Culture Clinic

National Network
Sweden
Address

SE-413 04 Gothenburg
SE-413 04 Gothenburg
Sweden

Telephone
+46 31 155650
Telephone (other)
+46 707 725650
E-Mail
Maria.svensson@cultureclinic.org
Mobile Phone
+46 707 725650
Mobile Phone (other)
+46 709 845538
Website
http://www.cultureclinic.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2003
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Democracy and community development
  3. Gender
  4. Human rights
  5. International/Cultural relations
  6. Youth and education
General Information
Culture Clinic is a NGO based in Sweden that works within the fields of democracy and human rights on a local, regional and international level. We work in a network of cultural institutions and independent culture organisations, educational institutions, areas of business and politics. We work without political or religious associations and is open for everybody. Primarily we work in Sweden, Greece, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and Azerbaijan – although now we are looking towards the Euro-Med area. We receive funding from the Western Region of Sweden, Swedish Institute, Forum Syd, Swedish National board for Youth Affairs and European Youth Foundation.
Mission and Objectives

Culture Clinic creates and runs projects and meeting places.
Culture Clinic works to influence and change existing structures that prevent and obstruct for the different partners to co-operate.
Culture Clinic builds networks to increase possibilities for cross-bordering understanding and co-operations.
Our mission is to create cultural projects in association with the needs and demands of society and individuals. Throughout, our work is based on a well functioning communication structure and a genuine interest in getting people to meet and co-operate.

Main Projects / Activities

We work with regional development programme where we use a system of indicators to evaluate and analyse an areas (town, city, region) cultural potential as a tool for growth and development. The system is based on participation from business, politics and the third sector of the focus area. The objective is to set common goal for development. We use various methods of arts and culture in our workshops, seminars, exchanges and study circles to achieve progress and development within the specific area.
We also conduct
- Seminars, workshops and trainings
- Youth exchanges
- Administrative, financial and marketing consulting

Contact (1) Full Name
Maria Svensson
Head of the organisation
Maria Svensson
Contact (2) Full Name
Erika Harlitz