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Brussels Kunstenoverleg & Réseau des Arts à Bruxelles
Cultural diversity & intercultural dialogue
in BrusselsEuropean CommissionWorking group of Member States experts (OMC)11th of December 2012
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Brussels: the context RAB & BKO Cultural Plan for Brussels Working group Interculturality
Teams Audience Programmation
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Brussels: the context
Introduction to the institutional, social and cultural context
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Brussels: the institutional context
Brussels = Capital Region = 19 municipalities
Culture in Brussels-> Flemish Community + Cocof-> French Community + VGC-> Municipalities-> Federal-> Europe
Total = 42 members of Government= no coherent cultural policy
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Brussels means …
… cultural, linguistic and socio-economical diversity
More than 45 nationalities (with more than 1000 people living in Brussels)
Very young population (25% is less than 20 years) One ‘youngster’ out of three is unemployed
30% of the population lives in poverty 30% of the whole economic activity of the country Officially bilingual (French and Dutch) but 28% of the population has
another mother tongue
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Brussels Kunstenoverleg & Réseau des Arts à Brussels
Two Brussels-based networks, created by the cultural sector, and bridging the language, community and sector divides
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BKO & RAB
Founded in 2004 Subsidized by the French
Community the COCOF Gathers cultural institutions
linked to French Community, COCOF or any municipality of the Brussels Capital Region
50 members
Founded in 2002 Subsidized by the VGC Gathers cultural institutions
linked to Flemish Community, VGC or any municipality of the Brussels Capital Region
91 members
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BKO & RAB: Mission
Platform for concertation of the cultural sector- Working together to realise a coherent vision on culture in Brussels:
importance of the collaboration of all the parties involved
- Encouraging the dialogue and exchange (in the cultural sector + with other sectors and authorities)
- Providing advice and information (members + other sectors)
- Identifying and supporting joint projects which respond to the demands and needs of the cultural sector
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RAB & BKO: Joint Projects Cooperation agreement
Agreement signed by more than a hundred cultural actors to promote collaboration between French, Flemish and multilingual cultural institutions in Brussels (2007)
Cultural Plan for BrusselsDevelopment of a shared cultural vision for Brussels (2009)
Concertation platformsbased on the different functions (2012)Direction, HR, communication, mediation …
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Cultural Plan for Brussels
34 proposals for a coherent cultural policy in Brussels
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1. Cultural Plan for Brussels
- Collaboration > the result of two years of consultation and reflection of the cultural sector in Brussels
- Transversality > transversal reflection on Brussels, his future and his ambitions
- Complementarity > culture as a historical heritage, linked to one’s identity (heritage) and as a dynamic process of constant renewal (creation)
- Reinforcement > culture contributes to emancipation and to the (inter)national allure of the city
- Dialogue > Invitation to everyone to continue and enrich the dialogue
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4. The Plan5 chapters Brussels, interculturel Brussels, cultural area Brussels, creative city Brussels, coherent Brussels, capital city
34 proposalsThree levels of action: Cultural actors Cultural sector (via BKO and RAB) Authorities and other parties in Brussels
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5. Start action plan: 2010 4 Projects1. Interculturality
[Teams] [Public] [Programmation]Partners: Actiris, CBAI, Lasso, Article 27, …
2. MappingPartners: VGC/Cocof, Brussels Studies Institute, ADT
3. Cultural Agenda Partners : Visitbrussels, Cultuurnet Vlaanderen, Culture.be, …
4. Artistsinbrussels.eu Partners : SMartBE, …
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Working group Interculturalism
Or how to improve the representation of the Brussels’ diversity in its cultural sector
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Working group Interculturalism
Based on the proposals
of the Cultural Plan for Brussels
Main objectiveHow can we improve the involvement of the cultural minorities living in Brussels in our activities, and make sure that they are more present on the stages, in the teams and among the audience?
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Working group Interculturalism Some history1. Plenary meetings (jan – sept 2010)
> Action plan on 3 levels: team, public and programmation
2. Diversification (sept 2010 – jan 2011)> of the working group
> subgroups per ‘level’
3. Action (jan 2011 – april 2012)
4. End + continuation (april 2012 - …)
Working group InterculturalismPlenary meetings
Platform for exchange of experience and reflection: terminology, policy frames, etc.
Presentations of:- CBAI- Actiris- French Community (France Lebon)- Vlaams Theater Instituut- KunstZ- Article 27- Lasso- …
Working group InterculturalismSubgroup ‘Teams’
Group of HR-managers Definition of problems / objectives Actions
- Collaboration with Actiris- Development of Diversity-plans - HR-day – competence management (October 2011)
Visits with unemployed youngsters to cultural organisations
Working group InterculturalismSubgroup ‘Publics’
Group of public mediators Important platform for exchange of experience, networking Trajectory note: long term collaboration between cultural
organisation and school/social organisation. Training: Interact. Public mediation in Brussels (June 2012)
Partners: Centre Bruxellois d’Action Interculturelle (CBAI), Citizenne, Foyer,
Lasso, Article 27
Working group InterculturalismSubgroup ‘Programmation’
Group of artists – no programmers Meeting with programmers:
- The question of the identity of the cultural ‘houses’- The question of quality – professional art- The question of the subjectivity in the programming
process Interviews with ‘informal’ cultural organisations in Brussels:
- Official and ‘informal’ circuits don’t know each other (codes, different networks…)
- Lack of means to be able to guide the artists
Working group Interculturalism Some difficulties1. Interculturalism: an internal question RAB & BKO
- Vocabulary: interculturalism vs social cohesion vs diversity vs …
2. Interculturalism: different policies- Difference between French and Flemish community- The subsidiary question: how can a community start with interculturalism / social cohesion if it doesn’t take the other community into account?
3. Action and the limits of our networks
4. What about the future? (continuation)
What about the future? ContinuationEnd of the working group in April 2012 but…Interculturalism = transversal theme in the working of RAB/BKO
New projects / to do’s / challenges:- Exchange of experience via the concertation platforms: HR, Public
mediation, etc- More cultural houses involved in Diversity-plans!- Continuation of the ‘training’- Realisation of the trajectories- Reflection criteria for programmation- Getting in contact with programmers- Seminar on Programmation and the Brussels’ diversity- Strategic level: how to get the theme on the agenda of the Directors?- Spreading of the information- …
ContactsRAB - Réseau des Arts à Bruxelles c/o La BelloneRue de Flandre 46, 1000 BrusselsT 02 502 26 [email protected]
BKO - Brussels KunstenoverlegSainctelettesquare 19, 1000 BrusselT 02 513 66 [email protected]
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