Cultural Policy

National Consultant to support the Ministry of Culture in the Elaboration of a National Culture Development Strategy

Vacancy Number: 51 /Pr-2012 Location : Chisinau, MOLDOVA Application Deadline : 18 March 2012; Extended deadline: 1 April 2012 Type of Contract : Individual Contract Starting date:April 2012 Reference to the project: “Transitional Capacity Support for the Public Administration of Moldova” Expected Duration of Assignment :6 months Please notice that in line with TCS Project … Continue reading »

Cultural Mapping

Development across rural communities in Moldova

From 14-16 March, Soros Foundation Moldova and ECF are convening a three-day workshop in the Moldovan capital Chișinău – offering a new way of thinking about community development through culture. The workshop marks the launch of the two-year “Troika Moldova” project. Through resource mapping and planning, local cultural operators aim to reveal and support underutilised … Continue reading »

THE BUDAPEST OBSERVATORY ON COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTRES / HOUSES OF CULTURE

The beginning Houses of culture operate in national isolation, with limited international communication; they appear among winners of grants (e.g. of the Culture Programme) only accidentally, although they represent a reasonable part of cultural infrastructure in most of the European countries, especially in the East. In 2003, BO initiated a research and produced a preliminary … Continue reading »

The late Dragan Klaic discusses his pioneering work in cultural policy studies at CEU

ANUNŢ CONCURS: CASA DE CULTURĂ – MODEL DE CONSOLIDARE A COMUNITĂŢII LOCALE PRINTR-UN PARTENERIAT CIVIL.

Fundaţia Soros-Moldova şi Centrul de Politici Culturale cu susţinerea Fundaţiei Culturale Europene (Amsterdam) anunţă lansarea proiectului „Casa de cultură – model de consolidare a comunităţii locale printr-un parteneriat civil.” Scopul proiectului este crearea unor modele de reorganizare a caselor de cultură în centre de furnizare de servicii culturale pentru populatie în bază de parteneriat şi … Continue reading »

Historical perspective: cultural policies and instruments

Moldova as a country, territory or political entity has undergone great changes in the past few centuries and has a long history of foreign domination; indeed, questions of territory and cultural identity have been at the core of its development as an independent Republic. At the dawn of the 19th century, Moldova was a province … Continue reading »

World Art Managers Find New Funding Models In D.C.

by ELIZABETH BLAIR, Cultural diplomacy usually comes in the form of a traveling art exhibit or a celebrity visit to a war-torn country. But there’s a deeper kind of diplomacy taking place at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. For the past four summers, arts managers from around the world have been coming to D.C. for … Continue reading »

Mission Statement

Hosted by Sandra Gibson, President and CEO of Association of Performing Arts Presenters, and featuring Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser, the Kennedy Center’s Arts in Crisis video series answers frequently asked questions heard at symposia on the Arts in Crisis national tour. Through July 2010, Michael Kaiser will travel to all 50 states, Puerto … Continue reading »

Un grup de cineaşti propun reformarea cinematografiei naţionale

Cinematografia în RM este reglementată de o legislaţie imperfectă. Legea actuală este una de sorginte sovietică şi nu corespunde cerinţelor economiei de piaţă. În majoritatea statelor lumii cinematografia este subvenţionată de stat, iar partea majoră a finanţărilor revine companiilor private. La noi însă numai statul poate comanda un film conform legislaţiei în vigoare. În situaţia … Continue reading »

Consiliul Europei ar putea acorda R. Moldova 150 mln euro pentru casele de cultură

Consiliul Europei /CE/ ar putea acorda R. Moldova pînă la 150 mln euro, pentru transformarea caselor de cultură în centre culturale polivalente, a anunţat astăzi Boris Focşa, ministru al Culturii, la o conferinţă de presă, comunică MOLDPRES. Focşa a specificat că în mai curent va depune o cerere la Banca CE pentru acordarea banilor. Ministrul … Continue reading »

Молдавская культура не дождётся поддержки от государства

Инвестиции в молдавскую культуру отложены до лучших времён. Причина – нехватка средств и политическая нестабильность в стране. По словам замминистра, бюджетные источники, предусмотренные для инвестиций в сферу культуры, ограничены, поскольку в прошлом году страна была вынуждена заниматься природными бедствиями, а часть финансирования была произведена из бюджета Министерства культуры. «К сожалению, особых инвестиций в сферу культуры … Continue reading »

Call for applications for technical assistance missions: Strengthening the Governance of Culture in Developing Countries

Application deadlines: 30 April 2011 or 30 June 2011, midnight CET* UNESCO launches an international call for applications for technical assistance missions in the framework of a project funded by the European Union (EU), aiming to strengthen the system of governance for culture in developing countries. These missions will be based on the needs and priorities of the beneficiary countries … Continue reading »

Moldova Cultural Policy – Compendium

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Prof. Milena Dragićević Šešić: A collaborative, human and community engaging angle on cultural policy and management

Author: Lidia Varbanova Milena Dragićević Šešić is Professor of Cultural  Policy & Management, former President of University of Arts in Belgrade. She is Head ofUNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management (interculturalism and mediation in the Balkans) at the University of Arts, Belgrade. She is a prominent researcher in international projects in the field of cultural … Continue reading »