Arts Festivals’ Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue
European Festivals Association
European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue
• 2008 European Year of Intercultural Dialogue
• Arts Festivals’ Declaration is a charta launched and promoted by EFA
European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue
Declaration launched on
8 January 2008 in Ljubljana
25 festivals and officials from 17 European countries signed the Arts Festivals’
Declaration and committed to its objectives and obligations
European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue
No 2: Tallinn, 2 February 2008
13 national festivals associations and cultural networks signed on behalf of more than 600 festivals in Europe and beyond!
European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue
No 3: Oslo, 3 March 2008
First signing ceremony organised by a national festivals association!
European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue
No 4: Antalya, 22 April 2008
All EFA members signed as well as AAPAF and PANSA
European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue
No 5: Brezice, 4 July 2008No 6: Ghent, 15 September 2008
No 7: Liverpool, 23 October 2008 No 8: Stockholm, 15 November 2008
No 9: Ubeda, 28 January 2009
1269 signatories
European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue
19 November 2008, Paris:
20 festivals from Europe and beyond officialy committed to future engagement & were awarded for their efforts
European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue
Open Call to sign up and present projects
has been launched in July 2008 and will be
open still in 2009!
All kinds of arts and culture festivals across Europe and beyond are invited to sign the Declaration and to engage in promoting and implementing its aims and objectives.
European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue
Signing Festivals present projects
and are given visibility:
European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue
More than 100 press articles (just on the launch event): in Italy, Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Great Britain,
Macedonia, Slovenia, Asia (AAPAF); online coverage EU website, EFA
website, print, radio, TV
European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue
EFA Declaration website:
Number of visits: 5.472
European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue
EU website on
Intercultural
Dialogue:
700.000 visits
and more than
4,5 million
pages viewed
European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue
Monthly FestFlash: sent to 1123 contacts:
EFA members, EU, National associations
and networks, Africa and Asia,
Access to Culture platform, CCP,
other signatories or interested
European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue
‘Arts Festivals’ Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue’ on the web:
• Total number of Google research results: 1140 results in English, 133 results in French, 886 results in Italian, 31 results in German, 120 results in Spanish, etc.
• EU website, EU Presidency website, Festivals’ websites, Associations’ website, Governmental/ministry websites
• Online newspapers
European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue
EFA BOOKS 4 on Intercultural Dialogue:
With contributions from:
Odile Quintin, Director GeneralFestival d’Avignon
Bergen International Festival Berliner Festspiele
Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada Israel Festival
Sarajevo Winter
Due to be published March/April 2009 & sent to 1120 recipients
European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue
• The initiative has a sustainable impact on festivals as they officially committed to future engagement for intercultural dialogue by supporting the Epilogue
European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue
• High-level partnership with the EU/European Commission in the preparation, run-up, throughout and in the follow-up of the Year
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