Project title | Non-institutional Partakers of Cultural Policy in Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia |
Key words | cultural policy, partakers, examinations, mapping, networking |
Aim of the project |
The project „Non-Institutional Partakers of Cultural Policy in Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia” has a three-fold aim: a) to examine the capacities of key cultural policy partakers in these states who act outside the system of public/state cultural institutions (NGOs dealing with culture, independent cultural organizations, artist associations, informal art groups, non-profit culture clubs); b) to map and assess the strength of these independent culture scenes, and c) begin the process of an operative/tactical networking of cultural policy partakers at the national and regional levels. |
Activities |
Conducting one hundred semi-structured interviews with representatives of key non-institutional cultural policy partakers in these states, Publishing a book with the results of the mapping of three independent culture scenes, Organizing three one-day networking meetings at the national level, and Holding a three-day conference with the participation of representatives of non-institutional cultural policy partakers from all three states. |
Outcomes / results |
Research that included: survey testing the characteristics of organizations belonging to the independent cultural scene in Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia; semi-structured interviews with representatives of organizations and initiatives from independent scene in these countries; semi-structured interviews with decision makers at national and local level; series of meetings and conferences aimed at testing the readiness of stakeholders, from independent cultural scene of these countries, to share activities and the establishment of operational/tactical networks at local, national and regional level |
Partners |
Committee for Civic Initiative, Niš, Serbia; REMONT- independent artistic association, Belgrade, Serbia and CAC – Skopje (Contemporary Art Center – Skopje), Skopje, Macedonia EXPEDITIO, Kotor |
Role of Expeditio | Partner |
Duration and period | 12 month (1 June 2009 - 31 May 2010) |
Donors | ECF – European Cultural Foundation |
Budget | EUR 3,400.00 |