Author: Dejan

Exciting news! We launched our Mentorship program with Društvo Asociacija last week, and we are thrilled to introduce the six new mentor-mentee pairs in this cycle: ~ ENA HODŽIĆ (mentor) + MILENA PRELEVIĆ (mentee) — Ena is a seasoned curator and cultural producer (who fuses tech and art), and Milena is a cultural manager who… Continue reading MENTORSHIP PAIRS — 2ND CYCLE

Kooperativa’s office traveled to Paris and Brussels from 3rd to 7th April, 2023 for a study visit. With the support of the French Embassy, our team had the opportunity to meet with representatives from various European networks and organizations, such as On the Move, ONDA (Office National de Diffusion Artistique), Circostrada, Culture Action Europe, and… Continue reading Kooperativa’s study visit to Paris and Brussels

The “Workshop on Applied, Participatory Theatre” that takes place between 31.03-09.04.2023 in the Social-Cultural Space Centar-Jadro, creates a framework for exchange of artistic practices, knowledge and skills in this specific field, between the actors from the independent cultural scenes of Republic of Serbia and Republic of North Macedonia.  In the context of ArtsHub program of… Continue reading Workshop on Applied, Participatory Theatre in Centar-Jadro, Skopje

We are inviting you to apply for the Mentorship Program to expand your knowledge and skills needed for successful implementation of transnational cultural programs (digital tools, audience engagement, technical production, innovative management models, advanced international programing etc.). The Mentorship Program focuses on a specific mentor-mentee relationship covering skills and expertise that many artists, cultural operators… Continue reading MENTORSHIP PROGRAM — CALL FOR MENTEES

How the Covid 19 pandemic shaked the cultural work in SEE societies? Center for Empirical Cultural Studies of Southeast Europe (Niš, Serbia) and Kooperativa joined their forces with the aim to provide the answers to this question. The research, which was implemented between May and September 2022, and which involved in-depth interviews with 40 cultural… Continue reading CRISIS IN CULTURE — CULTURE IN CRISIS
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DAY 1 Kooperativa’s tenth-anniversary forum started on December 15 at the Europe House in Zagreb, bringing together artists, cultural workers as well as policy and decision makers across fields and borders to reflect on the past, present, and future of cultural cooperation in SEE (and beyond). The audience was addressed by Diana Madunic, Swedish Ambassador… Continue reading FORUM — 10 YEARS OF KOOPERATIVA
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On 5 and 6 October 2022, the Where to land Forum brought together 130+ European performing arts professionals at the Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg – Scène européenne, with the aim to engage into a new series of measures for the performing arts sector that would tackle the climate emergency. The participants were asked to work… Continue reading WHERE TO LAND? /PUBLICATION/

The Forum marking Kooperativa’s tenth anniversary, held on 15th and 16th December 2022 in Zagreb, gathered artists, cultural workers, as well as policy and decision-makers from various fields gathered to reflect on the past, present and future of cultural cooperation in Southeast Europe (SEE) (and beyond). Based on the debates that took place within all… Continue reading FORUM — 10 YEARS OF KOOPERATIVA
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FROM BAD TO WORSE:RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE CULTURAL SECTOR The severe crisis that has engulfed the cultural sector during the pandemic has underlined the need to intensify – and in some cases begin for the first time – the systematic research into the condition of culture and arts as… Continue reading FROM BAD TO WORSE I AND II NOW ON YOUTUBE

The online event “From Bad to Worse II: Independent Culture Three Years into the Pandemic” focuses on the qualitative research that was conducted by Kooperativa and Center for the Empirical Cultural Studies of South-East Europe (CESK) during 2022 that aimed to explore and analyse the ramifications that COVID-19 pandemic caused for independent cultural sector in… Continue reading FROM BAD TO WORSE II: Independent Culture Three Years into the Pandemic