Dr Aleksandar Brkic, Lecturer at ICCE, participated as the moderator at the international conference ‘Perspectives of national cultural policies development in the EU context: critical dialogues’ in Zagreb, Croatia, 17-19th of May 2017. Conference was organized by IRMO – Institute for Development and International Relations from Zagreb (http://www.irmo.hr/en/), with two current Ministers of Culture and one former one actively participating in the debates (Mr Janko Ljumović, Minister of Culture, Montenegro; Nina Obuljen, Minister of Culture, Croatia and Corina Suteu, former Minister of Culture, Romania).
The conference intended to contribute to enhancing the knowledge about the relevant cultural policy processes at the European Union level addressing the pivotal question whether it is time for a paradigm shift in cultural policies and what are the possible ways forward. It will tackle different challenges for EU and national cultural policies through two keynote lectures addressing EU and national level issues of cultural policies; and four working sessions that will focus on the following themes:
- Cultural policies and the crisis in/of European Union – how to achieve sustainable cultural development?
- Strategies and tendencies of local cultural development in Europe: the role and impact of European Capital of Culture project
- What kind of European comparative cultural policy research is needed today?
- National cultural policies in need of vision, innovation and leadership.
Dr Brkić moderated the panel discussion “The crisis in/of European Union and cultural policies: how to achieve sustainable cultural development?” with Dr Marcin Poprawski, Deputy Dean for International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan; Ms Catherine Cullen, Special Advisor on Culture in Sustainable Cities, Committee on Culture, UCLG; Dr Ole Marius Hylland, Senior Researcher, TRI Telemark Research Institute; Mr Teodor Celakoski, cultural worker and activist “Pravo na grad” and Mr Robert Manchin, President of Culture Action Europe.
You can find out more about the conference on this link