Programme
›› Thursday 23 October
›› Friday 24 October
›› Saturday 25 October
Thursday 23 October (Friche Belle de Mai)
15:00 Culture Action Europe’s General Assembly (for members only)
17:30 Registration opens
18:30 Welcome speeches
Raj Isar, President of Culture Action Europe
Philippe Foulquié, Director of La Friche La Belle de Mai
Bernard Latarjet, Director Marseilles Provence 2013
Alain Hayot, Vice-President Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Presentation of the festival Small is Beautiful by Pierre Sauvageot, Director of Lieux Publics
Presentation of the prefiguration of the festival for Young Audiences by Philippe Foulquié, Director of the Theater Massalia
19:00 Keynote speech
Mme Catherine Lalumière [read bio...]
19:30 Reception
In the evening:
Festival Small is Beautiful (read more...)
Stairs of the Saint Charles train station
Betontanc and EZ3kiel, Run for love (Slovenia)
Friday 24 October (Hôtel de Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Friche Belle de Mai)
09:00 Registrations open
09:30 Welcome speech by Michel Vauzelle, President of the Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur or his representative
Presentation of the Fiesta des Suds by its Director, Bernard Aubert
Theme I
Culture in the European Union’s external relations: what place and what role for cultural operators at the international level? The example of the euro-mediterranean region
Keynote speech : the international cultural challenges
Barbara Loyer [read bio...]
10:00 Plenary: Mobility and artistic creation: what ways towards interculturality in the euro-mediterranean area?
Ahmed El Attar (Theatre Director, Cairo) [read bio...]
Ozlem Alkis (amberFestival, Istanbul) [read bio...]
Nevenka Koprivsek (Bunker Institute, Ljubljana) [read bio...]
Moderation: Laetitia Manach (Fond Roberto Cimetta) [read bio...]
11:15 Break
11:45 Plenary: What European replies to the international cultural challenges? Perspectives from actors of the international cultural cooperation field
Ronan Mac Aongusa (Sector Coordination Unit, DG RELEX) [read bio...]
Steve Green (Head of European Research and Head, Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation UK) [read bio...]
Philippe Le Moine (Festival d’Avignon) [read bio...]
Fabien Jannelle (Director Office National de Diffusion Artistique) [read bio...]
Moderation: Odile Chenal (Deputy Director, European Cultural Foundation) [read bio...]
13:00 Lunch offered by the Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
14:30 Plenary: The role of the local authorities in European and International Cultural cooperation
Alain Hayot (Vice-President Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) [read bio...]
Michel Quévit (Professor, Université Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)[read bio...]
Ziani Chérif El Ayad ("Alger-Marseille", projet pour un théâtre d’échange) [read bio...]
Moderation: Pascal Brunet (Directeur, Relais Culture Europe) [read bio...]
16:30 Shuttles from Hôtel de Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur to La Friche
17:30 Welcome at La Friche
18:30 Wrap up of the 1st day: Réda Chikri (Algeria) [read bio...]
19:00 Dinner
Saturday 25 October (La Friche La Belle de Mai)
08:45 Shuttles from Joliette to La Friche
Theme II: How to influence European cultural action?Strengthening the role of civil society in European cultural policy-making
09:30 Keynote: Why and how to engage in European cultural debates? What actions for what needs? Ferdinand Richard (Director, AMI, Marseilles and former President of EFAH/Culture Action Europe) [read bio...]
10:00 Plenary: The cultural sector and the evolutions of the European political agenda – diversity of voices, common interests
Philippe Kern (Director, KEA European Affairs) [read bio...]
Jan Goossens (Artistic Director, KVS Brussels) [read bio...]
Emina Visnic (Coordinator, Clubture network) [read bio...]
Moderation: Chris Torch (Director, Itercult Sweden and Vice-President of Culture Action Europe) [read bio...]
11:30 Coffee break
12:00 Workshops – Consultation exercise
Cultural cooperation and cultural actions – the reality of the practice and the needs of the sector
- Production
- Audience development
- Learning and education
- The interface between the artistic creation and the cultural industries
14:30 Platform for Intercultural Europe - presentation and declaration
15:30 Flash info
- Understanding European cultural action
- Cultural cooperation in the euro-mediterranean region
- The European Agenda for Culture (including the Open Method of Coordination and the structured dialogue)
- Marseille Provence 2013
17:00 Plenary: A common civil society agenda for a stronger dialogue with European policy-makers
Bernard Foccroulle (Director, Festival Aix en Provence) [read bio...]
Mercedes Giovinazzo (Director, Interarts) [read bio...]
Robert Palmer (Director, Directorate of Culture, Cultural and Natural Heritage, Council of Europe)[read bio...]
Xavier Troussard (Head of Unit, Cultural Policy and Intercultural Dialogue, DG EAC) [read bio...]
Moderation: Ilona Kish (Secretary-General, Culture Action Europe) [read bio...]
18:30 End of sessions
Commentary: Pierre Sauvageot (Director, Lieux Publics, Marseille) [read bio...]
For any questions: marseille2008@cultureactioneurope.org
Translations in English and French will be provided for during the plenary debates..
This conference is supported by Région Provence-Alpes-Côtes d’Azur, Marseille Provence 2013, l’Office National de Diffusion Artistique, La Friche Belle de Mai, Lieux Publics and Relais Culture Europe.
