The European Diploma in
cultural project management is a pan-European
training program arising from the will to foster
cultural diversity as well as trans-regional and
transnational cultural exchanges. The Hicter Fondation
is the organizer and manager of the course.
The objective is threefold:
- to strengthen the knowledge of cultural managers about
European, national and regional cultural policies;
- to improve management skills to run cultural co-operation
projects;
- to develop a network of European cultural managers.
Who is the training for ?
Cultural managers from public or private organizations who
are actively involved in the management of cultural and
artistic projects in their region, with at least 3 years
experience.
The training languages being French and English, applicants
must be fluent in one of these working languages and have a
good passive knowledge of the other. The age limit is 45.
Content and Organization
The European Diploma is organized so that the participants
carry on with their professionnal activities.
The program lasts one year and is organized in 3 phases : 2
residential sessions, a comparative study and an
evaluation/seminar phase.
The residential sessions
Two sessions of a fortnight take place in two different
countries each year.
The next training sessions will be organized in the
Republic of Irland in May 2009 and in Castilla La Mancha
(Spain) in October.
The themes are: Europe and culture; Project Management,
Cultural co-operation, Operational management of cultural
projects, Fund Raising etc.
Back to the field
Between the residential sessions and the evaluation phase,
the trainees return to their jobs and in parallel work on
their own project. They also have to do a comparative study
visit in another region of Europe.
The evaluation/seminar phase
This one-week phase will take place in June 2010. It
includes the presentation of the participants projects and
the organization of a thematic seminar.
Financial participation
Each participant or the organization he/she works for will
pay a fee of 3.500 Euros.
Application form 2009/10
diploma2009
Deadline for application : 15th January
2009
Documents for trainees
audits
guidelines