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Kooperativa and the Association Independent Cultural Scene of Serbia are inviting you to an exploratory conference “Crossing the Line: Collaborative Perspectives on the Future of Culture”. This conference will facilitate conversations and discussions on collectively confronting and tackling the unresolved issues and unspoken challenges that have shaped the independent scene. It will take place in… Continue reading Crossing the Line: Collaborative Perspectives on the Future of Culture — conference in Belgrade

Kooperativa held its annual General Assembly 2023 from October 16th to 18th in Peja, Kosovo. During this time, the Assembly engaged in developing a revised model for regional exchange and cooperation and decided on strategic directions regarding activities for the upcoming year. Additionally, Kooperativa welcomed adding two new members to the network, and the Management… Continue reading KOOPERATIVA GENERAL ASSEMBLY — PEJA 2023

Kooperativa is carrying out research on regional and national collaboration projects in the civic sector, which resulted in the creation of jointly created programs or exchange of programs in a period from 2012 to 2023. We are interested in long-term partnerships, that is, collaborative projects that lasted for three or more years. The insights gained… Continue reading QUESTIONNAIRE “HOW TO COLLABORATE, CO-CREATE, AND EXCHANGE PROGRAMS?”

Are you working in the field of independent art or culture? Are you from Southeast Europe (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia)? Do you want to build or improve your technical skill set for light or sound production?   We invite you to apply for the Regional workshop on technical production “Light… Continue reading OPEN CALL — LIGHT AND SOUND IN ARTS AND CULTURE: REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON TECHNICAL PRODUCTION IN POGON, ZAGREB

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
Research published

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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