18 months to contribute to the profes-sionalization of the cultural sector in Zimbabwe.

jordan

Throughout 2012 and 2013 EUNIC Jordan has been tasked by the EU Delegation in Amman with support-ing the development of the creative industries in Jordan. EUNIC Jordan brought together representatives of four different sub-sectors under one banner of creative industries – linking them all for the first time and helping to recognize that they share the same needs and face the same issues. To voice the needs and summarize the opinions of those sub-sectors EUNIC Jordan commis-sioned a study that was published in form of a Call for Action that pro-poses solutions for overcoming the challenges.

SouthAfrica

The EUNIC South Africa has devel-oped an initiative with the main objectives of strengthening the re-lationships between the EU and South Africa in the field of creative industries and supporting the devel-opment of this sector of the econo-my in South Africa. This project is a result of a successful application for funding under the EuropeAid ‘Euro-pean Union - South Africa Trade De-velopment Agreement Facility’. One of the elements in this programme is the promotion of dialogue to strengthen policy debate between the EU and South Africa. EUNIC South Africa was one of the organisers of the annual three-day conference 6-8 August 2013 at the University of Johannesburg that gathered South African arts and cul-ture sector to tackle key issues and opportunities concerning the cre-ative economy in the region.

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traininG activities

5thEUNICSummerAcademyAt the beginning of June 2013 eigh-teen participants from EUNIC mem-ber institutions participated at the 5th EUNIC Summer Academy. Organ-ised in cooperation with the Bureau International Jeunesse Bruxelles, the week-long training revolved around the title “Get into Urban Arts!” theme. The training materialized into three videos on the urban world of arts, each produced in a different Belgian city. These have been pre-sented to all EUNIC Heads, as Sum-mer Academy participants joined the EUNIC General Assembly in Leuven on June 14, 2013.

eUnic at the inductionsessionforfutureHeadsofEUDelegationsatEEASIn July 2013 EUNIC had an opportuni-ty to present the association and the network of EUNIC clusters at the in-duction session for the future Heads of EU Delegations at European Ex-ternal Action Service (EEAS). Thanks to this intervention the participants became interested in engaging with EUNIC clusters situated in their re-spective countries of delegation what will contribute to strengthened collaboration with EU Delegations.

how to build a european project During November 6th and 8th 2013 the training Project “How to build an European Project” was set in Brus-sels. The Project, financed by EUNIC Global and organized by EUNIC Brus-sels cluster, gathered 38 representa-tives from the EUNIC network. The seminar was joined by specialists and experienced actors in the field of building cultural projects at Europe-an level. One of them was the Euro-pean Commission Head of Unit Karel Barták, who presented Creative Eu-rope 2014-2020 programme.

EUNIC Brussels, How to Build European Project Training, November 2013

EUNIC Brussels, How to Build European Project Training, November 2013

EUNIC General Assembly Meeting, Leuven, June 2013

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EUNICCroatiaCulturalFellowship With a view to identifying emerging Croatian cultural leaders from both the public and pri-vate sectors and engaging them with cultural institutions in the EU in a way which will create a lasting impact, the EUNIC Cluster, Croatia in coop-eration with the Croatian Ministry of Culture has decided to create a EUNIC Cultural Fellowship. Fel-lowship was granted in the year 2013 for the second time and laureates were Vanja Zanko, Ivana Katic and Gaella Gottwald.

the annual internship ProgrammeforYoung

russian curators 2013-2014

The programme is created by the mem-bers of the EUNIC-cluster in Moscow –

the Austrian Cultural Forum, the British Council, the Goethe-Institut, the Embassy

of Sweden and Moscow French Institute.The aim of the programme is to help young

Russian curators acquire experience while working in leading European cultural institu-

tions. The applicants will be given a chance to undertake internships in one of five countries,

to see how the leading galleries and museums work, to collaborate with local curators and to de-

velop their own independent curatorial projects.

EUNIC Russia, Annual Internship Programme for Young Russian Curators, Winner 2013 Daria Tkacheva, Nantes France, 2013

EUNIC Croatia, ArtEnergy, Zagreb, June 2013Photo: Mauro Corinti/Matea Jočić

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eUnic partnership DevelopMent anD aDvocacy

AdvocacyThe national cultural institutes form-ing EUNIC have already built up a strong position for themselves and keep on strengthening it by focused cooperation through EUNIC net-work. EG keeps genuine reciprocal relations with EU institutions and it advocates for EUNIC in numerous conferences, through dedicated vis-its and by contributing to various cul-tural relations research studies, e.g. ‘Public Diplomacy in the EU – Pros-pects for a Chinese approach’ Euro-pean Institute for Asian Studies. EU-NIC supports EU initiatives – Capitals of Culture, EU Literature Prize, etc.

partnershipsWorking in partnerships is key for EUNIC operations. Through EUNIC’s work with partners, esp. with civ-il societies, the network is able to achieve a greater reach than the member states of the Union alone. Due to EUNIC’s wide outreach we managed to address and coordinate our action with a number of partners – e.g. in China and MENA.EUNIC Global office capitalizes on its central position to be able to reach out to a vast number of networks and platforms having their represen-tation in Brussels.

AffiliationsStrategic partnerships to achieve mutually beneficial aims and objec-tives have been identified and ad-dressed through closer EUNIC Global affiliations both on sectoral or re-gional level.

NetworkingIn the period covered by this report EG managed to engage in a num-ber of conferences and networking events aiming to forge important partnerships. EUNIC took the op-portunity to meet representatives of diverse institutions represented in Brussels at EUNIC Cocktail, a net-working event organised at the occa-sion of General Assembly meeting.

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EUNICGeneralAssembliesEUNIC General Assembly is a decision-making body that gathers the CEOs, Presidents and Secretary Generals of the EUNIC members. General Assembly approves new members and clusters, sets the strategy, budget and internal rules for the network.

2-3 July 2012Paris, France

13-14 December 2012Brussels, Belgium

2-3 July 2012Leuven, Belgium

12–13 December 2013Brussels, Belgium

Americas Regional Meeting 22-24 February 2012

Lima, Peru

Sub-Saharan Regional Meeting 11-12 October 2012

Lagos, Nigeria

MENA Regional Meeting14-16 November 2012

Beirut, Lebanon

European Regional Meeting 3-5 February 2013

Warsaw, Poland

Inter-cluster Meeting 19-20 November 2013

London, UK

Inter-cluster Meeting 7-8 May 2012

Leuven, Belgium

RegionalandInter-clusterMeetingsEUNIC Regional Meetings gather representatives from EUNIC clusters. The meetings are organised in five different re-gions: Europe, Americas, MENA, Sub- Saharan Africa and Asia. The overall objective of the meetings is to share knowl-edge, instigate new initiatives that can improve work of clusters and to discuss opportunities for future cooperation.

1 June 2012Brussels, Belgium

13-14 September 2012Brussels, Belgium

4-5 December 2012Brussels, Belgium

14-15 March 2013Brussels, Belgium

24-25 October 2013Brussels, Belgium

EUNICStrategyGroupMeetingsThis group gathers 12 senior managers from EUNIC members, EUNIC Global Director and EUNIC President. Its role is to advice the Board of Directors and the Heads on the major issues affecting EUNIC and to make recommendations. The Group is commissioned by the Heads and it draws on the experience and expertise of colleagues in member organisa-tions and externally.

eUnic Governance

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BoardofDirectorsMeetingsThe Heads elect a Board of Directors of three from their own members: a president, a first vice president and a second vice president. The Board of Directors acts as the executive committee between Heads meetings. 2nd vice president holds the position of the Treasurer.

EUNICBoardtillJuly2012

Ana Paula Laborinho, President of the Camões Institute, Portugal – EUNIC President Delphine Borione, Director for Cultural Policy and for French, French MfA – EUNIC Vice PresidentCharles-Etienne Lagasse, WBI, Belgium – EUNIC 2nd Vice President and Treasurer

EUNICBoardJuly2012–June2013

Delphine Borione, Director for Cultural Policy and for French, French MfA – EUNIC Vice PresidentCharles-Etienne Lagasse, WBI, Belgium – EUNIC Vice PresidentAnnika Rembe, Swedish Institute, Sweden – EUNIC 2nd Vice-President and Treasurer

EUNICBoardsinceJune2013

Charles-Etienne Lagasse, Wallonie-Bruxelles Internationale, Belgium – EUNIC PresidentAnnika Rembe, Swedish Institute, Sweden – EUNIC Vice PresidentRafael Rodrigez-Ponga, Instituto Cervantes, Spain – EUNIC 2nd Vice-President and Treasurer

EUNIC Board of Directors 2013 / 2014

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EUNICGlobalOffice

Fulltimestaff

Luciano Rispoli, Director, October 2011 – March 2012Helena Kovarikova, Director since June 2012Kamila Gawronska, Network and Communications Officer since November 2011Khadija El Bennaoui, MENA Project Coordinator since November 2012

interns

Lidia Shantova, Administration Assistant, January – March 2012Magdalena Liskova, Communications Assistant, April – June 2012Emilia Kowalczyk, Administration Assistant, April – October 2012Anna Frederike Steiff, Communications and Administration Assistant, Sep 2012 – February 2013Maxence Viallon, Communications Assistant, December 2012 – June 2013Roxana Apostol, Communications and Administration Assistance, March – September 2013Corina Pirva, Communications Assistant since September 2013Eleonora Parisi, Communications and Administration Assistant since September 2013

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eUnic coMMUnication

EUNICYearbook2012-2013EUNIC Yearbook 2012-2013 – Chal-lenges for Europe’s Foreign Policy - launched at the beginning of 2013 by ifa deals with the role culture plays in conflict regions. It carefully analyses opportunities and challenges, the risks and limitations of cultural en-gagement in regions beset by crisis and conflict. The Yearbook is trying to answer the question what kinds of external cultural policies does Eu-rope need to embrace to allow art, education and intercultural dialogue to open doors and build trust be-tween communities – and help pre-vent conflicts around the globe.

EUNICWebsite,NewsletterandSocialMediaThe website www.eunic-online.eu contains key information and up-dates on activities and projects de-veloped by EUNIC Global. Activities run by EUNIC cluster are presented in EUNIC cluster subsection on EU-NIC website.EUNIC e-Newsletter is sent monthly to members of EUNIC network and external subscribers to inform about activities undertaken by EUNIC clus-ters and EUNIC Global.EUNIC is very active on Facebook

and Twitter. We update the network at least once a day with interesting news and initiatives from the cultur-al sector, funding opportunities, etc. In 2013 we established EUNIC on Flickr and YouTube.

Poliglotti4.EUWebsiteand social MediaIn 2013 EUNIC Global took over re-sponsibility for the continuation of the Poliglotti4.eu project, with its Language Observatory website. Now that the project’s original two-year phase has come to an end, the Lan-guage Observatory is still very much alive. Poliglotti4.eu website and so-cial media channels – Facebook and Twitter accounts are updated on a daily basis with relevant information.

LaunchofEUNICHandbookEUNIC Handbook, launched in June 2013, is EUNIC new comprehensive guidelines document with all rele-vant information for the members of the network. The Handbook pro-vides general overview of EUNIC activity and governance, its focus themes, meetings, groups, members and clusters and includes EUNIC pol-icy papers, outline of organizational structure and relevant contact de-

tails. The Handbook is also a first reference manual for EUNIC clus-ters replacing previous EUNIC Clus-ter guidelines. It provides guidance on how to set up and run a cluster, putting attention to different practi-calities and providing all necessary templates, benchmarks, roles model project examples and advise on how to secure funding from the EU.Launch of EUNIC new visual identityEUNIC new visual identity has been launched in June 2013. It provides a ‘brushed-up’ logo for both EUNIC Global and EUNIC clusters, new visu-al identity guidelines and the set of stationary templates that includes EUNIC leaflet, roll-up banner, email signatures, EUNIC folder, invitation card for the events, PowerPoint tem-plates, letterhead, business cards and envelopes to by used by the whole network.

LaunchofEUNICwebsite and intranet In December 2013 EUNIC has launched a new website, which equips the network with the intranet and a common collaborative space, provides all clusters with individual sub-website and makes the web-site more user friendly and in line with current design and interactivity trends. The launch of the new news-letter is planned for early 2014.

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eUnic Finances

FinancialReportingproceduresThe Board of Directors provides a yearly financial report to EUNIC General Assembly. Additionally EUNIC Global Office distributes every two months to all EUNIC Members a budget-tracking re-port, which gives an overview on income and spending within each budget line for the current budget year. EUNIC Global Office also pro-vides the Board of Directors with a regular update on the financial health of the association.

annual Financial reportWith the aim of promoting trans-parency and providing a complete overview of its activities, EUNIC presents an annual financial report to its Members. The report is pre-pared with help of an external ac-counting company, which receives copies of all invoices. An external audit is commissioned every year to accompany the financial report.

EUNIC Washington DC, EUNIC Concert Series, Drumartica, Slovenian percussion – Duo, Washington DC, November 2013

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eUnic MeMBers

austria

Austrian Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs

Belgium

Wallonie-Bruxelles InternationalFlemish department of Foreign Affairs

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Ministry of Culture

Croatia

Foundation Croatian House

Cyprus

Ministry of Education and Culture Cyprus

CzechRepublic

Czech Centres

Denmark

The Danish Cultural Institute

estonia

Estonian Institute

Finland

The Finish Cultural and Academic Institutes

France

Foundation Alliance FrançaiseFrench Ministry of Foreign AffairsInstitut Français

Germany

Goethe-Institutifa – Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations

Greece

Hellenic Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Hungary

Balassi Institute

ireland

Culture Ireland

Italy

Società Dante AlighieriMinistry of Foreign Affairs Italy

Latvia

Latvian Institute

lithuania

International Cultural Program Center Lithuania

Luxembourg

Centre Culturel de Rencontre Abbaye de Neumünster / Ministry of Culture Luxembourg

netherlands

Dutch Culture

poland

Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

portugal

Instituo Camões

Romania

Romanian Cultural Institute

SlovakRepublic

Slovakian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Slovenia

Slovenian Ministry of Culture

spain

Instituto Cervantes

sweden

Swedish Institute

UnitedKingdom

British Council

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eUnic clUsters WorlDWiDe

Argentina - Buenos AiresArgentina - CordobaBrazilCanada - OttawaCanada - TorontoChile ColombiaMexicoPeruUruguay - Montevi-deoUSA - ChicagoUSA - New YorkUSA - Washington DCVenezuela

AfganistanAustralia - Mel-bourneAustralia - SydneyChinaIndiaIranJapanKazakhstan - AlmatyKorea - SeoulPhillippinesThailandUzbekistan - Vietnam - Hanoi

AlbaniaAustria - ViennaBelgium - BrusselsBosnia-HerzegovinaBulgariaCzech RepublicCroatiaDenmarkEstoniaFinlandFrance - ParisFrance - Bordeaux AquitaineFrance - LyonGermany - BerlinGermany - FrankfurtGermany - HamburgGermany - StuttgartGeorgiaGreece - AthensGreece - ThessalonikiHungary

Italy - RomeItaly - MilanIreland - DublinLatviaLithuaniaNetherlandsNorwayPoland - WarsawPoland - KrakowPortugalRomania - BucharestRussiaSerbia - BelgradeSlovakia - BratislavaSloveniaSpainSweden - StockholmTurkeyUkraineUK - LondonUK -Scotland

AlgeriaEgyptIsraelJordanLebanonMoroccoPalestineTunisia

CameroonEthiopiaGhanaMozambiqueNamibiaNigeriaSenegalSouth AfricaSudanTanzaniaZimbabwe

Americas Asia/Oceania europe Mena

SubsaharanAfrica

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SELECTIONOFEUNICCLUSTERS’ACTIvITIES2012/2013

Multilingualism

MARCH2013eUnic netherlands, Language Rich Europe

APRIL2013eUnic Melbourne, European Lan-guages Festival 2013 ‘Carnival’

SEPTEMBER2013EUNICBosniaandHerzegovina, European Day of LanguageseUnic France Bordeaux-aquitaine, Speak DatingEUNICRome, Parleuro Pa - II Rally delle lingueeUnic lithuania, European Litera-ture NightseUnic lithuania, European Day of Languages in VilniuseUnic Georgia, European Day of Languages in TbilisiEUNICSlovakia, European Day of Languages in BratislavaeUnic Bucharest, European Day of Languages in BucharesteUnic canada, European Day of Languages in TorontoeUnic canada, European Day of Languages in MontréaleUnic estonia, European Day of Languages in Tallinn

OCTOBER2013eUnic jordan, European Day of Languages in Amman

NOvEMBER2013EUNICvietnam, European Day of Languages in Hanoi

JANUARY2013eUnic canada, European Book Club in Toronto

FEBRUARY2013eUnic canada, European Book Club in TorontoeUnic canada, European Book Club in VancouverMARCH2013eUnic canada, European Book Club in TorontoeUnic canada, European Book Club in Montréal

APRIL2013eUnic canada, Lisez l’Europe/ Me-tropolis Bleu in Montréal

MAY2013eUnic netherlands, European Lite-rature NightEUNICvietnam, European Litera-ture DayseUnic Bucharest, European Litera-ture Night

eUnic canada, European Book Club in TorontoeUnic ireland, European Literature Night - Words on the Street

JUNE2013eUnic canada, European Book Club in VancouvereUnic paris, Literature NightEUNICDenmark, Festival of Euro-pean Contemporary Playwrights

AUGUST2013eUnic cordoba, FILIC - Festival Internacional de Literatura en Cor-doba

OCTOBER2013eUnic canada, European Book Club in TorontoeUnic canada, Europe @ IFOA in Toronto

NOvEMBER2013eUnic canada, European Book Club in TorontoEUNICNewYork, New Literature from Europe Festival

JULY2013eUnic Georgia, European Night of Literature

european languages

european literature

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arts

JANUARY2013EUNICSlovakia, EuroCine Club

FEBRUARY2013EUNICSlovakia, EuroCine ClubeUnic estonia, Nova’s Cinema Club, Supernova Cinema Club

MARCH2013EUNICSlovakia, EuroCine Club

APRIL2013eUnic France Bordeaux-aquitaine, Cinéma sans frontièresEUNICBrazil, European Film Festival

EUNICNewYork, Disappearing Act V, European Film FestivalEUNICSlovakia, EuroCine Club

MAY2013EUNICBrazil, Film Festival in Curi-tibaEUNICBrazil, European Film FestivalEUNICSlovakia, EuroCine ClubEUNICBosniaandHerzegovina, European Film Week

JUNE2013eUnic senegal, Festival Image et Vie

EUNICBosniaandHerzegovina, Kid’s Festival SarajevoEUNICSlovakia, EuroCine ClubEUNICvietnam, 5th European Do-cumentary Film Week

AUGUST2013EUNICNamibia, EUNIC Film Festival

NOvEMBER2013eUnic ireland, Short Shorts from Europe!

visual arts

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JANUARY2013eUnic netherlands, Shadows of HeaveneUnic senegal, Cycle de petit déjeu-ner

FEBRUARY2013eUnic lebanon, Zoukak SidewalkseUnic senegal, Cycle de petit déjeu-nerEUNICCroatia, Symposium Suppor-ting art - various European practiceseUnic estonia, Debate Club

MARCH2013eUnic France Bordeaux-aquitaine, European Voices

APRIL2013EUNICvietnam, ‘Hanoi Sound stuff’eUnic jordan, Jazz Festival

MAY2013EUNICBrazil, European concertEUNICBrazil, Gastronomic FestivalEUNICBrazil, European BazaarEUNICBrazil, European Running CompetitionEUNICBrazil, Charity Tennis Tourna-mentEUNICBrazil, Europe’s Week RegattaEUNICBrazil, Charity Football MatchEUNICBrazil, Launching of the cui-sine bookeUnic estonia, Europe DayeUnic canada, Europe Day in To-rontoEUNICBrazil, Jazz concert

JUNE2013eUnic senegal, Cycle de Petit Dé-jeunereUnic paris, Semaine des cultures étrangères

eUnic Bucharest, Open Night of the Cultural InstituteseUnic lebanon, Fête de la musique

JULY2013EUNICRome, Concerto per l’Europa a Gavoi

SEPTEMBER2013EUNICNewYork, Moving Sounds FestivaleUnic jordan, Sights and Sounds of Europe EUNICvietnam, European Festival of Contemporary Dance ‘Europe meets Asia in Contemporary Dance’EUNICSlovakia, EuroCine ClubEUNICCroatia, Zagreb Film FestivaleUnic jordan, Concert Saint-Louis Blooze

NOvEMBER2013eUnic Bogota, Festival Dame tu lenguaeUnic senegal, Cycle de petit déjeu-ner

DECEMBER2013eUnic Bucharest, European Comics FestivaleUnic paris, Europe in a dayEUNICRome, Euro-pean Christmas Concert

PerformingArts

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CultureanddevelopmentJANUARY2013eUnic France Bordeaux-aquitaine, Villes littéraires, villes européen nes: Munich

FEBRUARY2013eUnic France Bordeaux-aquitaine, Villes littéraires, villes européen nes: Madrid and PortoeUnic France Bordeaux-aquitaine, Villes littéraires, villes européen nes: Ferrare and Bordeaux

MARCH2013EUNICCroatia, Cultural Fellowship

MAY2013eUnic France Bordeaux-aquitaine, Village européen

JULY2013EUNICCroatia, ArtEnergy

NOvEMBER2013EUNICRome, A Vinci don Chisciotte e Democrazia Cosa ci fa sentire davvero eu-ropei? Public discussioneUnic chile, 50 Years of the European Sou-thern Observatory

CreativeIndustriesMAY2013eUnic jordan, Festival Platform for the Creative Industries

OCTOBER2013eUnic jordan, Step Into The Future

Discussionforums,lectures,workshops,conferencesand projectsJANUARY2011–2013eUnic india, EUNIC Lecture Series

MAY2013EUNICBrazil, Brazil and Europe: facing global challenges - seminarEUNICBrazil, Seminar about sustainable development

JUNE2013eUnic jordan, Development of a study of the creative sector

OCTOBER2013EUNICNewYork, The Origins and Impact of World War I: An Interdisciplinary Conference

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