Cultural policy debates – EUNIC Beograd and Faculty of Dramatic Arts of Belgrade
EUNIC colleagues have become an integral part of the teaching staff of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts
in Belgrade, helping teach future professionals in the field of culture.
Every week we met with students following the cultural diplomacy course at the Faculty, together
with students from the UNESCO master of Management in culture and cultural policy in the Balkans
and from the Faculty of Political Science. We included representatives in the field of cultural
diplomacy and international cultural cooperation from eight European countries.
The aim of our debates was to mix theory and practice and to engage a dialogue between
experienced European professionals and future Serbian professionals. EUNIC Beograd members
temporarily wore a professor’s hat and each brought an interesting angle to the topics. To make the
discussions even more interesting, we invited several colleagues from Serbia and from other
countries around the world. This gave the students opportunities to see similarities and differences
in approaches but also to search together for possible ideas for a Serbian model.
The course will result in creative proposals from students for the Serbian model and for a strategy of
international cultural cooperation.
Detailed programme of the debates in March and April:
6.3. Cultural diplomacy – between cooperation and promotion
Speakers :
Jean-Luc Goester – Institut Français,
Mathias Muller-Wieferig – Goethe-Institut
Jelena Glisic – Österreichisches Kulturforum
13.3 Language and international cultural cooperation
Speakers :
Manuel Fernández-Conde – Instituto Cervantes
Andre Cunha – Centro de lingua Portuguesa, Camoes
Kristijan Rajkovic – British Council
Fabrice Peutot – Institut Français
Marion Haberfellner – lector from Austria at the Faculty of Philology
20.3. The role of festivals in international cultural cooperation and cultural diplomacy
Speakers :
Ivana Đurišić – British Council
Ivan Karl – FEST
Jelena Knežević – BITEF festival
27.3. EUNIC beyond borders and cultural diplomacy on long distances
Speakers :
Tony O’Brien – British Council
Irena Milojković – Embassy of Australia
Dimitrije Vujadinović – Fondation Balkan Kult
3.4. International cultural cooperation and the virtual world
Speakers :
Slavica Marković-Sandić- Embassy of Sweden
Mirjana Starčević – Instituto Cervantes
Nina Trifunović – EUNIC/British Council
17.4. Evaluation of culture
Speakers :
Tony O’Brien – British Council
Philippe Le Moine – Institut Français
Lola Joksimovic – Cultural contact point
24.4. Cultural industries and cultural diplomacy
Speakers :
Mixer festival representative
Academica representative
Film in Serbia representative
Nina Trifunovic, EUNIC Intern