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Last month we published a publication entitled HOW TO BUILD NETWORKS AND WHY?: From resilience towards sustainability, the first in the series of three source books that we aim to produce as part of the REG.LAB project.  HOW TO BUILD NETWORKS AND WHY? is an evidence-based publication gathering and articulating knowledge on innovative bottom-up models… Continue reading HOW TO BUILD NETWORKS AND WHY?: From resilience towards sustainability – The first source book is OUT! 

NO CUTS ALLOWED IN THE CULTURE BUDGET! JADRO – Association of the Independent Cultural Scene reacts to the latest announcements about the newly announced cuts of the budget of the already approved projects from the Annual Competition for financing projects of national interest in culture, in a precise amount of 31%. We are dissatisfied with… Continue reading Reaction of JADRO Association to the newly announced cuts in the culture budget by the Ministry of Culture of North Macedonia

This June, with a three-day long live event in Belgrade, Kooperativa has wrapped up the Mentorship program which started in January.  Focused on combining peer-to-peer exchange of experiences and skills with an expertise approach, the program happened as part of the REG.LAB project. For Kooperativa, this cycle was a pilot project, and it was conducted… Continue reading The first cycle of the Mentorship program is wrapped up

On 13 July, the presentation of the source book, “How to build networks and why?” took place in the park in front of the Booksa Literary Club. This manual for networking in the field of independent culture in Southeast Europe was presented by the authors Ana Letunić and Jovana Karaulić, and the conversation was moderated… Continue reading Presentation of the source book I in Zagreb

OPEN CALL Have you been working or active in your local community and are interested in transforming your cultural surroundings? Would you like to learn how to work and organize from the bottom up by exchanging experiences and views with like-minded peers from Southeast Europe (SEE)? We invite you to apply for the 2022 Ohrid… Continue reading OPEN CALL: Summer School in Ohrid — Liquid Frameworks, Solid Institutions

From December 2021 to April 2022, 12 organisations took part in an exciting learning endeavour with the creative impact on several communities in 5 countries of Southeast Europe. Our Twinning pairs were involved in different creative practices including theatre production, open style choreography, poetry, circus performance and journalism with inspiring learning results.  ~ TWINNING STORY #1“Otvoreni… Continue reading Twinning Program Pilot 2022

From 23rd to 26th of March, the partners in the REG.LAB project gathered in Ljubljana to evaluate the completed activities, review the ongoing ones and to draw up the plan for the upcoming projects. While in Ljubljana, Kooperativa’s office met with Slovenian members of the platform to talk about the current situation in Slovenia. Društvo… Continue reading Kooperativa in Ljubljana

As part of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2022. and in partnership between Cité internationale des arts and On the Move. First focus on 28th of March 2022: Mobility – Residences and professional development  In collaboration with FACE-Fresh Arts Coalition Europe, as part of of the Learning Trajectories project (funded… Continue reading Mobilities Europe / The World

Autostrada Biennale recently opened Autostrada Hangar and invited Kooperativa to join a panel to discuss new models of education that will empower the youth of Kosovo with the focus on informal education programs on Creative and Cultural Industries. The main aim of the panel was to discuss about the projects that will support innovation and… Continue reading Kooperativa joins panel in Autostrada Hangar

Kooperativa’s office was joined by the representatives from the platform’s Management Board to visit Serbia from February 9 to 12, for a series of meetings with the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia and the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Foundation, as well as with the Management Board of the Association “Independent Culture Scene of Serbia” (NKSS) and… Continue reading Kooperativa’s visit to Belgrade