FORUM ON CULTURAL COOPERATION IN EUROPE 2001
14.30 - 15.30
Opening of the Forum
Ms Viviane REDING, Member of the European Commission responsible for Education
and Culture.
Mr Rudy DEMOTTE, President of the Council on Culture of the European Union,
Minister of Culture of the Belgian French-speaking Community.
Mr. Giuseppe GARGANI, Chairman, Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, The
Media and Sport, European Parliament. Mr Giorgio RUFFOLO, Vice-Chairman, Committee
on Culture, European Parliament.
Mr Vasca GRACA MOURA, Vice-Chairman, Committee on Culture, European Parliament.
15.30 - 18.30
Building on ten years of cultural cooperation in Europe
Opening by Mr Nikolaus VAN DER PAS, Director General, Education, Audiovisual, Culture, European Commission.
Has implementing cultural programmes made it possible to achieve the aims that the European - Union set itself in the field of culture?
Mr Paul DUJARDIN, Brussels Philarmonic Society, European Concert Halls Organization
How has the cultural action undertaken over the last ten years by the Community interacted with national or regional cultural policies? Has it complied with the principle of subsidiarity?
Mr Lasse LINDHARD, Special adviser and coordinator of international multilateral affairs, including the EU, Ministry of Culture, Denmark
How do the operators involved see the cultural action undertaken by the Union?
Mr. Patrice BONAFFE, Pépinières européennes pour jeunes artistes
Drawing the lessons learnt from these ten years of experimence what are the guidelines for rethinking the future of European action in the cultural field as part of a programme open to 31 countries?
Ms Kalina STEFANOVA, International Association of Theatre Critics, Bulgaria
9.30-13.00
WORKSHOPS - The future of European cultural cooperation
Workshop 1 : European cooperation and Cultural creativity
Chairman : Mr Bernard FOCCROULLE, Théâtre Royal de la
Monnaie, Brussels
Reporter : Mr Dimitri KONSTANTINIDIS, Apollonia
Workshop 2 : Cooperation Networks in the European cultural field
Chairman: Ms Mary Ann DEVLIEG, Informal European Theater Meeting
Reporter : Mr Eduard DELGADO, Interarts
Workshop 3 : Industries and cultural actions in Europe
Chairman : Mr. Jean-François MICHEL, European Music Office
Reporter : Mr. Andreas WIESAND, Ericarts
15.00-17.00
Plenary Session
President : Ms Barbara O'TOOLE, Member of European Parliament, Committee on
Culture Synthesis of the workshops :
Mr. Dimitri KONSTANTINIDIS, Workshop 1
Mr. Eduard DELGADO, Workshop 2
Mr. Andreas WIESAND, Workshop 3.
Conclusions by Mr. Nikolaus VAN DER PAS.