Arts Festivals’ Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue European Festivals Association

European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue 2008 European Year of Intercultural Dialogue Arts Festivals’ Declaration is a charta launched and promoted by EFA

European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue Declaration launched on 8 January 2008 in Ljubljana 25 festivals and officials from 17 European countries signed the Arts Festivals’ Declaration and committed to its objectives and obligations

European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue No 2: Tallinn, 2 February national festivals associations and cultural networks signed on behalf of more than 600 festivals in Europe and beyond!

European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue No 3: Oslo, 3 March 2008 First signing ceremony organised by a national festivals association!

European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue No 4: Antalya, 22 April 2008 All EFA members signed as well as AAPAF and PANSA

European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue No 5: Brezice, 4 July 2008 No 6: Ghent, 15 September 2008 No 7: Liverpool, 23 October 2008 No 8: Stockholm, 15 November 2008 No 9: Ubeda, 28 January signatories

European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue 19 November 2008, Paris: 20 festivals from Europe and beyond officialy committed to future engagement & were awarded for their efforts

European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue Open Call to sign up and present projects has been launched in July 2008 and will be open still in 2009! All kinds of arts and culture festivals across Europe and beyond are invited to sign the Declaration and to engage in promoting and implementing its aims and objectives.

European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue Signing Festivals present projects and are given visibility:

European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue More than 100 press articles (just on the launch event): in Italy, Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Great Britain, Macedonia, Slovenia, Asia (AAPAF); online coverage EU website, EFA website, print, radio, TV

European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue EFA Declaration website: Number of visits: 5.472

European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue EU website on Intercultural Dialogue: visits and more than 4,5 million pages viewed

European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue Monthly FestFlash: sent to 1123 contacts: EFA members, EU, National associations and networks, Africa and Asia, Access to Culture platform, CCP, other signatories or interested

European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue ‘Arts Festivals’ Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue’ on the web: Total number of Google research results: 1140 results in English, 133 results in French, 886 results in Italian, 31 results in German, 120 results in Spanish, etc. EU website, EU Presidency website, Festivals’ websites, Associations’ website, Governmental/ministry websites Online newspapers

European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue EFA BOOKS 4 on Intercultural Dialogue: With contributions from: Odile Quintin, Director General Festival d’Avignon Bergen International Festival Berliner Festspiele Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada Israel Festival Sarajevo Winter Due to be published March/April 2009 & sent to 1120 recipients

European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue The initiative has a sustainable impact on festivals as they officially committed to future engagement for intercultural dialogue by supporting the Epilogue

European Festivals Association Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue High-level partnership with the EU/European Commission in the preparation, run-up, throughout and in the follow-up of the Year