Opportunity: Call for experts to support European Capitals of Culture

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The ‘Capacity Building for European Capitals of Culture’ project is looking for professionals from several disciplines to join its pool of experts. Selected experts will help the project consortium to meet key capacity building needs of the European Capitals of Culture (ECoC) action.

In particular, the consortium is seeking experts in the following fields:

• audience development
• conflict resolution
• change management
• legal (including intellectual property rights and licensing agreements for culture)
• monitoring and evaluation in the cultural sector

Experts in management, communications, coordination and international relations are also needed.

The aim of the project is supporting capacity building and peer-learning activities for ECoCs.

The project started in October 2019 and runs for 30 months, during which the possibility to apply for the highlighted positions will stay open. If interested, submit your Curriculum Vitae following this link!

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MORE ABOUT THE EUROPEAN CAPITALS OF CULTURE

Since 1985, the European Union has been selecting each year one or more European Capitals of Culture. The purpose of the initiative is highlighting the richness and diversity of cultures in Europe and the potential of culture for urban sustainable development. Furthermore, when a city is chosen, it also has the chance to raise its profile and to regenerate, thanks to the higher numbers of arrival of tourists and higher media's attention that being the Capital usually implies. 2019's European Capitals of Culture were Matera (Italy) and Plovdiv (Bulgaria). 2020's Capitals are Rijeka (Croatia) and Galway (Ireland).

MORE ABOUT THE "CAPACITY BUILDING FOR EUROPEAN CAPITALS OF CULTURE" PROJECT

The project is a service contract for the European Commission run by the Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture.

It wants to support capacity building and peer-learning activities for ECoCs. Its aim is providing selected ECoC with practical support where skills gaps have been identified, with a robust technical assistance structure, a set of tools, materials, practical and theoretical expertise and knowledge while enhancing networking opportunities for ECoC organising teams. In order to reach this goal, Academy Camps, toolkits, webinars and MOOCs will be used as ad-hoc tools and activities. The project will also lead to the construction of a repository for for relevant materials (e.g. documents and multimedia). The consortium will begin building the repository up, then users will continue it. 

The consortium is made up of the following associations:

Association Européenne pour l’Information sur le Développement Local (AEIDL) – lead partner
Interarts – Fundació Interarts per a la cooperació cultural internacional
European network on cultural management and policy (ENCATC)
Culture Action Europe (CAE)
United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) – subcontractor 

#stayEUnited with the European Capitals of Culture!