Creative Collaboration is a British Council project in partnership with artists, cultural leaders and creative entrepreneurs across South East Europe and the UK.
The project uses innovative approaches to networking to encourage arts and cultural leaders from different countries and different art forms to talk together, learn from each other and develop new partnerships for effective cross-border working.
Launched in Istanbul last year and followed by five Open Space events, with support from the UK’s award-winning theatre group ‘Improbable’, the project is bringing together leading arts professionals to work on the issues that are most important to them such as public space, arts and professional development, social inclusion, cultural leadership and creative cities.
We want to help the region’s artists and cultural leaders to develop the networks and skills they need to build a better society, support economic growth and enrich the cultural life of Europe and its surrounding countries.
‘The most useful part of the meeting was the discussion in the coffee break’. Have you ever felt like that after a meeting?
Open Space Technology works like one long coffee break. It is an unusual but highly effective way of getting people to work together because:
- All participants are invited to define the agenda and convene a session on the issue they feel is important
- Participants are then free to choose the sessions they want to attend and contribute to
- Participants are passionate about the issues being discussed.
We are now inviting applications for our Collaborative Project fund.
This fund will support a series of collaborative cross-border arts project in South East Europe and the UK.
Please read the application form for further details of the fund as well as the specific assessment criteria your project will need to fulfil. Please note that the Concept Note deadline now extended to Friday 10th October
For further information about the project please contact us on: Arts@britishcouncil.org.il
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