Throughout Europe and across the world, the cultural sector is growing both in complexity and importance. With these changes comes a need for effective, indigenous cultural development models and increased networking locally, regionally and internationally. It is crucial that future cultural leaders develop and nurture the skills necessary to respond to this changing environment. It is for this reason that the British Council is setting up the Cultural Leadership Programme CLI.
CLI aims to help a new generation of cultural leaders to develop their skills and enhance their international approach in the cultural sector, thus enabling them to play an active role in driving open and tolerant societies. CLI encourages and supports partnerships and international collaboration using the United Kingdom’s expertise in cultural leadership..
The CLI programme offers a wonderful opportunity for exchange on an international scale, for sharing knowledge, experience and ideas which will support professionals in the cultural sector in achieving their potential and realising their aspirations. This approach promotes our belief that culture and the arts enhance intercultural understanding between societies and offers a unique means to interact across borders. .
Olivier Michelon, director of the museum of contemporary art in Rochechouart attended the CLI launch event in London on the 8th and 9th of July with 35 of his peers from 27 participating countries, all committed practitioners in the cultural sector and keen to play a leading role in its future.
The programme included discussions and exchange of cultural leadership experience, drawing up of individual training plans, visits to key cultural venues and debates on the role of the new generation of cultural leaders.
Amongst the speakers at the event were the British playwright and journalist Mark Ravenhill, writer and social activist Dr Naif Al Mutawa as well as Amelie Deuflhard, the artistic director of Kampnagel in Hamburg..
Algeria, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain; Belgium, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Spain, United States, France, Italy, Ireland, Jordan.
Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Oman, Netherlands, Portugal, Qatar, United Kingdom, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen
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