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Age-old differences and new urban realities challenge us all. </p><p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750"> </p><p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750"><strong>We at ECF believe in meeting these challenges head-on, improving skills, developing policies, so that people in Europe can live creatively and at peace with diversity. </strong></p><p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750"> </p><p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750"> </p><div class="titleBox"><h4>ROUTES Princess Margriet Award</h4><div class="caseItem"><p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750"> The ECF-inititiated <strong><em>Routes</em>  Princess Margriet Award</strong><strong> for cultural diversity</strong> celebrates artists and thinkers whose work sheds valuable light on Europe’s growing cultural diversity. Stay tuned on our 2009 Laureates and the Award ceremony on 26 January 2010 or read about the first ever Routes vAward ceremony 2008…<strong><a href="https://www.eurocult.org/we-focus-on/routes-award-2009/">Read the feature</a></strong></p></div></div><div class="titleBox"><h4>Diversity empowers</h4><div class="caseItem"><p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750">Our <a href="https://www.eurocult.org/we-advocate/stimulating-reflection-debate/"><strong>Reflection groups</strong></a> bring together leading cultural activists and experts. Their recommendations show a way forward for cross-cultural cooperation in challenging times and places.</p><p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750">We help give civil society a strong voice in shaping future cultural policies through our partner initiative, <strong><a href="https://www.eurocult.org/we-advocate/advocacy-actions/civil-society-platform/">Platform for Intercultural Europe</a></strong>.<br class="yz87w0odxciwb6750"/></p></div></div><div class="titleBox"><h4>Connecting people</h4><div class="caseItem"><p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750"> </p><p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750">Introducing <strong><a href="http://www.labforculture.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LabforCulture.org</a></strong> – the networking platform for information on European arts and culture. This cultural Ali Baba’s cave<strong>  </strong>has it all: the info you need, and what you didn’t know you needed. With an extensive directory, case studies, culture news, funding info, etc.</p><p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750">Get noticed on <strong><a href="https://www.eurocult.org/we-focus-on/rhiz/">Rhiz.eu</a></strong>, our new online meeting place for those in arts & culture. Share, discover, learn, meet like-minded people, and more….</p></div></div><div class="titleBox"><h4>Investing in people</h4><div class="caseItem"><p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750"> We help culture professionals to become key actors of change in countries and regions in transition. ECF <a href="https://www.eurocult.org/we-advocate/capacity-development/capacity-development-projects/"><strong>Cultural Capacity Development</strong></a> is currently active in Russia, Turkey, Moldova and Ukraine. Discover more about our work in Kaliningrad, Russia, and the amazing people we work with there, by dowloading <strong><a href="https://www.eurocult.org/files/uploads/docs/771.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘Close-ups of a region in motion: Kaliningrad, Russia’</a>.</strong><br class="yz87w0odxciwb6750"/>We also <a href="https://www.eurocult.org/we-support-cultural-cooperation/"><strong>support</strong></a> cultural projects across Europe and beyond. Enjoy the selection of projects in our <strong><a href="https://www.eurocult.org/showcases/">Showcase</a></strong>. </p></div></div><div class="titleBox"><h4>Moving images</h4><div class="caseItem"><p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750"> View the results of the <a href="https://www.eurocult.org/showcases/showcase_id-1/"><strong>oneminutesjr</strong> </a>video workshops online! This initiative gives young people aged 12 to 20 the chance to make sixty seconds of video magic, producing art as diverse as its makers. </p><p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750">Also as part of our investment in young people’s self-expression and empowerment, we have set up the multi-faceted and international <strong><a href="https://www.eurocult.org/we-support-cultural-cooperation/programmes/media/stranger-festival/">StrangerFestival</a></strong>.</p></div></div><div class="titleBox"><h4>Enjoy reading</h4><div class="caseItem"><p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750"><img decoding="async" class="imgLeft" id="image0" style="width: 137px; height: 96px; border-width: 0px" alt="Diversity logo Diversity page" src="https://www.eurocult.org/files/admin/inserts_php-mid-745-ext-jpg.jpg" border="0"/>We sampled a number of articles, interviews and publications, all related to the broad and complex topic of diversity. Different views, different approaches, provocative and inspiring. <a href="https://www.eurocult.org/we-focus-on/diversity-reading-samples/"><strong>Take a look</strong><br class="yz87w0odxciwb6750"/></a></p></div></div><div class="images"> <div class="borderItem"> <a href="https://www.eurocult.org/files/uploads/images/467.jpg" class="popin"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.eurocult.org/files/uploads/images/467.jpg" width="96" height="96" title="Grant Koman grafitti 1X1" alt="Grant Koman grafitti 1X1" border="0"/></a> <a href="https://www.eurocult.org/files/uploads/images/288.jpg" class="popin"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.eurocult.org/files/uploads/images/288.jpg" width="96" height="96" title="CAPA Bratislava Spring A Poster 1x1" alt="CAPA Bratislava Spring A Poster 1x1" border="0"/></a> <a href="https://www.eurocult.org/files/uploads/images/159.jpg" class="popin"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.eurocult.org/files/uploads/images/159.jpg" width="96" height="96" title="Grant 2005 Videoletters La Vie" alt="Grant 2005 Videoletters La Vie" border="0"/></a> </div> </div> </div><div id="footer"> <ul id="footerList">© 2024 eurocult.org | <li><a href="https://www.eurocult.org/disclaimer/">Disclaimer</a></li> | <li><a href="https://www.eurocult.org/privacy-statement/">Privacy Statement</a></li> </ul> <div id="partners"> <div id="flashHompageFooter"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> var fo = new FlashObject("http://www.eurocult.org/flash/map.swf", "map", "499", "40", "7", "#ffffff"); fo.write("flashHompageFooter"); </script> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.eurocult.org/about-us/our-funders/" class="partnerA"><span>Goto Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.eurocult.org/about-us/our-funders/" class="partnerB"><span>Goto BankGiroloterij.nl</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.eurocult.org/about-us/our-funders/" class="partnerC"><span>Goto Lotto.nl</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="clearFooter"></div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> var accordions = new Array(); var accordionBlocks = document.getElementsByClassName('accordionBlock'); var togglers = $('outer').getElementsByClassName('toggler'); var stretchers = $('outer').getElementsByClassName('accordion'); if(togglers.length > 0 && stretchers.length > 0){ accordions[1] = new Fx.Accordion(togglers,stretchers,{'start': false}); } </script> </div>  <script type="text/javascript"> pageTracker._initData(); </script>   <script type="text/javascript"> var _Mpage = ''; var _Mclickouts = 1; var _Mdownloads = 1; </script> <script type="text/javascript" defer="defer" src="https://www.eurocult.org/files/js/v2-c-pr--com-s-wwweuro6296-v-2.1.js"></script>  </body> </html>