Kooperativa

ABOUT

Kooperativa – Regional Platform for Culture was registered in August 2012 in Zagreb, as a non-governmental, non-party, and non-profit association of legal entities, that is, a regional network of organizations and national networks working in the field of independent culture and contemporary art in Southeast Europe (SEE). Jointly founded by 21 independent cultural organizations from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia, the platform currently has 40 active members, active in all areas of contemporary cultural and artistic practices.

Kooperativa’s establishment and activities are the result of a long-lasting cooperation of independent culture organizations active in the SEE. Partners gathered around Kooperativa have already been closely cooperating since 2005, conducting together activities including: implementation of collaborative projects within the exchange and collaboration programmes; bringing together and networking between advocates of independent culture; providing information and educational activities. They have also been active in advocating for cultural policy measures that would systematically improve cultural cooperation both in the region and internationally as well as to enable its long-term sustainability. Ultimately, the main purpose of Kooperativa became advocating for a stable financial mechanism as a long-term and sustainable framework that supports the collaboration and development of independent cultural organizations in SEE, as well as establishing a dialogue with governments and other relevant stakeholders of the respective countries.

Today, Kooperativa still dedicates most of its work advocating towards the aforementioned goal. We also work on strengthening the capacities of independent culture organizations by transferring good practice and knowledge.

~ to ensure the framework for a long-term and sustainable project cooperation and programme exchange between the advocates of independent culture in the region

~ to strengthen the capacities of organizations through the transfer of good practice and knowledge

~ to empower the actors contributing to the development of cultural and other policies that will introduce significant changes in cultural systems of the countries of the region

~ development of contemporary and new artistic practices, critical public discourse and innovative organizational models

Kooperativa’s goals within the next three years are to strengthen the platform’s profile as a key stakeholder for the development of regional policies and programs in culture. At the same time, the aim is to continue providing support for different forms of regional collaboration and exchange, and to pilot a new fund for program exchange.

Strategic objectives:

~ Strengthening Kooperativa through organizational development, members engagement, communication and outreach to key stakeholders

~ Fostering programs of mutual support, knowledge exchange, collective actions and program cooperation between cultural organisations in the region

~ Advocating for better conditions of independent culture in the region and a sustainable financial instrument for regional collaboration

DOMAGOJ ŠAVOR (president) was born in 1984. Over 15 years of experience in producing independent cultural programs, coordinating platforms and networks in independent culture in Croatia. Since 2018, in the Clubture network, he has been coordinating the Clubture-HR program of exchange and collaboration, as well as activities that include monitoring of public policies in the field of culture and civil society, advocacy and networking with local, regional and EU networks in culture. He is a member of the Government Council for the Development of Civil Society in the field of culture (2020-2026), the Program Council of Pogon – Zagreb Center for Independent Culture and Youth, and is currently president of the Network of Social and Cultural Centers DKC-HR.

POLONA TORKAR (member) is the Head of the Expert Office and Vice-President of Društvo Asociacija, Slovenija, and has been working in the Slovenian independent cultural scene in various roles since 2006, including as Editor-in-Chief of Radio Študent, and as a project manager or part of production teams of various Slovenian NGO’s like Ljudmila, Art & Science Laboratory, developmental arts space osmo/za, KUD Channel Zero, Paraliterary Association I.D.I.O.T. and others.

LUKA KNEŽEVIĆ STRIKA (vice-president) is a photographer, visual artist and cultural worker. He contributes to various, mostly self-organized collective practices in the fields of art, spaces and activism. He founded or co-founded artistic collectives, artist-run spaces, programs and awards such as Belgrade raw, Jednostavno rečeno, Ostavinska, Commendation and Multimadeira. He served as a member and chairman of the Steering Committee of the Association Independent culture scene of Serbia. He is involved as an educator and facilitator in the projects of support of migrants run by Group 484. In 2013, he was a curator of the yearly program of the Artget gallery of the Cultural centre of Belgrade. His works were shown in galleries and museums in Serbia, Germany, Austria, Croatia, Sweden, Estonia and are part of the October Salon collection. His photographs were published in weekly magazines, books and other publications.

KATARINA PAVIĆ (member) is a cultural worker, activist, and a researcher. She started engaging with the independent cultural organisations in Croatia and wider post-Yugoslav space in 2005. Katarina worked as the overall coordinator of the Clubture Network – a collaborative platform bringing together independent cultural organisations in Croatia, in the period 2009-17. She was also a youth rights advocate, the member and the president of the board of Croatian Youth Network (MMH / CYN) 2008-13. During this period, Katarina was closely involved in the organisation of various activities during multiannual campaigns of the local Zagreb Right to the City movement, as well as other large-scale direct actions tackling public spaces and the commons in Croatia, initiated by the independent cultural actors. Katarina was also the first coordinator of Kooperativa in the period of its establishment as a regional platform (2012-2015) engaging in development of its programmatic and governance structure.
Katarina engages as an advocate and researcher on the intersection of civil society development, activism and cultural critique. She was twice elected as a member of the Council for Civil Society Development and the first ever representative of the independent cultural organisations. She participated as an expert in creation of different strategic and programmatic documents, including multiple national and local youth programmes, cultural strategies and other programmatic documents tackling civil society development. Nowadays, Katarina works as a researcher and collaborates with many different cultural organisations, in the region and elsewhere. She researches connections between independent cultural actors and vibrant democracies. She received an MA in Culture industry from Goldsmiths, University of London. Katarina will commence her doctoral research at Coventry University in autumn 2024.

NIKOLA PISAREV (member) graduated from the University of St. Cyril and Metodij Skopje, Institute of Art History and Archaeology, in 2015 MA in PR and Strategic Communications at High School for Public Relations and Journalism in Skopje. At the moment, he is the program director at Contemporary Art Center Skopje where he has worked since 1999 (before that he was working at State Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage). Since 1999 works on the improvement of cultural and social life of communities in Macedonia and western Balkans. Author of many projects that still have strong feedback in western Balkans like projects PhotoVoice, Mobile/Montage Gallery, Citizens activator, Rurual communities culture, (project awarded by SCP AND SDC with a special award for social impact), Urban Art Actions (one of widely recognized CSOs projects in the history of Macedonia). Founder of numerous civic initiatives among which are: I love GTC, Initiative for saving Radika River, Initiative Arsena for clean drinking water in Gevgleija, Parkobrans, and many other community initiatives. One of his biggest achievements is that he was the first to start using creative communication and actions in CSOs projects and successful solving different community problems. He is the author of many articles from fields of Art History, Urban environment and urbanism, social anthropology and civic activism.

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O NAMA

~ to ensure the framework for a long-term and sustainable project cooperation and programme exchange between the advocates of independent culture in the region

~ to strengthen the capacities of organizations through the transfer of good practice and knowledge

~ to empower the actors contributing to the development of cultural and other policies that will introduce significant changes in cultural systems of the countries of the region

~ development of contemporary and new artistic practices, critical public discourse and innovative organizational models

Strategic objectives:

~ Strengthening Kooperativa through organizational development, members engagement, communication and outreach to key stakeholders

~ Fostering programs of mutual support, knowledge exchange, collective actions and program cooperation between cultural organisations in the region

~ Advocating for better conditions of independent culture in the region and a sustainable financial instrument for regional collaboration

Baruna Trenka 11
10 000 Zagreb
Croatia
OIB: 14527130765

IBAN: HR5124020061100632114
SWIFT/BIC: ESBCHR22
Erste&Steiermärkische Bank d.d.

RB: 21009478

+385 95 3815 566
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Programing: Nikola Greiner
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MEMBERS ČLANICE

SORT BY: SORTIRAJ PO:

ALPHABET ABECEDI

HEADQUARTERS SJEDIŠTU

AKCIJA Sarajevo Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Anibar Peja, Kosovo

Asociacija, Association of Arts and Culture NGOs and Freelancers Ljubljana, Slovenia

Association Independent Culture Scene of Serbia Belgrade, Serbia

Association of Artists Cultural Centre Media Artes Ohrid, Macedonia

Association of citizens SEEcult.org Belgrade, Macedonia

Autostrada Biennale Prizren, Kosovo

Center for Contemporary Arts – Ljubljana (SCCA-Ljubljana) Ljubljana, Slovenia

Center for Empirical Cultural Studies of South-East Europe Niš, Serbia

Clubture network Zagreb, Croatia

Contemporary Art Center – Skopje Skopje, Macedonia

Creative Syndicate Zagreb, Croatia

CRVENA – Association for culture and art Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

DokuFest Prizren, Kosovo

Exodos Ljubljana Ljubljana, Slovenia

Expeditio Kotor, Montenegro

Foundation Shtatëmbëdhjetë (17) Pristina, Kosovo

Freedom Square Skopje, Macedonia

Fund B92 / Cultural center Rex Belgrade, Serbia

ISU — Institute of contemporary art Cetinje, Montenegro

Jadro – Association of the independent culture scene Skopje, Macedonia

Kiosk – Platform for contemporary art Belgrade, Serbia

KONTEJNER | bureau of contemporary art praxis Zagreb, Croatia

Kontrapunkt Skopje, Macedonia

Kurziv – Platform for Matters of Culture, Media and Society Zagreb, Croatia

Lokomotiva – Centre for New Initiatives in Arts and Culture Skopje, Macedonia

Lumbardhi Foundation Prizren, Kosovo

Ministry of Space Belgrade, Serbia

Multimedia Institute Zagreb, Croatia

New Media Center_kuda.org Novi Sad, Serbia

Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia Ljubljana, Slovenia

Operation City Zagreb, Croatia

Remont – Independent Artistic Association Belgrade, Serbia

Station – Service for Contemporary Dance Belgrade, Serbia

The Association for the Promotion of Cultures “Kulturtreger” Zagreb, Croatia

The Other Sea Rijeka, Croatia

The Pekinpah Association Ljubljana, Slovenia

United Artists Labour Belgrade, Serbia

Youth Cultural Center – Bitola Bitola, Macedonia

Youth Cultural Centre “Abrašević” Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Coordinated by the Kooperativa platform, the Regional Lab: New Culture Spaces and Networks as drivers of an Innovative and Sustainable Bottom-up Development of Regional Collaboration project brings together networks and cultural centres from six countries of the ex-Yugoslav region:

Anibar (Kosovo), Društvo Asociacija (Slovenia), Jadro Association (North Macedonia), Operacija grad (Croatia), Asocijacija NKSS (Serbia) and OKC Abrašević (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Drawing on the innovative practices developed on the independent cultural scenes, our aim is to offer a framework and infrastructure for exchanging, strengthening and advocating new, democratic and participatory models of governance, as well as for region-wide activity and mutual support of independent cultural actors.

During a three-year period we will implement various activities, including discursive and educational programs, advocacy, and publishing:

~ MENTORSHIP – capacity building program for artists and cultural workers

~ TWINNING – capacity building program for organizations and cultural centers

~ EXCHANGE – circulation of art works and artistic productions within the region through program exchange between independent cultural centers

~ OHRID SUMMER SCHOOL – educational format that combines peer to peer workshops, lectures, presentations of experiences, debates, discussions and working groups with the topic of innovative participatory models of governance

~ SOURCE BOOKS – evidence based publications gathering and articulating knowledge on innovative bottom-up developments in the region of Southeast Europe (i.e. innovative models of organization, governance, and program collaborations)

~ ADVOCACY – a series of encounters, public events, and advocacy activities towards the policy makers in 8 countries of Southeast Europe aiming to provide support for artists and cultural operators on the local and national level who are facing difficulties within their local environments

Through this intensive collaboration we will attempt to offer a regional, solidary response to the crisis of not only our cultural sectors, but also the wider democratic processes in our societies.

Further updates on our activities will be available on our website’s news feed and our social media channels.

The project is co-funded by the European Union, Creative Europe programme (2014-2020), as part of the open call aimed at strengthening cultural cooperation and competitiveness of the cultural and creative industries in the Western Balkans.

PUBLISHING

SOURCE BOOK II:
WEAVING SPACES — How Regional Spaces for Culture Shape Narratives for (Local) Art, Culture and Cooperation?

~ WEAVING SPACES is the second in the series of three source books, published as part of REG.LAB project. It is an evidence-based publication gathering and articulating knowledge on innovative bottom-up models of creating spaces where diverse values and esthetics could be exercised and practised.

“This sourcebook gathers and articulates 6 in-depth experiences from 6 countries: Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo. Notwithstanding differences, all those countries share a common recent history which took place within the framework of former Yugoslavia. Among many other concepts, this framework encompassed common cultural policies, which included a strong sense of the importance of growing and maintaining cultural centres (so-called Houses of Culture) as a crucial source of socialisation and cultural development. After the dissolution of Yugoslavia, conservative trends in most of the succession states were reflected on the cultural policies of these states, erasing the symbols of the past system, along with either obliterating the “old cultural centres” or their utter neglect, thus slowly erasing the once vivid and important places of culture from the relevant cultural and social life of communities.

The new generations of cultural practitioners and people working in the communities in the region faced a severe obstacle of lack of space for their activities, including independent art productions. In contrast, these cultural “houses” that were once brimming with potential stood silently as a symbol of systemic neglect of culture. The new face of cultural infrastructure thus represented the widely accepted politics of pushing culture, especially independent culture, into the fringes while common spaces were privatised and sold to the highest bidder.

With this sourcebook, we attempted to provide an insight into the joint efforts of cultural practitioners across the region to find a solution to the problem pointing out how those often marginalised groups, were forced to be inventive in creating spaces of freedom where diverse values and esthetics could be exercised and practised. Not all of the struggles were successful. However, in line with the mission of this series of books we hope that all those experiences, successful and less successful ones, will resonate with the readers. We will hopefully inspire a continuation of the fight for a public cultural infrastructure that rests on the values of participative management, community engagement and inclusion.

This source book is for cultural practitioners by cultural practitioners.”

Marija Krnić & Mirela Travar

EDITOR Mirela Travar
EDITORIAL TEAM Iva Čukić, Ronald Panza, Karolina Babič, Vullnet Sanaja, Iskra Geshoska, Mirela Travar, Marija Krnić
RESEARCHER AND AUTHOR Leda Sutlović
COORDINATORS Marija Krnić, Miha Satler, Dejan Košćak
TRANSLATOR IN ALBANIAN Aurela Kadriu
TRANSLATOR IN MACEDONIAN Marija Jones
TRANSLATOR IN SERBIAN Sonja Krivokapić
TRANSLATOR IN SLOVENIAN Matjaž Zorec
PROOFREADER IN ENGLISH Sonja Krivokapić
PROOFREADER IN ALBANIAN Aurela Kadriu
PROOFREADER IN MACEDONIAN Marija Jones
PROOFREADER IN SERBIAN Sonja Krivokapić
PROOFREADER IN SLOVENIAN Matjaž Zorec
DESIGNER Petra Milički

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IZDANJA

This source book is for cultural practitioners by cultural practitioners.”

Marija Krnić & Mirela Travar

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SUPPORT PROGRAM PROGRAM PODRŠKE

REG LAB

Regional Cultural Action Laboratory – or Reg Lab – is Kooperativa’s program, envisioned to help and support independent cultural organizations and initiatives in Southeast Europe (SEE). The program is aimed at helping organizations and initiatives in crisis and emergency situations by supporting urgent reactions, campaigns and activist actions. The program also aims to empower independent cultural actors’ advocacy activities.

Reg Lab provides solidarity support to organizations and initiatives focused on building advocacy capacities of the independent cultural scene. Besides financial support, the program offers Kooperativa’s support and expertise.

Reg Lab aims to help independent cultural actors in the Region with:

~ Emergency reactions to crisis situations that endanger the position of independent culture;

~ Planning, organizing and implementing advocacy activities (public appearances, meetings with decision makers, visibility actions, campaigns etc.);

~ Building and developing coalitions of cultural and other actors at the local and national level

~ Developing and implementing different partnership and networking models between independent cultural actors with the aim to strengthen advocacy activities;

~ Implementation of smaller-scale research works aimed at the development of advocacy activities;

~ Knowledge and experience exchange.

The Program Priority is to support the actors from underdeveloped independent cultural scenes, as well as to support emergency and ad hoc campaigns and activities directed towards strengthening local, regional, national and international networks.

Activities should be directed at strengthening independent cultural actors’ capacities for advocacy, developing cooperation between actors from complementary areas of work for the purposes of advocacy, implementing shorter research relating to the development of advocacy activities, as well as planning, organizing and implementing public advocacy activities in the countries in the region.

Organizations can apply for support in one or more stated fields of activity, having in mind the context and specific circumstances.

Reg Lab does not support regular activities of the organisations nor is it designed as a matching fund for existing and ongoing programs as well as project activities. The program does not support individual organisations in their work, but rather open and inclusive practices involving numerous actors and advocacy efforts for the improvement of the position of the wider independent cultural scene.

The main purpose of the program is to support types of activities usually not supported by donors and to provide resources to tackle emergency situations.

Kooperativa has a limited fund for this Program, thus we kindly ask organizations in need of our help or support to fill out a short questionnaire form available here so that we can determine whether we can provide help or support.

Information from the questionnaire will be reviewed by our Managing Board which will make the final decision on the selection of supported activities. Each questionnaire will be reviewed separately and the organizations will be contacted within a month.

The program’s coordination team will, in close cooperation with each organization, discuss details related to goals, methods, and the steps necessary for launching new or improving existing advocacy processes.

You can describe your need for support within the Regional Action Laboratory by filling out the questionnaire here.

E-mail us at: platforma.kooperativa@gmail.com

TWINNING PROGRAM

The Twinning Programme involves two organisations from two different countries. It brings together two organisations from the field of art and culture to work closely for a period of time and create a space for mutual learning and engagement, enabling capacity-building and networking opportunities for the participants. Twinning organisations in the program can exchange staff, skills and expertise in areas such as management, programming, and production.

Organisations can apply for the program jointly. Alternatively, Kooperativa can offer matchmaking support for those organisations that can demonstrate the need for twinning but do not have a potential twin during the application phase. The organisations apply for their tailor-made program that responds to the actual needs for capacity building and/or program developments in their organisations. The program takes place in a format of mobility whereby the twins visit one another for a period of time, with the intention to further expand the cooperation in the future. The organisations should be working in matching fields in arts and culture. However, cross-sectoral cooperation will be supported when justified.

The program can have different formats and compositions. A few examples of possible programs are:

~ STUDY VISITS — suitable in situations when the organisations intend to exchange knowledge and information about a specific program or topic with the intention to develop it further. The organisations should specify the topic in the application phase (i.e. education program, public relations, audience development, etc.). Such a format can be composed of meetings, interviews, observations, discussions, and similar. All this can be conducted with different stakeholders of the hosting organisation: for example, team members relevant to the topic, target group and beneficiaries, partners, and others.

~ HANDS-ON PRACTICE — suitable when the organisations need to exchange specific skills and practices relevant to their workplace in a certain department (i.e. stage technician, event coordination, etc. ). Such a format can be composed of practical work. During the mobility, the participant integrates with the team members and works together in their chosen field.

~ NEW INITIATIVES — facilitates the creation and development of new and joint undertakings of two organisations. These can be programs, projects, events, and similar. Such a format can be composed of workshops, brainstorming sessions, project writings, and similar practices.

If relevant, these formats can be combined. Organisations may propose other formats if they align with the Twinning Programme’s priority of capacity building. Whichever format is chosen, the program will enable both twins to develop new perspectives, and competencies or further develop their programs in their own organisations.

All formats are being conducted in mobility activities and comprise a visit of one twin to another. The visits can be reciprocal, but also only one side can do the residential stay, if needed. Applicants should identify their topic in the application stage, and, in the selection stage, will be invited to design an agenda of mobility.

Organisations working in the field of arts and culture that are based in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia can apply. They can twin with another organisation that operates in these countries, as long as it is not an organisation from their home country. In exceptional cases, Kooperativa members may apply for a program involving an organisation operating outside the listed countries in Europe, provided that the justification includes strong regional impact. The list includes EU countries, acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates, European Neighbourhood Policy countries.

The proposal should be developed jointly by the twins and submitted by one of the partners (applicant organisation as referred to in the application form). If the program includes only a one-way visit, the submission should be done by the organisation that will do the mobility.

The Twining Programs should be implemented between February 2025 and July 2025.

Budget items to be covered by the program are travel expenses, accommodation, per diems and material costs related to the Twinning Programme only if they are needed. The maximum of the financial budget to be covered by the project will be 2,000.00 EUR per one Twinning Programme. Applicants are requested to send an estimated budget, in a value-per-money principle, based on the reasonable expense of the city they are going to be hosted in.

Follow the link to apply.

Deadline for application: 4 December 2024.

For more information about the application procedure, you can contact:
~ marija@platforma-kooperativa.org
~ platforma.kooperativa@gmail.com.

The programme is supported by ERSTE Foundation, Grad Zagreb, and Kultura Nova Foundation.

MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

The Mentorship Program focuses on a specific mentor-mentee relationship covering skills and expertise that many artists, cultural operators and program managers within our networks and platforms have acquired through years of practice. The program provides practical skill training that combines peer-to-peer exchange of experiences and skills with expertise.

The program specifically emphasizes knowledge and skills needed for successful implementation of transnational cultural programs, such as digital tools, program development, community engagement, technical production, innovative management models, advanced international programing, etc.

~ The applicant is an NGO and is formally seated in one of the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia.

~ The applicant works in the field of independent culture, arts or in creative industries.

~ The applicant’s yearly budget in the year 2022 did not exceed 40.000 EUR.

~ The applicant does not have more than three employees at the time of applying.

~ The applicant has existed as a legal entity for more than two years.

~ Introductory live event and workshop gathering all the mentors and mentees participating in this cycle;

~ Interim online meeting with mentors and mentees to check on the progress;

~ 5-10 online meetings with the mentor;

~ Final gathering and evaluation of the program;

~ The mentorship programs will start in April 2023 and will end in October 2023 latest.

All the expenses are covered by the project.

The selection of the mentorship pairs will be done by the selection committee of the consortium. There will be 6 mentorship programs selected in this year’s call.

Each organization/participant will be paired with one mentor from another country. This will be decided by the selection committee. The pool of mentors is available here.

The call is open from February 1 to March 1, 2023.

To apply, please fill in the form on this link.

The Mentorship Program is part of the project Regional Lab: New Culture Spaces and Networks as drivers of an Innovative and Sustainable Bottom-up Development of Regional Collaboration, co-funded by the European Union, as part of the open call for proposals EACEA 39/2019 Cultural Cooperation Projects in the Western Balkans “Strengthening cultural cooperation with and competitiveness of cultural and creative industries in the Western Balkans”. The Call for Proposals is entirely funded by the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II).

The project builds on the existing experiences and collaborations and further develops regional and European exchange, creating a dynamic scheme of artistic exchange between cultural centers, creating evidence based knowledge on new participatory models of operation, building capacities and skills of artists and cultural operators to act regionally and internationally and raising visibility of regional collaboration both on a local and European level.

The project is conducted by the consortium consisting of several partners from six SEE countries lead by Kooperativa – Regionalna platforma za kulturu, and project partners Anibar from Kosovo, Društvo Asociacija from Slovenia, NKSS from Serbia, Jadro Association | Јадро Асоцијација | Jadro Asociacioni from North Macedonia, Operacija grad from Croatia, and OKC Abrašević from BiH.

EXCHANGE PROGRAM

Our Exchange and Cooperation pilot program, implemented in 2017, was oriented towards strengthening cultural cooperation of independent cultural organizations in the region. The participants were Kooperativa members and their partner organizations. All of the funded programs were implemented by at least three partners from different Southeast European countries, active in the fields of visual arts, contemporary dance, archival practices, audience development, research of working conditions of cultural workers, activism and public good, etc.

The pilot program was based on continuous cooperation through the organization of numerous innovative activities in different cities and towns in the region, as well as on common decision-making in the evaluation and selection processes.

Find out more about the implemented programs in our publication Connecting through Culture About the work of regional platform Kooperativa

The aim of the Exchange and Artistic Circulation Program is to enable circulation of artworks and artistic productions within the region by means of program exchange between independent cultural centres. It creates the framework for first-time program collaborations between the art centers Anibar (Peja), Magacin Cultural Centre (Belgrade), Youth Cultural Centre “Abrašević” (Mostar), Socio Cultural Space Center Jadro (Skopje) and Pogon – Zagreb Centre for Independent Culture and Youth (Zagreb), while also opening up the possibility for an intensified collaboration with other cultural centres from the European Union. Each cultural centre will develop at least 3 exchange programs of diverse formats, ranging from hosting artists and/or curators within residency programs, presentation of artists, artworks and productions from other countries, developing co-productions with at least one other country in the region or EU, presenting own productions in cultural centers in other European countries, organizing study-visits, workshops etc. All programs will focus also on audience engagement and participation ranging from specifically designed participatory art projects with the local community up to “peek into the artist workshop” meetings with the audience.

1) Artists and curators from the region, who will get an opportunity to present their work and/or to collaborate with peers from the other countries; expand their professional networks; reach new audiences; and get introduced more closely with the independent cultural scenes in the other countries;

2) Staff involved in programming and management of the centers, who will create strong professional ties with each other;

3) Local audiences, who will be introduced with the artists and artworks from the other art scenes from the region and EU, as well as to participate in the program.

The Exchange Program is part of the project Regional Lab: New Culture Spaces and Networks as drivers of an Innovative and Sustainable Bottom-up Development of Regional Collaboration (REG.LAB) granted by Creative Europe: Sub-programme – Western Balkans Cooperation projects – 2020.

REG LAB

Regionalni akcijski kulturni laboratorij (Regional Cultural Action Laboratory) – Reg Lab – program je Kooperative, zamišljen u svrhu pružanja pomoći i podrške nezavisnim kulturnim organizacijama i inicijativama u Jugoistočnoj Europi. Program je usmjeren kao pomoć organizacijama i inicijativama u kriznim i izvanrednim situacijama, dajući potporu hitnim reakcijama, kampanjama i aktivističkim akcijama. Također, cilj mu je osnažiti zagovaračke aktivnosti nezavisnih kulturnih aktera.

Reg Lab pruža solidarnu podršku organizacijama i inicijativama usmjerenim na izgradnju zagovaračkih kapaciteta nezavisne kulturne scene. Osim financijske potpore, program nudi podršku i stručne kapacitete same platforme.

Cilj je Reg Lab programa pomoći nezavisnim kulturnim dionicima u regiji pomoću:

~ hitnih reakcija na krizne situacije koje ugrožavaju položaj nezavisne kulture;

~ planiranja, organiziranja i provedbe zagovaračkih aktivnosti (javni nastupi, sastanci s donositeljima odluka, akcije vidljivosti, kampanje itd.);

~ izgradnje i razvoja koalicija između kulturnih i drugih aktera na lokalnoj i nacionalnoj razini

~ razvijanja i provedbe različitih modela partnerstava i umrežavanja između nezavisnih kulturnih dionika s ciljem jačanja zagovaračkih aktivnosti;

~ provedbi manjih istraživačkih radova usmjerenih na razvoj zagovaračkih aktivnosti;

~ razmjena znanja i iskustava.

Prioritet je programa podrška dionicima s nedovoljno razvijenih nezavisnih kulturnih scena, kao i podrška hitnim i ad hoc kampanjama i aktivnostima usmjerenim na jačanje lokalnih, regionalnih, nacionalnih i međunarodnih mreža.

Aktivnosti bi trebale biti usmjerene na jačanje kapaciteta nezavisnih kulturnih dionika za zagovaranje, razvijanje suradnje između dionika iz komplementarnih područja rada u svrhu zagovaranja, provođenje kraćih istraživanja vezanih uz razvoj zagovaračkih aktivnosti, kao i planiranje, organiziranje i provođenje javnih zagovaračkih aktivnosti u zemljama regije.

Organizacije se mogu prijaviti za podršku u jednom ili više navedenih područja djelovanja, uzimajući u obzir kontekst i specifične okolnosti.

Reg Lab ne podržava redovne aktivnosti organizacija niti je zamišljen kao nadopunjujući fond za postojeće i tekuće programe kao i projektne aktivnosti. Program ne podržava pojedinačne organizacije u njihovom radu, već otvorene i inkluzivne prakse koje uključuju veći broj dionika i zagovaračke napore za poboljšanje položaja šire nezavisne kulturne scene.

Glavni je cilj programa podržati one vrste aktivnosti koje donatori obično ne podržavaju te osigurati sredstva za rješavanje hitnih situacija.

Kooperativa ima ograničena godišnja sredstva za ovaj Program pa molimo organizacije kojima je potrebna naša pomoć ili podrška da ispune kratki upitnik kako bismo utvrdili možemo li pružiti pomoć ili podršku.

Informacije iz upitnika pregledat će naš Upravni odbor koji donosi konačnu odluku o odabiru aktivnosti koje ćemo podržati. Svaki upitnik pregledat će se zasebno, a organizacije će biti informirane o odabiru u roku od mjesec dana od prijave.

Koordinacijski tim programa će, u suradnji sa svakom organizacijom, raspraviti o detaljima vezanim uz ciljeve, metode i korake potrebne za pokretanje novih ili poboljšanje postojećih procesa zagovaranja.

Svoju potrebu za podrškom unutar Regionalnog akcijskog kulturnog laboratorija možete opisati ispunjavanjem upitnika.

Pošaljite e-mail na: platforma.kooperativa@gmail.com

TWINNING PROGRAM

Program Twinning uključuje aktivnosti između dviju organizacija iz različitih zemalja. Cilj mu je povezati dvije organizacije iz područja umjetnosti i kulture koje će blisko surađivati određeni vremenski period, stvarajući prostor za međusobno učenje i razmjenu, te omogućiti sudionicima prostor za jačanje kapaciteta i umrežavanje. Organizacije uključene u program mogu razmjenjivati osoblje, vještine i stručnost u područjima poput menadžmenta, razvoja programa i produkcije.

Organizacije se u načelu prijaviti za program zajednički. Alternativno, Kooperativa može ponuditi podršku u spajanju onim organizacijama koje mogu dokazati potrebu za partnerstvom, ali nemaju potencijalnog partnera tijekom faze prijave. Organizacije prijavljuju program prilagođen njihovim stvarnim potrebama za jačanjem kapaciteta i/ili razvojem programa u njihovim organizacijama. Program se odvija u obliku mobilnosti, pri čemu organizacije posjećuju jedne druge kroz određeni period, s namjerom daljnjeg proširenja suradnje u budućnosti. Organizacije bi trebale djelovati u odgovarajućim područjima umjetnosti i kulture. Međutim, kada je opravdano, bit će podržana i međusektorska suradnja.

Program se može odvijati kroz različite formate. Evo nekoliko primjera mogućih programa:

~ STUDIJSKI POSJETI — pogodno kada organizacije namjeravaju razmijeniti znanje i informacije o određenom programu ili temi s ciljem daljnjeg razvoja. Organizacije bi trebale u precizirati temu u fazi prijave (npr. obrazovni program, odnosi s javnošću, razvoj publike itd.). Ovaj format može uključivati sastanke, intervjue, opažanja, rasprave i slično. Sve ovo može se provesti s različitim dionicima organizacije domaćina: članovima tima koji su relevantni za temu, ciljanim skupinama i korisnicima, partnerima i drugima.

~ PRAKTIČAN RAD — pogodan kada organizacijama treba razmjena specifičnih vještina i praksi relevantnih za njihov rad u određenom odjelu (npr. scenski tehničar, koordinacija događanja itd.). Ovaj format može uključivati praktični rad. Tijekom mobilnosti, sudionik se integrira s članovima tima i radi zajedno s njima u odabranom području.

~ NOVE INICIJATIVE — omogućuje stvaranje i razvoj novih i zajedničkih projekata dviju organizacija. To mogu biti programi, projekti, događanja i slično. Ovaj format može uključivati radionice, brainstorming sesije, pisanje projekata i slične prakse.

Ako je relevantno, ovi formati se mogu kombinirati. Organizacije također mogu predložiti druge formate ako su u skladu s prioritetom programa Twinning, jačanjem kapaciteta. Koji god format bio odabran, program mora omogućiti partnerima da razviju nove perspektive, kompetencije ili daljnji razvoj programa unutar vlastitih organizacija.

Svi formati provode se kroz aktivnosti mobilnosti i uključuju posjet jednog partnera drugome. Posjeti mogu biti uzajamni, ali može biti organiziran i boravak samo jedne strane, ako je potrebno. Prijavitelji bi trebali identificirati svoju temu u fazi prijave, a u fazi odabira bit će pozvani da osmisle plan mobilnosti.

Organizacije koje djeluju u području umjetnosti i kulture, a imaju sjedište u Albaniji, Bosni i Hercegovini, Hrvatskoj, Kosovu, Sjevernoj Makedoniji, Crnoj Gori, Srbiji i Sloveniji mogu se prijaviti. Organizacije program prijavljuju u partnerstvu s drugom organizacijom koja djeluje u ovim zemljama, pod uvjetom da nije iz njihove matične zemlje. U iznimnim slučajevima, članice Kooperative mogu prijaviti program u suradnji s organizacijom koja djeluje izvan navedenih zemalja u Europi, pod uvjetom da suradnju opravdaju snažnim regionalnim utjecajem. Potencijalne zemlje partneri izvan regije uključuju zemlje EU, zemlje u procesu pristupanja, zemlje kandidati i potencijalni kandidati, te zemlje iz Europske politike susjedstva.

Prijedlog bi trebali partneri trebali zajednički razviti, a podnosi ga jednog od partnera (podnositelja prijave kako je navedeno u obrascu prijave). Ako program uključuje samo jednosmjerni posjet, prijavu bi trebala podnijeti organizacija koja će obaviti mobilnost.

Programi drugog ciklusa provode se između veljače 2025. i srpnja 2025.

Program pokriva troškove putovanja, smještaja, dnevnice i troškove materijala povezane s Twinning programom, samo ako su potrebni. Maksimalni financijski proračun koji će projekt pokriti iznosi 2.000,00 EUR po jednom programu. Prijavitelji su pozvani da pošalju procjenu proračuna, prema principu vrijednosti za novac, temeljenoj na razumnoj cijeni grada u kojem će biti smješteni.

Slijedite poveznicu kako biste se prijavili.

Rok za prijavu: 4. prosinca 2024.

Za više informacija o postupku prijave, možete se obratiti:
~ marija@platforma-kooperativa.org
~ platforma.kooperativa@gmail.com

Program je podržan od strane ERSTE fondacije, Grada Zagreba i Zaklade Kultura Nova.

MENTORSKI PROGRAM

Mentorski program usredotočen je na specifičan odnos mentora i mentija koji se temelji na vještinama i stručnostima koje su mnogi umjetnici, kulturni radnici i voditelji programa stekli kroz godine prakse unutar naših mreža i platformi. Program omogućuje praktično osposobljavanje i razvoj vještina kombiniranjem stručnosti i peer-to-peer razmjene iskustava i vještina.

Kroz program se posebno naglašavaju znanja i vještine potrebne za uspješnu provedbu transnacionalnih kulturnih programa, kao što su to digitalni alati, razvoj programa, angažman publike, tehnička produkcija, inovativni modeli upravljanja, napredno međunarodno osmišljavanje programa itd.

~ Prijavitelj je nevladina organizacija sa službenim sjedištem u jednoj od sljedećih zemalja: Albanija, Bosna i Hercegovina, Hrvatska, Kosovo, Crna Gora, Sjeverna Makedonija, Srbija, Slovenija.

~ Prijavitelj djeluje u području nezavisne kulture, umjetnosti ili u kreativnim industrijama.

~ Godišnji proračun Prijavitelja za prethodnu godinu nije premašio 40.000 EUR.

~ Prijavitelj nema više od troje zaposlenih u trenutku prijave.

~ Prijavitelj postoji kao pravna osoba duže od dvije godine.

~ Uvodnog događaj uživo i radionice koja okuplja sve mentore i mentore koji sudjeluju u ovom ciklusu;

~ Povremenih online sastanaka s mentorima i mentorčadi radi provjere napretka;

~ 5-10 online sastanaka s mentorom;

~ Završnog susreta i evaluacije programa;

~ Mentorski programi počet će u travnju 2023. i završit će najkasnije u listopadu 2023.

Svi troškovi pokriveni su projektom.

Selekcijski odbor konzorcija odabrat će mentorske parove. Na ovogodišnjem pozivu bit će odabrano 6 mentorskih programa.

Svaka organizacija/sudionik bit će uparen s jednim mentorom iz druge zemlje. O tome će odlučiti izborna komisija. Na raspolaganju je skupina mentora. Grupa mentora dostupna je ovdje.

Poziv je otvoren od 1. veljače do 1. ožujka 2023. godine.

Da biste se prijavili, ispunite sljedeći obrazac.

Mentorski program dio je projekta Regional Lab: New Culture Spaces and Networks as drivers of an Innovative and Sustainable Bottom-up Development of Regional Collaboration (REG.LAB) koji je podržala Kreativna Europa: potprogram – EACEA Projekti kulturne suradnje u zemljama Zapadnog Balkana, 39/2019 “Strengthening cultural, cooperation with and competitiveness of cultural and creative industries in the Western Balkans”. Poziv je u potpunosti financiran kroz program “Instrument pretpristupne pomoći” (IPA II).

Projekt proizlazi iz postojećih iskustava i suradnji te nastavlja razvijati regionalnu i europsku razmjenu, stvarajući dinamične programe umjetničke razmjene između kulturnih centara i proizvodeći znanja o novim participativnim modelima djelovanja temeljeno na dokazima. Projekt istovremeno radi na izgradnji kapaciteta i vještina umjetnika i kulturnih radnika za regionalno i međunarodno djelovanje te podiže vidljivost regionalne suradnje na lokalnoj i europskoj razini.

Projekt provodi konzorcij sastavljen od partnerskih organizacija iz šest zemalja Jugoistočne Europe – predvođen je Kooperativom – Regionalnom platformom za kulturu i projektnim partnerima: Anibar (Kosovo), Društvo Asociacija (Slovenija), NKSS from (Srbija), Jadro Association | Јадро Асоцијација | Jadro Asociacioni (Sjeverna Makedonija), Operacija grad (Hrvatska) i OKC Abrašević (Bosna i Hercegovina).

PROGRAMSKA RAZMJENA

Kooperativin pilot program razmjene i suradnje u regiji, proveden 2017. godine, bio je usmjeren na jačanje kulturne suradnje nezavisnih kulturnih organizacija u regiji. Sudionici su bili članovi Kooperative i njihove partnerske organizacije. Svaki program koji je financijski podržan provodilo je najmanje troje partnera iz različitih zemalja jugoistočne Europe, aktivnih na području vizualne umjetnosti, suvremenog plesa, arhivske prakse, razvoja publike, istraživanja uvjeta rada kulturnih djelatnika, aktivizma i javnih dobara itd.

Pilot program temeljio se na kontinuiranoj suradnji kroz organizaciju brojnih inovativnih aktivnosti u različitim gradovima i mjestima u regiji, kao i na zajedničkom odlučivanju u procesima evaluacije i selekcije.

Više o provedenim programima saznajte u Kooperativinoj publikaciji Povezivanje kulturom – O radu regionalne platforme KOOPERATIVA.

Program razmjene i umjetničke cirkulacije usmjeren je na cirkulaciju umjetničkih djela i produkcija unutar regije kroz razmjenu programa između nezavisnih kulturnih centara. Program razmjenom između umjetničkog centra Anibar (Peć), Kulturnog centra Magacin (Beograd), Omladinskog kulturnog centra “Abrašević” (Mostar), Sociokulturnog prostora Centar Jadro (Skoplje) i Pogona – zagrebačkog centra za nezavisnu kulturu i mlade (Zagreb) stvara okvir za početak programske suradnje, istovremeno otvarajući mogućnost intenziviranja suradnje s drugim kulturnim centrima iz Europske unije. Svaki kulturni centar razvija najmanje 3 programa razmjene različitih formata, kao što su: gostovanja umjetnika i/ili kustosa u okviru rezidencijalnih programa, predstavljanja umjetnika, umjetničkih djela i produkcija iz drugih zemalja, razvoj koprodukcija s barem još jednom zemljom u regiji ili EU, predstavljanje vlastitih produkcija u kulturnim centrima u drugim europskim zemljama, organiziranje studijskih posjeta, radionica itd. Svi će se programi usmjeriti i na sudjelovanje publike te participativne modele (umjetničkog) djelovanja, od posebno osmišljenih participativnih umjetničkih projekata s lokalnom zajednicom do posjeta umjetničkim atelijerima kao model susreta s publikom.

1) Umjetnicima i kustosima iz regije koji će dobiti priliku predstaviti svoj rad i/ili surađivati sa suradnicima iz drugih zemalja; profesionalno se umrežiti; doći do nove publike; i pobliže se upoznati s nezavisnim kulturnim scenama u drugim zemljama;

2) Osoblju uključenom u programiranje i upravljanje centrima, a koje će uspostaviti snažne profesionalne veze;

3) Lokalnim zajednicama, kojima će se omogućiti prilika da upoznaju umjetnike i umjetnička djela drugih umjetničkih scena iz regije i EU, kao i sudjelovanje u programima.

Programska razmjena dio je projekta Regional Lab: New Culture Spaces and Networks as drivers of an Innovative and Sustainable Bottom-up Development of Regional Collaboration (REG.LAB) koji je podržala Kreativna Europa: potprogram – Projekti kulturne suradnje u zemljama Zapadnog Balkana – 2020.

Aurela Kadriu

Aurela Kadriu is a sociologist and researcher. Her studies are focused on memory, socio-urbanism, gender and human rights. She has conducted many research studies which are related to the contemporary history of Kosovo and the region of former Yugoslavia. She currently works at Qendra Multimedia.

CONTACT

Aurela Kadriu

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REG LAB

TWINNING PROGRAM

MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

EXCHANGE PROGRAM

SUMMER SCHOOL

REG LAB

TWINNING PROGRAM

MENTORSKI PROGRAM

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Aurela Kadriu

Aurela Kadriu