Supporting the traditional arts and crafts industry in Mongolia

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Traditional craftsmanship is a significant part of Mongolia’s intangible cultural heritage reflecting intellectual, aesthetic, and symbolic expressions. Traditional arts and crafts in the country are constantly re-created, as they are passed on from generation to generation embodying not only a distinctive nomadic way of thinking, but also spiritual beliefs. The Cultural Relations Platform, in partnership with … Supporting the traditional arts and crafts industry in Mongolia

EU-Kenya Music Xchange: supporting music and cultural exchange with Kenya

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Throughout the last sixty years, Kenya’s music sector has witnessed an impressive transformation. From the initial years of independence in 1963 until now, Kenyan music has embarked on a long journey, enhancing the country’s cultural legacy, and aiming at the international music scene.   During the initial post-independence era, Kenya’s musical landscape focused on traditional folk … EU-Kenya Music Xchange: supporting music and cultural exchange with Kenya

EU as Guest of Honour at FIL Guadalajara: Supporting collaboration between European and Latin American professionals

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The 37th edition of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, set to unfold from November 25 to December 3, 2023, will see this year the participation of the EU as Guest of Honour (GoH). The fair is the most important publishing gathering in Ibero-America, with 15.000 book professionals and catalogues of more than 1.500 publishers from 35 … EU as Guest of Honour at FIL Guadalajara: Supporting collaboration between European and Latin American professionals

EU-Latin America and the Caribbean Forum “Partners in Change”: A recap with the Young Opinion Leaders

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The EU-Latin America and the Caribbean Forum: Partners in Change recently took place in Brussels (Belgium) on July 13th and 14th, 2023. With an emphasis on youth participation, the forum aimed to provide a platform for young people, civil society organizations, and local authorities to exchange ideas and contribute to shaping a sustainable and inclusive … EU-Latin America and the Caribbean Forum “Partners in Change”: A recap with the Young Opinion Leaders

EU-Latin America and the Caribbean Forum “Partners in Change”: Meet the Young Opinion Leaders

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In an increasingly connected world, youth, civil society, and local organizations have been playing a key role in the relations between the European Union (EU) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Within this framework, the EU is organizing an EU-LAC Forum, which will bring together youth, civil society, and local authorities. The forum is scheduled to take … EU-Latin America and the Caribbean Forum “Partners in Change”: Meet the Young Opinion Leaders

Download our report: Rethinking the Institutional Design of Project-Based Public Funding for Culture in the Eastern Neighbourhood Region

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In a context of competing policy priorities and limited public resources, oftentimes existing public funding mechanisms for culture are not able to properly support cultural actors in their local socio-cultural work and as players within the contemporary global creative scene. This is a challenge faced by the independent cultural scenes of many post-Soviet countries in Eastern Europe, including Moldova. … Download our report: Rethinking the Institutional Design of Project-Based Public Funding for Culture in the Eastern Neighbourhood Region

Apply for the Global Cultural Relations Programme 2023

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Have you ever thought about how to bring an interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral practice to your work? Have you ever been interested in engaging meaningfully with professionals from another sector to learn from each other and address global challenges? The Global Cultural Relations Programme (GCRP), the Cultural Relations Platform’s flagship training programme, is a unique opportunity … Apply for the Global Cultural Relations Programme 2023

Download our report: Impact of Covid-19 on the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) in North Macedonia

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The report, written by Violeta Simjanovska and Katerina Mojanchevska, provides an overview of the impact of COVID-19 on the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) in North Macedonia, and offers insights into the challenges and needs of the sector, as well as the mitigation measures implemented to address them. It has been developed based on data collected through a combination of surveys and … Download our report: Impact of Covid-19 on the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) in North Macedonia

Download our report “Ukrainian Cultural Actors Mapping and Needs Assessment”

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The war in Ukraine has affected all swaths of life, including the cultural sector in the country. In such exceptional circumstances, the Cultural Relations Platform (CRP) has been coordinating an activity in order to support the Ukrainian cultural sector. As its first step, the project experts Anna Karnaukh and Kateryna Kravchuk developed a document that presents a preliminary … Download our report “Ukrainian Cultural Actors Mapping and Needs Assessment”

Download our report: Value Chain Analysis of Music, Crafts and Product Design in Palestine

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This report offers an analysis of the value chains of three cultural subsectors in Palestine: crafts, product design, and music. In doing so, it sheds light on how to enhance employability and the promotion of CCI products in the West Bank & Gaza. This report serves as a pilot initiative for other cultural sub-sectors in the … Download our report: Value Chain Analysis of Music, Crafts and Product Design in Palestine