Carmen Lozano Bright and Elena Silvestrini of Platoniq talk about Connected Action for the Commons, the Innovative City Development Meeting, the impact of the Idea Camp on Madrid and the working method of the Idea Camp.
Read MoreIdea Camp 2017: Conversation between Katherine Watson and Ana Méndez
The City of Madrid is a good example of a progressive approach on cultural and urban related issues using participatory methods. ECF Director Katherine Watson took the opportunity to talk to Ana Méndez de Andés Aldama (Strategic Planning & International Advisor Culture and Sports Department, Madrid City Council) about these topics at the core of the Idea Camp. Watch the conversation below.
Read MoreNarrating Cultural Impact: a Visualisation Tool
Our friends from InViable created an interactive visualisation tool to grasp the contents, the growth, the interconnectedness and the outreach of the European-wide community of Connected Action for the Commons. Explore the tool and get inspired by the work of this growing movement of people.
Read More2017 ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture - Trailer
Watch the trailer of the 2017 ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture
Read MoreKatherine Watson issues Call to Action at EFC conference
ECF Director Katherine Watson issued a call to action, during the closing plenary of the European Foundation Centre (EFC)'s 27th Annual General Assembly and Conference, for European philanthropy to provide more strategic support for refugees and migrants.
Read MoreFeatured People: Wendelien van Oldenborgh
Between 1-3 June 2016, ECF is partnering with DutchCulture and De Balie for the Forum on European Culture entitled Re:Creating Europe. We take the opportunity to present you the work of visual artist Wendelien van Oldeborgh who will participate to one of the expert meetings which focuses on our representation of history and cultural heritage, themes dealing with our past and present that are also key in van Oldenborgh’s work.
Read MoreVideo: Krétakör and Medialab-Prado Presentations
On 15 March 2016, the ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture was awarded to theatre-makers and community developers Krétakör (Budapest, Hungary) and citizen laboratory for digital culture Medialab-Prado (Madrid, Spain) during a ceremony that took place at the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam. You can watch videos of presentations by participants to various projects by the two laureates.
Read MoreVideo: 2016 ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture Ceremony Highlights
Watch the highlights of the 2016 ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture Ceremony that took place on 15 March 2016 at the Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, celebrating the laureates Krétakör and Medialab-Prado.
Read MoreVideo: Tandem Turkey Interim Meeting in Cluj
Tandem Turkey aims to establish long-term collaborations between cultural organisations from Turkey and the EU countries. In this video, you can see participants of Tandem Turkey 2015-16 at the Cluj meeting in February 2016, featuring Alice Fiona Tucker, Hüseyin Recepoğlu, Jeremy Pine, Mehtap von Stietencron, Naz Cuguoğlu, Susanne Ewerlöf and Çiçek Şadiye Tezer.
Read MoreArts and Activism - Debate
On 16 March, as part of the ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture side programme, Árpád Schilling – the Director of Kretakör joined the Art and Activism debate at De Balie in conversation with Teodor Celakoski (Culture 2 Commons, Croatia) and Igor Stokfiszewski (Krytyka Polityczna, Poland) about the political and social reality that activists and cultural operators are forced to work under in their countries.
Read MorePresentation Films of the 2016 ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture Laureates
The 2016 ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture took place on 15 March 2016 at the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam. We have shown two films presenting the 2016 laureates Medialab-Prado (Spain) and Kretakör (Hungary), which you can now watch in our Library.
Read MoreNew Democracy: Co-creating the City - REPORT
In the evening of 25 February and as part of ECF’s involvement in the cultural programme of the Netherlands Presidency of the EU Council, we hosted an event to co-create recommendations of good urban governance for the EU Urban Agenda at Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam. Speakers included Antonija Eremut (Solin, Croatia), Christian Iaione (Bologna, Italy), Sjoerd Feitsma (Leeuwarden, the Netherlands), Pedro Campos Ponce (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations).
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