Apply for the Global Cultural Relations Programme 2023

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

GCRP Reunion Brussels 21 – 25 November 2022

The Global Cultural Relations Programme (GCRP) is our flagship training programme. It aims to connect cultural professionals from all over the globe. And not only. The main idea of GCRP is to develop participants’ skills and support them to engage in international cultural relations through tailored peer-to-peer learning, cross-cultural collaboration and global networking. Does it always GCRP Reunion Brussels 21 – 25 November 2022

Global Cultural Relations Programme (GCRP): Alumni Success Stories

Our alumni have a lot of talent! Over the years the Global Cultural Relations Programme (GCRP) has built a community of nearly 220 cultural practitioners from all over the world. These highly skilled professionals and cultural promoters from diverse creative sectors are strongly committed to international cooperation.  We regularly engage with our network of alumni and closely follow Global Cultural Relations Programme (GCRP): Alumni Success Stories

How was your GCRP experience? Testimonials from our alumni.

The Global Cultural Relations Programme (GCRP) is our flagship training programme and aims to connect cultural professionals from all over the globe. The programme is designed for cultural and creative practitioners with an interest and experience in international collaboration. It develops participants’ skills and supports them to engage in international cultural relations through tailored peer-to-peer learning, cross-cultural How was your GCRP experience? Testimonials from our alumni.

It’s a wrap: what we’ve learned from GCRP 2022

From May 10th to 13th, the Cultural Relations Platform (CRP) brought together 38 cultural innovators and changemakers from 38 countries to collaborate, share skills and ideas, and develop their international networks through the Global Cultural Relations Programme 2022 (Flagship training of the CRP). It was an inspiring and energizing experience for the participants, as well as It’s a wrap: what we’ve learned from GCRP 2022

What is the story behind the GCRP?

If you live on Planet Earth in the 21st Century, you might have realized that culture has become an increasingly essential part of the EU’s international relations. But, when and how did the European approach start? In the past years, the Council of the European Union has adopted conclusions on culture in the context of the EU’s What is the story behind the GCRP?

Meet our GCRP participants 2022

We’re very happy to announce the cultural changemakers and innovators selected to take part in our Global Cultural Relations Programme (GCRP) 2022! 40 participants have been selected from over 2,000 applications to take part in our flagship training programme for cultural and creative professionals around the world. They span 40 nationalities and numerous sectors including performing arts, music, audio visual, cultural Meet our GCRP participants 2022

Rashida Namulondo, GCRP 2022

Rashida Namulondo is a Ugandan based actress, stage director and award winning poet. She is the founder of the Sophie Muwanika Institute of Art for change. A nonprofit organisation that uses theatre for peacebuilding. Her work seeks to use narratives for healing and reconciliation in post conflict areas and those vulnerable to conflict. Rashida also Rashida Namulondo, GCRP 2022

Nele Tast, GCRP 2022

Nele Tast, born in 1992 in Berlin, studied cultural management and cultural policy in international comparison at the University of Hildesheim (Germany) and at Bilgi University in Istanbul (Turkey). In Istanbul, she gained professional experience in projects of the Anadolu Kültür Foundation. In Hildesheim, she worked for the Arts Rights Justice Academy Hildesheim on the Nele Tast, GCRP 2022

Monika Necpalova, GCRP 2022

Performer, actress, director, dramaturg, writer, drama/theatre pedagogue. She is a founder and president of an international cultural NGO Thalia Teatro, based in Slovakia. 2010 – 2022 she professionally participated in the realization of over 80 projects in the field of theater. She works as a trainer in the field of drama in the Erasmus+ program. Monika Necpalova, GCRP 2022