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Cluj Cultural Centre is a non-governmental organization for culture and sustainable development.
Legacy of the city’s bid for the European Capital of Culture 2021, the Centre implements an interdisciplinary programme to address strategic challenges of the society.
The Centre has 104 members: cultural organizations and institutions, universities, business clubs and clusters, associations of the civil society and the local and regional administration.
Our VisionWe believe that culture makes cities present and human.
Our MissionWe mobilize culture for social transformation and sustainable development.
Our Values
Building TrustWe build trust in a world of empowered citizens, for a common good.
Inspiring WorldviewsWe foster creativity and innovation to resignify our present and imagine our future.
Being ContemporaryWe use the intrinsic power of culture to engage with today’s most relevant topics.
Valuing EveryoneWe contribute to building social equity, with arts and culture open for all.
Better for AllWe work together for individual and collective well-being and for a sustainable society.
About Us
www.cccluj.ro
104 Member Organizations
- Art Museum - British Council - Deutsches Kulturzentrum - Hungarian State Opera - Hungarian State Theatre - History Museum of Transylvania - Institut Français - National Theatre - Octavian Goga County Library - Puck Puppet Theatre - Romanian National Opera - Students’ Culture House - Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography - Transylvania State Philharmonic
- AltArt - Apostrof - Arta Capoeira (Cercul Întreg ) - Arta în Dialog (Cinema Arta) - Art Image - Avram Iancu Patriotic Society - Boiler (Electric Castle) - Carpatica - Caolin - Cealaltă (Cluj Design Days) - Centrul de Interes - Circus Fairies - Clujul Cultural - Colectiv A - Compania de Tango Cluj - Cortina Kids Events - Culture and Emancipation of Women Association
- Create.Act.Enjoy - Creative Ways (TEDxEroilor) - Daisler - De-a Arhitectura - European Foundation for Urban Culture - Fabrica de Pensule - Fapte (Jazz in the Park) - Fascinația Meșteșugului - Fotopia - Groundfloor Group - Lateral ArtSpace - Magic Puppet - Matca - Notes & Ties - Photo Romania - Perennis (Transylvania Opera Academy) - Plai (ZAIN Festival) - Plan B - Pro Transilvania - Quadro Gallery - Romanian Film Promotion (TIFF) - Reactor de Creație și Experiment - Romanian Writers League - Romanian Writers Union - Cluj Branch - Scena Urbană - Scientifica - Support Your Local Artist - Transylvania Cultural Development
(Smida Jazz) - Transylvania Trust - Union of Visual Artists - Cluj Branch - Union of Visual Artists Cluj-Bistrița - Urbannect - Victoria Film - Why Not Us (Street Food Festival) - Young Actions and Abstractions
(Aici Acolo Pop Up Gallery) - Zestrea - ZUG Zone
14 Institutions
68 Cultural Organizations
54 NGOs
- Babeș-Bolyai University - Gheorghe Dima Music Academy - University of Agricultural Sciences and
Veterinary Medicine - University of Art and Design - University of Medicine and Pharmacy - Technical University
6 State Universities
- Bogdan Vodă University - Sapientia University
2 Private Universities
8 Academic Organizations
- Creative Industries Cluster - Cluj IT Cluster - Transylvania Furniture Cluster - Transilvania IT Cluster
- Business Women Association - Cluj Hotels Association - Cluj Hub - Cluj Startups - Employers and Craftsmen Association
- Genesis Lions Club - Rotary Club Cluj-Napoca - Transilvania Lions Club
4 Business Clusters
3 Business Clubs5 Business Organizations
12 Business Organizations
- Cluj County Council - Cluj-Napoca Municipality - Cluj Metropolitan Area Development Association - North-West Regional Development Agency
4 Local and Regional Administration Bodies
- Asociația Cinegetică pentru Cercetarea Habitatelor „Valori Superioare”
- ASUAD (Students of Art and Design University) - Cluj Guided Tours - Cluj Youth Federation - Local Development Group - Noi Orizonturi
12 Civil Society Associations
- PONT Group - Pro Vobis - Romanian Chamber of Architects -
Transylvania Branch - Romanian Health Observatory - Social Circle - Transylvania College
Our Theory of Change
In our effort to understand and perform change through culture, we designed WEAST, our five-step theory of change.
WEAST covers five phases of transformation:
W from Wonder Describing the situation we are starting from;
E from Explore Imagining, seeking new horizons, new possibilities of change;
A from Activate Testing and performing change in small scale;
S from Share Publicly releasing the new;
T from Trust Mass-producing of the new, replicating and scaling up.
Our cultural interventions move from one phase to another, evolving towards upscaling if successful or returning to previous stages if more experimenting is needed.
Change is finally possible when culture has brought trust to the society.
We act as a platform for cooperation and innovation. Our role is to bring together stakeholders from culture and other sectors to explore, experiment and co-create new solutions for collective concerns. Through participatory processes and capacity building, we support cultural and community actors to become actors of change in the society.
Our cultural programme includes interdisciplinary projects in contemporary art, cultural and artistic education, local development, social cohesion, well-being, cultural and creative sectors’ support, rural heritage, social and urban innovation, science education and communication, international cooperation, research and policies.
1. Developing Cluj-Napoca as a leading European city in arts and culture;2. Facilitating the cohesion and vitality of the local community;3. Contributing to local and regional development through culture;4. Bringing a strategic contribution to culture and society;5. Developing an up-to-date and sustainable organizational model.
Our Programme
Our Strategic Objectives
CULTUREINSPIRES
cultural development
CULTURECONNECTS
community development
CULTUREWORKS
urban development
CULTUREMATTERS
policy development
Academy of Change Inner Space Cluj-NapocaUrban Innovation Unit Culture Next
Art’n’Play Remarkable Romania Culturepreneurs Research
European Centre for Contemporary Art Jivipen Quantum Policies
From January 6 on: Roma children and families involved in cultural activities in the framework of our Cultural Voucher programme
From January 6 on: Co-management together with the Municipality of the UIA-funded project Cluj Future of Work, involving eight other local organizations
From January 6 on: Working with the AWE, Studtiotopia and INDICES international consortiums to implement our projects
From January 13 on: Artistic residencies in schools in the framework of Art’n’Play
From January 13 on: Evaluation and planning sessions inside the executive team, with the member organizations and with the Board of Directors
March 1: First improvements of the public transport passes for students implemented by the Municipality as a follow-up on the Mobily Pact
March 6: Our Annual General Assembly, with new members welcomed to the Association and an approved 2020 year plan
March 9: Start of the ECCA Archive research programme
March 12-14: Culture Next meeting in Oulu moved online due to the coronavirus outbreak
March 13: International call for artworks open in the framework of our AWE project
March 16: Open letter signed by 50 members of the Centre inviting the Ministry of Culture to start a national support task-force for the independent sector
March 26: Launching the Artists Together movement
May 4: Cluj Cultural Observatory, a repository of data on the local cultural sector initiated
May 6: Launching of the local working group for support measures for the cultural sector
May 11: Survey on art consumption during the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on well-being
May 15: Policy document on Culture in the framework of the 2020-2030 Integrated Strategy for Urban Development of the Cluj Metropolitan Area
May 18: Start of the institutional planning for the future ECCA
May 20: Feature of Cluj artists on the europeathome.eu platform
May 31: 160 applications from scientists received to Studiotopia open call for residencies
July 12: First Jivipen Meeting of the series
From July 15 on: Artists and teachers co-creating STEAM learning activities in the framework of Studiotopia
From July 20 on: Research on the impact of cultural education on students' well-being
From July 20: Start of the Academy of Change training and mentorship programme
July 25: A day in Remarkable Romania event
July 29: Urban Thinkers Campus on Urban Resilience
September 1: Opening of the “Know the Roma” exhibition within Jivipen
September 1: Start of the Business to Culture pilot programme within the Academy of Change
September 3-4: First edition of the Culture 2030 conference
September 15: The ECoC library from 1985 launched in the framework of Culture Next
From September 15 on: Cultural Prescriptions pilot in the framework of our Inner Space project
September 15: Art’n’Play expands with five schools from rural areas of Cluj county
From September 15 on: Future scenarios and open innovation workshops within the Cluj Future of Work project
September 18: Giuvlipen theatre performance at The National Theatre
September 20: Remarkable Romania annual assembly of the network members in Bonțida
September 21: Launching of the Culturepreneurs new learning modules
September 30: Launching the Centre’s series of publications and the new website
September 30: “Revisiting the Art Institution” international workshop within ECCA
From November 1 on: Science is everywhere activations and installations exhibited across the city, in the framework of Quantum
November 2-7: Second edition of the Autumn School of Curating
November 3-5: Pre-texts training workshop for teachers in the framework of Art’n’Play
November 4: Cluj Future of Work Fellowships public Q&A event
November 9-19: Art and Science Pop-Up Labs, mediation activities within Art’n’Play
November 12-13: New edition of our Urban Dialogues
From November 15 on: Establishment of the Cluj School Network as a partnership between Art’n’Play and Quantum
November 16: Castles on the Someș Valley route
November 20: Publishing of the Art’n’Play cultural educational model
November 25: Open call for new members in the Remarkable Romania network
From November 30 on: Set-up of the Culturepreneurs co-working space
From February 1 on: Working with the LEAP and MESOC
international consortiums to implement our projects
February 8-12: Participation at the World Urban Forum in Abu
Dhabi
From February 10 on: Partnership development
meetings with private companies and relevant local,
regional and national government bodies
February 13: Artists Alexandra Pirici and Ciprian Mureșan join
our residency programme as part of the international
cooperation project Studiotopia
February 25: Open Projects Day and New Members Info Session events for the local community
April 1: One Cluj (Un Singur Cluj) initiative co-founded together with
the major cultural festivals of the city, in support of the Cluj hospitals
April 2: Online proposals of creative activities to be carried out at home
by children and parents offered weekly by Art’n’Play artists
April 5: Launching of our Cluj Resilience Tracker, to monitor how local organizations respond to the
COVID-19 crisis
April 15: Cluj Cultural Guide ready to print, but postponed due to the
coronavirus pandemic
April 16: First survey on the impact on the COVID-19 crisis on cultural
organisations completed
June 1: Seven artworks selected to be co-produced in the framework of
the Art & well-being project
June 9: Concentric meeting on the topic of measures for culture at
local level
June 10: Culturepreneurs 2020-2021 open call for participation
From June 15 on: Stakeholder consultations for policy
recommendations to improve the quality of life of youth in Cluj, within
the LEAP project
From June 22 on: Start of collaborations with the local
museum to promote Roma history and culture
From June 29 on: Mid-year evaluation and planning updates
From August 1 on: Art’n’Play children participation at the New Horizons creative summer camps for children in the countryside
August 6-13: Children from Pata-Rât at the Telciu Summer School
August 8-9: A day in Remarkable Romania in a second village
From August 15 on: Launching of new social media accounts of the Centre on Twitter, Reddit and Quora
August 31: Policy proposals for the well-being of the youth as a result of LEAP project
October 1: Launching the third edition of the Cultural Voucher
October 1-2: Second annual meeting of Culture Next in Leeds
October 2: Launching of the Cities Fund for Culture within Culture Next
October 6-8: Pre-texts training workshop for teachers in the framework of Art’n’Play
October 9: Gipsy Queen film premiere on the Jivipen agenda
October 12-13: Creative workshop for young Roma in the framework of Jivipen
October 15: Artworks exhibited in public spaces and museums in the framework of Inner Space
From October 15 on: “On Public Display” exhibition of the ECCA Archive
October 15-16: Forum of the Academy of Change
October 22-23: New edition of the Culture and Well-being Forum
December 3: Annual Cluj Future of Work conference
December 7: Culturepreneurs first pitching session
December 10: Launching of the new Remarkable Romania catalogue
From December 10 on: Annual evaluation with the participation of our members
December 15: ECCA institutional planning booklet
December 18: End of the year Members’ Assembly.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
AugustSeptember
October
November
December
2020 Year Plan
From January 6 on: Roma children and families involved in cultural activities in the framework of our Cultural Voucher programme
From January 6 on: Co-management together with the Municipality of the UIA-funded project Cluj Future of Work, involving eight other local organizations
From January 6 on: Working with the AWE, Studtiotopia and INDICES international consortiums to implement our projects
From January 13 on: Artistic residencies in schools in the framework of Art’n’Play
From January 13 on: Evaluation and planning sessions inside the executive team, with the member organizations and with the Board of Directors
March 1: First improvements of the public transport passes for students implemented by the Municipality as a follow-up on the Mobily Pact
March 6: Our Annual General Assembly, with new members welcomed to the Association and an approved 2020 year plan
March 9: Start of the ECCA Archive research programme
March 12-14: Culture Next meeting in Oulu moved online due to the coronavirus outbreak
March 13: International call for artworks open in the framework of our AWE project
March 16: Open letter signed by 50 members of the Centre inviting the Ministry of Culture to start a national support task-force for the independent sector
March 26: Launching the Artists Together movement
May 4: Cluj Cultural Observatory, a repository of data on the local cultural sector initiated
May 6: Launching of the local working group for support measures for the cultural sector
May 11: Survey on art consumption during the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on well-being
May 15: Policy document on Culture in the framework of the 2020-2030 Integrated Strategy for Urban Development of the Cluj Metropolitan Area
May 18: Start of the institutional planning for the future ECCA
May 20: Feature of Cluj artists on the europeathome.eu platform
May 31: 160 applications from scientists received to Studiotopia open call for residencies
July 12: First Jivipen Meeting of the series
From July 15 on: Artists and teachers co-creating STEAM learning activities in the framework of Studiotopia
From July 20 on: Research on the impact of cultural education on students' well-being
From July 20: Start of the Academy of Change training and mentorship programme
July 25: A day in Remarkable Romania event
July 29: Urban Thinkers Campus on Urban Resilience
September 1: Opening of the “Know the Roma” exhibition within Jivipen
September 1: Start of the Business to Culture pilot programme within the Academy of Change
September 3-4: First edition of the Culture 2030 conference
September 15: The ECoC library from 1985 launched in the framework of Culture Next
From September 15 on: Cultural Prescriptions pilot in the framework of our Inner Space project
September 15: Art’n’Play expands with five schools from rural areas of Cluj county
From September 15 on: Future scenarios and open innovation workshops within the Cluj Future of Work project
September 18: Giuvlipen theatre performance at The National Theatre
September 20: Remarkable Romania annual assembly of the network members in Bonțida
September 21: Launching of the Culturepreneurs new learning modules
September 30: Launching the Centre’s series of publications and the new website
September 30: “Revisiting the Art Institution” international workshop within ECCA
From November 1 on: Science is everywhere activations and installations exhibited across the city, in the framework of Quantum
November 2-7: Second edition of the Autumn School of Curating
November 3-5: Pre-texts training workshop for teachers in the framework of Art’n’Play
November 4: Cluj Future of Work Fellowships public Q&A event
November 9-19: Art and Science Pop-Up Labs, mediation activities within Art’n’Play
November 12-13: New edition of our Urban Dialogues
From November 15 on: Establishment of the Cluj School Network as a partnership between Art’n’Play and Quantum
November 16: Castles on the Someș Valley route
November 20: Publishing of the Art’n’Play cultural educational model
November 25: Open call for new members in the Remarkable Romania network
From November 30 on: Set-up of the Culturepreneurs co-working space
From February 1 on: Working with the LEAP and MESOC
international consortiums to implement our projects
February 8-12: Participation at the World Urban Forum in Abu
Dhabi
From February 10 on: Partnership development
meetings with private companies and relevant local,
regional and national government bodies
February 13: Artists Alexandra Pirici and Ciprian Mureșan join
our residency programme as part of the international
cooperation project Studiotopia
February 25: Open Projects Day and New Members Info Session events for the local community
April 1: One Cluj (Un Singur Cluj) initiative co-founded together with
the major cultural festivals of the city, in support of the Cluj hospitals
April 2: Online proposals of creative activities to be carried out at home
by children and parents offered weekly by Art’n’Play artists
April 5: Launching of our Cluj Resilience Tracker, to monitor how local organizations respond to the
COVID-19 crisis
April 15: Cluj Cultural Guide ready to print, but postponed due to the
coronavirus pandemic
April 16: First survey on the impact on the COVID-19 crisis on cultural
organisations completed
June 1: Seven artworks selected to be co-produced in the framework of
the Art & well-being project
June 9: Concentric meeting on the topic of measures for culture at
local level
June 10: Culturepreneurs 2020-2021 open call for participation
From June 15 on: Stakeholder consultations for policy
recommendations to improve the quality of life of youth in Cluj, within
the LEAP project
From June 22 on: Start of collaborations with the local
museum to promote Roma history and culture
From June 29 on: Mid-year evaluation and planning updates
From August 1 on: Art’n’Play children participation at the New Horizons creative summer camps for children in the countryside
August 6-13: Children from Pata-Rât at the Telciu Summer School
August 8-9: A day in Remarkable Romania in a second village
From August 15 on: Launching of new social media accounts of the Centre on Twitter, Reddit and Quora
August 31: Policy proposals for the well-being of the youth as a result of LEAP project
October 1: Launching the third edition of the Cultural Voucher
October 1-2: Second annual meeting of Culture Next in Leeds
October 2: Launching of the Cities Fund for Culture within Culture Next
October 6-8: Pre-texts training workshop for teachers in the framework of Art’n’Play
October 9: Gipsy Queen film premiere on the Jivipen agenda
October 12-13: Creative workshop for young Roma in the framework of Jivipen
October 15: Artworks exhibited in public spaces and museums in the framework of Inner Space
From October 15 on: “On Public Display” exhibition of the ECCA Archive
October 15-16: Forum of the Academy of Change
October 22-23: New edition of the Culture and Well-being Forum
December 3: Annual Cluj Future of Work conference
December 7: Culturepreneurs first pitching session
December 10: Launching of the new Remarkable Romania catalogue
From December 10 on: Annual evaluation with the participation of our members
December 15: ECCA institutional planning booklet
December 18: End of the year Members’ Assembly.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
AugustSeptember
October
November
December
Activities on the Academy’s agenda include training and coaching for artists and cultural workers, a cultural mediation specialisation programme, an experimental programme for business and culture collaboration, an artist-in-residence scheme, and the cultural voucher - an initiative to increase access to culture.
The Academy facilitates connections and knowledge sharing among cultural practitioners through workshops, conferences, exchange programmes, and networking events such as the Concentric meetings, the annual Forum for cultural mediation and Culture 2030 - an international event dedicated to cultural policies.
www.academiaschimbarii.ro
Academy of Change is our platform for strengthening the cultural sector.
Academy of Change
Project Highlights
The first edition of the Forum of the Academy of Change, bringing together over 100 professionals from the cultural and educational sectors, around the topic of audience development and cultural mediation.
People from vulnerable groups and first year students receive
free attendance passes at cultural venues and events in
the city - the Cultural Voucher.
We partner with the Romanian representation at the Venice Art Biennale to select and train the art mediators of the exhibition.
We start Concentric - a series of meetings dedicated to
exchange and networking for our member organisations.
The cultural mediation programme organized around the Vision as Memory exhibition enables 200 children to engage in learning activities around contemporary arts.
We launch the cultural mediation programme with a
training course on audience engagement.
October 2019
July 2017
March 2019
November 2019
April 2019
November 2018
October 15-16We prepare the second edition of the Forum of
the Academy of Change.
September 9We organize two tandem residencies between artists and scientists, in the framework of the international cooperation project Studiotopia. October 1
We launch the third edition of the Cultural Voucher, facilitating access to culture for new audiences.
September 1We start off the Business to Culture pilot
programme with ten pilot organizations from the two sectors. September 3-4
We prepare the first edition of the Culture 2030 conference.
July 20We launch a training and mentorship programme focusing on capacity building for cultural organisations.
March 26 We launch Artists Together, a movement aimed to mobilise Romanian artists in the fight against
the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020
With ten schools in Cluj-Napoca already active in the programme and five others in the metropolitan area ready to join, Art’n’Play establishes a network of schools where art and creativity are offered as resources for children’s social and cognitive development.
The Art’n’Play schools host an artist-in-residence who works with students, teachers and the community around the school to develop artistic projects meant to encourage innovation in the learning environment. Teachers and school managers are trained in the UNESCO-awarded Pre-texts methodology, so they can embed arts and culture in the generalist curriculum.
www.artainjoaca.ro
Art’n’Play is our programme for cultural education in schools, aiming to equip young people with cultural competences, creativity, creative thinking and life skills.
Art’n’Play
Project Highlights
November 20The Art’n’Play cultural educational model is
developed.
September 15The schools network expands with five schools from rural areas of Cluj county.
From August 1 onArtists facilitate creative workshops for primary school children during summer
camps in villages across Cluj county.
From July 20 onA research to assess the impact of cultural education on students' well-being is conducted.
From July 15 on Artists and teachers start co-creating STEAM
learning activities, using art to approach diverse scientific themes, in the framework of
Studiotopia.
2020
First 25 teachers and mediators are
trained in the Pre-Texts methodology.
Artists-in-residence and children co-create musical pieces, visual art exhibitions, short animation films.
In 2019, our cultural mediation sessions
facilitated by artists in schools and cultural
spaces engage 2000 children and students.
The school network doubles in size.
First five schools and five artists join Art’n’Play.
December 2019
September 2018
June 2019
November 2019
February 2019
The project redefines the relationship between institutions and audiences, committing to accompany all segments of the public in a journey dedicated to critically exploring and actively involving the contemporary art practice as a model of knowledge production. ECCA is dedicated to researching and promoting artistic processes and works in the fields of visual arts, performing arts and media arts.
ECCA is coordinated in collaboration with the main contemporary art actors in Cluj-Napoca and with several key European institutions. In preparation for the future art centre, ECCA and its partners co-organize the Autumn School of Curating and establish the ECCA Archive, a programme to document, preserve and valorise artworks created by recent generations of Cluj based artists.
www.ecca.ro
ECCA is the future European Centre for Contemporary Art in Cluj-Napoca.
It builds on the potential of the vibrating local art scene and creates a framework for better valuing contemporary arts practice in Romania.
European Centre for Contemporary Art (ECCA)
Project Highlights
From October 15 on“On Public Display”, a series of events to open access to and promote the artworks documented in The Archive, is organized.
November 2-7A new edition of the Autumn School of
Curating, in partnership with Art Encounters, takes place in Cluj-Napoca and Timișoara.
September 30We organize “Revisiting the Art Institution”, an
international workshop on curatorial models and institutional practices.
May 18We work on the institutional planning for the future ECCA.
March 9 The Archive, a research program dedicated to the documentation, archiving and digitization
of works and documents of contemporary art is initiated.
2020
In partnership with Art Encounters Biennial we organise the first edition of The Autumn School of Curating: “Making Conversation Pieces”, in Cluj-Napoca and Timișoara.
We host “Memory as Vision”, a programme of multimedia
performances, contemporary art exhibitions, cine-concerts,
and a choreography workshop.
We organize the international conference “In Search for Institutional Models. Showcasing, Studying and Preserving Contemporary Art”.
The artistic programme “Breaking Views. Memory in
Progress | Future on Hold" features exhibitions, public
space interventions and public talks.
October 2017
October 2018
October 2019
November 2017
Artists, scientists, health and psychology experts work together to raise awareness on the dangers that today threaten our emotional, mental and physical health. We explore how art and cultural participation contribute to the well-being of the city’s inhabitants.
The project develops a Culture and Well-being Think Tank, hosts an annual international forum and pilots design and artistic interventions aimed at individual and community well-being.
We aim that the city of Cluj-Napoca becomes one of the first cities from the region to include psychological well-being among the strategic factors for its sustainable development and an important centre of expertise in art and well-being.
Inner Space is an interdisciplinary project exploring the relation between culture and well-being.
Inner Space
www.innerspace.ro
Project Highlights
October 15Artworks exploring the relationship between arts and well-being are co-produced and exhibited in public spaces and museums.
From September 15 onA programme of cultural prescriptions is
piloted.
November 11Well-being experimental space is opened at the Emergency Hospital in Cluj.
October 22-23We organize a new edition of the Culture and
Well-being Forum.
May 11We start a survey on art consumption during the covid-19 crisis and its impact on well-being.
April 11 Artists from 19 countries submit 170 proposals for our international call for projects on art and
well-being.
2020
We pilot Unspeakable, a music composition workshop for teenagers, in partnership with Notes & Ties.
Better Cities - a conversation between artists, scientists and urban planners is hosted by the Culture and Well-being Think Tank.
The first artistic residence at the Emergency Hospital in Cluj
enables artists to transform the atmosphere of the space and improve the well-being
of patients and health professionals.
We extend our work at European level though Art &
Well-being, a Creative Europe funded cooperation project developed with Bozar (BE),
UGM (SI) and Bruno Kessler Foundation (IT).
The interdisciplinary Think-Tank is formed, gathering national and international experts.
The first edition of Culture & Well-being Forum is organized
in Cluj-Napoca. December 2018
November 2018
October 2019
December 2019
October 2019
December 2018
Inspired by the model of Sites et cités remarquables de France, the network supports its member settlements to give new added value to their culture and heritage, for the sustainability of the community and the region.
At the moment, the network gathers 11 small settlements, all in Transylvania, and offers them access to training, networking and partnerships, hands-on local heritage-led development planning, and participation in national and international programmes and fairs.
Remarkable Romania is developed in partnership with Sites et cités remarquables de France and the Cluj County Council, under the patronages of the Romanian and French Ministries of Culture.
Remarkable Romania is a network of towns and villages investing in culture and heritage as local sustainable development.
Remarkable Romania
www.romaniaremarcabila.ro
Project Highlights
December 10The annual Remarkable Romania catalogue is
launched.
November 25We announce an open call for up to seven new settlements to join the network.
September 20The annual assembly of the network members
is hosted in Bonțida, in the framework of an Open Day programme of the village.
September 7We pilot Castles on the Someș Valley, a first route of the castles along the Someș river, to encourage sustainable local tourism.
July 25 We run A day in Remarkable Romania, a
programme of events and activities inviting inhabitants of Cluj-Napoca to spend a day in
the network villages.
2020
An interdisciplinary team visits all the network villages and documents their historic, cultural and social contexts. The Remarkable Romania catalogue is published.
First settlements join the network: Beliș, Bonțida, Bârsana,
Bucium, Fundata, Plopiș, Moldovenești, Poieni, Ciurila,
Vad and Valea Viilor.
The network is promoted in the framework of the International
Heritage Fair in Paris and the National Tourism Fair in
Bucharest.
First pilot activities take place in Sâncraiu, bringing together heritage, culture, technology and tourism.
The first Remarkable Romania conference gathers
50 representatives of rural settlements in Transylvania.
November 2017
June 2019
September 2019
November 2019
October 2018
The project uses culture to address topics such as Roma history and persisting inequalities, and facilitates new connections between the Roma and non-Roma communities of the city.
The project includes The Roma Culture Days, an annual event taking place in the framework of Cluj Days, and supports emerging Roma artists by commissioning their works. Jivipen also supports Cluj museums in their endeavour to establish collections and programmes dedicated to Roma culture.
Summer camps for Roma kids, a series of talks dedicated to intercultural topics and an international Think & Act Tank complete the Jivipen agenda.
Jivipen, which means “life” in the Romani language, promotes Roma culture and supports contemporary expressions of the Roma life.
Jivipen
www.cccluj.ro/jivipen
Project Highlights
September 18A creative writing workshop for Roma youth is
organised in cooperation with Giuvlipen.
August 6-13A group of 20 children from Pata-Rât attend
the Telciu Summer School, together with teachers and artists who facilitate a creative
and safe space for them to play and learn.
From July 12 onJivipen Meetings, a series of online talks, offer a platform for audiences to engage in conversations with Roma artists and activists.
From June 20 on Collaborations with the Museum of Art and the Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography
to promote Roma history and culture are established.
2020
Jivipen enables the participation of 10 children from the Pata-Rât area to the intercultural Telciu Summer School.
Access to events on the city cultural agenda is facilitated for members of the Pata Rât
communities through the Cultural Voucher.
Roma Culture Days expands, featuring films on Roma life and culture, theatre performances and public discussions.
For the first time, the Cluj Days includes a section dedicated
to Roma culture. May 2017
November 2019
August 2019
May 2018
September 1-22“Know the Roma”, an exhibition on Roma history and personalities, tackling less known aspects of our collective history is organised.
The Cluj-Napoca Urban Innovation Unit is a research and development programme, bringing together ideas, knowledge and resources from the civil society, the academic sector, the cultural sector, the business sector and the public administration to propose alternative solutions to the city’s strategic challenges.
Developed in partnership with the Centre for Innovation and Civic Imagination of the Municipality of Cluj-Napoca, the Urban Innovation Unit is focused on R&D projects in urban mobility, future of work and urban resilience.
In 2022, the Urban Innovation Unit will be fully transferred to the Cluj-Napoca City Hall.
www.diviziadeinovare.ro
Cluj-Napoca Urban Innovation Unit
Project Highlights
OngoingCo-managing with the Cluj-Napoca Municipality a 10-organization consortium in order to implement the Cluj Future of Work UIA-funded project.
November 12-13A new edition of our Urban
Dialogues discusses the tensions between drive for innovation and
long term aspirations of behavioral change.
April 5Cluj Resilience Tracker, an approach to understanding how organizations in Cluj have responded to the Covid-19 crisis, is launched.
March 1 Following the recommendations resulting from the Mobility Pact,
the Local Council approves the first improvements to the system of
public transport passes for students.
2020
The establishment of the Urban Innovation Unit in Cluj-Napoca is announced as a partnership between Cluj Cultural Centre and Cluj-Napoca Municipality.
The Unit brings together an interdisciplinary working group
to develop the Mobility Pact, and provides recommendations for improving the traffic conditions
in the city.
Cluj Future of Work, the first project in Eastern Europe
financed by Urban Innovative Actions of the EU, is launched.
The three winning projects of the Innovation Fund introduce new scenarios for the use of these common spaces to the community.
We launch the first call for groups of citizens interested in experimenting
with redesigning of common spaces, to encourage sustainable mobility
behaviors.
October 2017
March 2018
November 2018
May 2019
May 2018
The project supports the creation and development of businesses and social businesses in design, film, music, crafts, publishing and other creative sectors by providing access to coworking spaces and labs, training and consulting in management, technology and societal challenges, as well as by organising meeting and networking opportunities with relevant stakeholders.
The Culturepreneurs programme is a key component of our Cluj Future of Work research and development project, co-funded by the European Commission through Urban Innovative Actions.
www.culturepreneurs.ro
Culturepreneurs
Culturepreneurs is an entrepreneurial education programme dedicated to professionals in the cultural and creative sectors.
Project Highlights
December 7The first stage of the current programme closes with a pitching session and the presentation of ideas developed.
From November 30 onWe design the Culturepreneurs co-working
space, hosted at the Regional Centre for Excellence in Creative Industries.
September 21We launch the new programme of nine learning modules:
Business Essentials (4), Artistic thinking, Digitalization, Innovative Audio-Visual Content, Custom Design, Gamification.
June 10 The call for participation for the 2020-
2021 Culturepreneurs cohort is opened, aiming to select 80 project ideas.
Culturepreneurs joins the Cluj Future of Work UIA-funded
project, and tests new ways in which working in the cultural and
creative sectors can be more sustainable.
60 ideas enter the second edition of the programme, TimOrientalism, Art Crawl, Culturescu, Cultural Productions for Education, and Support Your Local Artist being selected as finalists.
Four projects are awarded at the completion of the first edition: Art to Go, Circus Fairies, Gaming and
Fotopia Collective Festival.
The first edition of Culturepreneurs is launched, providing training and mentoring for the development of 13 project ideas.
October 2018
May 2019
November 2019
December 2018
2020
Quantum’s role is to cultivate the appetite for science and innovation in the local community and to develop capacity in four major groups (teachers, museums, artists and industry) to engage in participatory activities and inquiry-based education.
We organize workshops and mediation programmes for educators and early career researchers, we run STEAM activities, including the Quantum Questions festival, and we promote citizen science through novel engagement formats.
www.cccluj.ro/quantum
Quantum
Quantum is a city-wide STEAM education programme (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) inspired by the need for a first science centre in Romania.
Project Highlights
From December 5 onLearning Qub, taking the form of
a community hub and a resource centre on a mission to research and design innovative STEAM education
solutions, seeds a novel approach for STEAM education in Cluj.
From November 1 onScience is everywhere, a set of
thought-provoking activations and installations are exhibited across the city, as an invitation towards
public engagement with science.
November 9-19 Art and Science Pop-Up Labs, an interdisciplinary educational programme co-created with teachers, pupils, artists and science communicators is organised in the framework of Studiotopia.
2020
The first edition of Quantum Questions STEAM Festival
mobilises artists, scientists and an audience of 500 people.
Hackathon Heroes is organised together with the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca and Cité des sciences et de l'Industrie - Universcience Paris.
A science communication training programme is
delivered in collaboration with Universcience Paris.
Re-Think Plastic, a STEAM project encouraging recycling and repurposing of plastic waste, is piloted under the Quantum initiative.
December 2018
May 2019
June 2019
April 2019
The network was founded in 2017 by current and former candidates for the European Capital of Culture title, and builds on the experiences, participatory processes and collaborations established during the candidacies.
The programme focuses on capacity building for members, organises conferences and annual meetings, and develops a platform for promoting member cities, as well as for facilitating collaborations amongst them. The network aims to become a voice in shaping European cultural policies.
www.culturenext.eu
Culture Next
Culture Next is a network supporting cities to implement culture-led city development programmes and policies.
Project Highlights
October 2The Cities Fund for Culture, a cooperation
between cities in the network aimed to support international cultural collaboration in
Europe, is launched.
September 15The ECoC library, a comprehensive archive of documents and reports throughout the history of the ECoC, is developed and published online.
October 1The network reaches 25 members, cities from
various countries in Europe
October 1-2Second annual meeting is to be hosted by Leeds, UK.
March 12 - 14 Due to the coronavirus outbreak, our first
meeting of the year scheduled to be hosted by Oulu, Finland is moved online.
2020
The fourth network meeting is hosted by
Debrecen, Hungary, and focuses on the relation
between culture and tourism.
Aveiro hosts the third meeting of the network, now called Culture Next.
Three cities in Lithuania: Klaipeda, Plunge and Neringa, host the fifth meeting of the network.
The first conference of the network takes place
in Cluj-Napoca, where eight co-founding cities
are present.
Six European cities meet in Cluj-Napoca to draft the concept of the future network, at the time named the Candidate Cities Network.
May 2015
October 2018
September 2019
May 2019
September 2017
For establishing a statistical cultural observatory in Cluj-Napoca, we make an updated diagnosis of the cultural sector and develop a methodology and a series of researches on cultural participation.
In order to develop actions and to propose mechanisms and policies, we also carry out research on different themes covered by the Centre’s projects (well-being, urban mobility, social participation, urban development, etc.).
www.cccluj.ro/research
Research
We conduct studies and surveys on the status of the cultural and creative sector and on the impact of culture in society.
Research Reports
The audience of independent performing arts spaces in Cluj-Napoca.
Study on the well-being of in training physicians, in collaboration
with the Cluj County Emergency Hospital and the Public Health
Department of FSPAC, UBB, within the Inner Space project.
The impact of automation and digitalization on the labor and capital in Cluj-Napoca and the metropolitan area, Interdisciplinary Centre for Data Science (CISD), UBB, for the Cluj Future of Work project.
Culturepreneurs. The competitiveness of cultural and
creative industries in Cluj-Napoca and its metropolitan area within
the European context, Faculty of Political, Administrative and
Communication Sciences (FSPAC), UBB, for the Cluj Future of Work
project.
Work in culture and the culture of work. The changing trends in how work is organized. Case studies with regard to the work in culture and informal work, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work (FSAS), UBB, for the Cluj Future of Work project.
Study on the needs and perceptions of students in Cluj, in
collaboration with the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Babeș-
Bolyai University (UBB).
October 2019
May 2019
August 2019
November 2019
August 2019
August 2019
SeptemberA new series of Cluj Future of Work 2020 reports provide an updated outline of the labor landscape in Cluj-Napoca.
JuneWe carry out a study on the impact of arts
consumption on well-being during Covid 19 pandemic.
May We set up Cluj Cultural Observatory, a repository of data and research studies on the local cultural sector.
FebruaryWe join a Horizon 2020 research and
innovation action MESOC - Measuring the social dimension of culture.
JanuaryWe become part of a Horizon 2020 international consortium for inDICEs - Measuring the impact of digital culture research project.
January We join LEAP, an interdisciplinary study on
young people's needs and opportunities assessment in Cluj-Napoca, carried out in partnership with the PONT Group and the departments of Public Health and of
Political Sciences, FSPAC, UBB.
2020
We draft strategies, monitor the implementation of public policies, and carry out advocacy campaigns. We participate in local, national and European working groups, alongside experts in culture and policy makers.
At the local level we facilitate the dialogue between the cultural sector and the public administration, coordinating the development of local strategies on culture and creative industries, and bringing a cultural perspective to other local policies.
www.cccluj.ro/advocacy
Advocacy and Policy Development
Cluj Cultural Centre advocates for culture as a strategic factor in social transformation and sustainable development.
Highlights
We contribute to the improvement of the guidelines for the local public
funding scheme in Cluj-Napoca.
The Urban Innovation Unit, a cooperation of the Cluj Cultural Centre and Cluj-Napoca Municipality is developed as a mechanism to pilot urban innovation.
A taskforce for the monitoring of the implementation of the Cultural
Strategy is created; a mid-term implementation report is delivered.
We provide qualitative input for the profile of Cluj-Napoca in the Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor.
We coordinate the development of the Cultural Strategy and the Strategy for Creative Industries
within the 2014-2020 Cluj-Napoca Development Strategy.
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October 2Cities Fund for Culture, a collaborative pilot granting mechanism of ten cities members
of Culture Next network, is piloted.
May 10One Cluj (Un Singur Cluj), an initiative we co-founded to support Cluj hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic, gathers 4.000 donors, 1 million lei, 1.5 million protection equipment and 17 ventilators provided to the medical sector.
June 15-18Stakeholder consultations are carried out and policy recommendations aiming at improving the quality of life of youth in Cluj-Napoca and Metropolitan Area are formulated within the LEAP project.
November 15The Cluj School Network is established to facilitate a sustainable transformation of the local educational ecosystem.
May 6We set up a working group with
representatives of the cultural sector and the public administration to identify
and initiate policy measures to restart and consolidate the local sector.
May 2We coordinate and facilitate a dialogue between cultural organisations and the Cluj-Napoca Municipality to address the need to resume local funding for cultural projects after the COVID-19 crisis.
May 15A policy document on Culture, Leisure,
Sport and Tourism is drafted in the framework of the 2020-2030 Integrated Strategy for Urban Development of the
Cluj Metropolitan Area.
March 16 An open letter signed by 50 members of
the Centre invites the Ministry of Culture to establish a task force with representatives
of the independent cultural sector, to identify measures to support the cultural
sector in the context of the pandemic.
2020
About Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca is Romania’s second largest city and the unofficial capital of Transylvania.
With a population of over 320.000 in the city and 430.000 in the metropolitan area, Cluj-Napoca has the highest cultural vitality amongst Romanian cities outside the Capital.
The city hosts two national theatres and two national operas, 12 museums, a philharmonic orchestra and a very young and active independent cultural sector, with approximately 3.000 organisations and initiatives, including two centres for contemporary arts, and tens of private galleries and performing arts spaces. There are over 100 festivals and 3000 cultural events annually in the city.
Cluj-Napoca is a major university centre with 12 universities and an estimated 80,000 students. Each year, around 2,000 students graduate from art and humanities. The city has the highest economic growth rate in Romania in the last decade, with eight business clusters and more than 4,500 IT and BPO businesses employing over 35,000 people.
A multicultural city with 16 ethnic minorities and seven religious communities, Cluj-Napoca is home to numerous grassroots movements working for the vulnerable, piloting models of sustainable living and helping the shaping of urban policies.
Announced as a first year for consolidation in the history of the Centre, with 104 member organisations, an executive team of 25 and an annual turnover of 2 million euro, 2020 starts under the threat of the COVID-10 pandemic. The organisation has to adapt its working style, but also its calendar and programme, and becomes one of the key players in policy making and advocacy for the cultural sector locally and nationally. Financial sustainability is ensured through a diverse mix of European, private and local public sources, with the latest representing less than a quarter of the annual budget.
The Centre’s membership reaches 95 organisations, twice as much as during the candidacy in 2016. The executive team is strengthened to 21 persons and organisational systems and procedures are put in place. New funding is secured through European funds and external relations with the Ministry of Culture and international organisations are developed. The Centre’s projects reach 3,000 direct beneficiaries for the first time.
The Association was founded under the name of Cluj-Napoca 2020 (later 2021), with the purpose of preparing the city’s bid for the European Capital of Culture (ECoC) title.
The working groups responsible for the preparation of the cultural strategy and the ECoC bid book were created and began their activity. More than 200 specialists from various cultural organisations and institutions in Cluj-Napoca joined the activities.
East of West, the concept defining the city’s bid for the European Capital of Culture title, emerged. This concept expresses the need of the local communities to come together and cooperate on common projects.
After a double standoff between Cluj-Napoca and Timișoara, Timișoara was finally selected as the future European Capital of Culture, based on a special vote granted by the Chair of the European Capital of Culture Selection Panel. Cluj-Napoca announced its commitment to fully implement its candidacy programme.
The executive team was created and the basic functional mechanisms for programme implementation were set in motion. Ten of the projects within the programme were launched and European funds in amount of six million euro were raised from the very first year of operation.
With the assistance received from a commission of local experts, the Association made a preliminary analysis of the cultural sector in Cluj, highlighting the specificities of the different artistic disciplines.
At the end of a process involving over 60 local organisations, the Association developed and launched the Cultural Strategy of the city.
After numerous open discussions and work sessions involving local and foreign experts, the Association completed the cultural programme and bid book, which qualified the city for the final phase of the national competition for the European Capital of Culture title.
The Association changed its name to Cluj Cultural Centre. The projects within the bid book were piloted at local level and their relevance was assessed again by the community in order to proceed to the general implementation stage.
History of the Cluj Cultural Centre
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Board of Directors
Ionel VitocPresident of Carpatica Cultural
Foundation
Vasile JucanRector of ”Gheorghe Dima”
Music Academy
Szenkovics DezsőVice-Dean of the
Faculty of Science and Arts, Sapientia University
Daniel DavidRector
of Babeș-Bolyai University
Radu MunteanuHonorary President
of Cluj-Napoca Technical University
Sorin DanVice-president of French
Business Club Cluj
Ioan SbârciuPresident of the Senate of the
University of Arts and Design
Florin Vasile StamatianDirector
of IMOGEN – Medical Research Institute
Emil BocMayor
of Cluj-Napoca
Răzvan RottaRepresentative
of Lions Cluj-Napoca
Irina PetrașPresident of the Union of Writers in Romania -
Cluj Branch
Tudor SălăgeanDirector
of the TransylvanianMuseum of Ethnography
Mihai PopPresident
of Plan B Foundation
Vákár IstvánVice-president
of County Council Cluj
Florin ȚalaSchool Mediator,
Traian Dârjan School
Team
Alexandru JurcanProject Finance
Manager
Adela NicoarăPR
Specialist
Mihaela OrosanMarketing Manager
Nyiri DalmaArt
Director
Corina BuceaProject Manager
of Academy of Change & Culture Next
Alexandra AnghelUrban Innovation
Officer
Anamaria VrabieDirector
of the Cluj-Napoca Urban Innovation Unit
Cristina RogozProject Manager
Art’n’Play
Rarița ZbrancaProgramme
Director
Cristina LaboProject Assistant
Cluj Future of Work
Ștefan TeișanuExecutiveDirector
Paula FeșnicOffice
Manager
Mihai ChendreanProject Finance
Manager
Septimiu CioarăEvents
Specialist
Claudia CacoveanProject Manager
Inner Space & Research
Mihai GiurgiuProject Manager
Remarkable Romania
Miruna AmzaProject Manager
Quantum
Andreea BercanProject Manager
Culturepreurs
Alexandru BogușProject Manager
Jivipen
Georgiana BuțProject Manager
ECCA
Hanna UgronGrants
Manager
Hunor FerenczCorporate Engagement
Coordinator
Raluca MășcășanOperations Manager
Adina CristeaOperations Manager Cluj Future of Work
Partners
Strategic Partner
Partners
Supporters
Institutional Partners
Funders
International Programme Partners
• A Soul for Europe • Ariona (GR) • Ars Electronica (AT) • Artemrede (PT) • Balkan Express • BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts (BE) • Bruno Kessler Foundation (IT) • Bunker (SI) • Capital High Tech (FR) • Centrum Cyfrowe (PO) • Centrum Sztuki Wspolczesnej Laznia (PL) • City of Athens - DEAM (GR) • City of Rijeka (HR) • Consorci Transversal Xarxa d’Activitats
Culturals (ES) • Copernicus Science Centre (PL) • Cultural Agents (US) • DAStU - Politecnico di Milano (IT) • eConcult (ES) • European Academy of Yuste Foundation (ES) • European Fashion Heritage Association (IT) • Europeana Foundation (NL) • GLUON (BE) • ICCU (IT) • Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (PT) • IULM University of Milan (IT) • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (BE) • KEA European Affairs (BE)
• L’Arboreto (IT) • Laboral (ES) • Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics (US) • Michael Culture (BE) • Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (NL) • Network of European Museum
Organisations (DE) • Occitanie en Scène (FR) • Opium (PT) • PCAI Awareness Raising (GR) • Pergine Spettacolo Aperto (IT) • Platoniq (ES) • Pogon (HR) • Polo Universitario Città di Prato (IT) • Pro Progressione (HU) • Relais Culture Europe (FR) • Sites & Cités remarquables de France (FR) • Teatro di Sardegna (IT) • Technorama Swiss Science Centre (SW) • UGM Maribor City Gallery (SI) • University of Barcelona - School of Economics
and Business (ES) • University of Belgrade (RS) • University of Rijeka (HR) • Urban Scale Interventions (IE) • VU (NL) • webLyzard technology gmbh (AU) • Worldcunch (FR)
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Cluj Cultural Centre
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