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International Conference |
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European Network: Culture and Development |
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Vienna, January 25-27, 2007 |
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1. Introduction |
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Up to now, there has been no programmatic basis for the direct promotion of development projects with cultural dimensions in the field of development cooperation in many European countries. In fact, cultural aspects have been systematically neglected: Development concepts are primarily concerned with economic aspects and tend to separate them entirely from the cultural context. The failure of many of these projects shows that a purely economic approach cannot be sufficient - and that socio-cultural factors must be taken into account to a greater extent. The majority of stakeholders in development politics ignore these aspects in their work, culture being usually regarded either as a hindrance or as a "luxury factor" in development work.
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Greater interest in cultural projects in the countries of the South will not be achieved until the relevant decision-makers are convinced of the importance of cultural factors for sustainable development. In order to achieve this goal it is crucial to raise awareness in the public as well as within the NGO and to come into dialogue with decision-makers.
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The conference is part of a three-year EC-funded project titled "Culture and Development", that is carried out by the German organization CulturCooperation. The central objective of the program is the integration of cultural aspects and cultural programs in development cooperation. Moving cultures/vidc is one if the main partners of CulturCooperation in this project and is organizing this conference. For more information please refer to: www.culture-and-development.info |
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2. Goal |
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Aim of the conference is the exchange of experiences of NGO and other important stakeholder from Europe as well as from the South on their cultural work within the development co-operation and the discussion of topics, methods and aims of a European network to put this topic on the long-term political agenda. |
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3. Expected Results |
- inspiring dialogue and debate between the different stakeholders among the network
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- to exchange the different experiences and status quo concerning culture and development in European, especially in Eastern and Central Europe, and Scandinavian countries
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- to build up links between different partners as networks of interests which could be the basis for formulating project proposals and implementing common activities and programs
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4. Participant requirements |
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1. Participants must submit until January 12th, 2007 a one page abstract with a short description of their organization as well as information about thematic preferences, interests and perspectives for future projects in the area of culture and development. This information will be provided in the conference folder and should help to get a general idea of all participants in advance. |
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2. Participants hand in a short written statement about their expectations of the conference by the 12th of January the latest |
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3. Participants agree to participate for the entire duration of the meeting |
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4. articipants are able to work in English |
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5. Venue |
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Diplomatic Academy of Vienna |
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Favoritenstraße 15 A, 1040 Vienna / Austria |
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6. Contact and registration (deadline: December 31st) |
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For registration, further information and inquiry, please contact: |
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Magdalena Weiglhofer: weiglhofer_at_vidc.org |
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7. Programme |
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Thursday 25th, 19.00 - approx. 21.00 |
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19.00-19.10 |
Address of welcome |
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19.10-20.00 |
Key lecture Els van der Plas, Director of Prince Claus Fund, NL about the role of culture in the development cooperation |
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20.00-20.30 |
Discussion with the audience |
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20.30 |
Reception in the foyer |
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Friday, 26th, 10.00 - 17.00 |
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10.00-10.45 |
Key lecture Johannes Gehringer, EuropeAid (tbc) about how culture is integrated within the EC and funding possibilities |
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10.45-11.15 |
Coffee break |
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11.15-12.00 |
Key lecture Morten Gøbel Poulsen, Danish Center for Culture and Development DCCD about the processes in progress on culture in development cooperation (strategic and methodical approaches) |
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12.00-12.30 |
Discussion/questions |
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12.30-14.00 |
Lunch |
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14.00-14.15 |
Presentation of thematic blocks which the groups will work on the following day: |
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1.) Exchange of experiences / project planning: workshop on implementation level: new approaches for dev. coop. projects on culture and development (methods) |
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2.) Agenda setting / Lobbying: networking on EC-level: developing perspectives for agenda setting |
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14.15-15.00 |
Concrete example: "The Capacity to Aspire": Uganda Development Theatre Association (UDTA) / NDERE Troupe Uganda; Stephen Rwangyezi |
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15.00-15.30 |
Coffee break |
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15.30-16.30 |
Concrete example: "The Zanzibar House of Wonders Museum": Prof. Abdul Sheriff (curator of National Museum Zanzibar) and Paul Voogt (Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam) |
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16.30-17.00 |
Discussion/questions and registry in working groups |
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Saturday, 27th, 10.00 - 14.00 |
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10.00-11.30 |
Working groups |
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11.30-12.00 |
Coffee break |
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12.00-13.00 |
Working groups |
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13.00-14.00 |
Presentation of the results of the working groups and final discussion: future common lobbying work and agenda setting |
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