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CLI participants gathered in Istanbul at the end of October to reflect and exchange on challenges and opportunities for the future of the cultural sector : its key role in society, and the way they position themselves in this ever changing environment.
Read more about Istanbul's workshop
André Akutsa has been selected in France to join a network of 18 countries. He has been awarded a grant of £3,000 for professional development and will bring to the network his experience, ideas and vision.
Read André's profile and other participants' profile
Throughout Europe and across the world, the cultural sector is growing both in complexity and importance. The sector has a unique and vital socio-economic role to play in rapidly-changing and unstable times. It is crucial that its future leaders develop ideas, skills and networks to drive the sector forward and ensure its relevance to the changing societies around it.
This is why, as part of its creative and cultural economy agenda, the British Council has developped the Cultural Leadership International programme.
The programme focuses on supporting a new generation of cultural leaders to
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Understand the political, social, and economic power of culture, and develop the leadership tools which will enable them to influence their societies |
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Act internationally in their work through a global network of individuals and organisations beyond their usual sphere of operation. |
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Better understand the challenges affecting the cultural sector globally |
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Encourage flexibility of thought and action to adapt to new challenges, understanding other contexts and experience |
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Strengthen the influence and position of the cultural sector cross-sectorally and globally as a key social agent. |
The aim is to strengten the positive influence of the cultural sector globally, and develop an active, international network of next generation leaders, to tackle similar challenges, share solutions, and learn from successful models.
Through taking a cross-sectoral approach to leadership, the British Council aims to harness best practice from across different disciplines and to encourage the emergence of a new vision for the arts to tackle major social and cultural issues.
Our aim is to create ‘open space’ and to encourage the discussion of ideas that will inform policy debate in the arts as well as support individual cultural projects.
The programme offers a flexible, cross-regional networking of opportunities, around 3 pillars :
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Cross-regional leadership workshops for mid-career cultural practicioners to discuss issues and exchange ideas aound leadership and culture |
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Transformational Leadership : in-countries think tanks and seminars of innovators to reinforce the ability of cultural leaders to respond positively and imaginatively to social, economic, technical and environmental challenges |
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Individual development mentoring and placements schemes. |
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September 2011 : recruitment of new participants |
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24-27 October 2011, Istanbul : Leadership Development Days |
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November 2011 and January 2012, Paris : two innovators club will be organised |
Dowload the one pager presentation of the programme
For 2011, CLI will have participants from Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Palestine, Russia, South Africa, Syria, Turkey, UAE, the UK and Ukraine
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