"How to successfully turn missions and policies into practical everyday activities in one art space?" Was one of the first topics of eUConvArt Online Training - the training for cultural managers, which started today at SofiaLab and online, moderated by Veselina Saraeva.
eUConvArt is initiated by the European Union National Institutes for Culture in Bulgaria (EUNIC Bulgaria), coordinated by the British Council Bulgaria.
"We have joined forces to promote partnerships between artists in European countries," said Maria Luisa Santos, Director of the Instituto Cervantes Sofia and President of EUNIC.
"This broad partnership is a particularly important sign this year, when the consequences of restricting cultural meetings in the last year are becoming more and more tangible. At such moments we need to be together, to inspire each other, to learn, to share, to look for solutions as a team", greeted the participants Malina Edreva, Sofia Municipal Council.
eUConvART started on 4th of October 2021 and builds on the Academy for Cultural Managers, which was established in 2013 from the Sofia Municipality and the Sofia Development Association and developed in the following years in partnership with the Goethe-Institut Bulgarien and EUNIC-Bulgaria. This year's program involves experts and practitioners from Austria, Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Ireland and Bulgaria.
The The EUNIC eUConvArt program is prepared for professionals in the field of culture and includes topics such as "Missions and Policies", "Organization of Cultural Spaces", "Audience Development", "Marketing and Communications", "Production and Programming", "Stakeholder Relations Management" and "Business Planning".
The program aims to present successful practices in the management of cultural spaces in Europe, to upgrade skills in the cultural sector in Sofia. The training is based on a series of presentations and analyzes in the form of "bolts and nuts"; in other words - the necessary building material for the foundation needed for the design and implementation of key policies and practices, mainly affecting the organization, programs, public development and fundraising, which are essential for the effective functioning of the cultural space.
eUconvArt will develop management capacity for long-term sustainable operation of cultural centers by cultural and social entrepreneurs. In addition, through their participation, cultural managers will be trained to create and develop innovative, independent forms of cooperation between the independent sector and cultural institutes working in different genres.
