EUNIC \u2013 European Union National Institutes for Culture \u2013 is the European network of organisations engaging in cultural relations. EUNIC\u2019s charter stand out clear: \u201eThrough culture, we build trust and understanding between the people of Europe and the wider world\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EUNIC Romania was established in 2008 and, since, has developed into a network of 18 members and develops annualy programs and events that support EUNIC\u2019s objectives. In 2023, EUNIC Romania has joined Timi\u0219oara 2023 \u2013 European Cultural Capital through the project HEI \u2013 House of European Institutes in Timi\u0219oara. HEI is located in Bastion Theresia, Gallery 1, a space provided by the Municipality of Timi\u0219oara, through Centrul de Proiecte Timi\u0219oara. The project is funded by the European Echoes programme, run by the Timisoara City Council Project Centre, with funds allocated from the state budget, through the Ministry of Culture budget. It is organized in partnership with the Municipality of Timi\u0219oara through the Project Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Between 6th and 7th November, HEI \u2013 House of European Institutes hosts EUNIC Focus Meeting and seminar Central & South-East Europe. Members of the network will explore its recent developments and opportunities and will look at ways of developing together and strengthen the EUNIC clusters in the region. Relevant topics, expertise and perspectives in the region will be addressed, in the frame of exploring together concrete opportunities to raise these perspectives in EUNIC\u2019s wider work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The assembly will also feature a panel conversation with Dominic Frits, the mayor of Timi\u0219oara, Alexandra Rigler, Timi\u0219oara 2023, CEO Center for Projects and EUNIC Romania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The participants will explore the recent collective partnerships of EUNIC Romania with Timi\u0219oara European Capital of Culture, both in off-site visits to partner spaces and in the wider work of the European Capitals of Culture (ECoC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A high-level roadmap for the clusters will be informed by the meeting discussions, further to a evaluation of current strengths and weaknesses of clusters, that will be presented and discussed at the next EUNIC General Assembly. To the list of objectives of this meeting, the members strive to refresh and recalibrate what success looks like in EUNIC clusters, while respecting the diversity of membership and geographical spread of the cluster network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"