Project
Culture for Structural Development illustrated by South-Eastern Europe (CSD)
Approach
"A Soul for Europe" liases between those bearing political responsibility at national and European level and cultural networks in the region of South Eastern Europe in order to utilize their European added value for strategies to improve structural development and regional policy. The main target groups are young Europeans and future decision-makers in the region.
Usability criteria for structural development include contributions made by the projects towards:
- stabilizing structures in public life and the public sphere
- developing and consolidating civic structures
- promoting social and cultural cohesion
- reconciling local and regional conflicts
- developing economic activities and structures
The idea is to produce a set of guidelines (white paper) that will be presented to the initiative's Steering Committee to ensure that it acquires political validity.
Partners
- ECUMEST (Bucharest), AltArt (Cluj), Cult.bg (Sofia) and other cultural operators in the region, some of which participated in the first Berlin Conference in 2004 and, with the support of the People Network (Felix Meritis Foundation, Amsterdam), joined the initiative "Soul for Europe"
- The Bulgarian Minister for European Affairs Meglena Kuneva, who is a member of the initiative's Board of Trustees, supports the project.
- Doris Pack and Hannes Swoboda, Members of the European Parliament responsible for policy on South Eastern Europe
- Erhard Busek, Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe
- The EU Commission's agencies responsible for structural development and regional policy
