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ACTIVITY REPORT 2019

Photo credit: Think Tanger project – SouthMed CV

INTRODUCTION _____________________________ 03

DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION ______________ 05

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER _____________________ 26

APPLIED RESEARCH ________________________ 33

NETWORKING & ADVOCACY ________________ 34

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INTERARTS – Activity Report 2019

DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION

Interarts designs and implements internationaldevelopment cooperation projects with a culturaldimension. We believe that culture is both a driver andfacilitator of sustainable human development.

CONSULTANCY

Interarts provides consultancy services for private andpublic bodies alike. We share the knowledge we haveacquired in various areas with public and privateoperators.

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

Interarts runs training and informative activities,including seminars and conferences. We host studentsfrom various international higher education institutionsthrough our training programme. We provide updatesinformation on our activities and or topics relevant tothe culture sector on our website and social networks.

APPIED RESEARCH

Interarts defines itself as an ideas laboratory andapplied research centre. We focus on emerging issuesthat are relevant to the cultural sector and policies.

NETWORKING & ADVOCACY

Interarts has always been an active member ofEuropean cultural networks. We believe thatnetworking strengthens our organisation and allows usto take part in current debates on fundamentallysignificant issues in the cultural sector, claiming the

decisive role of culture in European governance.

SOWING CULTURE, REAPING PROGRESS

Interarts Is a private agency with international outlook that:▪ contributes to human development though

culture, ▪ supports culture policy design,▪ fosters knowledge and information in the

sphere of culture,▪ defends the role of culture in public

governance, ▪ actively participates in European and

international networks.

Interarts was founded in 1995. From its headquartersin Barcelona, Interarts performs its internationalactivities through an extensive network oforganisations and associates professionals. We haveoffices in Lima, Perú and Pristina, Kosovo.

Interarts operates in systems where there is freeparticipation. We design proposals that we present toopen calls and tenders, both public and private.Interarts does not receive operational support formprivate or public funds. We are non-profit makingand we define ourselves both as non-governmentalorganisation and/or a civil society organisation.

This document presents the main activities carriedout by Interarts during 2019, some of which willcontinue on 2022. For further detailed information onany of the activities included in the document, pleasewrite to: [email protected].

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DEVELOPMENTCOOPERATION

SouthMed WiA2017 - 2019

SouthMed WiA – Towards greater equality: Promotingthe role and image of women in the SouthernMediterranean audiovisual sector’ is a project fundedby the European Union under the region programmeMed Film.

The aim of SouthMed WiA was to build the capacitiesof audio-visual professionals and operators in theSouthern Mediterranean and contribute to sustainabledevelopment and cultural diversity by improvingwomen’s image in the film industry. The project wasimplemented by a consortium led by Interarts (Spain)and four non-governmental organisations: High SchoolAudiovisual and Cinema (ESAC), Tunisia; Culture &Media Agency Europe (CUMEDIAE), Belgium;Permanent Conference of the MediterraneanAudiovisual Operators (COPEAM), Italy; and ScreenInstitute Beirut (SIB), Lebanon.

Through two calls for proposals in 2017 and 2018,SouthMed WiA gave financial support to eight projectsaimend at promoting gender equality in theaudiovisual sector in seven countries in the SouthernMediterranean: Algerian, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon,Morocco and Tunisia.

In the first call, three proposals were selected to receivea grant: ‘Women: words and cinema’, coordinated by 5

d Cineémathèque de Tanger, Morocco; ‘Breaking taboos andchanging the image of women in the audiovisual sector in theArab region”, coordinated by Muntada. The Arab Forum forEducation, Sexuality and Reproductive Health, Palestine;and ‘Women’s monologues’, coordinated by Wasabi, Tunisia.In the second call, five proposals were selected: ‘Newaudiovisual society, by women… for women’, coordinated byTheatre Day Productions (TDP), Palestine; ‘Genderrepresentation in Egyptian media’, coordinated by TadweinGender Research Center, Egypt; ‘Fostering gender equalityfor men and women behind the camera’, coordinated byCentre of Arab Women for Training and Research(CAWTAR), Tunisia; ‘Digital storytellers for gender equality’,coordinated by ABAAD – Resource Center for GenderEquality, Association for Development and AlternativeMedia, Lebanon; ‘Women to women – W2W”, coordinated byUNAM Documentation and Research, Jordan.

During the project execution, SouthMed WiA supported theseeight projects by providing activities for capacity building,networking and continuous coaching. The session wereheld in Tunisia in synergy with the 28th session of the famed

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Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage, inBarcelona in collaboration with the Centre forWomen’s Culture, Francesca Bonnemaison – la Bonne,in Beirut in collaboration with Beirut Film Society andin Alicante, Spain, incollaboration with theMediterráneo.

Meeting for professionals were also held in Cairo, Egypt,with the Danish-Egyptian Dialogue Institute and inMarrakesh, Morocco, with the School of Arts – ESAV.The project was presented at the Master’s in Inter-Mediterranean Mediation (MIN) (Barcelona, November2018) at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona; atthe high-level conference “Rethinking the Euro-Mediterranean cultural partnership” (Tunisia,November 2018), and at the Interarts’ stand at theEuropean Development Days (EDD) 2019 (Brussels,June) with a pop-up session entitled “Presentation ofSouthMed WiA – Outcomes, lessons-learned andsustainability”, and an Brainstorm lab, which led to theformal presentation of “Recto/Verso”, the ESAC-produced documentary that highlights the stereotypesthat still abound and result in inequality and a gapbetween women’s capabilities and positions,particularly in academic and professional spheres. Inaddition, the project was invited to give anotherdocumentary presentation at Elche InternationalIndependent Film Festival (FICIE) un July 2019 withsubtitling in Spanish. a.

Finally, the SouthMed WiA Final Regional Event washeld at the Instituto Cervantes in Casablanca (Morocco)in July 2019, bringing together all those involved in theproject to exchange thoughts about the objectives andoutcomes.

The outcomes are available on the project websitewww.smedwia.eu and social media: Facebook andTwitter.

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Outcomes

✓ Build the capacities of professional women and operators in the audiovisual sector in seven Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine y Tunisia).

✓ Improve the image of women in the audiovisual sector.

✓ Increase regional awareness of the importance of women’s participation in the audiovisual sector.

✓ Publish handbooks and informative material on gender equality in the audiovisual sector.

✓ Launch a network of professional women in the audiovisual sector in the Southern Mediterranean.

✓ Launch a project website and online collaborative platform.

✓ Make a documentary about young female filmmakers.

✓ Hold a final regional event.


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As part of the DECIDES Programme (Cultural RightsPromote Health and Development), this Project ran inTrinidad and Tobago – Cultural rights to promoterespect for human rights and freedoms from gender-based violence and discrimination against the LGBTIcollective in Trinidad & Tobago’, drawing on theexperience of DECIDES Caribbean, a previous project.Like its predecessor, DECIDES Trinidad & Tobagoincluded research, training, and awareness-raisingactivities to eradicate prejudice and foster change inpersonal and social conduct. The partners Advocatesfor Safe Parenthood (St. Lucia) Inc. (ASPIRE),Caribbean Association for Feminist Research andAction (CAFRA), and Interarts – sought synergies andcooperation with women’s and LGBTI organisations.DECIDES Trinidad & Tobago was co-funded by theEuropean Instrument for Democracy and HumanRights (EIDHR) of the European Union, through theDelegation of the European Union in Trinidad yTobago.

Its core activities included a call for proposals to financea project aimed at safeguarding and promoting therights of the LGBTI community in Trinidad & Tobago.The winner project was ‘Redefining the Politics ofGender, coordinated by the NGO Friends for Life, inassociation with The Silver Lining Foundation,which aimed to create a participatory communitymovement to influence both local politics and globalprocesses, thereby transforming the debate on genderpolicies.

DECIDES Trinidad & Tobago has its own website(www.decides-tt.org) where all articles, news and 8

images about the awareness-raising activities can be found.The website and corresponding social media profiles wereused to carry out the #YouDecideTT campaign, whichincluded monitoring international dates on human rights andcultural rights to combat gender violence and discriminationof the LGBTI community. A photography competition wasalso held to encourage people from Trinidad & Tobago toshare their vision of these issues with the world. The photosentered were posted on various digital communicationchannels after the competition.

Furthermore, Dr. Rawwida Baksh coordinated research intogender violence and discrimination of the LGBTI communityin Trinidad & Tobago, with fellow researchers SamanthaRattan and Remelle White. They gathered data on reported

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and unreported cases and worked with otherprofessionals in direct contact with the issue, such asthe police, judges, refuge canters, health workers, socialworkers and lawyers, to understand the instrumentsthey have to contribute to eradicate this problems andto pinpoint their attitudes towards gender-basedviolence and discrimination and its victims. A series ofinfographs showing the main research results andseeking to lobby for better regulatory frameworks werepublished and are available on the project and Interartscommunication networks.

A Learning Partnerships workshops was held in lateJanuary 2019 with local civil society organisations thatwork in the field of gender-based violence andcombating discrimination of LGBTI people, to reviewand finalise recommendations on ensuring betternational legislation related to violence anddiscrimination against women and LGBTI people.

All information is available on the DECIDESprogramme website www.decides.pro and socialmedia: Facebook and Twitter.

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Outcomes

✓ Analyse key trends and characteristics of gender violence and LGBTI discrimination.

✓ Build the capacities of civil society organisations (CSOs), women and LGBTI communities to create networks, advocate and lobby key stakeholders.

✓ Improve the perception and capacity of professionals in the field of justice, health, education and policy-making to respond to survivors’ needs and create a network that focuses on response teams to gender-based violence and LGBTI discrimination.

✓ Improve prevention of gender-based violence and LGBTI discrimination through a community-driven approach aimed at raising awareness and changing cultural behaviours, including those of perpetrators.


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‘Culture at Work Africa: The public value of culture forsocial cohesion and urban Development in Africa’ is aProject co-financed by the European Union andImplementation by the consortium led by Interartsand 7 African, European and internationals partners:Arterial Network, Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR),Culture et Devéloppement, Regional Centre for theLiving Arts in Africa (CERAV/Afrique), Culture Fund ofthe Zimbabwe Trust, International Music Council(IMC), Comité de Cultura de Ciudades y GobiernosLocales Unidos (CGLU); together with followingpartner organisations: African Centre for Cities andthe School of Architecture, Planning and Geomaticsat the University of Cape Town, EconomicCommunity of West African States (ECOWAS), andthe Centre for Linguistic and Historical Studiesthrough Oral Tradition (CELHTO).

Culture at Work Africa aims to support local andregional cooperation projects that promoteintercultural dialogue, diversity of cultural expressions,access to culture and the role that cultural and publicspaces play in promoting social inclusion, specially fordisadvantaged groups.

Through two calls in 2018 and 2019, Culture at WorkAfrica has given financial support to 35 innovativeprojects aimed at developing safe and neutral spacesfor intercultural dialogue and promoting activecitizenship and inter-community relations in 15 Africancountries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire,Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mali, Niger,Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda andZimbawe. 11

In the first call, 253 applications were received, of which 15projects were selected to receive a grant: ‘Beyond CaringProject’, coordinated by Ishyo, Rwanda; “RelinkingCommunities through Culture”, coordinated by Nhimbe Trust,Zimbabwe; ‘Projet de renforcement des espaces de proximitéet des jeunes de Yopougon’, coordinated by Yopougon CityCouncil, Ivory Coast; ‘La tournée du cirque “Nu Dagbé’,coordinated by Nu Dagbé, Benin; ‘Energizing cross bordercohesion and inter-cultural peace in the East African NomadicCattle Corridor of Karamoja (Uganda) and Turkana (Kenya)through participatory theatre, folk arts, and inter sports’,coordinated by Rafiki Theatre, Uganda; “OpenMicProject’, coordinated by OpenMic Uganda, Kampala; ‘AfricanSpace Makers’, coordinated by Cultural Video Production,Kenya; ‘ARTS et CULTURE pour l’inclusion citoyanne:l’Université Abdou Moumouni jette des ponts’, coordinatedby Filière Arts et Culture (A&C), Faculté de Lettreset Sciences Humaines, Université Abdou Moumouni, Niger;

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Narratives from Zimbabwe’ coordinated by ZimbabweInternational Film & Festival Trust, Zimbabwe; ‘Horslimites’, coordinated by Centre de DéveloppementChorégraphique (CDC) - La Termitière, Burkina Faso;‘Young Ugandans and Kenyans demonstrate the valueof social cohesion’, coordinated by Cross-CulturalFoundation of Uganda (CCFU), Uganda; ‘Les pinceauxde l’integration’, coordinated by Centre Soleild’Afrique, Mali; ‘Women through the Lens’, coordinatedby African Artists’ Foundation (AAF), Nigeria; ‘Projetdes arts de l’oralité et des scènes urbaines’, coordinatedby Association Katoulati, Benin; and ‘StimulatingIntercultural Dialogue in East Africa using Technology’,coordinated by Culture and Development East Africa(CDEA), Tanzania.

In the second call, 232 applications were received, ofwhich 20 projects were selected to receive a grant:‘CREDESI – Creative Diversity and Social Inclusion’,coordinated by Inkululeko Yabatsh School of Arts(IYASA); ‘Cultures en partage - Lieux surs en Afrique’,coordinated by Association Theatre Mayton Promo

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Partners; ‘Art for Kids’, coordinated by Association AgenceTére; ‘L’Education Citoyenne et à la paix par l’expession de ladiversité culturelle et artistique en melieu scolaire’,coordinated by Solidarité Laique/Bureau regional Afrique;‘Action artistique et culturelle en faveur de la cohésionsociale et de la gouvernance redevable”, coordinated byDirection Régionale de la Culture de Gao, ‘2ème expèriencenouvelle d’assistance kyrielle aux plasticiens pour leurascensión via le multimédia et l’internet’, coordinated byAssociation pour le Dévéleppment des Arts Visuels dans leNord du Bénin; ‘Sukiana, une criee publique pour la paix et lacohésion sociale entre peuls et cultivateurs dans le nord duBénin’, coordinated by Atelier International Aora Culturale(AIAC); ‘Uliza Wahenga Dada ! (Converse with the ancestorssistah !)’, coordinated by E&D Readership and DevelopmentAgency-Soma; ‘Alteritud’, coordinated by CampagnieNaforo-Ba; ‘Ciné-débat pour le dialogue interculturel et lacohésion sociale au Cameron (Ciné-débat pour la paix)’,coordinated by Association Camerounaise du CinémaNumérique Ambulant; ‘Pourqui pas moi? Plaidoyer enfaveur des droits a la culture inclusive des enfants et jeunesayant un hándicap surtout metal et sensorial’, coordinatedby Renaitre Grands- Lacs/HAFENIS (Handicapés, Femmeset Enfants en Iniciatives de Survie); ‘Blueprint formajestique cinema culture HUB’, coordinated by HifadhiZanzibar Ltd; ‘Action jeunesse pour le dialogue interculturelet e la dignité pour tous en Afrique’, coordinated byAssociation Rester et Réussir; ‘Makeshift construction oftrust: music-making, placemaking and movement-building’,coordinated by Collaborative Media Advocacy Platform(CMAP); ‘Penpen Africa’, coordinated by African WritersDevelopment Trust; ‘Mirages et predictions’, coordinated byCarrefour International du Théâtre de Ouagadougou(CITO); ‘Fem-créart – femmes en creation’, coordinated byAssociation Kadam; ‘Sosawef – sound of the sacred webfestival’, coordinated by Dzimbanhete Arts and Culture


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During implementation of the selected projects,Culture at Work Africa has carried out a wide range ofactivities to support the grant beneficiaries anddevelop their professional skills and networkingcapacities. Culture at Work Africa held the firstNetworking Event in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) inFebruary 2019 for the beneficiaries of the first call, withopportunities for training and exchange: workshops,seminars and visits to culture venues in the city. InDecember 2019, a competition was launched to select asong on the themes of intercultural dialogue andcultural diversity by composers/performers (aged over18) from the 15 target countries.

Culture at Work Africa was officially presented in Coted’Ivoire in March 2018 at the MASA Festival, an annualevent to promote African performing arts. In June 2018,the project was presented at BOZAR (Brussels) as partof the European Development Days (EDD18), and in2019, the project was presented again at the Interartsstand at EDD19, with two pop-up sessions: ‘The Value ofCulture to reduce inequalities in West Africa’ and‘Presentation of Culture at Work Africa, Sub-GrantedProjects’. In addition, it was presented at the CultureAction Europe Members Forum 2019 at a session forpresenting and evaluating projects to identify possibleopportunities for partnership and co-creation.

The project activities are disseminated on the websitewww.cultureatworkafrica.net, and social media:Facebook e Instagram.

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Expected Outcomes

✓ Finance and support some 50 innovative projects

in the field that develop safe, neutral spaces for

intercultural dialogue, cooperation and join

creation.

✓ Publish cultural material and organise events that

illustrate tangible cases of intercultural dialogue

and cultural diversity.

✓ Sustainably boost the capacities of local actors

and stakeholders through training and exchange

opportunities.

✓ Create a network for professionals and

organisations on an interactive web platform.

✓ Organise an international awareness-raising

campaign aimed at African and to a lesser extent

European, through a range of media and cultural

products.

✓ Launch a music competition.

✓ Hold two final exhibitions and conferences, with a

supporting publication.


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’DECIDES Europe: Preventing Gender-Based Violence,the Youth Outlook”, aims to contribute to reducinggender-based violence (GBV) in three Europeancountries: Denmark, Romania and Spain. The projectwas design under the DECIDES programme (CulturalRights to Promote Development and Health) createdby Interarts and focused on improving y people’shealth and well-being through cultural cooperation fordevelopment and by creating spaces for reflectionbased on experiences in the field.

The project is financed by the European Union underthe Rights, Equality and Citizenship programme. It isimplemented by a four-member consortium led byInterarts, with the association Trabe, Spain; theassociation Transcena, Romania; and the museumKvindemuseet i Denmak, Denmark.

DECIDES Europe contributes to preventing gender-based violence by raising awareness among youngpeople about all of its forms, causes and consequences,and providing them with tools to prevent, recogniseand counteract it. The beneficiaries of the project arepupils aged 15-18 migrants, who live in Spain, Denmarkand Romania. The project also encourages localauthorities and the schools to create a commonframework or action protocol to address gender-basedviolence in the educational system.

In 2018 and 2019, the planned activities on the projectwere carried out, including teacher training, forumtheatre workshops to produce a play in Bucharest(Romania), Barcelona and Madrid (Spain) as well asa tour to perform the plays to other pupils, and a visual 15

art workshops in Aarhus (Denmark) and exhibition pf playsproduced at the Women’s Museum in the city. Furthermore,young people were trained as peer educators to be able tolead the cultural workshops. There were also exchange trips tothe three project participant countries between October andFebruary, which gave the 74 pupils involved the chance toshare their experiences and learn about gender violence andhow to combat it.

Textual, image and video summaries of these activities areavailable on the website www.decideseurope.eu and the socialmedia linked to the project: Facebook, Instagram andTwitter.

Expected Outcomes

✓ Improve the capacity of stakeholders and relevant professionals to address issues related to sexual and gender-based violence.

✓ Raise awareness of sexual and gender-based violence to foster changes in attitudes and behaviour among both the population at large and specific groups.

✓ Strength cooperation and information exchange between the competent European, national, regional and local authorities in relation to sexual and gender-based violence.

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’NETCHER – NETwork and Social platform for CulturalHeritage Enhancing and Rebuilding’ is a Projectfinanced by the 8th Framework Programme ofEuropean Union for Research and Innovation: Horizon2020. The consortium is led by HiSoMA-CNRS andcomprises Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia andFondazione Ca’ Foscari; Deutsches ArchäologischesInstitut – DAI; Escuela Nacional Superior de Policía –ENSP y Université de Technologie de Troyes; CapitalHigh Tech SARL; Michael Clture Association – MCAand Interarts.

NETCHER uses a participatory approach to address thechallenge of bringing together the initiatives of variousplayers involved in tracking illicit trafficking of culturalheritage.

The NETCHER strategy focuses on connectingmembers (researcher, active professionals inpreservation of cultural heritage and combating illicittrafficking, etc.), exchanging ideas, and proposing aparticipatory model to facilitate the research,exploration and development of policies onpreservation of cultural and combating illicit trafficking.

Some of the most significant activities include the firstNETCHER Workshop in Frankfurt in May 2019,organised by the German-Roman Commission of theGerman Archaeological Institute (DAI) to come up witha solid methodological foundation, collect data andbibliographic references, and gather input fromcultural heritage specialists. The six main topics of theproject were identified at this event: Operational andlegal interventions, Preservation and Reconstruction, 17

Provenance and traceability, Return and restitution,Education and awareness, and Traffic channels and actors.In October 2019, Interarts hosted the first NETCHER Seminarin Barcelona to validate the virtual platform, present the toolsand analyse the challenges, needs, solutions andimprovements required.

A detailed description of the project and the activities carriedout, as well as direct access to the platform, are available onthe website www.netcher.eu. The project also has a Facebookpage and Twitter account.

Expected Results

✓ Encourage support, interaction and participation among all stakeholders active in cultural heritage.

✓ Asist the consortium in bringing together all stakeholders active in cultural heritage preservation and tackling illicit trafficking of cultural heritage, and having them join the network.

✓ Promote the project and outcomes at European and international level among the public at large, specialist communities and political decision-makers.

✓ Create sustainability beyond the completion of the project.

✓ Encourage cross-fertilisation.

✓ Spread the benefits of the project to communities and projects beyond NETCHER.

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The ‘Capacity Building for European Capitals of Culture’Project was initiated by the European Commission toSupport capacity building and peer-learning activitiesfor ECOCs. The project is implemented by theAssociation Européene pour l’Information sur leDévéloppment Local (AEIDL), in association withCulture Action Europe (CAE), Interarts, EuropeanNetwork on cultural management and policy (ENCATC)and in association with the Cultural Commission ofUnited Cities al Local Governments (UCLG).

The main aims is to support ECOC’s with an array ofactivities, to provide practical support where skill gapshave been identified, with a robust technical assistancestructure, a set of tools, materials, practical andtheorical expertise and knowledge while enhancingnetworking opportunities for the ECOC delivery teams.

in 2019 the capacity building needs among theorganisations responsible for delivering current andfuture ECOCs were mapped. Culture Action Europe ledthis study in coordination with other European partnersby analysing existing reports, carrying out in-personand online interviews, and sending questionnaires tothe organising teams of previous and designatedEuropean capitals of culture. A call for experts will belaunched in 2020 for professionals form various regionswho are interested in and available to join the networkand assist ECOCs in their development.

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Expected Results

✓ Map the capacity building needs of delivery bodies of present and future ECOCs.

✓ Build a pool of multi-disciplinary EU wide expertise to cover the identified capacity needs.

✓ Hold Academy Camps – in-person training cycles

✓ Deliver Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and webinars, with the development of further toolkits and training material.

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Birth Cultures is a Project co-financed by the EuropeanUnion as part of the Creative Europe Programme (2014-2020) that contributes to preserving and transferringtraditional childbirth and maternal knowledge andpractices as European intangible cultural heritage,through arts and culture. The project is implementedby Interarts (coordinator, Spain) in cooperation withthe Frauenmuseum Hittisau (Austria), theFrauenmuseum Merano (Italy), the Gender Museum(Kharkiv), and in association with the InternationalAssociation of Women’s Museums (IAWM) (Italy), theEuropean Center for Cultural Organisations andManagement – ECCOM (Italy) and the Birth CulturesCampaign (Germany).

According to the German associations Birth CulturesCafé Campaign and Hebammen für Deutschland(Midwives for Germany),`pregnancy and childbirth areinaccessible topics for many people due to a lack ofhistorical research. In light of this, the project is basedon the premise that socially committed art is aneffective way to process, explain and promote issueswith particular social value, as well as engagingaudiences through a participatory approach. Bysharing and providing information and topics fordiscussion, it will foster deeper understanding of theissues addressed and the emotional intelligenceneeded to process them.

The project seeks to achieve its objectives by means ofthe following activities: research into practices andtraditions related to childbirth and maternity inparticipating countries: holding intercultural andintergenerational Birth Cafés to gather information, 21

knowledge and stories; workshops to co-create cultural andartistic products around the themes of childbirth andmaternity; eight round tables/seminars/meetings on thesubject of childbirth and maternity and its relationship witharts and culture; one international conference; one travellingexhibition on the theme of childbirth and maternity by theparticipating women’s museums, and a call for creative works(paintings, videos, photos, etc.); one digital exhibitionscatalogue, and four secondary school toolkits, adapted tolocal context and values and in the local languages (German,Italian, Spanish/Catalan and Ukrainian).

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Interarts Will design the visual identity of BIRTHCULTURES, manage the new website and social mediafor the Project, and use these to Support theDevelopment and dissemination of all activities,especially the catalogue, toolkits and internationalexhibition in Barcelona. It will also coordinate andmonitor the exhibitions in Barcelona (2021), and thecorresponding programme of activities.

As of 2020 the project will have a website on thedomain birthcultures.eu, and an official Facebookpage to ensure wider dissemination of its activities.

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Expected Outcomes

✓ Strengthen the capacities of women’s museums in Europe and cooperation between them to raise awareness about women’s health and sexual and reproductive rights.

✓ Promote intercultural dialogue and artistic co-creation around values and practices related to culture, childbirth and maternity.

✓ Improve access to European cultural and creative works and intangible cultural heritage, including among young people and migrants.


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’MEMEX – MEMories and EXperiences for inclusivedigital storrytelling is a project funded by the 8thFramework Programme of the European Union forResearch and Innovation – Horizonte 2020 (H2020),which promotes social cohesion through collaborativetools related to heritage to provide inclusive access totangible and intangible cultural heritage (CH),facilitating interactions between communities at risksocial exclusion and promoting cultural weath.

The project MEMEX is coordinated by the IstitutoItaliano di Tecnologia (IIT), Interactive TechnologiesInstitute (Larsys), Mapillary, Dédale, Idee per lacultura (ECCOM), Ernest & Young (EY), MAPA DasIdeias, Michale Culture Association (MCA), NOHO,Interarts and the Università Ca’ Foscari de Venezia.

The primary objective of MEMEX is to create a mobileapplication to offer beneficiary communities a digitalcontent, linked to European cultural heritage. Activitieswill also carried out to promote the values of culturaldiversity, cohesion and social inclusion, with groups atrisk of exclusion through three pilot projects withspecific communities: migrant women in Ciutat Vella,Barcelona (Spain); residents of the Rosa Parksneighbourhood in the 19th arrondissement, Paris(France); and communities from a former Portuguesecolonies in Lisbon (Portugal).

The project is split into two closely interrelated parts:the technological concept, which entails developingan augmented reality (AR) app for smartphones thatallows non-expert users to create and view storiesrelated to tangible and intangible places/culturalartefacts; and the social concept, which entails making

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a serious commitment to the needs of the community,underpinned by collaboration, inclusion, access andcommitment.

Expected Outcomes

✓ Raise the profile and participation in cultural life of groups at risk of social exclusions.

✓ Create safe spaces to reflect on the situation for vulnerable groups , provide answers and tackle stigmatisation of migration,

✓ Develop new local audiences.

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KOWLEDGETRANSFER

Interarts runs training and informative activities,including seminars and conferences. We host studentsfrom various international higher education Institutionsthrough our training programme.

We provide continuous information on our activitiesand on topics relevant to the cultural sector on ourwebsites and social networks, as we believe thatknowledge must be shared with both specialists andthe general public.

Interarts has an institutional website and several otherwebsites for programmes and projects, as well as aFacebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and YouTubeprofiles.

Facebook: Interarts’ official Facebook page is one ofthe organisation’s most active social networks. Itdisseminates all of the news posted on the website andhas 4.083 followers and a maximum of 13.4K views.Follow us and contact us at: @Interarts Foundation

LinkedIn: Positioning and professional recognition ofInterarts in its core areas of activity (developmentcooperation, consultancy, knowledge transfer, appliedresearch, and networking and advocacy) on this majorprofessional network should extend our contacts andgeneral audience. Interarts has 2,527 contacts. Followus and contact us at: @Interarts Foundation

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k Twitter: Interarts has been active on this network since2019 to shine more light on our commitment to the values ofthe international networks we belong to and to our partnersand beneficiaries. We have now reached 180 followers (1).Follow and contact us at @InterartsF

Instagram: The Interarts profile compiles and visuallyexpresses our most significant events and projects to buildup a gallery of images as a repository of the events with thegreatest impact that the organisations has been involved in.Interarts posts with the following hashtags: #Interarts#theValueofCulture #SowingCulture #ReapingProgress. OurInstagram profile currently has 395 followers. Follow us andcontact us at @interarts.foundation

YouTube: Our channel includes 10 playlists containing allof the videos made for each project (DECIDES, Culture atWork Africa, SouthMed WiA, SouthMed CV, FOMECC, LAIC,CulturalBase, Culture for All, She Culture, HERStory). There isa general playlist and another on the European DevelopmentDays, Europ’s leading forum on development cooperation.The channel currently has 224 videos and 35.268 views.Follow us and dicover our audiovisual content on theInterartsVideo channel.

(1) Since November 2019.


INSTITUTIONAL WEBSITE: INTERARTS (www.interarts.net)

The Interarts website now has a more user-friendlydesign and offers access to general information aboutthe organisation, ongoing and closed projects, as wellas resources and regular relevant news in the culturalsector such as our monthly newsletter, Cyberkaris. OurSEO and SEM communication strategy has allowed usboth to position the eight ongoing projects and tocontinue raising the profile of closed projects, inaddition to publish around 110 news times andincreasing the total number of visitors to 44.452 (2)since the last update.

In 2019 was created a new widget called ContentHighlights, which focuses every fortnight on a differentstudy, research or report that Interarts has carried out,with a view to sharing it with both specialist andgeneral audiences alike.

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and link on cultural and creative industries, the portalIncludes specific sections to raise the international profile ofthe various FOMECC project activities and the trainedentrepreneurs, who are listed in a directory for potentialclients. The content on the FOMECC Portal is still updatedand has so far reached 24.152 (2) visitors..

There is a Facebook page and Twitter account linked to theFOMECC Portal, which currently has 726 and 402 followersrespectively.

The FOMECC Portal includes two instruments: FomeccNet, aspecialist, restricted network aimed at cultural organisations,training bodies, ando professionals in the cultural industries;and FomeccBiz (www.fomeccbiz.org) aimed at creative andcultural entrepreneurs, especially form Spain, Latin Americaand Africa, to encourage exchange and collaborationbetween them; promote their work, product and/or service,and create new business opportunities internationally. Lastly,the FOMECC Portal also hosts the LAIC page on culture andurban development topics in Latin America.

In 2019, content was updated on the Portal. Furthermore,Interarts took part in two additional events to present itsexperience and the lessons learned on these projects: at theinternational colloquium Culture for the Future organisedby the European Commission in Brussels in June,moderating the session ‘Culture and cultural industries:new opportunities for job creation and inclusion’ and

FOMECC PROGRAMME WEBSITE(www.fomecc.org)

The FOMECC portal (www.fomecc.org), in Spanish,English and French, was launched as part of theProgramme for Promotion of Cultural and CreativeIndustries (FOMECC). In addition to resources, news (2) Google Analytics: 01/11/11 – 31/12/19


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‘Market Access and mobility of artists’, focusing on thenew perspective of mobilising culture and creativeindustries under the objectives of the 2030 Agenda; at theInternational Seminar on Orange Economy for EasternAntioquia, organised by the Institute for Development ofAntioquia (IDEA) and the Town Council of Ríonegro(Antioquia, Colombia) in September.

We are currently working on the new website and settingup the specialised groups FomeccNet and FomeccBiz onthe professional network LinkedIn.

DECIDES PROGRAMME WEBSITE(www.decides.pro)

The DECIDES Programme website somplies contentfrom the various projects on heath and culture indifferent world regions: DECIDES Spain, DECIDESCaribbean, DECIDES Trinidad & Tobago (www.decides-tt.org) and DECIDES Europe (www.decideseurope.eu).

rights. The main topics are: sexual and reproductivehealth, combating gender violence, gender equality,prevention tools, etc.

Including all projects, the programme received 1,200 visits in2019, and 16,370 visits (3) since it was launched.

Linked to the website there is also a page aimed at migrantheath and care professionals: DIVERXUAL (www.decides-diverxual.pro). From its launch until the end of 2019, this sitehad 4.562 (4) visits.

CULTURALBASE PROJECT WEBSITE(www.culturalbase.eu)

The CulturalBase website is an Open Data repository of allthe studies carried out as part of the project. The websitereceived 12.696 visits in el 2019. It also contains informationabout the project as well as the list of professionals andbodies that make up the CulturalBase network stakeholders.

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SOUTHMED CV PROJECT WEBSITE(www.smedcv.net)

The SouthMed CV Project website raises the profile offinanced projects and provides information on themain activities of the initiatives carried out in theSouthern Mediterranean countries. Some of thecontent is also available in Arabic. Since its launch, theweb has had 51,181 visits (5).

SouthMed CV content is also disseminated on socialmedia: Facebook and Twitter, which have 2,144 and230 followers respectively.

SOUTHMED WiA PROJECT WEBSITE(www.smedwia.eu)

The SouthMed WiA site disseminates project news anddescribes its main aspects: objectives, calls, projectsfinances, etc. SouthMed WiA content is alsodisseminated on social media: Facebook and Twitter,which have 2.848 and 137 followers respectively.

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EURO-AMERICAN CAMPUS ON CULTURAL COOPERATION WEBSITE(www.campuseuroamericano.org)

The Euro-American Campus on Cultural Cooperationwebsite provides information about the genesis andconcept of this type of event and on all Campuses held sofar. Since its launch, it has had 41.931 visits (7).

CULTURE AT WORK AFRICA WEBSITE (www.cultureatoworkafrica.net)

The Culture at Work Africa website ensures visibility of thecalls and projects financed and provides updatedinformation on the activities carried out on the Project inEnglish and French. Since its launch, the website hasreceived 69.376 visits (8), achieving high visibility in Africancountries.

In addition, the project has a Facebook page with 1,068followers and an Instagram profile with 254 followers.

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NETCHER WEBSITE(www.netcher.eu)

The NETCHER H2020 website not only provides detailedinformation on the project objectives and activities, butalso news and bibliographic resources related to the sixmain topics: 1. Operational and legal interventions, 2.Preservation and reconstruction, 3. Provenance andtraceability, 4. Return and restitution, 5. Education andawareness, 6. Traffic channels and actors. Furthermore,the website gives direct access to the NETCHERcollaborative platform, which all 150 numbers of theconsortium and interested experts can access.

Since its creation, the website has had 3,245 visits. Onsocial medial to date, the project has 83 Facebookfollowers with 1,537 views, and 300 followers on Twitter.

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CYBERKARIS NEWSLETTER

Every month Interarts releases its digital newsletterCyberkaris in Spanish, English and Catalan, with the latestinformation on Interarts projects and other calls andresourced of interest to culture management and policiesaround the world. In July 2016 we began using MailChimp tosend out the newsletter and removed any initiative orincorrect addresses from the database.

After the update, there were 45,882 subscribers (9). However,

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FORMACIÓN

Interarts includes training on all of its projects. In addition,we also take part in specialist training courses when invited.

We have also signed various agreements with highereducation establishments worldwide to host trainees, towhom we offer customised programmes.

With over 25 years’ experience, Interarts is now working onrolling out a new line of activities called IA Forma in 2020,which focus on culture and sustainable development, as wellas the European and international scope of organisationsand networks in the sector. The proposals include a trainingand capacity building course aimed primarily at local cultureorganisations that want to further their international culturalcooperation project management skills. The course is splitinto five main areas: 1. Strategies for internationalisation ofthe cultural cooperation sector; 2. European Union funding; 3.Technical and financial skills to access international funding;4. Communications: a fundamental tool to position and gainvisibility for projects and organisations; 5. Financialinstruments for entities in the cultural sector.

When the new General Data Protection Regulation cameinto force on 25 May 2018, subscriptions to Cyberkariswere renewed again. Since starting from scratch on thatdate, 567 people have subscribed.

All back copies of Cyberkaris are available on theResources section of the official website of Interarts.


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Interarts includes research on all of its projects, asdescribed in each section. In addition, we share theresults of these activities on the website in the ContentHighlights section. The three projects financed by theEuropean Union H2020 programme that Interarts iscurrently participating in are described in more detailbelow:

NETCHER – Social platform for Cultural HeritageEnhancing and Rebuilding: drawing on experience insimilar projects such as CulturalBase, Interarts isdeveloping the collaborative online platform and is incharge of the communication, dissemination andawareness-raising plan for the project. The aim is tofocus on creating structured networks to connectstakeholders, both researchers and professionals, whoare active in preservation of cultural heritage andcombating illicit trafficking of cultural goods.

MEMEX – MEMories and EXperiencies for an inclusivedigital narrative: Interarts coordinates implementationof the three pilot projects: 1. “Migrant women andcultural heritage from a gender perspective”(Barcelona, Spain); 2. “19th arrondissement: Digitalstorytelling with residents of a priority neighbourhoodin Paris”; 3. “Improved reading of shared Portugueseheritage through emancipated eyes” (Portugal). We willuse artistic co-creation tools to work with communitiesat risk of poverty, exclusion, language barriers andsocioeconomic difficulties to promote actions thatallow reinterpretations of places and stories inEuropean cultural heritage. The pilot projects will beassessed to ensure that the parameters for migrantparticipation (according to the MCO model) areadapted to the selected groups’ access participationneeds and recognition of the diverse nature of society. 33

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Interarts has always been an active member ofEuropean cultural networks. We believe thatnetworking strengthens our organisation and allows usto take part in current debates on fundamentallysignificant issues on the cultural sector, claiming thedecisive rose in European governance.

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PARTICIPATION IN OTHERS EUROPEAN NETWORS AND PLATFORMS

As a result of its active participation in Europeancultural cooperation processes, Interarts has alwaystaken part in a range of international activities such asconferences and seminars as well as activelycontributing to training programmes and publications,etc.

Since 2008, Interarts has been a member of theExecutive Committee (chair and treasurer) of CultureAction Europe, a European culture sector platform ofnetworks and NGOs and interlocutor with theEuropean Union on cultural policy matters(www.cultureactioneurope.org) tht has run severalcampaigns to include culture in the DevelopmentAgenda 2030 (#culture2030goal), for the new EuropeanAgenda for Culture and during European Parliament2019 elections (‘No Europe without Culture’, ‘Bring backculture, Ms. President!’ and ‘1% for Culture!’).

Interarts has also been part of the ExecutiveCommittee of the Ann Lindh Foundation SpanishNetwork (REFAL) in recent years. It remains an active 34

n member of the network(www.xarxaespanyolafal.iemed.org), and member of theInternational Association of women’s Museums (IAWM)(iawm.international). In mid-2019, the director of Interartswas appointed chair of the Biennale des jeunes créateursde l’Europe et de la Méditerrenée (BJCEM)(http://www.bjcem.org/).

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PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR AND CONFERENCES

Throughout 2019, Interarts also actively participated inpublic activities, including the following:

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n▪ European Development Days EDD2019 ‘No one

left behind!’ (Brussels, Belgic, June).

▪ International Colloquium of Culture for the Future (Brussels, Belgium, June)

▪ General Assembly of the Biennale des jeunescréateurs de l’Europe et de la Mediterranée –BJCEM (July)

▪ Elche International Independent Film Festival –FICIE (Elche, Spain, July).

▪ International Seminar on Orange Economy for Eastern Antioquia (Ríonegro, Colombia, September).

▪ Life on Mars 2019 ‘TowardsMetamorphosis’ (Milan, Italy, September).

▪ ADESTE+Lisbon Summer School (Lisbon, Portugal, September).

▪ NEMO Conference 2019 (Tartu, Estonia, November).

▪ Eduard Miralles 2019 (Barcelona, Spain, November)

▪ MedCat 2030 – Mediterranean Strategy of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain, February/December)

• 2020 Culture Forum (Barcelona, Spain, January/April).

▪ HERStory Barcelona 2019 (Barcelona, Spain, February/December).

▪ Euro-Mediterranean Coperation and Partnership Session (Barcelona, Spain).

▪ Celebration of International Women’s Day at the French Institute of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain, February).

▪ 25th Blanquerna Communication Conference ‘Women Are Here!’ (Barcelona, Spain, March).

▪ CAE Members Forum (Barcelona, Spain, March).

▪ Reset19 (Barcelona, Spain, April).

▪ ArtClicks – Intercultural training and management for museums and heritage institutions (Rome, Italy, June).

▪ ‘International Cultural Relations of the European Union’ Conference (Rijeka, Croatia, June)


EDUARD MIRALLES DIALOGUES

In November del 2018, Interarts held a tributeevent to its late chair, Eduard Miralles, intending itto be the first in a series of annual dialogues onrelevant issues for professionals in culturalmanagement and international culturalcooperation.

Interarts held the second Eduard MirallesDialogues 2019, on the role of culture in theUnited Nations 2030 Development Agenda andits degree of implementation since the agendawas adopted in 2015, on the basis that culture isfundamental for human development. Interartscoordinated the 2019 Eduard Miralles Dialoguesin association with the Comittee on Culture ofUnited Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)and in collaboration with the Centre for CulturalStudies and Resources (CERC) of BarcelonaProvincial Council.

For more information on the event, please seethe “Report of the 2019 Eduard MirallesDialogues”, available in the ‘Resources’ section of

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