Monthly Archives: November 2018
Desk at the First National Fundraising Congress “OPENS FundCon”
European Youth Capital 2019 and the Umbrella Youth Organisation of Serbia are organising the first national fundraising congress “OPENS FundCon” on Saturday 15th December in Novi Sad.
Representatives of youth organisations, youth offices, institutions dealing with youth and individuals dealing with fundraising wanting to obtain knowledge, ideas and contacts, and also hear more about different support programmes are welcome to apply for participation.
Congress partners are UNICEF, Tempus Foundation, UNDP, Creative Europe Desk Serbia, Regional Youth Cooperation Office of the Western Balkans – RYCO, Civil Society Cooperation Office (Europe for Citizens), Youth Office Novi Sad, Catalyst Balkans, Timok Youth Centre – Prostor za Pomak, Olof Palme International Center, Homepage, Color Press Group, Erste Bank, Petroleum Industry of Serbia, Univerexport.
More information on the congress, agenda and how to apply can be found on the website of the European Youth Capital NS 2019. Application deadline is 10th December 2018. Travel expenses for congress participants will be covered if necessary.
“OPENS FundCon” congress is organised with the support of the Ministry of Sports and Youth and the Civil Society Cooperation Office of the Government of the Republic of Serbia.
For additional questions you can send an email to: program@opens2019.rs
Desk at Showcase 2018 Conference in Georgia
The conference “Creative Europe Showcase 2018“will be organised by the Creative Europe Desk Georgia from 10th to 12th December in Tbilisi.
The conference will gather experts in the field of culture coming from different parts of Europe, some of which will be Mieke Renders from the European network Trans Europe Halles, Ganna Turlo from the Creative Europe Desk Ukraine, Natia Kalandarishvili from the Architecture Biennial Tbilisi, Lana Karaia, representative of the project Be Museumer, Keti Danelia from the SOFA School of Film Agents, but also numerous representatives of successful projects within the Creative Europe programme.
Attendees will debate the past results of project participation, but also opportunities to improve cooperation throughout Europe. Dimitrije Tadić, the Head of the Creative Europe Desk Serbia, will present the experiences from the participation of Serbia in the Creative Europe programme, and also the basic potentials of the domestic art scene with the aim of establishing partnerships in the future.
Through this, Creative Europe Desk Serbia is continuing the successful cooperation with Desks from other European countries, and especially the ones which recently joined the programme. Georgia is one of the neighbouring countries which joined the Creative Europe programme in 2017. In the first year already, partnerships with two European projects the participants of which include organisations from Georgia and Serbia were established.
Public Consultations – Last Check of Competition Applications
In cooperation with the EU Info Centre, Creative Europe Desk Serbia is organising public consultations about applying to the call for European cooperation projects 2019 of the Creative Europe programme on Monday 4th December at 2.30 p.m. in the EU Info Centre (7 Kralja Milana St, Belgrade).
The call is for all cultural institutions and organisations preparing applications for the current competition call, as leaders or partners in European cooperation projects. The programme of the event is comprised of a series of public consultations related to the questions about competition procedure (creating PIC number, ECAS account, and electronic form), documents (primarily, the content of responses in the competition form and the detailed description of the project), financial and legal matters (budget plan, authorisation letter, declaration on honour and cooperation agreement), using the examples of projects presented by attendees.
We invite all cultural institutions and organisations intending to apply this year to apply with projects propositions where they will participate either as a leader or as a partner organisation. The event is also open for all interested cultural professionals wanting to inform and train themselves in applying for the Creative Europe programme.
The programme of the event will be moderated by representatives of Creative Europe Desk Serbia: Dimitrije Tadić, Head of the Desk, Nina Mihaljinac and Milan Đorđević, Project Managers.
We are kindly asking anyone interested to confirm their participation until 2nd December at midday by sending an application (name, institution/organisation name and contact details) to the address kreativnaevropa@gmail.com.
See you at the EU Info Centre!
Desk at the 4th KreNI Conference in Niš
KreNI conference of creative industries is a five-day conference taking place for the fourth time in Niš, from 29th November until 3rd December 2018 in the Officer’s Home. The topic of this year’s conference is “Digitalisation of Cultural Heritage”, and participants of the conference, in cooperation with the best international and domestic experts, will develop ideas concerning preservation of cultural heritage of Niš through utilisation of creative industries.
Some of the lecturers of #KreNI4 conference will be Adam Frampton, an architect from New York and a professor at the Columbia University, Francesco Rotondo, professor from the University of Bari, Magdaléna Lataillade, Manager in the cultural sector of the City of Arles and Project Manager of Museomix, Daniel Bernhardt, Director of multimedia studio “Grimmbabies Filmproduktion” in Austria and Ivan Bjelajac, the President of Serbian Blockchain Initiative, Predrag Babović, a digital marketing expert of Erste bank and Dimitrije Tadić, Head of Creative Europe Desk Serbia.
The host country of #KreNI4 is Austria and during the conference successful examples of cultural heritage digitalisation in Austria will be presented in the Austrian corner.
KreNI conference is organised by Young Ambassadors with the support of the Embassy of Austria and the Austrian Cultural Forum, the City of Niš, USA Embassy in Serbia, Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia, EU Info Corner, Erste bank, Embassy of France and French Institute in Niš, and Italian Institute for Culture in Belgrade.
KreNI conference is a part of the programme of marking the European Year of Cultural Heritage.
More information about the conference, lecturers, mentors and the accompanying programme can be found on the website of the conference.
