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Collaboration Grants scheme of European Cultural Foundation. Deadline extended to 20 September 2010

Are you working on a cultural project with partners from different European countries, maybe with different sectors collaborating? Then your project could be eligible for a grant!   Basic info - Independent artistic and cultural organisations can apply for the ECF Collaboration Grants scheme that funds transnational and cross-sectoral activities. Other sectorial organisations can be involved as a project partner.

Management Topic: Financing & Sponsorship
Cultural Area: General
Submitted by editor-in-chief on Sep 01, 2010

The Evolution of Philanthropy in the Digital Age

What does the term “social entrepreneurship” actually mean? Broadly speaking, it describes situations in which business principles are used to further social good. Many artists and organizations working in the arts and culture sector have already made use of social entrepreneurship with great success. However, while they have been systemically integrated into the strategies of organizations working in issue areas such as international development, poverty reduction, and public health, their potential has not been fully realized in the arts and culture sector.

Social entrepreneurship, or social enterprise, is a general term that applies to any individual or group that uses business principles to both further social good and generate profits. Social entrepreneurs – both individually and within the context of organizations – work to develop targeted to solutions to specific, often localized, social problems. Many of the major advances in social entrepreneurship have been in the field of international development, where small-scale, highly targeted projects can have far-reaching impact for communities in developing countries.

Management Topic: Financing & Sponsorship
Cultural Area: General
Submitted by editor-in-chief on May 18, 2010

China's Cultural industry seeks financial support from banks

The Ministry of Culture held a teleconference with representatives of government, financial institutions and major creative enterprises on April 14 to encourage financial support for China’s emerging cultural industry.

The Ministry, along with the CPC Publicity Department, People’s Bank of China, Ministry of Finance, State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT), General Administration of Press and Publication, China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) and China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), were following up a March 19 instruction to the financial sector to provide financial support to the cultural industry.

Management Topic: Financing & Sponsorship
Cultural Area: Creative Industries
Submitted by editor-in-chief on May 09, 2010

Working for nothing: a lack of funding, or something more questionable?

Many people will work without pay in the arts. But are they being exploited?

THERE'S no lack of people lining up to take on unpaid or poorly paid roles volunteering their time for arts organisations. With the possible exception of charities, and community groups, very few areas of life are more reliant on voluntary labour than the arts. But what responsibility does the arts have to the unpaid? Put simply: are interns exploited?

Management Topic: Financing & Sponsorship
Cultural Area: General
Submitted by editor-in-chief on May 09, 2010

Americans for the Arts

by Valerie Beaman, Private Sector Initiatives Coordinator, Americans for the Arts

Securing private funding is more competitive than ever given this current recession. So, how do we make the case for supporting the arts and how do we maintain a vital relationship with the private sector in spite of the funding downturn? How do we define the relevance of the arts to business in the face of urgent and basic social needs?

Management Topic: Financing & Sponsorship
Cultural Area: General
Submitted by editor on Mar 10, 2010

'Subsidy Junkies?' a day of practical survival strategies for arts fundraising

This one day symposium brings together fundraising and development professionals working in the arts and cultural sectors to explore this changing landscape, learn practical survival strategies, seek out opportunities and generate new ideas to stay financially healthy.

Management Topic: Financing & Sponsorship
Cultural Area: General
Submitted by editor on Mar 10, 2010

THE CULTURAL POINTS INITIATIVE IN BRAZIL

The Brazilian Ministry of Culture established in 2003 the edict for Cultural Points. This action aims to enhance cultural initiatives and projects already developed by communities, groups and networks of collaboration through arrangements with federal entities.

Management Topic: Financing & Sponsorship
Cultural Area: Public+Academic Sector
Submitted by editor on Mar 01, 2010

Culture Business. Arts Sponsorship Experts meet in Paris

Culture Business, the international meeting point for arts sponsorship professionals, is hosting its second event, on 10 December 2009 at the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine in Paris. What is Culture Business for ? 200 professionals from all over Europe and the United States formed the first international network of sponsorship and culture experts. CultureBusiness was a meeting point between cultural institutions and sponsoring companies sharing their expectations and constructing a new dialogue based on listening to and respecting each other's values.

Management Topic: Financing & Sponsorship
Cultural Area: General
Submitted by editor-in-chief on Dec 04, 2009

16th International Conference on Cultural Economics by the ACEI

Copenhagen, 10-12 June 2010

Call for Papers

The Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI) invites you to attend its 16th international conference on cultural economics in Copenhagen on June 10-12, 2010.

Management Topic: Financing & Sponsorship
Cultural Area: General
Submitted by editor-in-chief on Oct 27, 2009

Salary cuts for one third of US museum directors

A survey of more than 60 major art museums in the US shows that the directors of more than one third have recently taken pay cuts, many of them substantial, and senior staff at most of those institutions have also had their compensation trimmed. The cuts range from salary reductions and forfeiture of bonuses to unpaid leave.

Even where there have not been massive layoffs, hiring freezes leave posts vacant and incentives induce early retirement. In the past year, New York’s Museum of Modern Art has cut its staff from around 850 to 741 through a hiring freeze and natural attrition.

Management Topic: Financing & Sponsorship
Cultural Area: Museum+Visual Arts
Submitted by editor-in-chief on Oct 12, 2009