NEXT STEP - Putting Culture on the Agenda for the Future of Europe
NEXT STEP - Putting Culture on the Agenda for the Future of Europe
An International Culture Conference under the Danish EU Presidency
at HEART – Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark
What is it all about? The conference highlights the cultural diversity of Europe and debates the cultural perspectives of the European project in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) of the European Union 2014-2020, for which decisions will be taken in 2012.
Next step is a conference dealing with the relationship between national cultural policies and the future cultural policy of the European Union. The conference offers a nuanced and informed debate with a focus on possibilities, perspectives and challenges for culture in the next EU budget, especially within the next EU Culture Programme Creative Europe and the next generation of EU’s Cohesion Policy and structural funds.
The conference will also target the links between the European Commission’s proposals for funding and programmes in the field of culture for 2014-2020 and the Commission’s suggestions as to how parties within the UNESCO convention on diversity can meet the convention’s objectives.
Who comes? We have asked a broad range of agenda-setting policy- and decision-makers, civil servants, opinion-makers, journalists, researchers, NGO's and artists from Scandinavia and the European Member States to contribute to the conference, - and we hope you would like to join us too!
Why? In order to participate in in-depth debates on the issues and contribute in formulating a series of reflections or recommendations about the cultural role of the EU and its complementarity with national and regional cultural policies for 2014-2020. The recommendations will be passed on to an international working group, which will follow up on the conference results.
When and where? The conference will take place on June 7th-8th 2012 in Herning in the Central Denmark Region.
Where can I get more information? You can get more information about the conference and the programme in the two attached documents: Idea - Next Step and Draft Programme - Next Step. You can find more information and you can follow the progress of the program on our website: http://www.nextstepeu.com/
Who is behind it? The conference is organized by DSI Swinging Europe and the Danish Center for Arts & Interculture under the Danish EU Presidency.
The conference has been developed in close collaboration with the Central Denmark Region - the office for Regional Development, the Municipality of Herning, the Ministry of Culture, the Institute of Aesthetics and Communication at Aarhus University, the Danish Cultural Institute/Copenhagen, the Danish Cultural Institute/Benelux, the HEART Museum for Contemporary Art, the Central Denmark EU Office - International Department of Central Denmark Region, the Cultural Region & Cultural Collaboration Mid-West and Culture Action Europe.
Should I go? We think that you should! We need your contribution to the process of putting Culture on the Agenda for the Future of Europe.
Yours Sincerely
The Danish Centre for Arts & Interculture and DSI Swinging Europe
For more information visit: http://www.nextstepeu.com/ 
Invited to the Opening Ceremony of MARIBOR 2012 - European Capital of Culture
Read More...
23th IASJ Jazz Meeting 2013, Herning Denmark
In January 2012 the IASJ Daily Board and the IASJ Executive Director will visit the two cities and organisations to discuss the details of the IASJ Meeting 2013.
The 24th IASJ Jazz Meeting 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, is under preperation and will be presented in Grass 2012.
For mere information visit: http://www.IASJ.com and stay updated at this site!
You can follow the progress at http://www.iasjjazzmeeting2013.blogspot.com
All the best
DSI SE