Alepohori Kamaras, 49084
Corfu
Greece
- International/Cultural relations
CulturePolis continues and reinforces further the mission of “Europe of Cultures Forum: Adriatic & Ionian Chapter” which is “to protect, promote and ensure the understanding and respect of the cultural diversity - that we consider is the cultural wealth of Europe, to create a cultural collaboration platform which can be utilised by any organisation, citizen, or public institution in order to contribute in a better understanding and in protecting this unique cultural heritage by activating local Cultural Antennas in every region.
CulturePolis aims are the following:
• To develop mutual contacts and exchanges between different cultural expressions and organisations involved with cultural identity and diversity issues within the context of a common European cultural heritage and accepted values.
• To influence the political decision making process in Europe, in order to ensure that issues of cultural diversity and respect for it are taken fully into consideration.
• To contribute to the intercultural dialogue at regional, European and global level so as to strengthen mutual understanding, respect and tolerance.
• To contribute to the conception, development, implementation, promotion and dissemination of ideas, initiatives, programmes, projects and actions in the region, that are related mainly to cultural issues, in its broadest sense, sustainable development and information and knowledge society.
• To provide a basis for discussion, to participate in public political dialogues, to support the research and studies of the interactions of above inititiaves with policies, programmes and actions in all issues that could potentially have repercussions to the cultural expressions and peoples of the broader Europemediterranean area.
The action plan 2008-2010 is focused in the following priorities:
• Establishment of CulturePolis as an international organization that functions in a decentralized manner by coordinating the Network of its Cultural Antennas in all countries and as many as possible more cities of the covered region
• Creation of a network and database of all cultural organizations and institutions of Adriatic and Ionian and progressively of the wider region (International Cultural Partnership Forum-CulturePolis.org) and activation of members and friends in Permanent Groups of Activities of thematic content
• Undertaking of studies, researches and R&D projects and other activities in collaboration with Greek/International institutions
• Organisation of local and regional meetings, with regard to cultural identity and other related subjects such as cultural tourism, cultural heritage, environment and sustainable development in all regions of Adriatic sea and Ionian and wider region
• Organisation every two years of an International Conference of Intercultural Dialogue of Adriatic – Ionian and South – Eastern Europe and Mediterranean ( 1st congress of 27 – 28th June , 2008 in Corfu)
• Undertaking of awareness raising campaigns and sensitization of citizens with the help of local / regional media, so that is listened the voice of citizens of regions in the above subjects
• Publication of monthly electronic Informative Newsletter and other publications for the members and our friends and the cultural organizations and local governments
• Organisation of researches of opinion on issues interesting the Forum at national, regional and local level.
Major initiatives:
Cultural Antennas Network
The presence of the Forum in every region is ensured through the establishment and to a great degree the autonomous activation of local/regional Cultural Antennas or Antennas in various cities of the Adriatic and the Ionian that develop their own plan of action and they co-operate with the central bodies. The Cultural Antennas constitute a network and reflect the cultural identity of each region in a European level. A close cooperation among the various Antennas is maintained in order to bring into fruition the aims and goals of the Forum.
Synopsis of CulturePolis recent activities
Major activities (2008-9)
Οι σημαντικότερες απο τις δράσεις την τελευταία διετία είναι οι εξής:
“ 1st International Conference of Intercultural Dialogue of Adriatic – Ionian”, Corfu 27-28 June 2008, co-organised with European Parliament (Offices for Greece, Italy, Slovenia).
Cultural Organisations Collaboration Network (Get Culturally …Connected), Pilot launch in November 2008
Training Seminars on “New Technologies- Project Management – Cultural Organisations Management- Cultural Collaboration”, for Municipalities and NGOS
Specialised thematic events
Activity “Anthropos-Art-Environment” in Preveza 2008
Fortress Cultural Events –Old Fortress Corfu, 1st Circle 2009
Participation in different projects both national and international funde by EU and regional funds.
More information on above major activities (even more on culturepolis.org).