Bottom up cultural policy - From good practices of socio-cultural centers to a sustainable participative governance framework
Alliance Operation City ·Croatia
About this project
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">The project aims to contribute to the development of public (cultural) policy based on </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">citizen and civil society </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">participation in the management of local socio-cultural centers as a mechanism that strengthens transparency, reduces corruption and ensures that public resources are managed in the interest of the local community. Through research, analysis and mapping of socio-cultural activities, we ensure the production of knowledge (target group: experts in cultural policies) in the field of innovative cultural management; to government institutions (target group: national, regional and local authorities) we present evidence-based proposal to the legal solution for governing socio-cultural activities and the Code of Good Practice for civic-public partnerships, developed in participatory process; by advocating for change of institutional framework and engaging the public through </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">a </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">public campaign, forums, conference, we are opening </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">a </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">space for public debate for the first time; we provide key actors (target groups: CSOs in culture, media workers) with the preconditions for their influence on changing the socio-political context, and through intergenerational and intercultural knowledge exchange we empower them to recognize</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"> the</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"> importance and continuity of progressive cultural practices. </span></span></span></p>
Project partners
- Clubture Network Project partner· Croatia
- Kurziv – Platform for Matters of Culture, Media and Society Project partner· Croatia
- Čakovec Community Centre Platform Project partner· Croatia
- Kaoperativa Alliance Project partner· Croatia
- Youth Centre Platform Project partner· Croatia
- Art Workshop Lazareti Project partner· Croatia
- Rojc Alliance Project partner· Croatia
- Alliance of Associations Molekula Project partner· Croatia
- Network of Socio-cultural Centers Project partner· Croatia