2016
ClusterFund2012-2015EvaluationReport
EUNICGlobal
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Authors:EUNICGlobal:ElisaGrafulla,AndrewMurray,TanjaRasmussenDateofpublication:September2016PublishedbyEUNICGlobal:Brussels
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TableofContents
1.Introduction 4
2.Conclusionsandrecommendations 5
2.1Mainconclusions 5
2.2Recommendations 6
3.AwardedProjects 8
3.1Lackofstrategy 8
3.2FocusondeliveryofeventsandshowcasingofEuropeancultures 10
3.3Lackofresearchandimpactassessment 11
3.4Partnershipstowardsthe(financial)sustainabilityofprojects 13
4.ResponsetoCalls 16
5.Managementprocedure 19
5.1Selectionprocessandcriteria 20
5.2Applicationandevaluationforms 22
5.3Timelineandfollow-up 24
References 26
AnnexI:ObjectivesandexpectedresultsoftheClusterFund(2012-2015) 30
ObjectivesofClusterFund 30
Expectedresults 30
AnnexII:Classificationoftheawardedprojects 31
AnnexIII:Summaryoftheprojectsco-financedbytheClusterFund(2012-2015) 34
ClusterFundYear1(2012-2013) 34
ClusterFundYear2(2013-2014) 43
ClusterFundYear3(2014-2015) 56
AnnexIV:Listofclustersapplyingandreceivingfunding 65
AnnexV:Methodology 67
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1.IntroductionTheEUNICClusterFundwasestablishedin2012tosupporttheoperationofEUNICclusterswith
additionalfinancialresources.FundedwiththevoluntarycontributionsofEUNICmembers,itwas
guidedbythefollowingfiveobjectives:todesignandimplementEUNICstrategictopics(culturein
external relations, multilingualism); to stimulate cluster action; to enhance inter-cluster
collaboration; to present EUNIC as a global multilateral player; and to make the case of the
importanceofcultureinexternalrelations.
TheClusterFundhasoperated inthreeeditionssofar. Itsthreecalls forprojects(oneperyear)
resultedinto123projectproposalssubmitted,outofwhich39were(co-)fundedwithanoverall
amount of EUR 313,707. The successful proposals represent 31,71 % of the total number of
applicationsreceived.
ThecurrentreportpresentsthefindingsoftheevaluationconductedbyEUNICGlobalinorderto
assess theperformanceof theClusterFund2012-2015aswellas to informthedraftingofnew
guidelines for its operation from2016onwards. Thiswas thedecisionof theGeneralAssembly
heldinDecember2015,whenEUNICHeadsadoptedthefirsteverEUNICStrategicFrameworkand
agreedonsuchanevaluationinviewofadaptingtheupcomingeditionsoftheClusterFundtothe
newStrategicFramework.InJune2016,theconclusionsofthisevaluationwerepresentedtothe
General Assembly which approved the recommendations accompanying them. This report also
documentsthemainaspectsoftheoperationoftheClusterFund2012-2015inordertopreserve
itsinstitutionalmemoryforthefuture.
TheevaluationoftheClusterFundwasconductedbetweenFebruaryandJuly2016,coveringthe
threemainareasthatstructurethisreport:awardedprojects,responsetocallsandmanagement
procedure. The methodology included three phases: a first phase to map and collect the
documentation available; a second phase to extract and organise the relevant data in a
comparableway;anda thirdphaseof furtheranalysisandconclusions toelaborate thepresent
reportwithrecommendationsforthenewClusterFundguidelines.
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2.Conclusionsandrecommendations
2.1Mainconclusions
-Lackofstrategy.Noneoftheclustersmentionedhavingastrategyframingtheawardedproject;this
is not surprising, given that the EUNIC network only approved its first ever Strategic Framework in
December 2015. In some of the projects awarded, where a longer term framework or a certain
strategic approach couldbe considered, itwasobserved that theCluster Fund supportwasused to
confirm, expand or build upon a previous or recurrent cluster project considered as successful; to
integratea clusterproject intoa local/national/internationalevent; to contribute toa relevant local
initiativerespondingtolocalneeds;ortodeliveraprojectfocusingonthethematicareaofworkofthe
cluster.
- Focus on delivery of events.Most of the awarded projects (24 out of 39) focused on delivery of
events.Within these, a tendency to showcase European cultures was observed,with 15 out of 24
projectsdoing so1.Withoutnecessarily implying that the conceptsof promotionand reciprocity are
mutually excluding, the tendency of Cluster Fund projects towards the first one is significant and
reflectstheformerparadigminwhichclustershavebeenoperatingsofar.
- Lack of research. Only three projects out of 39 focused on research related to delivery. This
proportionmaybeanindicatorofthelittleresearchworkcarriedoutbyclustersaheadofthedesign
oftheirprojects.Duringandafterprojectcompletion,aweakness inreportinganda lackof impact
assessmentwasidentified,probablyduetoseveralfactors:firstly,theformulationoftheClusterFund
objectiveswasgeneralandnotaccompaniedbyanymeasurementindicators;secondly,theevaluation
formsprovidedbyEUNICGlobaldidnot includeanyimpactassessmentelementortoolwhatsoever;
andthirdly,thelackofevaluationpracticeontheclusters’side(outofthe39awardedprojects,only
twowereformallyevaluatedbythecluster)2.
-InsufficientpromotionoftheClusterFundprojectsandlessonslearnedwithinthenetwork.Cluster
Fund projects were only communicated via EUNIC Global’s and clusters’ websites. Instead, such
projectscouldbemoreandbettercommunicatedinordertoinspireandstrengthenthenetworkwith
goodpractices;facilitateexchangeofexpertiseandlessonslearned–thereforecontributingtooneof
the purposes of the network as stated in its statutes; motivate less active clusters; promote good 1Onemoreprojectnotincludedinthesefiguresfocusedonbothevents-showcasingandinternalcapacitybuilding.2 The term formal evaluation is used to indicate that the relevant cluster conductedanevaluationof theawarded
projectbeyondfillingintheevaluationformprovidedbyEUNICGlobal.
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practiceexamplesandprojectswiththepotentialtobecomerolemodels;andencourageinter-cluster
collaboration.
2.2Recommendations
The recommendations listed belowwere the result of both the analysis carried out during the
evaluationaswellas theconsultationwiththeBoardofDirectorsandStrategyGroup(Brussels,
February 2016) and Focal Points (Nancy, May 2016). They were presented to the General
AssemblyinCopenhagen(8-9June2016)andapprovedbyit.TheGeneralAssemblyalsopointed
outthe importanceofthesustainabilityoftheClusterFundandaskedtheBoardofDirectorsto
prepare a plan for the next three years. It also encouraged tomove towards amore proactive
approachinallocatingfunding,thiswouldmeanidentifyingpriorityprojectsandtheidentification
ofthemostappropriateclusterstodeliverthem.Thewasageneralagreementthataccesstothe
ClusterFundshouldbemoreflexible,withatleasttwocallsforproposalsperyearmatchedbya
requesttomemberstoreplenishfundingaccordingly.
PurposeandObjectives
PurposeandgoalsoftheClusterFund
-TosupportthedeliveryoftheEUNICStrategicFramework.
-Tosupportthedeliveryofthree-yearclusterstrategies.
-TofacilitateandimprovethequalityofEUNICclusters’projectdelivery.
Specificobjectivesoftheprojectsapplyingforfunding
Clusterswillbeencouragedtoapply forsupport toactionswhichwillhelp themprofessionalise
their project deliverywith a focus on research and preparatory actions towards quality project
delivery3,forexampletodoresearchintolocalpartners’needs,todofeasibilitystudiesinadvance
ofsubmittingaprojectproposal,ortomeettogetherwithotherclusterstodesignandpreparea
3 EUNIC has several instruments to support the operation and professionalisation of clusters, for which a
differentiateduseisproposed:theClusterFundwouldcontributewithfinancialsupporttofacilitateandimprovethe
quality of project delivery (SO1 and SO2); C4Cwould provide training, learning and knowledge exchange support
(SO3); and EUNICMembers (or possibly the EUDelegations in the future)would ensure support in the form of
humanresources(e.g.apart-timeclustercoordinatorintheirpriorityclusters-ideallyapaidpositionthatwouldnot
onlycoordinatetheclusterbutalsokeepitsinstitutionalmemory).
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jointregionalaction.Whentheyapplyforfundingforprojectdelivery,theselectioncriteriawillbe
robust and require that the project objectives are SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable,
RealisticandTime-bound),alignedwiththeClusterFundpurposeandgoals,andaccompaniedby
asetofbasicmeasurementindicators.
Geographicalcoverage
-Twoseparatefundingstreams,oneforEU-clustersandoneforclustersoutsidetheEU.
-Eachfundingstreamisawarded50%oftheClusterFundenvelope.
Selectionprocess
-Moreflexibleandresponsivebymeansoftwiceayearcalls.
- One-step selectionprocess to save time forboth clustersand the selection team:actions
applyingforfundingwillonlybeassessedonashortconceptnote(max.2pages)4.
- EUNIC Global to assess the applications, instead of the Strategy Group, and to make
recommendationstotheBoardofDirectorswhowillthenapprovethem.
4DuringtheconsultationtoFocalpoints(Nancy,May2016),thesesuggestedatwo-stepselectionprocesswhereby
proposalswouldfirstlybeassessedonthebasisofashortdescription(max.1page)and,followingthis,onlythepre-
selectedapplicantswouldbeinvitedtosubmitafullapplicationtocompeteforfunding.However,thismayresultinto
atoo lengthyandcomplicatedselectionprocess,especiallywhenconsideringthatthetotalenvelopeof theCluster
FundisEUR106.000(2016).
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3.AwardedProjects5
In thissectionaqualitativeandquantitativeanalysiswascarriedoutconcerningthe39projects
thatreceivedfundingfromtheClusterFund.Allthroughoutthisreportthethreeeditionsofthe
ClusterFundarereferredtoasfollows:yearone(Y1) forthefirstedition(2012-2013);yeartwo
(Y2)forthesecondedition(2013-2014)andyearthree(Y3)forthethirdedition(2014-2015).
3.1Lackofstrategy
None of the clusters mentioned having a strategy framing the awarded projects. In the cases
whereawider/longtermframeworkoracertainstrategicapproachcouldbeconsidered, itwas
observedthattheClusterFundsupportwasusedto:
• Establish, expand and/or build upon a recurrent cluster project or a previous initiative
consideredassuccessful(41%oftheco-financedprojectshadtakenplacebeforewithout
supportfromtheClusterFund6);
• Integrate a cluster project into awider local/national/international project (for instance,
theprogrammeoftheEuropeanCapitalofCulture,aninternationalfair,etc.);
• Participateinorcontributetolocalinitiativesthatrespondtolocalneeds;
• One cluster indicated that the project awarded focused on a common thematic area of
worksharedbytheclustermembers.
5 The analysis presented in this section is based on the information available from the application and evaluation
forms of the awarded projects. The information on certain projects was not detailed enough or updated due to
differentreasons:
a) lack of an evaluation form: thiswas the case of 11 out of 39 projects,mostly from Y2. In these cases, the
informationusedfortheanalysiswastheoneprovidedintheapplicationform;
b) vagueorextremelyshortevaluationformprovidingincompleteinformation;
c) a lackof a final budget indicating the real expensesof theproject: in these cases, theestimatesusedwere
thoseaccompanyingtheapplicationform.6A totalof six clusters (Brussels,Brazil-Brasilia,Bucharest, Egypt, JordanandPalestine) received funding from the
ClusterFund in leasttwoeditions,EUNICPalestinereceivedfundingforall threeyears.Thecluster inBrasilia is the
only one that received funding for the same project; the other clusters mentioned received funding for different
projects.
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TheClusterFundasatooltobuilduponpreviousclusterprojects
TheEuropeWeekinBrazil,organisedbytheEUNICcluster inBrasiliaincollaborationwiththe
EUDelegationinthecountry,startedasaEuropeDayandhasgrownovertheyearstobecome
the flagship project of the cluster. Its 12th edition (May-June 2016) lasted 6 weeks and took
place in 11 capital cities in Brazil with the support over 40 local partners. The Cluster Fund
support, awarded in two editions (Y2, Y3), helped to expand its outreach. Further info:
http://www.semanadaeuropa.org/.
EUNICThailandandtheEUdiplomaticrepresentationsinthiscountryhadpreviouslydeveloped
theEuropeanHeritageMapofBangkokandAyutthaya,whichhighlighted65sitesofcommon
heritageofThailandandEurope.Giventheconsiderablegrowthofsmartphoneandappusage
by young Thais, the cluster and the EU diplomatic representations developed the European
HeritageMapandCultural Calendar smartphoneapplication with the support of theCluster
Fund. The Appwas intended to expand the coverageof themap tomore than 200 common
heritage sites; make it more available, particularly to young people; and provide up-to-date
informationon theculturalevents thatEUMember Statesorganise in the country.Download
theapp:http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/thailand/europeanheritagemap/index_en.htm
CinnamonColomboscopeisamultidisciplinaryartsfestivalencouragingreflectionontheurban
changes taking place in the city of Colombo, a city which is reinventing itself as a modern
metropolisfollowingtheendofthecivilwarin2009.Its2015edition,co-financedbytheCluster
Fund, brought together participants from Sri Lanka, South Asia and Europe to discuss about
whatthesechangesmeanforColombo'smulti-ethnicandmulti-faith inhabitantsaswellasthe
role for arts and culture in this changing environment. The theme resulted from a common
themeintheprogrammesofthethreemembersofEUNICSriLanka:theimportanceofthearts
in the context of urban development and creating space for artistic expression and
experimentation.Furtherinfo:http://www.cinnamoncolomboscope.com/.
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3.2FocusondeliveryofeventsandshowcasingofEuropeancultures
Duringtheanalysis,the39projectsawardedwereclassifiedaccordingtotheirmainfocuswitha
viewtounderstandingwhatclustershavebeenusingtheClusterFundfor.Significantwasthefact
thatmostoftheprojects(24)focusedondeliveryofpublicevents.Withoutnecessarily implying
thattheconceptsofshowcasingandreciprocityaremutuallyexcluding, itwasobservedthat15
out of the 24 event-focused projects7 did showcase European cultures through a variety of
celebrations (EuropeDay, EuropeanDayof Languages, LiteratureNight, EuropeanFilmFestival)
and activities (exhibition, fair, competition, festivals, conferences, public workshops,
performances).
Thistendencyreflectstheformerparadigminwhichclustershavebeenoperatingsofarandwas
noted in several studies (KEA, 2016; McIntosh et al., 2015), although a change in perspective
towards cultural relations, focusing more on people-to-people dialogue andmutual learning is
being recommended (Isar et al., 2014; European Commission and High Representative of the
UnionforForeignAffairsandSecurityPolicy, 2016)andobserved(McIntoshetal.,2015).
In a smaller proportion (8 out of 39), other projects could be considered as rather focusing on
supporting the local sectors/stakeholders (by delivering trainings/seminars, facilitatingmeetings
orpurchasingequipment).
7 These figures do not include a project classified as focusion on both events-showcasing and internal capacity
building.
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3.3Lackofresearchandimpactassessment
TheanalysisofClusterFundprojects indicatedthatfewofthemfocusedonpreparatoryactions
towardsqualityprojectdelivery:
- Onlythreeoutof39projectsfocusedonresearch,twoofwhichtoinformprojectdelivery.
Thismaybean indicatorof the little researchwork carriedoutby clustersaheadof the
designoftheiractivities.
- Twoprojectsfocusedoninternalcapacity-building(fortheclusterortheEUNICnetwork),
and another two projects corresponded to both events/activities and internal capacity-
building.
Beyondshowcasing:buildingrelationshipsandunderstanding
Formorethantwodecades,therevitalisationofurbandecayedareashadbeenamajor issueofcivil
society engagement in Baltimore. This process received the name of Creative Place making. EUNIC
WashingtonDC, having gained the support froma EUprogramtoallowEuropeanartists fromcities
with similarsituationstoparticipate inBaltimore’sCreativePlacemaking,understoodthat itwasan
important precondition for the cooperation to take place on an equal footing. Their Cluster Fund
projectwas intended tobring three individuals fromBaltimore’s relevantorganisations tomeetwith
representatives of the European Capitals of Culture or other cities that had dealt with similar
challengestothosefacedbyBaltimore’sArtsandEntertainmentDistricts.TheClusterFundinvestment
wasexpectedtoserveasseedmoneyforadditionalcommitmentbytheCityofBaltimore.
ThroughtheprojectArtsforSocialDevelopment,EUNICAthenscreatedaplatformtoexploretheway
inwhich arts and cultural projects can act as a driver for social change. Focusing on three thematic
areas (arts and social inclusion, arts and social entrepreneurship, and creative industries and local
development), a series of workshops, talks, events and activities took place over 8 months. The
programmebroughttogetherartprofessionals,policy-makers,educators,academicsandstakeholders
and highlighted the value of interactions and cross-sector collaboration. The workshops involved
migrantsandethnicminoritycommunities,localcommunities,youngprofessionalsanddisadvantaged
groupsinthecityofAthens,contributingtobettercohesionandempoweredcommunitygroupsaswell
asgeneratinginnovativeideasforfutureprojectsandcollaborations.
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Theanalysis also showedaweakness inevaluationand impact assessmentofprojects asonly
two out of the 39 projects awarded fundingwere formally evaluated by the clusters8. In those
caseswhere clusters’ evaluation forms includea reference to theperformanceof their project,
these mainly refer to figures on participation and informal feed-back from participants. This
reflectsalackofimpactassessmentpracticethatshouldbeaddressed9.
PartiallymotivatedbythefactthattheapplicationandevaluationformsprovidedbyEUNICGlobal
did not include any impact assessment element or tool, this lack of data makes it difficult to
concludetowhatextenttheawardedprojectscontributedtotheobjectivesandexpectedresults
8By formalevaluation isunderstooda specificevaluationconductedby theclusterbeyond filling in theevaluation
formprovidedbyEUNICGlobal,whichwassentforthemtoreportafterprojectcompletion.9 Data in this field could maybe provide evidence on the gap indicated by cluster Presidents (EUWorking Group
meeting,Brussels,March2016)inrelationtowhatisexpectedfromclustersandwhattheirrealityisinpractice.
ClusterFundsupporttoresearchandinternalcapacity-buildingactivities
Inthefieldofresearch,theClusterFundco-financedtwofeasibilitystudies:oneonaEuropean
CulturalCentreinAmman(EUNICJordanincollaborationwiththeEUDelegation),andanother
oneonaDiplomainculturalmanagementfortheMENAregion(EUNICEgypt).Italsoawarded
fundingforEUNICRabattocontributetotheresearchprojectDiagnosisandinventoryofarts
andcultureinMorocco,whichwasbeingcarriedoutbyAssociationRacines,bysupportingthe
participationofEUexpertsina2-dayworkshoptowriterecommendationsforaculturalpolicy
proposalinMoroccoaswellaspromotingtheprojectwithintheframeworkoftwoconferences.
Inrelationtointernalcapacity-building,twoeditionsofClusterFundco-financedatrainingfor
staff ofEUNICmembers onhowtobuildsuccessful EUproject proposals (EUNICBrussels in
collaborationwithEUNICGlobaland theECRepresentation inBelgium).TheClusterFundalso
providedsupportforEUNICTurkeytoorganisetheEuropeanDayofLanguageswhichincluded
atrainingonICTforlanguageteachingfortheirlanguageteachersandpartners.
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of the Cluster Fund (listed in Annex I). In addition to this, the formulation of the Cluster Fund
objectives and expected resultswas general and not accompanied bymeasurement indicators.
Withthedataavailable, the linkof theawardedprojects totheClusterFundobjectivesandthe
expectedresultscouldonlybeinferred,exceptfortheobjectiverelatedtoenhancinginter-cluster
collaboration,whichcouldbenumberedtoonlyfiveoutof39projects.
In general, the expected results covered areas ranging from outreach and promotion (EUNIC
visibility and positioning, reaching to wider and diverse audiences, strengthening relationships
with local communities, promoting European values), to partnerships, from internal capacity-
building(designingnewformatsforthenetwork,consolidationandprofessionalisationofclusters)
toadvocatingtheroleofcultureasatoolforexternalrelations.Otherresultsemergingduringthe
analysisoftheevaluationformswerethepromotionoftheaddedvalueoftheEuropeanapproach
aswellasexternalcapacity-building.
3.4Partnershipstowardsthe(financial)sustainabilityofprojects
Partnershipsareakeyelement in thedevelopmentand implementationofclusterprojects,not
only in terms of financial sustainability but also to coordinate actions between the EU actors
locallybasedinthesamecountry/region,tobringcomplementaryknowledgeandexpertisetothe
projects,tobuildrelationshipswiththelocalrelevantsectorsandstakeholders,etc.Theanalysis
oftheawardedprojectsshowedthatEUNICclustersworkwithEuropeanUnionDelegations(EU
Delegations) and European Commission Representations (EC Representations) aswell aswith a
varietyoflocalpartners.
ConcerningtheEUDelegationsandECRepresentations,46,15%oftheprojectsco-fundedwere
deliveredwith some support from or in collaborationwith these,with at least eight out of 39
projectsreceivingfundingfromthem10.Thepercentageofprojectsinvolvingsuchacollaboration
improvedover the threeClusterFundeditions, going from41,67% inY1, to38,89% inY2and
then55,56%inY3.ThiswasprobablyencouragedbythecriteriaintroducedinY2andY3inthis
regard.HowtheprojectsspecificallylinktoEUpoliciesremains,however,difficulttounderstand
10 Two clusters not located in the same city as the EUDelegation/ EC Representation directly reported difficulties
and/orwerenotlikelytocollaboratewithEUDelegation/ECRepresentationduetothedistanceseparatingthem.
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since several application and evaluation forms, despitementioning such a link, do not indicate
whichpolicyandhow.IftheclustersindicatinganalignmentwithEUpoliciesareconsideredand
addedtothenumberofclustersindirectcollaborationwithEUDelegations/ECRepresentations,
then66,67%clusterprojectswererelatedtoEUpoliciesinY1;61,11%inY2;and88,89%inY3.
Theanalysis also showed thatoverall, 89,74%of theawardedprojects involvedoneor several
localorganisations,withagradualincreasefrom83,33%inY1,to88,89%inY2to100%inY3.The
numberoflocalpartnersrangedfromonepartnerto47partners.Thetypeoflocalorganisations
wasverydiverseaswell,encompassingcafesuniversities,media,Ministries,culturalorganizations
andvenueholders,etc.
InadditiontotheClusterFundgrant,theawardedprojectsalsohaddifferentsourcesoffinancing:
financialandin-kindcontributionsfromclustermembers(atleast28outof39projects11),theEU
Delegations/ECRepresentations,thelocalpartners(Ministries,citycouncils,universities,cultural
institutions,etc.)andsponsors.Threeprojectsevenreferredtoincomesproceedingfromthefees
fortrainingdeliveredorticketscharged.
Basedonthedataavailable12,thedegreeofco-financingfromtheEUNICClusterFundshowsabig
varietyaswell13,goingfrom2,85%oftheoverallcosttocompletelyfinancingsomeprojects(four
projects out of 35). The lowest percentage of co-financing awarded indicates a positive
development,goingfrom21,74%inY1,to2,85%inY2and6%inY3.Twoclustersevenspentless
thanthefundingtheywereprovided14.
11Notallprojectsprovideddatainthisregard.12Atotalof35outof39projects.13Thepercentagesontheco-financingof theClusterFundprojectsshouldbeconsideredas indicativefiguressince
not all awardedprojects reportedon their final budgets. Theestimates from theapplication formswere therefore
usedtocalculatethem. 14Oneclusterindicatedminorchangesinthecostsincludedintheestimatedbudgetoftheapplicationform,whereas
theotheronespentonlyhalfofthegrantduetounderfundingoflocalprojectpartnersaswellasalackofresponse
from themarketing company promoting the events,which resulted in certain activities not being carried out. The
clusteriscurrentlydiscussinghowtobestusetheremainingamountinafollow-upproject.
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Consideringallthreeeditions,19outof35projectsreceivedlessthan50%co-financingfromthe
ClusterFund.ThisrepresentedoverhalfoftheprojectsforY1andY2(sixoutof10andnineoutof
16,respectively)andlessthanhalfinY3(fouroutofnine).Itshouldbenoted,however,thatthe
amountsgrantedinY3aremuchbiggerthanforpreviouseditionsoftheClusterFund.
Figure 3 below displays a comparative histogram with the co-funding awarded by the EUNIC
ClusterFundperyearandinintervals.
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4.ResponsetoCalls
Thefindingspresentedbelowaretheresultofthequantitativeanalysiscarriedoutinrelationto
the123applicationsreceivedbytheClusterFundoveritsthreeeditions.
Each year between 30 % and 55% of clusters applied for funding from the Cluster Fund, the
clustersapplyingbeingalmostevenlysplitbetweentheEuroperegion15andtheothernon-Europe
regions.InY1andY2,abouthalfoftheapplicantswerefromtheEuroperegion.Consideringthat
40outof the83,and42outof90clusters inY1andY2, respectively,are in theEuroperegion,
clustersinsideandoutsideEuropeseemtobealmostequallyactiveinapplyingforfunding.InY3,
anddespitethefactthattheEuroperegioninY3had43clustersandthenon-Europeregionshad
50 clusters in total, only ten applicants were from Europe region, whereas 20 applicants were
fromnon-Europeregions.ThisreflectsthefactthatclusterprojectstargetingEUMemberStates,
evenpartially,werenoteligibleinY3.Theimpactofthiscriterionisalsoobservedintheselection
results: for the first two years about half of the projects fundedwere from clusters in Europe,
howeverinY3onlytwooutofnineawardedprojectstookplaceandwereledbyclustersinthis
region.
The analysis also shows that relatively few clusters are active in applying for Cluster Fund
support16.Atotalof37clustersappliedinY1;26outofthe46clustersapplyinginY2hadapplied
forfundingtheyearbefore. InY3,19ofthe30applyingclustershadappliedintheyearbefore.
Overall,only11clustersappliedallthreeyears17.Eachyear,twotofiveclusterssubmittedmore
than one project, with some of them submitting up to four projects for the same call. When
comparingthelistofclustersparticipatingintheEUNICClusterAssessmentcarriedoutbyEUNIC
Globalin2015andthosesubmittingapplicationsfortheClusterFund,71,67%ofthe60clusters
15TheEuroperegioncurrently includes theclusters in the28EUMemberStatesaswellas theclusters in:Albania,
BosniaandHerzegovina,TheFormerYugoslavRepublicofMacedonia,Georgia,RepublicofMoldova,Russia,Republic
ofSerbia,Turkey,andUkraine(listofmay2016;someoftheclusterswereestablishedindifferentyearssince2012).16 The quantitative analysis of the 123 applications considered only those clusters leading on and submitting the
project proposal. Other clusters that may have been involved in these applications by means of inter-cluster
collaborationwerenotcounted.17 The clusters that applied for funding all three years were: Peru, Washington, Georgia, Philippines, Bucharest,
London,Stockholm,Egypt,Jordan,PalestineandSouthAfrica.
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thatansweredtheclusterassessmentquestionnaire(meaning42outofthe94existingones)had
appliedfortheClusterFundsupportinthelastthreeyears.Figure2belowillustratesthenumber
of clusters established, the number of clusters leading on and submitting one ormore project
proposal,andthefinalnumberofawardedprojectsacrossthethreeeditionsoftheClusterFund.
Source:EUNICGlobal
ComparingtheregionsoutsideEurope,itappearsthattheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica(MENA)18 18TheMiddleEastandNorthAfricaregioncomprisestheclusters located inAlgeria,Egypt,IslamicRepublicof Iran,
Israel,HashemiteKingdomof Jordan,Morocco,WestBankandGazaStrip,Tunisia,andRepublicofLebanon(listof
may2016;someoftheclusterswereestablishedindifferentyearssince2012).
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Figure2:Numberofexistingclusters,applicantsandselectedprojectsforClusterFundeditionsfrom2012-2015
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region is themostactive,andthat theSub-SaharanAfrica19 is the leastactive in regard toboth
applyingforfundingandbeingawardedfunding.Thisisparticularlyinterestinggiventhefactthat
bothhaveaboutthesamenumberofclusters.InY1oftheClusterFund,sixoutofsevenclusters
inMENAappliedforfunding;inY2,fiveoutofnineclustersfromthisregionapplied,andinY3a
totalofsixoutoftenclustersappliedforfunding,withatleasttwooftheseapplicationsinvolving
inter-clustercollaborationsofuptofourclusters,mainlywithclusterswithintheregion,butalso
withclustersfromtheEuroperegion(seealsoFigure2).FortheY1theSub-SaharanAfricaregion
hadtenclusterswithonlythreeapplicants,Y2had11clusterswithtwoapplicantsand lastlyY3
had12clustersandthreeapplicants.
Taken its size into consideration, the MENA region is very active when compared with the
Americas20 and Asia-Oceania21 regions as well although these two regions have slightly more
clusters-theAmericashad13clusterswithfiveapplicantsinY1,and15clustersinY2andY3with
nineandsixapplicants,respectively;theAsia-Oceaniaregionhad13clustersforY1andY2with,
respectively, fiveandsixapplicants,and inY3 ithad14clusterswithfiveapplicants.Taking into
accounttheirnumberofclusters,theAmericasandAsia-Oceaniaregionsarelessactiveinapplying
forandbeingawardedfundingbytheClusterFund.
Itshouldbenoted,however,thatduetotherotatingnatureofthepostingsofEUNICmembers’
branches, the level of activity of a cluster may also change in a relatively short time. Largely
dependingonthecommitmentoftheindividualsrunningit,averyactiveclustermayturnintoa
lessornotatallactiveclusterinonlyfewmonths(orviceversa)duetoachangeinitsleadership.
19TheSub-SaharanAfrica regioncomprises clusters in the followingcountries:Angola,Cameroon,Ethiopia,Ghana,
Mozambique,Namibia,Nigeria,Senegal,SouthAfrica,Sudan,UnitedRepublicofTanzania,andRepublicofZimbabwe
(listofmay2016;someoftheclusterswereestablishedindifferentyearssince2012).20TheAmericasregioncomprisestheclustersinArgentina,Brazil,Canada,Chile,Colombia,Mexico,UnitedStatesof
America, Peru,Uruguay, andVenezuela (list ofmay2016; someof the clusterswere established in different years
since2012).21 The Asia – Oceania region comprises the clusters based in Afghanistan, Australia, People’s Republic of China,
Georgia, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Republic of
Uzbekistan,andVietnam(listofmay2016;someoftheclusterswereestablishedindifferentyearssince2012).
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5.Managementprocedure
ThissectionreviewshowtheClusterFundwasmanagedintermsofselectionprocess,evaluation
criteria,documentationprovided toapply for fundingand to reporton theawardedprojectsas
wellasthefollowupofthese.
The reviewof thedocumentationshowed in the firstplace that theClusterFund information is
recorded in different sources (General Assembly reports, minutes of Strategy Groupmeetings,
applicationpackages,applicationandevaluationforms,etc.)andsometimesnotdetailedenough.
The difficulty to collect clusters’ evaluation forms after project completion (no evaluation form
wassubmittedfor11outofthe39awardedprojects)aswellastheturnoverofstaffbothatthe
EUNICGlobalofficeandwithinthenetworkofEUNICclustersmayhavecontributedtothis.Given
the importanceofkeeping the institutionalmemoryof thenetwork ingeneraland theCluster
Fund inparticular, this reportwasexpandedto includenotonly theresultsof theevaluationof
theCluster Fund2012-2015butalso todocument themainaspectsof itsoperationduring this
period.
According to the information available, which dates from 2014 (EUNIC Global, 2014d), the
strategicguidanceoftheClusterFundwasagreedonbytheGeneralAssemblytakingintoaccount
the recommendationsof theStrategyGroup22.Following this, thedocumentationpackages (call
for submission, application form and evaluation form) were prepared by EUNIC Global and
communicatedtoclusters.
22 EUNIC StrategyGroupwas setup in 2010at theGeneralAssembly inBucharest inorder to advise theBoardof
Directors and the Heads on strategic topics. Originally, the Strategy Group included the Board of Directors, which
nominatedthreerepresentativesfromtheirorganisations,andsixothermembers(EUNICGlobal,2010:5).Atpresent,
theStrategyGroupconsistsof10members(EUNICGlobal.2011b:1)andischairedbyEUNICPresident.Itsmembers
areelectedforaperiodof2yearsonthebasisoftheirCV.
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5.1Selectionprocessandcriteria23
TwoprocesseswereusedtoselecttheClusterFundprojectsinthepastthreeeditions:
- One-step selectionprocess (Y1 and Y2): themembers of the StrategyGroup ratedeach
projectproposal individually,onascalefrom1to5,onthebasisoftheselectioncriteria
defined for the relevant year. InY2aneligibility criterionwas introduced toensure that
onlytheprojectsmeetingtheobjectivesoftheClusterFundwouldbeassessedagainstthe
eligibilitycriteria.TheStrategyGroupcarriedoutthiseligibilitycheckwhenevaluatingthe
projects.
- Two-step selection process (Y3): The selection process was split into two phases: an
eligibility checkwas first carried out by EUNIC Global against a set of eligibility criteria,
followedbytheformalselectionwherebytheStrategyGroupmembersratedeachproject,
on a scale from 0-3, against the selection criteria. In order to ensure the quality of the
projects,onlythosewithanaveragescoreequaltoorhigherthaneightwere(co)funded.
Inbothcases theStrategyGroupwas taskedwith the ratingof theprojectproposals.However,
and given the strategic nature of the group, it is questionable whether this task should be
performedbyitinthefutureorwhetherinsteadtheirexpertisecouldbebetteruseddifferently.
IntheStrategyGroup2014proposalofnewcriteriafortheClusterFund,thequestionwasraised
whetherthetimespent,ingeneral,onmanagingtheClusterFundbyboththeStrategyGroupand
EUNICGlobalwaswellspentwhenthefundingprovidedtoprojectswasEUR7.500orless(Y1and
Y2) (StrategyGroup,2014).Asa resultof thediscussion, themaximumamountthat theCluster
FundawardedinY3wasraisedtoupto20.000EURperproject.
TheanalysisofthecriteriafortheClusterFundselectionshowsthattheseevolvedalongsidethe
23 In thepresent report, three termsareused to refer to thecriteriaof theClusterFund formoreconsistencyand
coherence:
- Eligibilitycriteriaarethosethatneedtobemetbyaprojectproposaltobefurtherevaluated.Theanalysisofthe
awardedprojects indicatedthatprojectproposalshadtomeetat leastoneoftheeligibilitycriteria indicatedin
therelevantcall.
- Selectioncriteriaarethoseagainstwhichtheproposalsareevaluatedandratedfollowingtheeligibilitycheck,if
any.TheseservetoassessthequalityoftheproposalaswellasitsalignmenttotheClusterFundcall.
- Evaluationcriteriaisthegeneraltermusedinthisreporttorefertobotheligibilityandselectioncriteria.
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selectionprocess,howevercertainrecurrentelementswereobserved:
- Thefinancialsustainability,acriterioncommontoallthreeeditions,becamemorespecific
over the years, from merely referring to the income potential of the project (Y1) to
mentioningmatch-funding (Y2) to finally requiring at least 50% of co-financing by other
sourcesthantheClusterFund.
- ThethematicapproachoftheprojectswasdefinedbyEUNICstrategictopicsinY1andY2
(culture and external relations, multilingualism, culture and development, creative
industries),however inY2a secondcriterionwas introduced toestablisha linkbetween
theprojectsco-financedandtheprioritiesofEUDelegations/ECRepresentations.InY3,the
focus was definitely placed on the EU’s foreign policy by means of both an eligibility
criterion - excluding proposals not targeting the geographical priorities of EU’s foreign
policy-aswellasaselectioncriterion-relatedtotheproject’salignmentwithEU’sforeign
policy. While the partnership with the EU Institutions is one of the EUNIC network’s
purposedandindicatedinitsStatutes(EUNICGlobal,2011a),suchanemphasisontheEU’s
foreignpolicymadeitdifficultforEUclusterstoapplyforfundinginY3.
- Acommunicationelementwaspresentinallthreeeditionsbutreflecteddifferentlyinthe
criteria,rangingfromhighvisibilityandimpactonprioritytargetaudiences(Y1),totheuse
ofsocialmediaandnewtechnologies(Y2)andthecommunicationpotentialoftheproject
aswellastheprofileoftheaudience,inparticularyoungaudiences(Y3).
OtherrelevantelementsincludedintheClusterFundcriteriawerethepotentialforbecominga
rolemodelforthenetwork (Y1),the innovation/originality (introducedinY2andmaintainedin
Y3),theEuropeanaddedvalue(Y1)andanetworking/trainingfocusofprojects(Y2).
Concerning the ratingprocessofClusterFundproposals, anotherquestion tobeconsidered for
the future editions of the Cluster Fund is how to minimise the subjectivity of evaluators and
ensure a maximum of objectivity during this process. In fact, a working paper elaborated in
preparation of the Y3 call indicated that the interpretation of criteria had differed across the
StrategyGroupmembersevaluatingtheproposalstheyearbefore(StrategyGroup,2014).
Finally,theproceduretodeterminehowthefinancialenvelopeavailableforeacheditionwasto
be spent also evolved across the three editions: in Y1 and Y2 the aimwas to finance asmany
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projectsaspossible,andthe financial supportofeachgrantwasamaximumofEUR10.000per
project (no minimum amount was established for each individual grant, probably to avoid
discouraging smaller projects24). Instead, in Y3 a minimum score of eight was introduced for
projectstobefinanced,andthegrantwassetbetweenaminimumofEUR.5.000andamaximum
of EUR 20.000. This factor, together with the focus on the EU’s foreign policy, may have
contributed to lowering the number of applicants and having fewer but larger cluster projects
selectedforfundinginY3(seefigure1below).
Figure1:AmountsawardedbytheClusterFund,numberofco-financedprojectsandnumberof
applicationsdividedbyyear
AmountoftheClusterFund
spend(inEURO)
Numberofco-
financedprojects
Numberof
applications
Year1 80.147,51 12 41
Year2 100.000,00 18 51
Year3 133.560,00 9 31
Total 313.707,51 39 123
Source:EUNICGlobal
5.2Applicationandevaluationforms25
TheapplicationandevaluationsformsprovidedbyEUNICGlobalwereshort(twopages),coherent
with the selection criteria, and intended to gather comparable information about the projects
whilst easy to fill in. However, during the process of analysing them several weaknesses were
observed.
24AsindicatedintheClusterFundcallsforY1andY2”(…)smallerprojectsshallnotbediscouraged”(EUNICGlobal,
2012a).25EvaluationformsaretheformspreparedbyEUNICGlobal forclusterstoreportontheco-financedprojectsafter
their completion. The evaluation forms did not constitute a formal evaluation of the projects as such. For amore
consistentuseofthelanguage,inthefutureeditionsoftheClusterFundadifferenttermsuchas“reportingtemplate”
couldbeusedinordertokeeptheterm“evaluation”fortheformalevaluationoftheco-financedprojects.
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Firstly,alackofreferencestoformalevaluationwasidentifiedintheapplicationandevaluation
forms. Inaddition to this, someof thecriteriaused to select theawardedprojects,whichwere
then used to elaborate the evaluation forms (e.g. high impact, European added value, high
visibility),wereneither precise enoughnor accompaniedby indicators tomeasure success (e.g.
howmuchmediaattentionisneededtobeabletoassertthataprojecthadhighvisibility?;how
canEuropeanaddedvaluebemeasured?;whatisconsideredtobeahighimpactproject?)orby
indications about the relevant elements that clusters should emphasize when reporting about
theirprojects.Betterdefinitionsof the selectioncriteriaand the introductionofa setof simple
indicators defined beforehand (e.g. number of new partnerships established, number of
partnershipsbuildingonpreviouscollaborations)couldfacilitatethereportingfromclusters.The
general formulationof theevaluation criteria couldpartiallyexplain the tendency to vagueand
abstract wordings as well as the sometimes different focus observed in the evaluation forms.
Moreprecisecriteriawouldthereforebelikelytoresultinmorepreciseandfocusedtextsinthe
reportingphase.
The second weakness observed is related to the difficulty to track the changes made to the
projectsduringtheirimplementation.Theevaluationformdidnotincludeanyfieldforclustersto
explain modifications to project activities, partners or content due to political developments,
unforeseen difficulties, etc. The challenges faced during implementation as well as the key
successfactorsaremissingfromtheevaluationformaswell. Includingthesetwoelements in it
would not only simplify their analysis but it could also provideuseful information to be shared
withclusterstoimprovethedesignandimplementationoffutureprojects.
Lastly, a difficulty to track projects’ budgetswas also noted. A copy of the final budget was
requested only in Y3 by means of an invitation to attach it to the evaluation form. Since no
template for budgets was provided by EUNIC Global, the final budgets submitted, when
submitted, adopted many different structures and used different currencies, therefore
complicating their analysis. A standard template for the projects’ budget could be proposed in
order to be able to track easily how and for what expenses the financial contributions of the
ClusterFundwereusedaswellaswhatothercontributions(in-kind,cash)theprojectreceived.
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5.3Timelineandfollow-up
The Cluster Fund calls for projectswere launched once a year, in the last quarter of the year.
Therewereonetoone-and-a-halfmonthsbetweenthepublicationofthecallandthedeadlinefor
submission of proposals. The announcement of results took place two to four weeks after
(includingChristmasholidays).
TheanalysisindicatedthatClusterFundprojectstookplaceallovertheyearandthattheactivities
described in the application forms needed sometimes to be adapted to local political
developments.Takingintoaccountthechangingenvironmentsinwhichclustersoperateaswellas
thedifferentprogrammingandfinancialcyclesguidingtheoperationofEUNICmembers,onlyone
call per year offers a limited flexibility for the Cluster Fund to respond to clusters’ needs.
Instead,andassuggestedbytheBoardofDirectorsatthemeetingonthe25thofFebruary,2016
inBrusselsaswellasthefocalpointsatthemeetingorganisedinNancyon12-13May2016,two
callsperyearwouldmakeitmoreadaptabletotherealityofbothEUNICclustersandmembers.It
mayalsoleadtoreducingthegap,identifiedonseveraloccasions,betweentheapplicationforms
andthefinalactivitiescarriedoutbytheprojects.
EUNICGlobal’scommunicationandpromotionoftheawardedprojectshasroomforimprovement
aswell.Followingthenotificationoftheresultsoftheselection,theawardedprojectswereonly
communicatedaftertheircompletionbyuploadingashortarticlewithpicturesonEUNICGlobal
website or on the relevant cluster website. Cluster Fund projects could be more and better
promotedwithinthenetwork (orevenbeyond it) inordertobring inspirational ideastoEUNIC
clusters. Indeed, the EUNIC Cluster Assessment carried out in 2015 (EUNIC Global, 2015b)
reported clusters’ request for more information about projects designed and implemented by
otherclusters.Thiscouldbedonebymeansofnewsletters (INSIGHTforClusters), socialmedia,
EUNICApp,anannualpublicationofclusterprojects,orawebsite/appdocumentingthem26.
26Anexampleofsuchanappcouldbetheifmapp,developedbyInstitutfrançaisParisfortheFranco-GermanCultural
Fund: http://ifmapp.institutfrancais.com/ffa#f1_accueil_1-Bienvenue-sur-l-IFmapp-du-Fonds-culturel-franco-
allemand-Willkommen-auf-der-IFmapp-des-Deutsch-Franzosischer-Kulturfonds-Zoom-sur).
25
Inadditiontobringingrolemodelprojectideastoclusters,thefurtherpromotionofClusterFund
projects may as well incentivise the awarded clusters to fill in and provide more complete
evaluation forms–theanalysis showed that for 11outof the39awardedprojects the relevant
cluster did not report on the project after completion, and some of the evaluation forms
submittedwereextremelyshort.
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d) EUNICClusters:ApplicationandevaluationformssubmittedbytheawardedprojectsYear1
1. EUNICAustria:"2ndEUNICWEEKinVienna-EUNICrolemodelproject”2. EUNICBrussels:HowtobuildaEuropeanproject-TrainingforEUNICstaff3. EUNICChina:EUandcreativeindustries 4. EUNICCroatia:ArtEnergy:creativevisionsofnatureandtechnologies5. EUNICEgypt:Diplomainculturalmanagement-feasibilitystudy/MENAregion6. EUNIC Estonia: Debate project "Contact Point - Culture", on cultural diplomacy in a
changingworld 7. EUNICGeorgia:LiteratureNight 8. EUNIC Hungary: European Languages Cocktail Bar - Promoting Multilingualism –
competition9. EUNICJordan:SightsandsoundsofEurope
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10. EUNIC Palestine: Gestures of return: a cultural programme examining questions aroundPalestiniandisplacement-CultureandcreativeindustriesinPalestine
11. EUNICTurkey:EuropeanDayoflanguages+Trainingforteachers 12. EUNICWashingtonDC:EuropeanCreativePlacemakinginBaltimore
Year2
1. EUNICAlmaty:EuropeanDayofLanguages2. EUNICAthens:ArtsforSocialDevelopment 3. EUNICBrazil:EuropeWeekofBrazil4. EUNICBrussels:TrainingonEUProjectDevelopment5. EUNICBucharest:EuropeanComicsFestivalinBucharest 6. EUNICCordoba:EUNICFestivalofContemporaryEuropean7. EUNICEgypt:UpgradingtheRawabetSpace,DowntownCairo8. EUNICJordan:FeasibilityStudyforaEuropeanCulturalCenterinAmman"9. EUNICKrakow:PLAYPUBLIK2014-InternationalFestivalofGamesinPublicSpac 10. EUNICLatvia:EuropeanSoundandAudiovisualArtsExhibitionsSKAN2asOfficialPartof
the"Riga-EuropeanCapitalofCulture2014"Programme.11. EUNICLondon:SursumLinguae12. EUNICLyon:TwoMinutesforEurope!–EUNICCompetition201413. EUNICPalestine:EuropeanFocusonYouthLiteratureandComics -Professionalizationof
thePalestinianInternationalBookFair 14. EUNIC Rabat: Culture as a Tool for External Relations - Support for Structuring Cultural
PoliciesintheMENARegionandinAfrica15. EUNICSerbia:CityandCreativity:OpenlyaboutPublicSpace16. EUNICSpain:EuropeanCinemaatSchool/Elcineeuropeovaalasaulas17. EUNICStockholm:MultilingualismVisaEurope18. EUNICThailand:EuropeanHeritageMap
Year3
1. EUNICBrazil:EUROPEWEEKINBRAZIL20152. EUNICBucharest:UkraineandMoldova-NeighboursinFocus(EuropeanFilmFestival)3. EUNICCanada:EuropeAroundtheWor(l)d 4. EUNICIndia:EuropeanandIndianWomenofLiteratureinDialogue-IsEuropeanWomen
MovementRelevanttoIndiaMovements5. EUNICPalestine:EuropeansWavesofMusicattheSeaFestival-Gaza 6. EUNICPhilippines:CartooningforPeaceinthePhilippines 7. EUNIC South Africa: EUNIC Lab on convening new audiences. Curatorial Project and
Seminar:EngagingwiththeYouthandDevelopingNewAudiencesandCuratorialSkillswithGalleries,MuseumsandArtSpacesinSouthAfrica"
8. EUNIC Sri Lanka: CINNAMON COLOMBOSCOPE (working title was URBAN SOUL - AnInterdisciplinaryFestival)
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9. EUNICSt.Petersburg:GreenSt.Petersburg
e) OthersourcesInformalmeetingwithConchaFernándezde laPuente,Counsellor,SectionPolicy,EconomyandCommunication,EUDelegationinBrazil(Brussels,February2016).Consultationwith EUNIC focal points and strategists at the EUNICAcademy (Nancy, 12-13May2016).ConsultationwithHeadsattheEUNICGeneralAssembly(Copenhagen,8-9June2016).
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AnnexI:ObjectivesandexpectedresultsoftheClusterFund(2012-2015)
ObjectivesofClusterFund
- To design and implement EUNIC strategic topics (Culture in External Relations,
Multilingualism).
- Tostimulateclusteraction(therecipientandprojectleadertobeidentified).
- Toenhanceinter-clustercooperation.
- TopresentEUNICasglobalmultilateralplayer.
- Tomakethecaseofimportanceofcultureinexternalrelations.
Expectedresults
- DevelopmentofEUNICvisibilityofjointactiontopartnersandinterlocutors.
- Reachingtowideraudiencesanddifferentlayersofsociety.
- InformingaboutEUNICactionintheThirdcountries.
- Pavingthewayforfuturecollaborationsandsponsorships
- Designingnewformatstobesharedacrossthenetwork.
- Strengthening relationshipwith local communities and the position on the local cultural
scene.
- Positioningcultureasindispensabletoolofexternalrelations.
- PromotionoffundamentalEuropeanvaluesandmultilingualisminsideandoutsideofEU.
- ConsolidationandprofessionalizationofEUNICclustersbenefitingfromtheFund.
- Contributing togood imageofEurope incountrieswithambivalentattitude towards the
EU.
- CapacitybuildingforthewholeEUNICnetwork.
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AnnexII:Classificationoftheawardedprojects
Year Nameofproject Cluster Mainfocus
Year1
2ndEUNICWEEKinVienna EUNICAustria Events,showcasing
HowtobuildanEuropeanproject-Trainingfor
EUNICstaffEUNICBrussels Internalcapacity-building
EUandcreativeindustries EUNICChina Events,publication
ArtEnergy:creativevisionsofnatureand
technologiesEUNICCroatia Events,showcasing
Diplomainculturalmanagement-feasibility
study/MENAregionEUNICEgypt
Research
Debateproject"ContactPoint-Culture"on
culturaldiplomacyinachangingworldEUNICEstonia Events,showcasing
LiteratureNightinTbilisi EUNICGeorgia Events,showcasing
EuropeanLanguagesCocktailBar-Promoting
Multilingualism-competitionEUNICHungary Events,showcasing
SightsandsoundsofEurope EUNICJordan Events,showcasing
Gesturesofreturn:aculturalprogramme
examiningquestionsaroundPalestinian
displacement-Cultureandcreativeindustriesin
Palestine
EUNICPalestine Events
EuropeanDayoflanguages+Trainingfor
teachersEUNICTurkey
Events,showcasing+Internal
capacity-building
EuropeanCreativePlacemakinginBaltimoreEUNICWashington
DCMeetings,others
Year2
EuropeanDayofLanguages EUNICAlmaty Events,showcasing
ArtsforSocialDevelopment EUNICAthens Events
EuropeWeekinBrazil2014 EUNICBrazil Events,showcasing
TrainingonEUProjectDevelopment EUNICBrussels Internalcapacity-building
EuropeanComicsFestivalinBucharest EUNICBucharest Events,showcasing
FiLiC2014 EUNICCordoba Artistresidency,meetings
UpgradingtheRawabetSpace,DowntownCairo EUNICEgypt Purchaseofequipment
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FeasibilityStudyforaEuropeanCulturalCentrein
AmmanEUNICJordan Research
PLAYPUBLIK2014-InternationalFestivalof
GamesinPublicSpaceEUNICKrakow Events,showcasing
EuropeanSoundandAudiovisualArtsExhibitions
SKAN2EUNICLatvia Events,showcasing
SursumLinguae
EUNICLondon,
Brussels,Rabat,
Casablanca
Training
"TwoMinutesforEurope!"–EUNICCompetition
2014EUNICLyon Events
EuropeanFocusonYouthLiteratureandComics-
ProfessionalizationofthePalestinian
InternationalBookFair
EUNICPalestine Events,showcasing
CultureasaToolforExternalRelations-Support
forStructuring
CulturalPoliciesintheMENARegionandinAfrica
EUNICRabat Research
CityandCreativity:OpenlyaboutPublic
SpaceEUNICSerbia Events
EuropeanCinemaatSchool/Elcineeuropeovaa
lasaulasEUNICSpain Training
MultilingualismVisaEurope EUNICStockholm Training
EuropeanHeritageMap EUNICThailandICTtooldevelopment,
internalcapacitybuilding
Year3
EuropeWeekinBrazil2015 EUNICBrazil Events,showcasing
UkraineandMoldova-NeighboursinFocus
(EuropeanFilmFestival)EUNICBucharest Events,showcasing
EuropeAroundtheWor(l)d EUNICCanada Events,showcasing
CrossBorderConversations:
EuropeanandIndianWomenWritersEUNICIndia Events
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EuropeansWavesofMusicattheSeaFestival-
GazaEUNICPalestine Training
CartooningforPeaceinthePhilippines EUNICPhilippines Events
EUNICLabonconveningnewaudiences EUNICSouthAfrica Training
CinnamonColomboscope EUNICSriLanka Events
GreenSt.PetersburgEUNICSt.
PetersburgEvents
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AnnexIII:Summaryoftheprojectsco-financedbytheClusterFund(2012-
2015)27
ClusterFundYear1(2012-2013)
2ndEUNICWEEKinVienna EUNICAustria Austria
Description BuildingonthesuccessofthefirstEUNICWeekinViennainOctober2012,EUNIC
Austriawanted tomake itwell-knownas the annual festival of the cluster. The
EUNICWeek was composed of three main activities: Coffee Day, with tandem
readings in several coffeehouses inVienna;guided toursonEuropeanplaces in
Vienna to raise awareness of public places connected to the countries of the
clustermembers; and a school competition. During theweek, individual events
from cluster members were also held, constituting a series called “labelized
programmes”. The project had also foreseen that the exhibitions from cluster
members would join the ORF- Long Night of Museums in Vienna. The support
fromtheClusterFundwasusedtoconfirmandexpandthereachoftheproject.
Partners Foreign ministry of Vienna, City of Vienna, Ministry of Culture, European
Commission Representation, Fachverband der Wiener Kaffeehäuser (Vienna
CoffeeHouseAssociation /ChamberofCommerceVienna), local coffeehouses,
culturalinstitutionsandvenues,ORF–LongNightofMuseumsinVienna.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 7,000 Totalbudget(Euro) N/A
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
HowtobuildanEuropeanproject-TrainingforEUNICstaff EUNICBrussels Belgium
Description A three-day seminarwasorganised to introduce staffofEUNICmembers to the
worldofEU-fundedprojects in the fieldofculture,engage them in futureones,
and build their capacity to inform and encourage potential partners. The 35
participantsattendingtheeventrepresented14EUNICmembersandcamefrom
20 countries, both inside and outside the EU. The training included several
27 The information contained in the project descriptions in this section was mostly extracted from the
evaluationand/orapplicationformssubmittedbyclusters.
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sessions on different topics among which EUNIC, EU policies on culture, the
CreativeEuropeProgrammeandthePreparatoryActiononCultureinEUExternal
Relations.Thetrainingalsogaveparticipantsthepossibilitytocreatenewcontacts
anddiscussideasofpotentialprojectproposals.
Partners EUNICGlobal,EUInstitutions,culturalstakeholdersinBrussels.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 8,747.51 Totalbudget(Euro) 8,235.23
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation Yes
EUandcreativeindustries EUNICChina China
Description In 2012, EUNIC China carried out a number of joint academic activities with
selected, high-level Chinese partners (nationwide festivals or state-run
institutions),inwhichEuropeanexpertswouldelaborateonagivensubjectwithin
a topic that is relevant for the field of creative industries in both Europe and
China. During these activities, EUNIC discovered a profound need for a
strengthened,writtencommunicationwhichwouldallowparticipants fromboth
sides not only to get acquainted with each other but also to understand the
profoundsemioticandsemanticdifferencesinthetermsandlanguagethateither
sidewoulduse(whetherinterpretedornot).
In 2013, the cluster submitted a successful Cluster Fund application to produce
lasting and accessible booklets for a similar series of 6-8 academicworkshops /
seminars on specific issues within the field of creative industries(cultural
management and creative innovation, children education, literature and
publishing,newmediaandinteractivedesign,experimentaltheatre,documentary
film, architecture and urban space, cartoons), to boost them with a specific
European dimension. The idea was that the booklets would serve as a useful
communicationpriortotheactivity,asahandyguideduringtheactivity,andasa
mementoonEUNIC’sactivitiesinChinaforEuropeanandlocalstakeholders.
Foreseen contentof thebooklets: programmeof the event, introduction to the
topic, political priorities from both sides, speakers / experts involved and their
interventions,dictionarywithathoroughdescriptionandinterpretation(English/
Chinese)ofthe50mainwords/termsgenerallyusedwithinthisspecifictopic.
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Partners InstituteforCulturalIndustries,Beijing;ShanghaiWomen’sFederation,Shanghai;
China International Book Fair, Beijing; Chinese Museum of Digital Art, Beijing;
ShanghaiTheatreAcademy,Shanghai;SichuanTVandDocumentaryFilmFestival,
Chengdu; Shenzhen Biennale on Architecture and Urbanism, Shenzhen; Central
AcademyofFineArts,Beijing;ShaanxiAcademyofArts,Xi’an;ChinaAcademyof
Arts,Hangzhou.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 10,000 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated78,000
Reportingafterprojectcompletion No Formalevaluation No
ArtEnergy:creativevisionsofnatureandtechnologies EUNICCroatia Croatia
Description On the occasion of Croatia joining the European Union on 1 July 2013, the
ArtEnergyprojectwasdesignedtoshowcasetheinspiringroleofculturetowards
a more ecological behaviour, stimulate intercultural and interdisciplinary
exchange and collaboration, and promote culture, creativity and ecology as
fundamentalandvitalvaluesintheEuropeanUnion.
Theprojectwascomposedofaseriesofevents:anopening“sustainable”concert
(carriedoutwithgreenenergy),anopenairexhibitionwithinstallationsbyartists
from European countries, talks with European artists and scientists, as well as
interactiveworkshops.Theactivitiesaimed to showtheEuropean ideaofdoing
things together towardssharedgoals.After theproject, local schools "adopted"
the resulting sustainable art installations tomonitor how nature interacts with
them.Theprojectwaslaunchedonedaybeforetheaccessionandonlyfewdays
aftertheadoptionof7thEnvironmentActionProgramme‘Livingwell,withinthe
limits of our planet’. It drew the attentionof theMinistry of Cultureof Croatia
whichasked toparticipate in theEUNIC cluster inCroatia through theHrvatska
Kuca–CroatianHouse.
Partners CityCenterforCultureMaksimir(CentarzaKulturuIinformacijeMaksimir),
LaboratorioAlchemico,geh8KustraumundAteliers(geh8artspaceandstudios).
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 10,000 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated17,000
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
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Diplomainculturalmanagement-feasibilitystudyinthe
MENAregion
EUNICEgypt Egypt
Description One of the outputs of the Euromed Forum on Creative Industries & Society
(Jordan, May 2012) was a concept note detailing a long-term EUNIC MENA
project supporting the creative sector in the MENA region. One of the key
objectives was to support capacity-building and the professionalisation of the
creativesector.Amongthecommunityofdonorsandinternationalplayersinthe
culturalfield intheregion,culturalmanagementhadrepeatedlybeenidentified
asoneofthemainareasforintervention.
TheresearchreportwasafeasibilitystudyforaCulturalManagementDiplomain
theMENAregion. Itwas intendedtocoverthefollowingareas:existingcultural
managementtrainingintheregionandbeyond,prospectivebeneficiariesofsuch
adiploma,potentialpartnerships tomake thishappen,possiblecurriculumand
instructors, suitable methodologies of instruction and practical training,
possibilities of academic accreditation from international universities,
infrastructure needed for financial sustainability, how the diploma programme
could intersectwith the labourmarket, implementationplan.At the timewhen
theclusterreportedontheprojectthroughtheevaluationform,thecompletion
of the study had been delayed due to scheduling problems and advice against
travel to Egypt andMorocco. The project had however been presented to the
EgyptianMinisterofCultureandtheUndersecretaryofStateforForeignCultural
RelationsaswellastoallEUCulturalCounsellorsduringtheirregularmeetings.A
policy workshop was also foreseen to present the findings. The final research
report included recommendations on programme content and format,
partnerships, teaching methods, and programme implementation and
scholarships.
Partners AlMawredAlThaqafy.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 10,000 Totalbudget(Euro) 32,310
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
Further
information
http://www.eunic-online.eu/?q=content/pan-arab-diploma-cultural-
management
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Debateproject"ContactPoint-Culture"on
culturaldiplomacyinachangingworld
EUNICEstonia Estonia
Description Inspiredbythe12-monthdebatecampaignbyMoreEuropein2012,thecluster
developed a series of seven public debates about "Cultural diplomacy in the
changingworld-challengesandtheinvolvementofcitizens”.Eachofthedebates
was hosted by a cluster member and included a main lecture by a specialist
invited by each EUNIC cluster member individually. The lecture was then
followedbyadiscussion.
Topics dealt with: Cultural collaboration and sustainability; Back to the future:
timetolookahead;Borderlandofarts,culturesandnations;Culturalcompetition
between European states;Whywe need a Roma cultural diplomacy;Overview
about the current situation of the Romaminorities in the countries of Central
Europe; presentationof the studies, titled “First European Surveyon Language
Competences” and “Language Rich Europe. Multilingualism for Stable and
Prosperous Societies”; The New Atlantis: the geometry of liberty (on
multiculturalism and European identity as well as the European myth and
history).
The aim of the debate clubwas to foster discussion among people and in the
mediaon thepossibility of using cultural diplomacy to ease the tensions rising
fromthemeetingofdifferentcultures.
Partners European Commission Representation, Estonian Students Society, Tallinn
University,TallinnUniversityofTechnology,EstonianInstitute.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 2,000 Totalbudget(Euro) 4,680
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
EuropeanLiteratureNightinTbilisi EUNICGeorgia Georgia
Description Theprojectcombinedtwocomplementaryevents:theEuropeanLiteratureNight,
thefirstpubliceventinTbilisidedicatedtotheliteraturefromdifferentEuropean
countries,andtheEuropeanDayoflanguages.Themainpurposewastoexpose
Georgian students, writers, translators to different aspects of contemporary
literatureintheoriginallanguageaswellasinGeorgian.
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Thecelebrationforeseenincludedthefollowingactivities:
- European writers would read short texts in their languages and Georgian
actorswouldreadtheminGeorgian;
- YoungGeorgianwriterswereaskedtowriteshorttextsonthesametopics
dealtwithbythetextsfromEuropeanauthors;
- ThetextsbyyoungGeorgianwriterswouldthenbereadinbothlanguages.
- European writers would be invited to write a short text or poem about
Tbilisi,tobereadattheeventandthenpublished.
Partners Writer's House in Georgia, Department of literature ofMinistry of Culture and
Heritage, Museum of Literature, Department of foreign languages Tbilisi
Universities.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 3,400 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated7,900
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
EuropeanLanguagesCocktailBar-Promoting
Multilingualism-competition
EUNICHungary Hungary
Description BuildingonarecurrenteventinitiallydesignedbytheBritishCouncilandannually
organised by the cluster over three years (2010-2012) on the occasion of the
EuropeanDayofLanguages, theprojectconsistedofaCocktailBarcovering16
different languages (German, English, Hebrew, Czech, Romanian, Slovenian,
Estonian, Finnish, Dutch, Italian, Japanese, Hungarian, Portuguese, Danish,
Spanish,French,Polish).Itsupportedstudentstomakeinformeddecisionsonthe
languagestheywantedtolearninthefutureaswellasallowedthe21organisers
of the event to inform the public about their work in the field of language
teachingandculturalrelationsinanattractive,funandcreativeway.
The Language Cocktail Bar was complemented with a website; online actions
includedanonlinequizwithquestionsrelatedtothecountriesofthe21cultural
institutions organising the event and a poster competition for students and
adults around the themes of “earning languages can be fun and entertaining”
and “multilingualism and cultural diversity are attractive and interesting”.
Teaching material was produced and sent to all Hungarian schools with the
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support of theMinistry in order to facilitate theparticipationof both students
andteachersinthecompetition.Theonlinegamesallowedtheclustertocollect
asetofover2,000e-mailaddressesofindividualsthatwouldbefurtherreached
bythecluster.
Partners Ministry of Human Resources of Hungary (including the sub-Ministries of
Education and Cultures and Minority Rights), European Commission
Representation, Japan Foundation, Israeli Cultural Institute, Confucius,National
Institutionofthedeafandhardhearing,ResearchCentreforMultilingualism.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 5,000 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated23,000
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
SightsandsoundsofEurope EUNICJordan Jordan
Description The European Day of Languages (EDL) 2013 was the fourth edition of this
celebrationinJordan.Inacountrywherethemajorityofthepopulationisunder
30, an important target group for this event focusing on multilingualism was
schoolchildren.Otherrelevanttargetgroupswerestudents in languagecourses
at the five participating cultural institutes, and the general public. The project
activitiesincluded:
- Aschoolprogrammewithan interactivequizonEuropeanculture,history,
language, politics, and the special cooperation between EU countries. The
quiztookplaceoverthetendayscountingdowntotheEDLandreached9
schools.ItwasanadditiontotheELSprogrammeorganisedin2012.
- Activitiesorganisedbythefivecultural institutionsintheformofajourney
tothesightsandsoundsofEurope,eachinstitutionprovidingastamponthe
participants’'languagepassport'.
- AneveningconcertontheopeningofEuropeanDayofLanguagesAnother
aspect of the project was to show the population that the Cultural
Institutionsarenotcompetingwitheachother,butarecollaborating.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 7,000 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated16,194.06
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
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Gesturesofreturn:aculturalprogramexamining
questionsaroundPalestiniandisplacement-
CultureandcreativeindustriesinPalestine
EUNICPalestine Palestine
Description Gestures of return was the first curated project developed by the new cluster
EUNICPalestine.Itwasintendedtolaunchaninformalbutin-depthdialogueon
key issues chosen by the Palestinians in the field of culture; to advocate the
importance of the creative sector towards the public sector in terms of
development and income potential; to give an opportunity for possible
cooperation and collective creation; to present and/or enhance visibility of the
recently created EUNIC cluster; and finally to allow an open dialogue between
EuropeanandPalestinians,butalsointer-Palestiniandialogue.
The cluster invited a Palestinian curator to design a programme of discussions
thatwould provide a space for interaction between Palestinian cultural actors,
cultural institutions, researchers and students as well as between these and
European specialists. The event was composed of two main sessions that
examined issuesof “representation”and “intervention” in relation toEuropean
aid and development discourses and the question of Palestinian refugees.
Speakers from France, Italy, the UK and Palestine (including Palestinians with
Israelicitizenship)cametogether.
Throughthisactivity,theclusterappearedforthefirsttimeasfullorganiserofa
cultural initiative (rather than as a partner) and worked on culture with
communitiesthatarenotoftenreached(refugeescamps).
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 5,000 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated13,000
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
EuropeanDayoflanguages+Trainingforteachers EUNICTurkey Turkey
Description Buildingonthe2012EuropeanDayofLanguages(EDL)inIstanbulandtheevents
on multilingualism within the EUNIC Turkey “Art in Movement” project in
SoutheasternTurkey,theEDL2013aimedtoincreasethevisibilityofthisissuein
Turkey.TheprojectinitiallyappliedforsupportfromtheClusterFundtoorganise
a one-day common training in didactic and use of multimedia for teachers of
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EuropeanLanguageswithintheclusteranditspartnerswithintheframeoftheEDL
2013. The evaluation form, however, reports on different project activities
organisedinthe3majorcitiesofthecountry(Istanbul,AnkaraandIzmir):mini-
lessons,games,filmsandconferences,concerts,opendoors,foodandatraining
on ICT for language teaching aswell as on InteractiveWhite Board for French,
Italian,GermanandGreekteachers.
Partners CarloGoldoniAssociation,ConceptLanguages(Turkishlanguage).
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 5,000 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated9,950(training)
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
EuropeanCreativePlacemakinginBaltimore EUNICWashingtonD.C. USA
Description Formorethantwodecades,therevitalisationofurbandecayedareashadbeena
major issue of civil society engagement in Baltimore. This process received the
nameofCreativeplacemaking. EUNICWashingtonDChadgained support from
theEUprogramme“GettingtoKnowEuropeBetter2013/2014” fora residency
programme for European artists to participate in Baltimore’s Creative
Placemaking activities in three particular districts -the so-called Arts &
EntertainmentDistricts.
Theclusterpartnersconsidereditanimportantpreconditionforthecooperation
to take place on an equal footing with Baltimore partners, in order to enable
themtogainfirst-handinsightsintotheworkofEuropeancities-someofwhich
European Capitals of Culture. The Cluster Fund support was intended to allow
three individuals from Baltimore’s relevant organisations within the Arts &
Entertainment Districts to meet with representatives of European Capitals of
CultureorotherEuropeancities thathaddealtwith similar challenges to those
facedbyBaltimore’sArtsandEntertainmentDistricts.TheClusterFundgrantwas
expected to serve as seed money for additional commitment by the City of
Baltimore.
Partners Flandershouse,USA-Spainfoundation,BaltimoreOfficeofPromotion&theArts;
MarylandInstituteCollegeofArts;SoutheastCommunityDevelopment
Corporation;StationNorthArts&EntertainmentDistrict.
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ClusterFundgrant(Euro) 7,000 Totalbudget(Euro) N/A
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
Furtherinformation http://europeinbaltimore.org/project/
ClusterFundYear2(2013-2014)
EuropeanDayofLanguages EUNICAlmaty Kazakhstan
Description EUNIC Almaty has been organising the European Day of Languages since 2011
with a view to providing the locals with the information on current linguistic
mosaicinEuropeaswellaspromotingmultilingualism.Themainaimofthedayis
to show how important but also fun it is to learn European languages. The
projectwasstructuredaroundtwomainevents:theEuropeanDayofLanguages,
which include games, quizzes and raffles to show European linguistic diversity
andencourage locals to learndifferent European languages; and the European
AnimationFilmWeek,tostimulatefurtherinteresttolearnforeignlanguagesby
showingallfilmsinoriginalversionwithRussiansubtitles.
The cluster reported that the project had contributed to the EU-Kazakhstan
PartnershipinCultureandEducationbyactingasaculturaldiplomacyagentasit
had provided the locals with relevant information concerning the cultural and
linguistic situation in Europewhich led to strengthened intercultural dialogues.
The target groupsof theproject included local pupils, students, academic staff
and others. The initial project application mentioned a seminar for foreign
languageteachersasanextstep.
Partners CinemaArman,KazakhUniversityofInternationalRelationsandWorld
Languages,RTSDecaux,Localcityauthorities–CityHall.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 6,800 Totalbudget(Euro) 6,540
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
ArtsforSocialDevelopment EUNICAthens Greece
Description Theaimoftheprogrammewastoexplorehowtheartsandartisticcreativitycan
beusedforhuman,socialandeconomicprogressandtobringtogetherartists,
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creative professionals and arts organisations with non-governmental
organisations (NGOs), community leaders and social entrepreneurs in order to
share skills and knowledge, learn fromeachother, andwork collaboratively to
createpilotactivitiesforurbandevelopment.
A series of workshops, events and activities focused on three axes (Arts and
Social Inclusion, Arts and Social Entrepreneurship and Creative Industries and
local development) took place in Athens between April and November 2014.
Theyexploredhowartsandculturalprojectscanactasadriverforsocialchange:
- SeminarandworkshoponRefugeesandMigrants inGreece,whichexplored
the use of video and literature respectively, in tackling issues related to
ethnicity,migrationandsocialintegration.
- Workshop “Create for change”, which presented case studies and explored
ideasthathighlightedtheroleofcreativeindustriesasanewsourceofgrowth
andsocialdevelopment.
- Performance “Banpotikon”. Dancers, mainly migrants living in Athens and
havingexperienceddailyproblemsof exclusion,discriminationandviolence,
expressedthisonstagetogetherwithGreekdancers.
- TalkabouttheRomanianImmigrationinGreece,whichexploredtheissueof
social inclusion andwas accompaniedby a theatrical playperformedby the
RomanianDiasporaProfessionalTheatreStudio.
- Workshop“PantoneGreenandaglassofLemonade”.Itwasalsoatemporary
sculpturalwork that aimed to provide a spacewhere possible strategies for
building and reconsidering the representation of objects were explored. It
involvedthelocalcommunityofKypseli,anon-soprivilegedneighbourhoodin
the centre of Athens and explored different behavioural processes within
society.
- Concludingconferencetoshareandpresenttheresultsoftheproject.
The project brought together art professionals, policy-makers, educators,
academicsandstakeholdersandhighlightedthevalueofinteractionsandcross-
sector collaboration. The workshops involved migrants and ethnic minority
communities, localcommunities,youngprofessionalsanddisadvantagedgroups
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in the city of Athens and, as reported by the cluster, contributed to better
cohesion and empowered community groups. The programme also generated
innovative ideas for future projects and collaborations which the cluster was
planningtodistributetolocalandinternationalnetworks.
TheprojectwasinlinewithsomeoftheprioritiesoftheEU,localauthoritiesand
Greek EU presidency agenda such as social inclusion, culture as a vehicle for
social development, opportunities for youth and capacity building in social
entrepreneurshipandcreativeindustries.
Partners 5thInternationalKinitirasChoreographyLab,GreekMinistryofForeignAffairs.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 7,500 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated21,500
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
EuropeWeekinBrazil2014 EUNICBrazil Brazil
Description TheprojectstartedasaEuropeDayin2004(evenbeforeEUNICwascreated)
andhasgrownovertheyearstobecometheflagshipprojectoftheclusterand
oneofthetraditionalculturaleventsofBrazil'scapitalcity.Itservestopresent
therichnessanddiversityofEuropeancultureandasaplatformfordialogue
withBraziliancivilsocietyaboutrelevantEUtopics.
The10theditionoftheEuropeWeektookplacebetween30Apriland25May
2014, with a total of 14 events taking place in several cities: European film
festivals, two symphonic concerts, jazz concerts, running competition, bazar,
culinaryweek.Itsmainactivitiestookplacein3cities(Brasilia,RiodeJaneiro
andCuritiba). The EuropeWeekofBrazil tookplaceprior to the FIFAWorld
CuphostedbyBrazil in2014,thereforethethemechosenforthecelebration
was“SportandCulture”asanhomagetothesportcompetition.
Partners EU Delegation to Brazil as co-organiser (it had a Public Diplomacy Strategy
which includedcooperationwithEUNICandsupportingEuropeWeekamong
thepriorities),localculturalpartners,localgovernments.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 5,000 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated53,000
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
Furtherinformation http://www.semanadaeuropa.org/.
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TrainingonEUProjectDevelopment EUNICBrussels Belgium
Description Building on the previous training on EU funding in the field of culture (Cluster
Fund2012/2013),a second trainingwas foreseenasa follow-upwithaviewto
submitting aprojectproposal to theCreativeEuropeProgrammecall closing in
October 2014. The training was also intended to contribute to the
professionalisation of and networking among EUNIC members’ staff. The
applicationsubmittedtotheClusterFundincluded:
- Acallforprojectideas(someofwhichstemmingfromtheprevioustraining)
withthesupportofEUNICGlobal;
- Evaluationofproject ideasandselectionof2-3project ideasbyEUfunding
expert;
- A 2-day proposal-writing training session for the participants that had
proposedthe2-3projectideasselected;
- Thefinalisationoftheapplicationbytheparticipantswithsomesupervision
fromtheEUfundingexperts.
Partners EUNICGlobal
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 5,700 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated5,700
Reportingafterprojectcompletion No Formalevaluation No
EuropeanComicsFestivalinBucharest EUNICBucharest Romania
Description TheEuropeanComicsFestivalinBucharestaimsatpromotingmultilingualismand
the diversity of cultural products and artistic expressions, at supporting the
creative industries in Romania, and at contributing to the strengthening of the
EUNICBucharestClusteractionanditsvisibility.Initiatedbytheclusterin2010,it
has becomea recurrent eventwith its fourth edition in 2014 receiving support
fromtheClusterFund.
The festival includes exhibitions; workshops, presentations, and thematic
roundtablediscussionswithEuropeanandRomanianauthors;stands;screenings;
andafinalpublicationintheformofabrochure.Thetargetaudiencerangesfrom
young Romanian professionals (artists,writers) to local publishers interested in
promoting comic stripsasa cultural andeducationalproduct, from institutions,
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schools and teachers interested in using comics strips as a pedagogical tool to
artistsandprofessionalsfromtheEuropeancountriesparticipatingintheeventto
thegeneralpublic.
Sincethebeginningoftheinitiative, localpartnershaveplayedakeyroleinthe
organisation of the festival. For the 2014 edition, the organisers of the event
intendedtoincreasethenumberofclustermembersparticipatinginit.
Partners National Museum of Contemporary Art, local publishing houses specialised in
comicstrips(MMEurope,Vellant,Art,JumatateaPlina);localassociationsinthe
field of comics;bookstores from Bucharest selling comic strips; “the Comics
Museum” project; national and local authorities (Ministry of Education,
Department for culture and education at the CityHall, etc.);University of Arts,
Facultyofforeignlanguages,highschoolsandschools;mediapartners.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 7,500 Totalbudget(Euro) N/A
Reportingafterprojectcompletion No Formalevaluation No
FiLiC2014 EUNICCordoba Argentina
Description EstablishedbytheEUNICclusterinCordobain2011,FILiCisthefirstinternational
literaturefestivalinthiscity.Itsfirsteditionfocusedontheevolutionofliterature
inthetimeofhyperlinkwhilethesecondoneexploredliteratureasatoolcapable
ofrecreatingrealityandgrantitnewmeaningsandinterpretations.Forthethird
edition, the cluster applied for support from the Cluster Fund with a view to
inviting two European writers (German, French) to stay in Córdoba for two
months and hold a productive dialogue with local writers, editors, translators,
professors and students that would lead to a literary production which, once
finished, could be published and presented at the 2014 FILiC. This projectwas
framedwithinalong-termperspectiveoftransformingCordobaintoanimportant
nation-wide literary centre: the two Europeanwriterswere supposed to travel
fromCórdoba toother regional centresof thecountry (Chaco,Mendoza,Tierra
delFuego,BuenosAires)andfacilitategatheringsofnationalwritersthatwould
resultinthesejoiningtheinternationalfestivalprogramme.
Partners Fundacióndefomentoalalectura“MempoGiardinelli”,UniversidadNacionalde
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Cuyo,ProvinceofTierradelFuego-CultureOffice(SecretaríadeCultura),
independentPublishingcompaniesinBuenosAires,AgenciaCórdobaCultura,
UniversidadNacionaldeCórdoba,UniversidadNacionaldeVillaMaría,
UniversidadProvincial,MunicipalityofCórdoba–Cultureoffice.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 7,500 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated19,000
Reportingafterprojectcompletion No Formalevaluation No
Furtherinformation https://www.facebook.com/FILiCba,www.filic.com.ar
UpgradingtheRawabetSpace,DowntownCairo EUNICEgypt Egypt
Description Rawabetisagrass-rootsinitiativethatwasborninEgyptin2006.Foundedbya
groupofartiststorespondtothelackofnon-commercial,independentrehearsal
spacesforartisticperformancesandactivities,theprojectconstitutesaplatform
facilitating artists' work as well as the connections between these and the
audience. Since January 2011, Egypt was experiencing an explosion of artistic
creativityoftenresultinginEgyptianorganisationscompetingwitheachotherfor
thesupportofEuropeanculturalorganisations.Anewinitiative,duebyJanuary
2014,wasexpectedtolargelydefinetheRawabetactivitiesintheupcomingyear:
the new initiative was a programme inviting 4 independent arts and cultural
organisations/initiatives to join the Townhouse Rawabat team in creating a
CuratedWeekonceamonth.
TheEUNICclusterreceivedagrantfromtheClusterFundtoprovideapermanent
installationofaprofessionalsoundsystemandflexibleseatinginordertoallow
for multiple uses of the space. Such an investment was expected to attract
furtherinvestmentfromthelocalcommunity.
Partners Townhouse,Megawra,Cimatheque,100Copies,MadaMasr.InstitutoCervantes
andtheGreekCulturalCentrewereintheprocessofjoiningthecluster.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 7,500 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated32,000
Reportingafterprojectcompletion No Formalevaluation No
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FeasibilityStudyforaEuropeanCulturalCentreinAmman EUNICJordan Jordan
Description AsaconsequenceoftheArabSpring,anintensifiedcooperationbetweentheEU
and theMediterranean region became a clear goal at the political and cultural
level.AlthoughatthattimeseveralEUNICmembersandtheEUDelegationwere
already active in this area, a systematic reflection had never been done on
whetherandhowtheirworkmayoverlap,whetherpossiblesynergyeffectscould
arisefromcooperation,whetherduplicationofeffortscouldbeavoided,whether
and how the establishment of a European Cultural Center could enrich their
efforts.
Thepurposeofthefeasibilitystudywasthereforetotesttheideaofestablishing
a"EuropeanCulturalCentre"inAmman,inparticulartounderstandunderwhich
conditionsandhowitcouldaddvaluetothealreadyexistingactionsoftheEUNIC
clusterinJordanandoftheEUDelegation.
Partners EUDelegation.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 2,715 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated3,583.50
Reportingafterprojectcompletion No Formalevaluation No
PLAYPUBLIK2014-InternationalFestivalof
GamesinPublicSpace
EUNICKrakow Poland
Description PLAYPUBLIKisaninternationalthree-dayfestivalwhichusesthemediumofsite-
specificGAMEStodiscussthesocial,culturalandeconomicdimensionsofpublic
space.ThefestivalwasalsointendedtopromotetheunderstandingofEuropean
cultures. During the event, the city centre of Krakow was transformed into
ephemeralplaygroundsby60artists/designersfrom20differentEUNICcountries
presenting artistic (urban) games to a broadpublic aged18+.Abig part of the
games where based on an innovative use of technologies (eg. drones) and
multimedia (eg.mobile apps) that augmented the “real”world experience, but
also fostered the question of how important or even risky some of these
technologiesareormightbeforusascitizens.Theprogrammewascompletedby
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several workshops and talks. Synergies were created with other events (the
EuropeanDayofLanguages,EuropeanTranslatorsDay).
On a business-to-business level, the festival also provided an opportunity for
knowledge sharing and networking in the 3 days of preparation workshops
(Playpublik Camp), during which designers could exchange experiences, share
ideasandcomeupwithnewprojects.
Partners Invisible Playground, European Commission Representation, Bunkier Sztuki
Galery of Contemporary Art, City of Krakow, Krakow Festival Office, media
partners (Agencja OKO,Gazeta Wyborcza, Gazeta.pl, Karnet, Radio RMF F,
TelewizjaPolskaS.A./TVPKraków/TVPKultura).
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 2,645 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated60,000
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
Furtherinformation http://www.playpublik.de/en,goethe.de/spieltrieb
EuropeanSoundandAudiovisualArtsExhibitionsSKAN2,part
ofthe"Riga-EuropeanCapitalofCulture2014"Programme.
EUNICLatvia Latvia
Description SKAN II was conceived as the second phase of an educational collaboration
project organised in 2013 by the EUNIC cluster in Riga and the locally-based
Association for AdventurousMusic. It was the follow-up of the first sound art
exhibition(SKAN)organisedintheBalticStatesin2007aswell.TheSKANIIsound
exhibitionfocusedonaninnovativeartmovementinthe20thcenturyinEurope,
sound and audiovisual art, a dynamic and site-specific genre which combines
music,newtechnologiesandvisualart,goingbeyondtheirmerejuxtaposition.
Themainambitionoftheprojectwastopresentaccomplishedanddiversesound
and interdisciplinary artists from EUNIC Riga and European Union countries
during the Riga 2014 European Capital of Culture celebrations as well as to
encourageinterdisciplinarydialogueinart.Themainvenuefortheexhibitionwas
thecity'sBotanicalGarden,ahistoricallyinterestingarchitecturalareaforthecity
suitabletoreachawiderangeofaudiences,fromfamilieswithchildrentolocal
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neighboursandvisitorsingeneral.
Partners AssociationforAdventurousMusic,FoundationRiga2014.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 2,500 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated87,712
Reportingafterprojectcompletion No Formalevaluation No
Further
information
http://www.eunic-online.eu/?q=content/international-sound-art-exhibition-
skan-ii,http://www.skanumezs.lv/en/2014/riga-to-host-the-international-sound-
art-exhibition-skan-ii/
SursumLinguae EUNICLondon,Brussels,Rabat,Casablanca Morocco
Description Sursum Linguae was the result of a collaboration between four clusters. The
activities of the project took place in Casablanca and focused on promoting
multilingualismthroughlearningandteaching:
- ParticipationattheSalonInternationaldel'ÉditionetduLivredeCasablanca
2014withstands,paneldiscussions,bookpresentationsandperformances.
- OrganisationoftheRencontreFrançaisLangueÉtrangère2014inCasablanca
on new learning techniques for teaching of French language in Morocco.
Participants had the opportunity to attend various workshops and try
differentmethodsoflearningaforeignlanguageinamultilingualcontextas
Moroccois.
- Organisation of the European Day of Languages 2014, with EUNIC cluster
membersinCasablanca,theEmbassyoftheCzechRepublicinRabatandthe
AgenceUniversitairede laFrancophoniediscussinghowto teachEuropean
languages inMorocco. The conference also included the participation of a
representativeof theMoroccanMinistryofEducation.Theconferencewas
complementedbyaEuropeangastronomysampleandmusicperformance.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 4,640 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated9,680
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
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"TwoMinutesforEurope!"–EUNICCompetition2014 EUNICLyon France
Description In thewider contextof theEuropeanelections2014, theEUNIC cluster in Lyon
decidedto launchacreativecompetitionforhighereducationstudents learning
one of the local languages of the cluster members (English, French, German,
Italian,PortugueseandSpanish).Underthetitle“TwominutesforEurope!”,the
competitioninvitedparticipantstosubmitatwo-minutevideoorsoundrecording
inwhich theyhad topresentan idea, aproject, aproposal, anexperienceora
request“forEurope”byusingdifferentformsofartisticexpression.
The12eligiblecontributionssubmittedforthecompetitionwerepresentedinan
evening eventwhere thewinnerswere chosenby thepublic participating in it.
The competing contributions showed different styles (reportage-interview,
dancing,drawing,fashionshow,interview,poetryandacting)and5ofthemwere
multilingual.
Partners HighereducationinstitutionsintheLyonarea,localinstitutions(administration,
culture,associations),localmedia.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 3,750 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated5,000
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
EuropeanFocusonYouthLiteratureandComics-
ProfessionalisationofthePalestinianInternationalBookFair
EUNIC
Palestine
WestBankand
GazaStrip
Description In the lastdecade, thecultural scene inPalestinehadundergonean important
revival.Culturewasyetseenasanimportantfactortodevelopsociallytowardsa
new,modernPalestinianidentity.
The then newly appointed Minister of Culture was willing to launch cultural
initiatives and support the place of culture in the Palestinian Authority's
programme.
ThePalestinianInternationalBookFairwaslaunchedin2000bytheMinistryof
CultureofthePalestinianAuthorityinordertopromotereading.Theprojectby
EUNICPalestinewastoprovideEuropeaninputtothe9theditionoftheBookFair
(2014)byorganisingafocusonliteratureforyouthandcomicswiththepresence
of comicsand childrenbooks' authorsand illustrators fromEurope,workshops
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forkids,adults,andprofessionals, roundtablesand filmscreening.Theproject
proposalinitiallysubmittedtotheClusterFundalsomentionedthepossibilityof
inviting a European book fair expert that could exchange knowledge with the
team of the Palestinian International Book Fair. The project was not only
intendedtoincreasethevisibilityofEUNIContheoccasionofeventbutalsoto
support the dynamic of the new Ministry of Culture and assist in the
professionalisationofthefair.
Partners PalestinianMinistryofCulture,TamerInstituteforChild.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 7,500 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated14,100
Reportingafterprojectcompletion No Formalevaluation No
CultureasaToolforExternalRelations-SupportforStructuring
CulturalPoliciesintheMENARegionandinAfrica
EUNIC
Rabat
Morocco
Description The"DiagnosisandinventoryofartsandcultureinMorocco"hadbeeninitiated
inmid-2012byAssociationRacines (memberof theArterialnetworkof cultural
organizations in Africa) to make the cultural sector an important tool for
promotingdemocracyandpluralism.Atthetimeoftheapplicationsubmittedto
the Cluster Fund, the work on the project by Association Racines included 18
sectorial studies, a multidisciplinary study (education, cultural diversity,
governance, funding, rightsofartistsandcopyright,etc.)and regionalmeetings
withculturaloperators(institutional,professional,amateur,scholar,etc.)andthe
public.
TheprojectproposalbyEUNICRabatwastocontributetothisprojectthrough:
- Supporting the participation of three EU experts in a two-day workshop to
writerecommendationsforaculturalpolicyproposalinMorocco
- Promoting and disseminating the project within the framework of the
conferences"GeneralstatementsofcultureinMorocco"and"Conferenceon
Creative Industries inAfrica (bothplannedbyNovember2014)bymeansof
supporting the participation of four working pairs (each composed of a
member of the cultural sector in theMENA region and Africa as well as a
memberoftheEUNICclustersintheseareas)inbothconferencesaswellasin
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a workshop within them that would be organised by EUNIC Rabat. A 30-
minutepublicpresentationonEUNICwasalsoforeseen.
The project proposal was aligned with two priorities of the EU Delegation to
Morocco,namelytoidentifyculturalpoliciesandtostrengthenthecapacitiesof
civilsociety.
Partners AssociationRacines,Arterialnetwork,NationalLibraryofRabat.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 6,800 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated13,050
Reportingafterprojectcompletion No Formalevaluation No
Furtherinformation http://www.racines.ma/node/529
CityandCreativity:OpenlyaboutPublicSpace EUNICSerbia Serbia
Description Following the organisation of a series of workshops on "City and Creativity"
during theBelgradeBookFair, theclusterwas invitedbyBelgrade International
WeekofArchitecturetoparticipateinthe2014editiontoparticipate,asaguest
ofhonour,withasimilarprogramme.Theprojectincludedanumberofactivities:
anexhibitionandwalkingtours,severalworkshopsonavarietyofsubjects(urban
gardening,ethicsofUrbanArt,publicplaygrounds,citysigns)andanEUNICinfo
point.
Partners BINA(BelgradeInternationalWeekofArchitecture),EUDelegation.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 4,800 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated9,600
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
EuropeanCinemaatSchool/Elcineeuropeovaalasaulas EUNICSpain Spain
Description FocusingontheuseofEuropeancinemaasatooltoreinforcetheknowledgeof
Europeanlanguagesandcultures,theprojectwasaddressedtobothteachers(to
empowerthemandreinforcetheirteachingskillsintheclassroom)andstudents.
The project was intended to organise two screenings of 6 European films in
originalversionwithSpanishsubtitles:
- First screening for teachers, followedbyaworkshopwithexperts in the
audio-visual field or in the topic of the film aswell as a culinary event
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(winetastinginrelationtothecountryoforiginofthefilm).
- Second screening for students, accompanied by their teachers, and
followedbyaworkshop.
Themethodology of the project had foreseen that the final list of films to be
screened would be selected by a specialised partner out of a list of films
suggested by the cluster. The development of educational materials for each
screeningwasalsoforeseenwithintheproject.
Partners Mucho(+)quecine,Matadero.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 5,000 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated19,000
Reportingafterprojectcompletion No Formalevaluation No
MultilingualismVisaEurope EUNICStockholm Sweden
Description The projectwas intended to upgrade and improve intercultural competence in
teaching strategies of European languages as second language, as well as to
promotecertificatesamongstudentsasthesetwoaspectswereseenaskeytools
inthepracticeofmultilingualism.
The project proposal included a set of activities: online communication
(newsletter and webpage); presentation of the programme and working tools
during the Swedish 'Modern Languages Olympics' and 'Europe Day 2014';
workshop/seminar bringing together teachers and experts to discuss the best
strategies and tools to update the teaching /learning of the intercultural
competenceintheEuropeanspace;exhibitionofschoolmaterialsforinnovative
practicesandbetter results; reinforcing thevalueofLanguageCertificationasa
crucialaspectoftheDayofLanguages(September2014);analysisandevaluation
oftheresults.
After the completion of the project, the cluster indicated that the actions
indended to raise the awareness of the reality of multilingualism around the
world through ‘Language Olympic Games’, ‘Day of Languages’, seminars,
conferences and debates with publishers (multilingualism and intercultural
competence books) anddidactics experts. It also reported that the project had
created a tool-kit that can be adapted to other clusters around the world to
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promotemultilingualismandinterculturalcompetence.
Partners ModernLanguagesOlympicsofSweden.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 6,435 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated14,380
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation Yes
EuropeanHeritageMap EUNICThailand Thailand
Description EUNIC Thailand and the EU Delegation had developed the "European Heritage
Map of Bangkok and Ayutthaya” to highlight the common heritage between
ThailandandEurope.Themap includedatotalof65sitesofcultural,economic
andpoliticalinterestandwaspositivelywelcomed.
Buildingfurtheronthisproject,theClusterFundsupportwasusedtodevelopa
mobile app both for iOS and Android to make the history of Euro-Thai
connectionsandexchangesavailableinapracticalmobileformat(alsoextending
thereachofthemapto250sites),whileofferingusersinformationaboutcurrent
cultural activities by EU Member States’ cultural institutes and Embassies in
ThailandandcreatingopportunitiesforcommunitynetworkingaroundEuro-Thai
cultural activities. Theprojectwas targeted to youngThais as research showed
thattherehadbeenanincreaseintheuseofsocialmediaandtechnology.
Partners EUdiplomaticrepresentationsinThailand,EmbassyofDenmark,EmbassyofThe
Netherlands.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 5,715 Totalbudget(Euro) 7,620
Reportingafterprojectcompletion No Formalevaluation No
Further
information
http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/thailand/europeanheritagemap/index_en.ht
m
ClusterFundYear3(2014-2015)
EUROPEWEEKINBRAZIL2015 EUNICBrazil Brazil
Description The11theditionoftheEuropeWeekinBrazilwasintendedtogivemorevisibility
throughoutthecountrytotheproject,EUNICBrazilandtheEUDelegation;show
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thediversityof Europeancultures; and connect to theBrazilianpublic, creating
linksandrelationshipsthatwouldcontinuebeyondtheWeek.
Forthefirsttime,activitiestookplace in10Braziliancapitalcitiesdistributed in
almostallthenationalterritory,fromFlorianopolistoManaus,passingbyBrasília,
São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, Vitoria, Christmas, Aracaju and Belém. In2015, Brazil represented a unique opportunity for spreading awareness andknowledge of European identity and culture. Interest was rapidly growing,
especially among the younger sections of society. There was a very strong
demand for cultural and social events following the FIFA World Cup and just
aheadoftheOlympicGames.
Thecelebration,composedof24eventscarriedoutduring2months(3May-30
June2015)andcoincidingwiththeEuropeDayinMay,includedamongothers:7
concerts, 11 FilmFestivals, 5 conferencesand seminars, an inaugurationwitha
concertandanexhibition,abazarwithstandsandmusic,arunningrace,Europe
OpenDoorsmixofevents,films,culinaryworkshops,readingsessions,tales,craft
workshops, exhibitions... Four of the participating institutes organised "walking
routes" and visitors that went to all 4 institutions received stamps in their
"Europeanpassport",allowingthemtocompeteforprizes.
The targetgroupof theprojectwas theBrazilianpublic ingeneral,with special
attention toyouth.Eachyear theevent focusesonadifferent theme; this year
being"DevelopmentandCitizenship".
Partners 47partners,includingtheEUDelegationtoBrazil,embassies,localgovernments,
localculturalandleisurepartners(cafes,cinemavenues,etc.).
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 20,000 Totalbudget(Euro) Estimated144,000
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation Yes
Furtherinformation http://www.semanadaeuropa.org/
UkraineandMoldova-NeighboursinFocus
(EuropeanFilmFestival)
EUNICBucharest Romania
Description TheEuropeanFilmFestivalinBucharestisoneoftheoldestandmostprestigious
initiativesof thisgenre inRomania.Everyyear, itpresents themost interesting
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productions of the European cinematography. For its 19th edition, the festival
focusedonUkraineandMoldovawiththesupportoftheClusterFund.Screenings
of Ukrainian andMoldovan productions and co-productions in Bucharest were
complemented with screenings of European productions in Ukraine and the
RepublicofMoldova.Apaneldiscussiononfilmproductionwasalsoorganised.
AnotherambitionoftheprojectwastopavethewaytothecreationofaEUNIC
clusterintheRepublicofMoldova.
Partners EuropeanCommissionRepresentation,UNDP,UNATC,AllAboutRomanian
Cinema,RomanianUnionofFilmmakers,others.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 15,000 Totalbudget(Euro) 102,330
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
Furtherinformation http://aarc.ro/articol/ffe-2015-productia-si-co-productia-de-film-in-
europa;
EuropeAroundtheWor(l)d EUNICCanada Canada
Description The project is inspired from the initiative Lisez l’Europe which brings together
literature fromdifferentEuropeancountriesandfacilitates interactionbetween
readers, authors, and publishers in Quebec. For 2015, the members of Lisez
l’EuropedecidedtouseanewapproachtopromoteEuropeanculturethrougha
new project linking European literature to performing arts. The theme chosen
was “cultural identity”: Canada has been historically considered as a model
country for people dealing with complex and ethical issues such as diversity,
humanrightsandmulticulturalism;throughoutthe20thcenturymanyEuropeans
left Europe and settled in Canada therefore the country could be imagined as
having European roots. The project also intended to offer newways to “feel”
Europeanbycreatingameetingplacefor literaryandperformanceactivities,to
promoteawarenessoftherichandcomplexEuropeanrealitiesandvaluesacross
theCanadianterritory.
Europe Around the Wor(l)d was a series of events and activities towards an
interactive literary experience. Four European writers (from France, Germany,
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Italy, Portugal)were invited andheldworkshops, interviews/encounters, and a
"Literary happy hour" which presented them in a non-conventional public
interviewandreading.TheprojectincludedaworkshopbasedonEuropeanfairy
tales, where children could listen to traditional European fairy tales and then
createtheirownones.
Partners Blue Metropolis Foundation, Gallimard Official Bookstore of Montreal,
performancehall“LaVitrola”,RamonLlullInstituteofNewYork.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 11,200 Totalbudget(Euro) 21,000
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
CrossBorderConversations:EuropeanandIndian
WomenWriters
EUNICIndia India
Description Aone-dayevent connecting8 femalewriters from theEUwith5 counterparts
India.Itusedconversationanddialoguetoinitiateadiscussiononwomen,their
lives, their histories and how they hope to move forward in the world. The
writers were organised in three panels: Travelling Women: The New Global
Citizens; Pop Culture and Feminism in New Media; and Writing in the 21st
Century:The“RenaissanceWoman”.They stressed thedifficulties thatwomen
stillfaceinIndiaandEuropetoassertthemselves;successstoriesfromEuropean
authors were examined and taken into consideration. Targeted to writers,
opinionsmakers,womeninacademiaandyoungwomeningeneral,theproject
was very positively welcomed and the organisers requested to hold a second
editionofitthefollowingyear.
Partners IndiaInternationalCentre,Zubaanindependentpublishinghouse.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 10,360 Totalbudget(Euro) 10360.34
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
Further
information
https://www.britishcouncil.in/sites/default/files/cross-border_conversations_-
_session_details.pdf;http://www.ifindia.in/content/cross-border-conversations-
european-and-indian-women-writers
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EuropeansWavesofMusicattheSeaFestival-Gaza EUNICPalestine Palestine
Description InthelightofdevelopingaculturalinfrastructureinGaza,theSeaandFreedom
Festival organized by the Gaza Music School of the Edward Said National
ConservatoryofMusicisthefirstofitskind.Theoriginalideaoftheclusterwas
to support the festival with the participation of European artists. Given the
security situationwhichdidnotallow for themovementof foreigners toGaza,
the project wasmodified and a programme of workshops with European and
localexpertswasorganisedformusicteachersandfestival/schoolmanagers(22-
60 years old) in Gaza. The aim was to improve their teaching and managing
techniquesaswell asallow themtonetworkwithcolleagues in theWestbank.
The project also supported the festival’s infrastructure and organisation,
includingfourconcertswithlocalmusicians.
The workshops delivered focused on the fields of musical and instrumental
pedagogical teaching;choir leadingandconductingofEuropeanmusicalbodies
(Orchestra or Choir); management of European structured orchestras and
ensembles; andmanagementofacoustics in concerthalls.Overall,participants
to the workshops have direct contact with up to 1000 music students in
Ramallah,Jerusalem,Bethlehem,NablusandGaza,andwereexpectedtoactas
multipliers.Oneoftheparticipantsintheworkshopreceivedtheinvitationtodo
aninternshipinGermanywithoneoftheEuropeantrainers.
Partners EUMissioninJerusalem,SwedishInternationalDevelopmentAgency,Palestinian
MinistryofCulture,UnitedPalestinianAppeal,PalestinianRedCrescentSociety,
JawwalandtheBankofPalestine.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 22,500 Totalbudget(Euro) 17,500
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
CartooningforPeaceinthePhilippines EUNICPhilippines Philippines
Description Established in 2006, Cartooning for Peace is an international network of press
cartoonists. Cartooning for Peace in the Philippines took place at a crucial
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moment in the political life of the country concerning the peace process to
resolvealong-standingdisputeinthesouthernislandofMindanao.
The project invited 5 European cartoonists to the Philippines, and 6 Philippian
cartooniststofacilitateinteractionsbetweenthem,journalists,academiaandthe
generalpublicinthePhilippineswithaviewtopromotingpeace,mediafreedom
andresponsible journalism.Differentactivitieswereorganisedamongwhichan
exhibition,workshopswithstudents,a“Cartooningforpeace”forum,animations
ofcartoons,andthepublicationofcartooneditorialsbyEUguestcartoonists in
localjournals.
Partners EU Delegation, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Embassies of
Denmark and Switzerland, Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility,
UniversityofthePhilippines-Diliman,DeLaSalleUniversity-Manila,Universityof
SantoTomasandnewspapercompaniesnamelyManilaBulletin,PhilippineStar,
Tempo, Manila Times and Philippine Daily Inquirer, Air France, Bayleaf Hotel-
Intramuros.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 10,500 Totalbudget(Euro) 20,600
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
Further
information
http://www.eunic-online.eu/?q=content/eunic-philippines-cartooning-peace
EUNICLabonconveningnewaudiences.Curatorial
ProjectandSeminar:EngagingwiththeYouthand
DevelopingnewAudiencesandCuratorialSkillswith
Galleries,MuseumsandArtSpacesinSouthAfrica
EUNICSouth
Africa
SouthAfrica
Description TheprojectwasintendedtofacilitateinternationalcooperationbetweenAfrican
and European professionals and organisations, exchange best practices, and
contributetoaudiencedevelopmentandabetteraccesstothearts,cultureand
knowledgefortheyouthinSouthAfrica.
Fromcuratorstoartpractitioners,fromarteducatorstoculturalpolicyexperts,
the three-day seminar/laboratory brought together a variety of practitioners
from Europe and South Africa to focus on engaging with new, young and
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underprivileged audiences in South AfricanMuseums, Galleries and art places.
Unfoldingthroughprivateandpublicpaneldiscussions,sitevisitsandwalks,and
informaldiscussions,theeventsetouttointerrogatethreekeystreams:formsof
audience relationship thatarealreadyembedded in thepracticeof institutions
and inthepracticeof independentoperatorswithinthefieldofvisualarts; the
complexities of imagining new audiences in various institutional and social
contextswithin South Africa; andwhat new strategies could be proposed and
developed to aid institutions in developing new audiences. The Lab was
organised in Johannesburg, SowetoandPretoria, in the contextof EuropeFest,
theMonthofEurope'sCultures.
Partners VisualArtsNetworkofSouthAfrica-VANSA(co-organiser),EUDelegation,
'ConnectingCreativeMarkets'programmesupportedbyBusinessandArtsSouth
AfricaandtheBritishCouncilprogrammeConnectZA.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 23,154 Totalbudget(Euro) 14,000
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
CinnamonColomboscope EUNICSriLanka SriLanka
Description CinnamonColomboscope is amultidisciplinary festival launchedby the EUNIC
clusterinSriLankain2013.Itsfirsteditionexaminedthenotionofidentitywhile
the secondone focusedon the themeofmakinghistory. Its thirdedition, co-
financedbytheClusterFund,wasconceivedtohighlighttheimportanceofthe
arts in the context of urban development and creating space for artistic
expression and experimentation, therefore providing a platform to reflect on
the multiple chances and challenges of the development that the city of
Colomboisgoingthrough.
The2015editionofthefestivalexaminedColombothroughtheeyesofartists,
musicians, performers, writers and researchers. As the city’s only festival
dedicated to thearts in itsmultidisciplinary forms, the festivalpartneredwith
Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts and widened its scope for analysis with the
introductionoftwoparallelsegments:
-Talksand literatureprogramme‘TheCity. Identity.Urbanity.’,composedofa
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totalof17eventsthatfocusedonthebroadquestionsthatdefineColomboas
thecapitalofSriLanka.
-Visualartsexhibition‘ShadowScenes’,includingartanddocumentaryprojects.
It addressed the violent past of Sri Lanka through variousworks,whichwere
dealingwithdisplacement, loss,personalwarexperiences, and thevisionofa
futureSriLanka.
The topics of remembrance and recognition played a significant role in both
segments.
WithCololomboscope theEUNIC clusterwasable toestablish aplatform that
receivedtherecognitionofthecirclesofarts,culture,media,andcivilsociety.
No other event in Sri Lanka so far had delivered professionally curated
programmes on the theme of urban development and urban life style in the
scaleandqualityofColomboscope.
Partners Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts, “International Alert”, University of Moratuwa,
Polish Institute New Delhi, Prohelvetia, The Gujral Foundation in New Delhi,
commercialsponsors,mediapartners.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) 20,000 Totalbudget(Euro) 85,020
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
Furtherinformation http://www.cinnamoncolomboscope.com/
GreenSt.Petersburg EUNICSt.Petersburg Russia
Description GreenSt.Petersburgwasdesignedtoraiseawarenessonsustainability together
withgreenandenvironmentallyfriendlysolutionsinthecityofSt.Petersburg. It
alsohadtheambitiontohelpeasethetensionbetweenRussiaandtheEU.The
project was intended to have a cultural component (promoting art and culture
that reflect on green solutions) and a business component (promoting organic
food, green technology, green architecture and sustainable urban planning)
throughthreemainactivitieswereenvisaged:
- CO2GreenDriveFestivalinSt.Petersburg:theCO2GreenDriveProjectis
aworldwideseriesofart,climateandtechnologyeventstopromotegreen
growthandtomotivatethegeneralpublictotakeactivepartinaddressing
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thechallengesofurbantransportation.
- EKO-Festival – Green St. Petersburg: to inspire people for cautious
attitude towards environment through aesthetics, ethical consumption,
healthylifestyleandmoderntechnologies.
- Nordic Weeks: an annual initiative of over 30 events in architecture,
literature, history, innovations, environment and Nordic culture, jointly
organised by the Nordic Council, the Consulates General of Norway,
Sweden,DenmarkandFinlandinStPetersburg,theEmbassyofIcelandin
Russia, the Danish Cultural Institute and the Institute of Finland in St
Petersburg.
The Green St Petersburg Festival tackled sustainability from the novel angle of
multifarious national cultures and art, combining areas as diverse as fashion,
architecture,film,photography,cuisine,performanceart,andmusic.Theformat
of the activities was equally diverse and aimed at involving, instructing and
delighting thevisitors throughgames, lectures, exhibitions,debates,workshops,
master-classes, film screenings, concerts and performances. Furthermore, the
festival promoted multilingualism and multiculturalism thanks to its strong
internationalfocus.
Eventually, the dimension of the project was reduced for various reasons, the
main one being that Russian NGOs that were partners to the project were
underfunded and understaffed and could not fully deliver their initial
commitments. The cluster is currently discussing on how to use the rest of the
grant.
Partners Local organizations among which Krasnoselsky neighborhood in St Petersburg,
SchoolofMartialArts,SchooloftheThirdAge,FilmandTelevisionSchool.
ClusterFundco-financing(Euro) Estimated:15,000
Spent:7,137.2
Totalbudget(Euro) 25,906.80
Reportingafterprojectcompletion Yes Formalevaluation No
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AnnexIV:Listofclustersapplyingandreceivingfunding
ClusterFund–Y1(2012–2013):Applicants,Awardedclusters
1. Argentina-Cordoba
2. Austria
3. Brussels
4. Bosniaand
Herzegovina
5. Bulgaria
6. China
7. Croatia
8. CzechRepublic
9. Egypt
10. Estonia
11. Finland
12. Lyon
13. Georgia
14. Ghana
15. Hungary(two
projects)
16. Jordan
17. Kazakhstan
18. Lebanon
19. Lithuania
20. Morocco-Rabat
21. Norway
22. Palestine
23. Peru
24. Philippines
25. Portugal
26. Romania
27. Senegal
28. SouthAfrica
29. Spain
30. Sweden
31. Thailand
32. Tunisia
33. Turkey(fourprojects,
onewasawarded)
34. UK–London
35. US–Chicago
36. US–NewYork
37. US–WashingtonDC
ClusterFund–Y2(2013–2014):Applicants,Awardedclusters
1. Cordoba
2. BuenosAires
3. Almaty
4. Athens
5. Australia-Sydney
6. Brazil
7. Brussels
8. Bosniaand
Herzegovina
9. Bucharest
10. Canada–Toronto
11. Colombia-Bogota
12. Croatia
13. Egypt(twoprojects,
onewasawarded)
14. Estonia
15. Ethiopia
16. Lyon
17. Bordeaux
18. Georgia
19. Germany–Berlin
20. Germany–Frankfurt
21. Hungary-Budapest
22. Ireland–Dublin
23. Israel
24. Jordan
25. Latvia
26. Morocco-Rabat
27. Norway(twoprojects)
28. Palestine
29. Peru
30. Philippines
31. Krakow
32. Warsaw
33. Portugal-Lisbon
34. Serbia(twoprojects,
onewasawarded)
35. Slovakia-Bratislava
36. Slovenia
37. Spain-Madrid
38. Stockholm(three
projects,onewas
awarded)
39. SouthAfrica
40. Thailand
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41. London
42. NewYork
43. WashingtonDC
44. Montevideo
45. Vienna
46. Vietnam-Hanoi
ClusterFund–Y3(2014-2015):Applicants,Awardedclusters
1. EUNICAthens
2. EUNICBrazil
3. EUNICBucharest
4. EUNICBuenosAires
5. EUNICCanada
6. EUNICEgypt
7. EUNICGeorgia
8. EUNICIndia
9. EUNICIsrael
10. EUNICLebanon
11. EUNICLithuania
12. EUNICLondon
13. EUNICMENA(Jordan
leading)
14. EUNICMontevideo
15. EUNICMorocco-
Rabat
16. EUNICMozambique
17. EUNICNamibia
18. EUNICOPT(now
EUNICPalestine)
19. EUNICPeru
20. EUNICPhilippines
21. EUNICPrague
22. EUNICSerbia(two
projects)
23. EUNICSouthAfrica
24. EUNICSriLanka
25. EUNICSt.Petersburg
26. EUNICSweden
27. EUNICSydney
28. EUNICTurkey
29. EUNICUkraine
30. EUNICWashingtonDC
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AnnexV:Methodology
Objectives
- To assess the performance of the Cluster Fund between 2012 and 2015 against its
objectivesandexpectedresults(listedinAnnexI).
- TodraftnewguidelinesforthefutureOperationoftheClusterFundinorderittosupport
thedeliveryoftheStrategicFramework.
Scope
Threemainareaswerecoveredbytheevaluation:awardedprojects(quantitativeandqualitative
analysisoftheprojectsreceivingagrant),clusters’responsetothecalls(quantitativeanalysisof
the applications submitted), and management procedure (evaluation criteria and process,
applicationandevaluationforms,timelineandfollow-up).
Phases
Phase1:mappingthedocumentationandcollectingthemissingdata.
The first stepwas tomap thedocumentationavailableon theEUNICGlobalarchiveandcollect
relevant missing information, i.e. the missing evaluation forms for the awarded projects in Y3
(2014-2015).Thereasonfornotrequestingthemissingevaluationformsofpreviousyearsisthat
projectmanagersinchargeofthoseawardedprojectswouldhaveprobablymovedtoadifferent
posting.
Phase2:firstanalysisoftherelevantdata,extractingandorganisingthem
The objective of this phase was to do a preliminary analysis of the documents with a view to
extracting the relevant information, stored in different documents (minutes of Strategy Group
meetings, application packs, evaluation forms, etc.), and displaying it in a structured and
comparablewayinordertofacilitatetheirsubsequentanalysis.
AshortdiscussionpaperonpreliminaryresultsoftheClusterFundevaluationandpossibilitiesfor
theClusterFundGuidelineswaselaboratedanddiscussedwiththeStrategyGroupandBoardof
Directors during a meeting organised in February 2016. The feedback received during this
consultationwasincludedintheprocessoftheevaluation.
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Phase3:In-depthanalysisandconclusions
During this phase, a qualitative and quantitative analysis covering the awarded projects, the
response to callsand themanagementprocedurewasperformedwithaview tounderstanding
theworkofEUNICclusters(typeofprojects,processes,strategicapproach,etc..)andtheroleof
the Cluster Fund in it; identifying gaps and potential areas of improvement; assessing the
performanceoftheprojects inrelationtotheClusterFundobjectivesandexpectedresults;and
envisaginganewmodel for the futureoperationof theClusterFund inalignmentwithEUNIC’s
StrategicFramework.
The draft conclusions and recommendations of the Cluster Fund Evaluationwere presented to
focalpointsandstrategists(EUNICAcademyinNancy,May2016)andtheirfeedbackincorporated.
The report was concluded following the approval of the final draft conclusions and
recommendationsbytheGeneralAssemblyinCopenhageninJune2016.