28-02-2023
Revealing the Alliance – Step 1 2 3 is the new Creative Europe Network programme of the European Festivals Association (EFA) that runs from 2022 to 2024. Festivals are a strong feature in Europe’s cultural DNA and the continent’s artistic landscape. This project will encourage the scaling up of Europe’s cultural sector thanks to festivals.
It aims to initiate, consolidate and disseminate a trans-sectorial and interactive European Festivals Alliance by, for, and through festivals. Building on its work in the past seven years and using the moment of EFA’s 70th anniversary in 2022, the project offers a platform for festivals’ development and for festivals’ interaction with cities and businesses to implement the “European Festivals Alliance 70-Years-On Agenda”. During EFA’s annual Arts Festivals Summit and other meetings, festivals and their stakeholders organised in sub-communities will reflect and act jointly, equipping festivals with new models for intersectoral work. Each year will focus on a new thematic priority: Environmental sustainability; Innovation, co-creation, and the use of public spaces; Access to culture, inclusion, gender balance, and audience development. The ultimate results of “Revealing the Alliance” are to grow sub-communities, alongside their identification with and ownership of the Alliance through networking, capacity building, collecting and disseminating knowledge and practice, advocacy and communication. EFA teams up with The Festival Academy, Pearle*, and A Soul for Europe.
The promotion and support of cross-border cooperation are based on the current series of publications “What you didn’t know about Europe - Ultimate Cookbook for Cultural Managers”. This collection was initiated by Pearle* and EFA in 2014 to improve general knowledge of the legal and managerial aspects of cross-border cultural cooperation. The content of the cookbooks have been updated in 2021 and some exist also in Czech and in French. To continue this work and disseminate even more widely the existing publications, Pearle* and EFA have started to create infographics. The infographics complement the thematic cookbooks by translating the most important information into a condensed and visual way. Cookbooks on new thematics are also published regularly, with their accompanying infographic.
Ultimate Cookbooks for Cultural Managers
- The Ultimate Cookbook for Cultural Managers: The EU Green Deal and Live Performance Organisations. For Pearle* members only, this publication is associated to timeline of EU Green Deal legislation of relevance to our sector.
- The Ultimate Cookbook for Cultural Managers: Connecting the EU Digital strategy with live performance organisations
Infographics
- The infographic for the "Ultimate Cookbook for Cultural Managers: Social Security in an international context" presents the steps to be taken and questions to be answered to understand the functioning of social security coordination rules in Europe. Download the infographic here.
- The infographic for the "Ultimate Cookbook for Cultural Managers: Artist Taxation in an international context" presents the steps to be taken and questions to be answered to understand how artist taxation happens when performing abroad. Download the infographic here.
- The infographic for the "Ultimate Cookbook for Cultural Managers: VAT in an international context" presents the consequences of VAT in an international context with a special focus on the EU live performance sector. Download the infographic here.
- The infographic for the "Ultimate Cookbook for Cultural Managers: The EU Green Deal and Live Performance Organisations" presents how to best apply the Green Deal and integrate environmental sustainability in day-to-day activities of live performance organisations. Download the infographic here.
- The infographic for the "Ultimate Cookbook for Cultural Managers: Visas for Third Country National Artists Travelling to the Schengen Area" details the steps to follow when a third-country national has to apply for a Schengen visa. Download the infographic here.
- The infographic for the "Ultimate Cookbook for Cultural Managers: Connecting the EU Digital strategy with live performance organisations" helps navigate the new digital innovations and their impact on live performance organisations, from the production phase to the diffusion. Download the infographic here.
Workshop recordings
- How can live and digital go together?, with Pr Pablo Dornhege at the 64th Pearle* conference in Paris, November 2022
- Unveiling the Mystery of Artificial Intelligence, with Jeroen Baert at the 66th Pearle* conference in Ljubljana, November 2023 - (members only)
- ChatGPT applied to the daily practice of a performing arts organisation, with Kristof Michiels at the 67th Pearle* conference in Budapest, May 2024 - (members only)
Photo credit: Ljubljana Festival © Darja Štravs Tisu and Mediaspeed