EURICCA’s co-founder Mark Sheridan will attend at the European Live Music Association (ELMA) meeting representing the initiative for the development of a partnership with ELMA partners. With the support of the Italian Association of Live event Promoters adn Producers (assomusica), ELMA partners organise a European panel with distinguished guests to compare the best practices and legislation of Live Music Sector in Europe on the 24th of November during the Milano Music Week and more specifically the Linecheck festival in Milan. A promissing discussion regarding common action strategies that can affect policies and legislation and initial mobility activities to promote the circulation of new and emerging talents and artists. Panel will be hosted  by Greg Parmley –  Managing Director…

V4 Roundabout is a music sector accelerator project that brings music professionals together to enhance interactions between the SME-s of the region. The Visegrad Fund supported project aims to enhance the growth of the music market by bringing 10 professionals plus 2 media representatives from 4 plus one countries together to share informations, pick the best bands to offer, change ideas and pave the way for future businesses. What is V4Roundabout:  a common effort of 4 locally connected and active music facilitators ( export office, conference, music cluster agency…) The B2B aspect…The project has 4 locally connected and active music facilitators as project ambassadors. Each ambassador hand-picks professionals that are eager to expand…

A year has passed since the last edition of Reeperbahn and this year again, member representatives are gathering in Hamburg. Aside administrative and internal topics, the aims of the meeting will be to validate the strategic development of the projects such as the mobility, mapping and VET activities. It will be an opportunity to plan next steps of on-going partnerships with music networks and communities such as the newly granted ERASMUS project cCLEP (Certified Competences for Live Events Professionals) or the Creative Europe NIMPE project (Network for the Internationalization of Music Producers in Europe) where ELMA members Assomusica, MESO events and RootMusic are involved. It will also be about the preparation of up-coming projects…

One of the educational and vocational priorities of NIMPEs mapping project deliverable concerns the mapping of current live music production sector needs, in very different EU member countries, and more precisely, to gather concrete evidences of common problems but also of innovative practices, as to form a micro-model of sustainable solutions for the European Live Music sector. In this direction, NIMPE Initiative deliberately operates as an umbrella network between national Music “Clusters and communities of practice”, gathering public and private organisations data, comments and suggestions. Through mapping, interviewing, meetings and webinar activities, the results gathered will enable NIMPE partners to provide data for policy resolutions, to emphasize on common solutions and support the development of common…

Representing ASBL EURICCA and NPO MESO Events, Georges Perot will attend the 5th  conference on Europe, Entepreneurship and Sustainable Development of the House of Europe in Rhodes, as a keynote speaker on CCI importance in correlation with Tourism and sustainable development. The three-day events are co-organized by the House of Europe in Rhodes and Rhodes’ Municipal Cultural Organization of Culture-Sports, will be held in Rhodes, 15-17 March 2017, with the support of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Dodecanese and the Museum of Modern Greek Art of Rhodes. The 5th conference for Europe, Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development takes place in the context of the commitment of the House of…

The European Research and Innovation Agency for Cultural Clusters has made a partnership with a newly funded EU project from the Creative Europe Programme (2014 -2020) called NIMPE, the Network for the Internationalisation of Music Producers in Europe. Coordinator: Assomusica Associazione (IT) Partners: Den Selvejende Institution Swinging Europe (DK), Društvo Študentski kulturni center (SI), M.E.S.O. Music Events (GR), Root Music LTD (UK), Technopole Quimper-Cornouaille (FR) NIMPE is a project that aims at supporting the internationalisation of live music and events enterprises (especially young and newly started enterprises) within Europe, trying to overcome the difficulties encountered by the sectors operators and suggesting competitive models to be tested and assessed and then shared amongst…

EURICCA is proud to announce its up-coming partnership with the Djagora University, Coming from the African name for shepherd, Diagora University was founded in the beginning of 2015, aiming to support the global economic health through education. Quotes from the university: We believe that individuals are, and should be educated to create values for themselves, their family, their community, the environment they live in, and their country. Djagora University (DjU) is an independent higher education institution, accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education of Senegal. Mission Djagora University mission is to empower its students by creating an environment that allows and guides them to develop their passions, critical thinking, compassion, and orientation…

Following a meeting between representatives of both networks in march 2015 in Athens and stepping on the mutual aims of both organisations especially in terms of social cohesion, it was agreed that a common initiative will be developed between EURICCA and the German Federal Association for Sustainability aiming to anchor sustainable action in cultural, social, environmental, economic and participatory ways in all areas of society. The German Federal Association for Sustainability is an civil society organized interest group on the level of a national non-governmental organisation (NGO) which considers itself complementary to the German Council for Sustainable Development, founded in 2001 by the Federal Government. In this form GFAS is the first…