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EC: Open consultation on digitisation, online accessibility and preservation of cultural works across Europe
August 2010
The European Commission's Reflection Group on digitisation launched an open consultation on how best to foster the online presence of cultural heritage. The Commission has asked the Reflection Group to look at how best to speed up the digitisation, online accessibility and preservation of cultural works across Europe.
Contributions to this consultation will feed into the recommendations the Group will make before the end of the year. The consultation will run until 30 September 2010.
To contribute to the consultation please visit:
http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=comitedessages
EC has published the Report on the European Agenda for Culture
August 2010
Along with the Commission's report an accompanying working document entitled 'progress towards shared goals' was published. While the report focuses on the implementation of the Agenda's objectives through national level actions, the Open Method of Coordination, and the structured dialogue, the second document is dedicated to a detailed analysis of the European Commission direct or indirect initiatives concerning culture in a broad range of policies.
Click here for further information and link to download documents.
NEMO reacts on EU Green Paper "Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries"
July 2010
NEMO has endorsed Europa Nostra's reaction on EU's Green Paper "Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries", which was sent to the European Commission last week.
The objective of the consultation was to gather views on issues impacting the cultural and creative industries in Europe. The responses to the consultation will inform the Commission and help it ensure that EU programmes and policies involving cultural and creative industries are "fit for purpose".
Download statement on the Green Paper
Member State expert working groups have published final reports
July 2010
the 4 Member State expert working groups (OMC) established in the 2008-2010 Workplan for Culture have published their final reports on:
1. mobility of culture professionals
2. cultural and creative industries
3. synergies between culture and education
4. museum activities
5. Eurostat ESSnet-culture
The group's work is feeding into Member State discussion of the next Workplan from 2011.
The reports are available here.
Consultation “Museums and Municipalities”
July 2010
E= MU2 is a policy analysis group created by members from the European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centres, ENCATC, and is financed by the European Union under the Culture Programme. This European consortium began its activities in May 2010 and aims to show how museums and galleries can contribute to local development, the benefits derived from relationships between museums and municipalities, and shed light on existing partnerships. Taking a closer look at the different ways in which museums contribute to the development of their territory, the policy analysis group’s approach will focus on the nature and implementation of the different institutional and financial mechanisms that could be achieved (contributions, partnerships, governance…).
Coordinated by the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and the Louvre, E= MU2 is relying on the unique experiences of the Manchester Museum (the University of Manchester), the City of Split and the ENCATC network. In the long term, this policy analysis group aspires to become a meeting place for research and discussion between European museums and galleries, municipalities and regions.
The survey is designed to reach as many European museums and municipalities as possible who are concerned by this issue. The results of this survey will be presented and discussed at the final conference to be held in Brussels on December 10, 2010.
The contributions to the policy recommendations and to the White paper are crucial for establishing new European and local policies that encourage partnerships between museums and their local authorities. With this in mind, the group has prepared two questionnaires.
The first questionnaire is intended for municipalities to understand how they perceive the role of museums in their territory. The second questionnaire, intended for museums and galleries, strives to better understand their relationship with municipalities.
To fill in the questionnaire online, you just have to click on the link below :
http://encatc.org/questionnaires
Europa Nostra Awards 2010
June 2010
This year’s EU Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra awards were celebrated on 10 June in Istanbul, Turkey. The Awards celebrate outstanding initiatives, conservation projects, research, and education successes within Europe's cultural heritage sector. From 29 winners from 15 different countries, 6 were judged to be exemplary and were awarded a Grand Prize. Among these were: Le Collège des Bernardins, Paris (France); The Neues Museum, Berlin (Germany); The Roman Theatre, Cartagena (Spain); The Letters Project, Amsterdam (The Netherlands); Nils Vest, Copenhagen (Denmark); The Baerwaldbad - Conservation of a Public Bath House through Vocational Training, Berlin (Germany).
Plenary meeting Civil Society Platform "Access to Culture"
June 2010
On Wednesday, 9th June 2010, NEMO took part in the plenary meeting of the Civil Society Platform on Access to Culture in Brussels, Belgium.
The event was organized in the context of the “structured dialogue” process between the European Union and the culture sector in the framework of the European Agenda for Culture. The aim of the “structured dialogue” process is to allow civil society to provide, through the platforms, effective input to the policy-making process and take an active part in the implementation of the European Agenda for Culture. The contributions made by the platforms will feed into the political reflection of the European Commission and the member States.
During its meeting the Access to Culture Platform put forward its recommendations for future developments of this dialogue between EU policymakers and European civil society and requested that stronger support from the European Commission should be offered and a renewed political commitment by governments should be stated to work in partnership with civil society actors.
NEMO board meets EU representatives in Brussels
June 2010
During their executive meeting in Brussels on 1 and 2 June 2010 the NEMO board met with various EU representatives to discuss current issues and activities in the EU cultural policy and the opportunities for European museums to contribute to a shared European identity. Views on topics such as the mobility of museum collections and professionals, digitisation initiatives, and activities of museums in the learning field were exchanged. NEMO also expressed its interest in the Commission’s future activities in the cultural heritage field.
Among NEMO's discussion partners were
· Jan Truszczyński, Director General of DG Education and Culture, and
José Amaral Lopes, Cultural Policy and Intercultural Dialogue Unit, DG Education and Culture
· Catherine Sustek, responsible for Culture programme and Actions, Intercultural Dialogue, UNESCO in Cabinet of Commissioner for Education and Culture Androulla Vassiliou
· Corinne Mimran, Head of Culture Unit, EACEA
NEMO exchanged views with EP's Culture and Education Committee
June 2010
On 1 June 2010, NEMO was invited by the Education and Culture Committee of the European Parliament to give a presentation and exchange views with the committee members on topics relevant to the European museum community.
Download NEMO's presentation (text and accompanying presentation).
EU Council conclusions on the role of culture in local and regional development
June 2010
On 11 May the Education, Youth and Culture Council conclusions on the role of culture in local and regional development were adopted, highlighting the link between culture, creativity and innovation contributing to the social and economic progress and asking the local and regional authorities to further engage in culture.
Read Council conclusions here.
EMYA 2010 goes to Ozeaneum in Stralsund (Germany)
May 2010
At the European Museum of the Year Award Ceremony the Ozeaneum Museum in Stralsund, Germany, was announced as the winner of the European Museum of the Year Award for 2010.
White Paper published on Shaping Cultural Diversity
May 2010
The White Paper on Shaping Cultural Diversity contains recommendations for action from civil society for the implementation in and by Germany of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005).
Link to the White Paper in English...
Micheletti Award 2011: Call open
April 2010
The Micheletti Award was established in 1996 by the Foundation and Kenneth Hudson in 1996, for the recognition of excellence in the specific sector of European science and industry museums. Applications are welcomed from scientific, technical and industrial museums and science centres, both long-established and recently opened.
The Jury is looking especially for the creative use of industrial and scientific collections, combined with an innovative interpretative approach. The role of the museum in its locality is also important.
Download information and application form...
EU Public consultation linked to the new GREEN PAPER "Unlocking the full potential of Europe's cultural and creative industries"
April 2010
The Commission has launched an invitation to contribute to the public consultation on the GREEN PAPER "Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries".
The consultation is linked to a new Green Paper which highlights the need to improve access to finance, especially for small businesses, as key to enabling the sector to contribute to sustainable and inclusive growth.
The sector, which includes performing arts, visual arts, cultural heritage, media and music among others, contributes 2.6% to European GDP. The cultural and creative industries are also growing faster than most parts of the economy.
The public consultation will encourage stakeholders and others to consider questions like:
- How can we facilitate access to funding for small and micro enterprises whose only asset is their creativity?
- How can the EU help to secure the right mix of creative and managerial skills in these sectors?
- How can we foster more innovation and experimentation, including wider use of information and communication technologies?
The public consultation runs until 30 July 2010.
Read more on the Commission's website.
European Commission sets up Reflection Group on Digitisation
April 2010
A Reflection Group on Digitisation of Cultural Heritage has been set up by the European Commission. The group will come up with recommendations on how to best speed up the digitisation, online accessibility and preservation of cultural works across Europe.
For more details please see the press release from the European Commission.
2010 European Heritage Awards announced
April 2010
Among the 29 selected winners of the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards, 6 Grand Prix winners will be announced at the European Heritage Awards Ceremony on 10 June in Istanbul Turkey, as 2010’s most outstanding examples of heritage protection. Each Grand Prix winner will receive a monetary reward of € 10,000.
Category 1 — Conservation
• The Nordkette Cableway Stations, Innsbruck AUSTRIA
• La Fonderie de la Société Alsacienne de Construction Mécanique, Mulhouse FRANCE
• Le Collège des Bernardins, Paris FRANCE
• The Sarcophagi of the Dukes of Pomerania, Wolgast GERMANY
• The Neues Museum, Berlin GERMANY
• The Ancient Tower and Adjacent Buildings at Horio-Aghia Triada, Amorgos GREECE
• The National Observatory of Athens, Athens GREECE
• The Fortifications and City Walls of 's-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch THE NETHERLANDS
• The Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS
• The Monastery of Santa Clara-A-Velha, Coimbra PORTUGAL
• The Roman Theatre, Cartagena SPAIN
• The Church of Los Descalzos, Ecija SPAIN
• The Royal Site of San Ildefonso, SPAIN
• The Sultan's Pavilion of the Yeni Mosque, Istanbul TURKEY
• St Davids Bishop’s Palace, St Davids UNITED KINGDOM
• St Martin-in-the-Fields, London UNITED KINGDOM
Category 2 - Research
• Restoration Study for the Horní hrad of the Bečov State Castle, Bečov CZECH REPUBLIC
• Sacred Timber Architecture in the Carpathians: Building Archaeology of Selected Objects in Western Ukraine, Munich GERMANY
• Restoration Study for the Tempesta's Fortress, Noale ITALY
• The Letters Project – Vincent van Gogh’s Letters, Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS
Category 3 — Dedicated service
• Nils Vest, Copenhagen DENMARK
In this category, Europa Nostra Awards will be presented to two projects from European countries not taking part in the EU Culture Programme:
• Commission to Preserve National Monuments, Sarajevo BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA
• Ludmila V. Shaposhnikova, Moscow RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Category 4 — Education, training and awareness-raising
• REMPART: Volunteers for Saving Heritage, Paris FRANCE
• The East Eifel Volcano Park, Plaidt GERMANY
• The Baerwaldbad - Conservation of a Public Bath House through Vocational Training, Berlin GERMANY
• Empathic Archaeology - On Storytelling and Identity, Borger THE NETHERLANDS
• Discovering the Museum – Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu ROMANIA
• Faith in Maintenance, London UNITED KINGDOM
New training course on "First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict"
March 2010
ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property) has set up a new training course on First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict in collaboration with UNESCO and the Blue Shield network.
Dates: 17 September - 29 October 2010 (6 weeks)
Place: Rome, with study visits to other cities in Italy
Application deadline: 14 May, 2010
Further information: www.iccrom.org
Selection results for Strand 2: Support for Organisations active at European level in the field of culture for financial year 2010
March 2010
The selection results for Strand 2: Support for Organisations active at European level in the field of culture of the Culture Programme 2007 - 2013 for 2010 have been published on the EACEA's website. NEMO is among the 28 organisations that have received a grant.
Spanish CERES online museum catalogue launched
March 2010
CERES, the online catalogue of the Digital network of Collections of
Spanish Museums has been launched by the Spanish Ministry of Culture.
About 100,000 cultural goods from collections of 61 Spanish museums are available on line.
The initiative is led by the Spanish Ministry of Culture in cooperation with other administrations.
In order to facilitate universal access to culture and to provide digital contents on-line to citizens, the Ministry offers a unified access to cultural goods of Spanish museums, regardless of their thematic scope or of the institution they are run by.
Around 100,000 records and 130,000 pictures are available in Ceres from museums with different scopes, public, national, regional and local museums, private museums, located in different areas of Spain.
Cer.es will be progressively updated with new museums and new catalogues of collections on line. We hope you enjoy it.
We invite you to visit the catalogue on line http://ceres.mcu.es/
You will find further information about the project in http://www.mcu.es/novedades/2010/novedades_CERES.html
New European website for jobs in the culture sector
February 2010
Culture Jobs International (CJI) is a new European website that keeps cultural operators informed about jobs in Europe, and enables cultural organisations to recruit from across Europe.
For further information and job advertisments click here...
Introducing the European Museum Academy
February 2010
The European Museum Academy (EMA) is engaged in developing researches in the field of museum innovation, stimulating new ideas and experiences in order to improve the quality of museum services and of the museological discourse at the European level.
The academy intends to be a society of museum experts of different national and culturalbackgrounds united for the advancement of museological knowledge based on a curriculum of proved capacity in carrying out innovative museum projects.
Further information about the academy's aims and activities:
Collectingnet Newsletter No 9 - call for contributions
February 2010
Collectingnet Newsletter is a forum for new ideas, policies, and discourse about all aspects of collections. If you want to share new initiatives, test new ideas or publish new developments you are welcome to submit short accounts of your projects. Collectingnet is particularly interested in essays from outside Europe, or transglobal projects.
Essays should be viewed as short introductions to an interesting aspect of collecting and collections development rather than a detailed paper (approximately 1000 words), with accompanying images, if relevant. Write a simple Word document, with headline, no footnotes. Images should be sent separately, with captions and information of photograher/source.
Deadline for contributions is 15 March, please direct them to collectingnet@nordiskamuseet.se
Spain holds EU presidency since 1 January 2010
January 2010
Since 1 January 2010 it is Spain's turn to hold the EU presidency for the next 6 months. In the field of culture, Spain will put a focus on the topics ‘developing European cultural identity’, ‘reinforcing the role of cultural and creative industries in the framework of the EU 2020 strategy’ and ‘achieving the objectives of the European Cultural Agenda’.
Together with Hungary and Belgium, the Presidency trio has prepared a combined draft action programme covering the period January 2010 to June 2011.
For further information, see:
Public consultation on the review of the EU Financial Regulation: Contributions from participants
January 2010
The contributions from the participants in the public consultation on the review of the EU Financial Regulation have been published on the Commissions website.
The contributions are sorted according to the type of participant: Citizens - Organisations - Public authorities.
European Capitals of Culture 2010: Official Websites
January 2010
In this year, the cities of Essen (Germany), Pecs (Hungary) and Istanbul (Turkey) share the title of being the European Capital of Culture.
Information about the culture programmes and activities that are being carried out in connecting to the year can be found on the official cities' websites:
Results of the public consultation on future EU innovation policy have been published
January 2010
NEMO has contributed to the open consultation on future EU innovation policy that closed on 16 November 2009.
A summary document on the consultation responses can be downloaded at:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/innovation/future-policy/consultation/results_en.htm
The individual responses to the consultation, except for those who requested their responses to be kept confidential, are also available on the following website, that integrates an interactive web forum for discussing innovation policy issues where your participation would be welcomed at:
http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/innovationunlimited/
The responses input for the preparation of the future EU innovation policy that is due to be presented by Spring 2010.
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