This international conference is organized in cooperation with the Culture Action Europe – the biggest European network of institutions and organizations focused on cultural policy – within the European culture-oriented campaign WE ARE MORE!. It also involves engagement of representatives of the Citizens of Culture Movement. The conference will be devoted to two thematic areas: Culture in political dimension and Culture in participatory dimension.

The outcome of the conference will be a list of conclusions and recommendations for individual ministries referring to the methods of increasing financing of culture from social, educational and infrastructural funds. The recommendations will be presented during the European Culture Congress in Wrocław (September 8 – 11).

The structure of the conference refers to active participation as, for example, in the BarCamp method (user-generated conferences) whose essence lies in sharing of knowledge and culture as well as availability, openness and reconstruction of meanings and structures.


PROGRAMME

28.07.2011, THURSDAY
venue Multidyscyplinarne Centrum Kulturalno-Artystyczne "Zatoka Sztuki"

• 18.00 – 18.30 OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE
• 18.30 – 19.30 PRESENTATION OF CAMPAIGN PRINCIPLES WE ARE MORE:

Ewa Majczak , Culture Action Europe/Brussels
Keynote speech: Nessesity of Culture, Chris Torch, Intercult Stockholm, Culture Action Europe/Brussels

• 20.30 – 22.00 PECHA KUCHA NIGHT
-Sketches and satire on cultural policies, and culture as a factor of social and financial change, venue: Dream Club, Monte Cassino 53

29.07.2011, FRIDAY
venue: Uniwersytet Gdański

• 10.00 -10.30 REGISTRATION
• 10.30 – 11.30 SHARING BEST PRACTICES:

Panelists:
Aleksandra Kminikowska, Nadbałtyckie Centrum Kultury/Gdańsk(PL)
Agnieszka Wołodźko,Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Łaźnia/Gdańsk( PL)
Agata Etmanowicz, Fabryka Sztuki/ Łódź( PL)
Anna Ochmann Fundacja Arteria/Zabrze(PL)
Agnieszka Wlazeł , Platform River Cities/(pan-European network)

• 11.30 – 12.30 STRUCTURAL FUNDS AND CULTURE in the financial perspectives 2014-2020

Moderated by: Lidia Makowska

• 12.30 - 13.30 LUNCH
• 13.30 - 15.00 EU CULTURE PROGRAMME 2007-2013 AND ITS SUCCESSOR- Exchange of experiences, remarks on the programme’s functioning – barriers and incentives to participation, conclusions and propositions towards a new Culture Programme 2014-2020.

Panelists:
Achilleas Kentonis , ARTOS Foundation (CY)
Anna Szynkaruk-Zgirska , Gdański Festiwal Szekspirowski (PL)
Sandy Fitzgerald , project Engine Room Europe, Trans Europe Halles (IRL)
Julie Moreira Miguel , Festival de Marseille (FR)
Christoph Jankowski , CCP ( UK)

Moderated by : Chris Torch
 

• 15.00 - 15.30 COFFEE BREAK

• 15.30- 18.00 WORKSHOP-
My international project and new programmes in the cultural field. Recommendation for the new EU Culture Programme:

I group: Lola Joksimović , CCP Serbia + Christoph Jankowski , CCP Great Britain
II group: Anja Jelavić , CCP Croatia + Augusto Paramio Nieto , CCP Spain
III group: Sandy Fitzgerald , Trans Europe Halles (IRL/E) + Agata Etmanowicz, Art Factory(PL)

• 18.00 – 19.00 FOR A WALK!
 A walk visiting venues of Open Culture Spa: 3 groups visiting Open Culture Spa projects
• 20.00 - 21.00 SPEED DATING, looking for a partner, venue: Multidyscyplinarne Centrum Kulturalno-Artystyczne "Zatoka Sztuki"

30.07.2011, SATURDAY
venue: Uniwersytet Gdański

• 11.00 -13.00 Decision-making processes and lobbying

Actions of the EU in the culture field, explanation of its character (art. 167 of the Lisbon Treaty). Decision-making processes and the role of the institutions that are engaged – Ministries, European Commission, Council of the EU, European Parliament

Introduction: Chrissie Faniadis , Strategist, Culture Bridge&Consultant

Panelists:
Zora Jaurova , Culture Action Europe (SK)
Sylvian Pasqua , Directorate General Education and Culture (DG EAC), European Commission
Chrissie Faniadis , Sztokholm, Strategist, Culture Bridge & Consultant
Jacek Mikuszewski, Department of European Funds, Polish Ministry of Culture

• 13.00 -14.00 LUNCH
• 14.00 - 17.00 WORKSHOP II - 
How to lobby for culture in Poland (on local, regional, national level) and towards the EU institutions, how to build alliances, and with what tools. Decision on actions and follow-up during the European Culture Congress in Wrocław in September.

I group: Lola Joksimović , CCP Serbia + Christoph Jankowski , CCP Great Britain
II group: Anja Jelavić, CCP Croatia +Augusto Paramio Nieto , CCP Spain
III group: Sandy Fitzgerald , Trans Europe Halles + Agata Etmanowicz, Art Factory(PL)

• 17.00 - 17.30 coffe break
• 17.30 – 18.30 BarCamp; RECAPITULATION, CLOSING IN. 
BarCAMP
 5 minutes presentation + 5 minutes discussion,venue: Multidyscyplinarne Centrum Kulturalno-Artystyczne "Zatoka Sztuki"
• 20.00 - farewell party

Coordination: Agata Etmanowicz, Lidia Makowska
Venues: Międzydyscyplinarne Centrum Kulturalno-Artystyczne Zatoka Sztuki, Uniwersytet Gdański

The project is a part of coordinated by the BSCC Open Culture SPA.