Throughout Europe and across the world the cultural sector is growing in both complexity and importance. With these changes comes a need for effective, indigenous cultural leadership 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.
This large-scale programme helps future cultural leaders emerge and develop their skills and talent.
Through direct engagement with a diverse range of individuals and organisations in the international cultural sector, CLI will enhance intercultural understanding and support economic growth, cultural development and social change.
CLI seeks to create a large, active network of next generation leaders who will utilise the skills and experience gained in the programme to drive an open, tolerant and integrated society.
HOW WILL THIS BE ACHIEVED?
The programme will focus on helping a new generation of arts and cultural practitioners acquire the necessary leadership skills and vision to:
- manage, lead and work in cultural organisations with creativity innovation and efficiency
- increase their ability to play an advocacy role in cultural policy formulation and to influence its implementation
- connect to a global network of like-minded individuals and organisations beyond their usual sphere of operation.
CLI will do this through a varied and tailored programme of activities, including:
- training
- work-based placements
- networking opportunities
- creative collaborations and residencies
- coaching and mentoring
- experiential learning opportunities
The CLI pilot year (April 2009 – March 2010) will engage with partners and participants in countries across the UK, Western Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and the United States.
All participant applications will be made through a nomination process in which British Council staff will work with partners to identify potential participants and invite several applications per country. They will then enter a three-phase competitive process.
Participant Profile
Although experience in a leadership role is not required, we seek participants who are:
- actively engaged in the cultural sector and who want to play a key role in its future
- able to demonstrate a level of achievement and commitment within their sector(s)
- committed to self-development, learning through experience, and learning through sharing knowledge with others.
The winner of this programme in Portugal, Tiago Bartolomeu Costa, will be participating in the next meeting, taking place in London, 08 and 09 July 2009, where thirty five cultural leaders from the UK, Western Europe, North America, North Africa and the Middle East will come together in London to develop their skills and professional networks through a 2-day British Council-run programme involving case studies, action learning sets, collaborative project planning, panel discussions with prominent speakers.
Tiago is the founder and editor of the only performing arts magazine in Portugal - Obscena. The bimonthly magazine, written mainly by a small group of critics and contributors, was one of the first publications to become part of the European network of art magazines TEAM Network, of which Tiago is secretary. He also writes as an arts critic for Público, as well as for a range of other publications in Portugal and in other European countries.
Watch a video about the CLI July 2009 event
The success of CLI will rely on the broad range and nature of the partnerships we develop with many opportunities for engagement with participants, for example:
- institutions offering placements to participants
- potential mentors who could provide tutoring
For more information, please contact isabel.lopes@pt.britishcouncil.org, or
visit our Cultural Leadership International website.
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