Following on from receiving the ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture, Madrid-based Medialab-Prado are hosting two residencies this month for ECF’s R&D grantees, Nicolai Chirnev and Laura Popplow. Laura and Nicolai have together taken over ECF's Instagram account between 26 and 30 April, to share some insights from their residency.
Read MoreInstagram Takeover: Giulia Damiani
From 11 to 16 April, STEP Beyond grantee Giulia Damiani has taken over ECF's Instagram account. Giulia and fellow artist Theo are resident writer and artist at The Studio in Amman, Jordan. They are going to share insights about their project Infinite Unica. Follow along on Instagram.
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 MoreNew Democracy: The Cultural Commons in the City
On 14 March, 2016 ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture laureate Medialab-Prado, represented by its Director Marcos García, delved into the world of the commons and citizens engaging in the change of public institutions and cultural policies.
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).
Read MoreAnother Europe: teaser
In January 2016, we will launch a brand new publication, "Another Europe", presenting an exploration of the wealth of experience accumulated through our partners’ insights and participants’ experiences working in the European Neighbourhood for the past 15 years
Read MorePhotos from the Idea Camp 2015
Photographer Julio Albarrán has been capturing the different moments throughout the three days of the Idea Camp 2015: laughs, talks, interviews, process... we invite you to have a look at all the albums on ECF's Flickr account.
Read MoreRadical Democracy: Citizens from Poland, Spain, Turkey and the UK Reclaim their Cities - Report.
On 16 June 2015, we co-hosted the media showcase and debate RADICAL DEMOCRACY: Citizens from Poland, Spain, Turkey and the UK Reclaim their Cities. Browse through the gallery of images taken during the event and read a detailed presentation of the project from our Library.
Read MorePartnership between the Municipality of Athens and Athens Bienniale
On 25 June 2015, ECF President HRH Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands was in Athens to speak at the event announcing the partnership between the Municipality of Athens and 2015 ECF Princess Margriet Award Laureate Athens Bienniale. The event took place at the Municipality of Athens, where the Mayor of Athens Mr Yorgos Kaminis made the official announcement.
Read MoreUrbo Kune at Holland Festival - Image Gallery
On 6 June, we have dreamed of an utopic city together with our partner the Holland Festival. In this 25-hour long programme, artists, participants and audience alike have explored the following questions: How do we want to live as a community in the future? What do we want our cities to look like, how will our communities function, what kind of music will we hear? all through music, drawing, talking, chess playing and more...
Read MoreTowards a European 'Mienskip': A Public Debate about the Future of Citizens in Europe.
On 23 April, ECF was in Leeuwarden – the Cultural Capital of Europe in 2018 – for a discussion based on the New Pact for Europe's second report with local, national and European stakeholders, politicians, opinion makers, entrepreneurs and scientists. The central question of the debate was how to share power, build alliances and establish not only a genuine dialogue, but an equitable distribution of responsibilities between the State, market and the Mienskip (which means ‘community’ in Frisian) at the local, national and European level. Read a report, browse through the image gallery and media coverage of the event, and listen to the full debate.
Read MoreECF statement on loss of life at the Mediterranean Sea
ECF mourns the continuous loss of life at the Mediterranean Sea which has sadly reached another peak last weekend. We commemorate those who have tragically perished at the Southern borders of Europe and express our deepest sympathy with those women, men and children who are still suffering at sea at this very moment.
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