FESTIVAL JUNGLE – POLICY DESERT? THE FESTIVAL POLICY OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES

 

 

A round table of CIRCLE (Cultural Information and Research Centres Liaison in Europe) and the European Festival Research Project (EFRP) hosted by Interarts.

 

With the kind support of the Ministry of Culture and the Media of the Government of Catalonia.

 

 

Barcelona, 19-20 October 2007

 

Venue: Centre d'Art Santa Mònica. La Rambla, 7. 08002 Barcelona

 

 

 

Preliminary programme (updated 26 September)

 

 

Friday 19 October 2007

 

15.30           Opening

Mercedes Giovinazzo, Director, Interarts

Dorota Ilczuk, President, CIRCLE

Dragan Klaic, Chair, EFRP

Government of Catalonia (tbc)

 

15.50           The festival policy of public authorities

The CIRCLE/EFRP/Interarts survey on “Festival Policies of Public Authorities in Europe”

Summary of the main findings by Dorota Ilczuk and Magdalena Kulikowska (Pro Cultura, Warsaw)

Chaired by Mercedes Giovinazzo (Interarts, Barcelona)

 

16.15           Discussion

 

16.35           Forms of public support to festivals: systems, prerogatives, competences and responsibilities. The playing field and its protagonists. Legal provisions. Governance implications.

                   Introductions by Veronika Ratzenböck (Österreichische Kulturdokumentation, Vienna), Satu Silvanto (City of Helsinki Urban Facts), Kirill Razlogov (Russian Institute for Cultural Research, Moscow), Lluís Bonet (University of Barcelona)

Moderator and rapporteur: Jordi Baltà (Interarts, Barcelona)

 

17.15           Discussion

 

17.40           Coffee break

 

18.00           Festival funding: rationale, expectations, objectives. Procedures and funding cycles. Financial volumes and proportions: sources and beneficiaries.

Introductions by Jordi Baltà (Interarts, Barcelona), Cornelia Dümcke (Culture Concepts, Berlin), Péter Inkei (Budapest Observatory)

Moderator and rapporteur: Carla Bodo (Associazione per l'Economia della Cultura, Rome)

 

18.40           Discussion

 

19.15           End of the session

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday 20 October 2007

 

9.45             Festival support practices and cultural policies: tensions, contradictions and possible synergies

Introductions by Ayca Ince (Istanbul Bilgy University), Maria de Lourdes Lima (Observatory of Cultural Activities, Lisbon), Jean-Cédric Delvainquière (French Ministry of Culture and Communication, Paris), Joanna Ostrowska (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan), Ricardo Szwarcer (Grec Festival, Barcelona).

Moderator and rapporteur: Christopher Gordon (consultant, Winchester)

 

11.00           Discussion

 

11.30           Coffee break

 

11.45           Towards a set of recommendations to the public authorities on festival policies

                   Introduction by Péter Inkei (Budapest Observatory)

Moderators and rapporteurs: Dorota Ilczuk (Pro Cultura, Warsaw / President, CIRCLE) and Dragan Klaic (Chair, EFRP / Amsterdam)

 

12.00           Discussion and preliminary formulation of recommendations

 

13.30           Closing

                   Mercedes Giovinazzo (Interarts)

 

13.45           Lunch

 

 

15.30-19.00 CIRCLE General assembly

 

 

 

All sessions will be held in English, without interpretation.

 

 

 

Further information is available at www.circle-network.org and www.interarts.net

 

 

Registration

 

Attendance to the round table is free. Registration by 17 October is required.

 

For registration please contact Elena de Alós, ealos@interarts.net. Tel (+34) 934 877 022