In the frame of the project for “Decentralised cooperation between the Region Lower Normandy and the Republic of Macedonia”, Lokomotiva-Centre for New Initiatives in Arts and Culture in collaboration with the Regional Council of Lower Normandy (holders of the project axe for "Cultural policy and cultural exchange") organize an official visit to the Region Lower Normandy (the cities Caen and Cherbourg) and conference on the subject: “Cultural policies: Problems in decentralization and territorial challenges”
Conference is organised in two thematic sessions.
The first session, titled: Territorial cultural policies: Possibilities and needs for regional cultural development aims to present and discuss the existing models of cultural policy practiced on both territories and through a comparative analyse (taking in consideration the different socio-cultural context) to investigate the challenges and possible models of cultural development of regional level.
Through case studies, concrete projects, action places, the Second session aims to present and discuss about the existing and new methods of implementation of the cultural policies on a certain territory. Therefore, in this session the panellists will have their exposure in two thematic frames:
1. Implementation of public cultural policies in a certain territory
2. Project and instruments for development of culture in a certain territory
M. Alain Tourret, Vice-President of the Regional Council of Lower Normandy, President of the commission “Europe, cooperation, tourism and reunification of Lower and Higher Normandy, Agriculture and Fishing” and M. Musa Xhafferi, Minister of Local Self-Government of the Republic of Macedonia, will open the conference with introductory speech.
This conference encloses the first three-year cycle of the project axe for "Cultural policy and cultural exchange" from the project for “Decentralised cooperation between the Region Lower Normandy and the Republic of Macedonia”. The second three-year cycle (2010-2013) starts in October.
Invited guests and panellists from Macedonia on the conference are: Emilia Gjeroska, Head of the Centre for Development of the Pelagonija region, Evgenija Bektaš Josifovska, Advisor for Culture in the Municipality of Bitola, Dragana Kjurcioska, Head of the Sector for Normative-Legal, Administrative and Property Affaires in the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia, Goran Petrov, Mayor of Veles, Marjan Risteski, Mayor of Prilep, Borce Dimitrovski, Director of the Centre for Culture, Bitola, Toni Chatleski, Director of the Centre for Culture "Marko Cepenkov” Prilep, Irena Andreeveska, Director of the International Centre for Art and Sustainable Development "Art Point - Gumno", Demir Hisar, Zoran Ilievski, Director of SEGA – Coalition of youth organizations, and (Lokomotiva’s team composed of Biljana Tanurovska Kjulavkovski, Violeta Kachakova (programme editors)and Radmila Stanojevska). The event will be covered by the Media partner TV TELMA (Nina Stefanova and Jane Markovski).
The project is support by the Region Lower Normandy, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Association of Agencies for Local Democracy.
