Vania seminar
August 26 - 27th 2007
European Cultural Centre of Delphi (Greece)


The cultural field is undergoing huge changes mainly due to the fact that globalization has transformed cultural creation and production as well as cultural habits and consumption patterns. 
Although it is obvious that the cultural sector increasingly operates in an European arena, it is far from certain that cultural managers have the necessary skills to effectively run transnational projects in this changing and demanding environment. 

The Vania seminar organised in partnership with ENCATC (European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centers), was the opportunity to present the results of this two-years research we run in the training cultural cooperation field, and debate the key issues it raises with professionnals of the sector . 

The topics addressed during the seminar were:

- the innovative training methods and tools in the field of European cultural cooperation 
- the skills and competencies needed to develop this specific kind of project 
- the possibilty to implement a validation and certification process of training courses in the field European Cultural Cooperation Project Management

In the framework of the programme, workshops were organized to discuss specific aspect of questions raised by the Vania's researches.
The results of these different workshops are now availables:

Innovative methods and training tools in the cultural cooperation field

Workshop 1 : Capacity building in cultural cooperation teaching: vocabulary

moderator:
Dragan Klaic,Theater scholar and cultural analyst, Amsterdam
reporter: Christopher Gordon, Cultural advisor, researcher, London


Workshop 2: Raising intercultural sensitivity: innovative methods in "teaching" diversities

moderator:
Milena Dragicevic Sesic, professor, University of Arts, Belgrade
reporter: Isabelle Schwartz,
head of the Cultural Policy development, European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam



Workshop 3: Teaching cultural cooperation: Multifaceted methods: the European Diploma in Cultural Project Management methodology

moderators: Jean Pierre Deru and Michel Guérin, Director of the Observatory of Cultural Policies, French Community of Belgium, Brussels
reporter: Camelia Popescu, Chief of Department for Communication and Information Technology, Centre of Professionnal Training in Culture, Bucharest



Workshop 4: Case studies: from individual narratives (success stories) to general models

moderator Lluis Bonet, University of Barcelona
reporter: Adina Dragu, Expert, Centre of Professional Training in Culture, Bucharest



Certification and Validation of training courses in the field of European Cultural Cooperation Project Management – Standards and Requirements


Workshop 1: Why do we need a course certification in cultural cooperation project management

moderator:
Dr Effie Karpodini-Dimitriadi, Director, Evermathia
reporter: Michael Quine
, Senior lecturer, dpt of Culture, City University


Programme