Welcome to the Website of the European Network of Cultural Centres (ENCC)!

ENCC is an international network of arts and cultural centres, founded in Turnhout-Belgium in June 1994.

Europe is a beautiful mosaic of cultures; arts products and arts education can teach us, perhaps more than history itself, about daily life and global culture of a region. Europe becomes smaller as mobility increases and new technologies will lower barriers to co-operate with each other. This, and closer networking, will allow staff members of local cultural institutes to become strong intermediaries between the arts, the artists and the public, not only on a local level but also on a European level.

One of the primary conditions for a better co-operation and an intense cultural exchange is a better knowledge of each other and of the way we operate. Not only national cultural institutes have a mission to fulfil in Europe's future. Also local actors in the cultural field do need a platform where they can meet, talk about their experiences, dream about projects in co-operation with partners all over Europe.

Multi-disciplinary cultural centres have their own way of acting, their own problems and fields of interest. The ENCC wants to be their platform: networking on a global level for acting stronger in the local community.

 

NEW!

 

SHORTCUT EUROPE 09 "CULTURE AND CIVIC SOCIETY"
HELSINKI, 12|13|14 NOVEMBER 2009

documentationcopenhagenDownload the Conference programme

aDownload the Conference information sheet

aDownload the Conference registration form

 

 

Documentation of the Project Fair 2008 in Brussels:

aDownload the documentation of the Project Fair

 

Bridge Between Cultural Centres (BECC)

In the light of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008, the ENCC starts with a Europe-wide staff exchange programme called “Bridge between European Cultural Centres”

The BECC has now its own website. Discover it here

 

Documentation of the Shortcut Europe 2008:

aConference Shortcut Europe 08 "Cultural Vitality - Mapping Europe", 22-24 May 2008, Pécs/Hungary

 

Documentation of the Shortcut Europe 2007:

a"EUROPEAN CULTURAL CENTRES IN THE EXPERIENCE ECONOMY"

 

Here you can find information about our database:

ENCC Database - Please read some instructions before you register here

 

LINKS!

aWebsites concerning culture

aPublications concerning culture

 

 

logoThis project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any
use which may be made of the information contained therein.