Articles
Regional Responses and Global Shifts: Actors, Institutions and Organisations
A review on the Regional Studies Association’s 16th Annual International Conference 2010
Five Steps Toward Best Practices in CEO Compensation
Katherine Watson new Director of ECF
The European Cultural Foundation is delighted to announce that the Board of ECF has appointed Katherine Watson as the Foundation's new Director. The decision was taken during ECF's Board meeting in Brussels on June 1st. Katherine has been ECF's Acting Director since November 2009. During this period, she and the ECF staff have successfully implemented ECF's new content programmes. Katherine looks forward to continuing to lead the Foundation with her unique energy and vision.
Arts as Cultural Diplomacy: A Forum for Young Leaders
The Weeklong Seminar "Arts as Cultural Diplomacy: A Forum for Young Leaders" will be held in Berlin from 11th – 18th July.
Arts have a unique role in cultural diplomacy. Whether visual arts, literature, film, music, dance or theatre they have the power to transcend political borders and cultural barriers. The arts can appeal to universal feelings, thoughts and ideas that everyone can understand, but also can be specific to certain times, places and political climates. For the first time ever, the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in cooperation with the European Cultural Parliament, has developed a program to explore the unique place of arts in cultural diplomacy.
Germany’s Ozeaneum is the European Museum of the Year
At the European Museum of the Year Award Ceremony on Saturday 22nd of May, in front of an audience of more than 160 museum professionals from 22 European countries, the Ozeaneum Museum in Stralsund, Germany was announced as the winner of the European Museum of the Year Award for 2010.Cultural entrepreneurship – Challenges, strategies and future trends
The European Academy of Bolzano-Bozen and the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt are organising for the fourth time a Scientific Track within the framework of the conference Culture meets Economy, that will take place on June, 29th until June, 30th 2010 with two events: The Scientific Track on June 2010 29th and the Symposium on June 30th 2010.Museum experiences that change visitors
Transform, transforming, and transformative are common terms for describing museum spaces, the creation of objects on display, and experiences for visitors. But is there evidence that museums profoundly change visitors through their objects, collections, exhibitions, public programs, and websites?
New Thinking - Rules for the (R)evolution of Museums
This exciting new collection of essays by leading international museum practitioners focuses on the across-the-board innovations taking place in some of the world's most forward-thinking museums - and charts the new directions museums will need to take in today's increasingly challenging and competitive environment.
European Museum of the Year Award 2011
The European Museum Forum is inviting European museums to take part in the competition for the European Museum of the Year Award 2011 (EMYA 2011). The Award was established in 1977 and is the most prestigious of its kind in Europe. It will be presented for 34th time in 2011. Throughout these years, EMYA has been a dynamic tool for the recognition of innovation, excellence and public quality in museums. It helped to explore the changes in the European museum field and it served as an instrument of international networking, bringing together the most advanced projects and people in the museum profession.
Contrary to the common belief, museums are changing and every year brings an array of new, unexpected ideas, new answers to the question how a museum can serve the community and society. The European Museum Forum ensures that EMYA reflects and keeps pace with these changes, and this year sees the addition of new Judges and Trustee Board Members, covering wider areas of professional interest, with wider international representation.
Theatre Management: Producing and Managing the Performing Arts
Theatre Management: Producing and Managing the Performing Arts delivers a broad, comprehensive, wide-angle view of theatre and performing arts management, based on the premise that all of the performing arts share the same core issues: producing or presenting artistically satisfying works in accord with their missions, finding and keeping an audience, providing for the financial and creative well-being of an organization or production, and maintaining good personnel and public relations. 
