[spectre] fwd: LOOKING INSIDE - OSI East-East mobility

[Andreas Broeckmann]

=46rom: Diane Dodd
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 4:19 AM


Dear  colleagues,

This is to inform you that we are starting a new program  component of the
OSI Arts and Culture Network - LOOKING INSIDE - an East-East  mobility
program for arts managers and cultural administrators.

Please, find enclosed the General Information about the program. It is  goin=
g
to be on our web site very soon, together with the application forms  and
other details. Feel free to spread it among people and organizations  which
you think might be interested in this program.

I believe you  will cross fingers for the success of our newly born baby, so
that it makes  its first steps!

Lidia Varbanova
Program Director
Arts and Culture  Network
OSI, Budapest
tel +361 3273837
fax +361 327 3101
www.batory.org.pl/art






ARTS & CULTURE NETWORK PROGRAM
LOOKING INSIDE
GENERAL INFORMATION

AIMS

The aim of the new sub-component of Arts and Culture Network Program is to
organize an East-East program of placements in well established and
acknowledged cultural institutions of Central and Eastern Europe, Central
Asia, the Caucasus and Mongolia for art managers and cultural
administrators from the region.

The main goals of Looking Inside are:

=85 To increase mobility of cultural and arts practitioners who want to
implement innovative models of operation in their organization or
institution  by exploring other cultural practices.
=85 To contribute to share and exchange of competencies, practices, skills
and knowledge between arts managers and cultural administrators by
organizing placements in well-recognized artistic institutions from the
region.
=85 To invest in cultural professionals, who might contribute to significant
long-term sustainable changes in culture and the arts in Central and
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Mongolia.

The idea is that both parts should profit from the program: the art manager
(intern) by acquiring new competencies and gaining new experience, and the
hosting cultural institution by involving high quality professionals in its
activity, creating new links and exploring possibilities for developing new
projects in the long-term run.

PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES

Program is addressed to art managers and cultural administrators with
professional background in the field, who are interested in sharing
experience and knowledge, learning about other cultural practices, and
raising their professional skills. Applicants must be employed by a state,
municipal or private non-profit cultural institution. Basic communication
skills in English or the host country's language are required. Applications
should be filled out in English only.  The duration of internships is 2-3
weeks, taking place preferably not later than February 2003. Expected grant
for one internship should not exceed $3000 for all related expenses
(travel, visa, per diems, insurance, accommodation, fee for tutor, small
organizational costs concerning intern's stay).

Applicants can suggest an organization they would prefer to visit from the
countries within the Soros foundations' network. Those who do not indicate
a particular organization but will be selected in procedure of the
competition, will be offered a suitable host selected from the database of
the most active and experienced organizations from the region. For each
intern an individual program is assured in advance by the hosting
organization. In addition, hosting organization assists in organization of
intern's stay.

Every Looking Inside intern is required to give a presentation/lecture
about her/his country cultural specifics in relation to her/his specialty
field during the stay at the hosting organization.

All applications should be submitted to the Arts and Culture Network
Program coordinator in the respective national Soros foundation. The
national Soros foundation coordinators are the contact points for
information and consultation about principles, guidelines and deadlines of
Looking Inside competition.
The list of coordinators' addresses is:
http://www.batory.org.pl/art/coordinators.html
All applications should be submitted at the national level by the end of
March 2002. Precise deadlines depend on the regulations of the respective
national Soros foundations.

All applications under the Looking Inside program will be firstly reviewed
by national experts and finally by the Assessment Team (an international
advisory body).

LIMITATIONS

Internships are offered exclusively to professionals living and working in
the region of Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and
Mongolia. Students from undergraduate programs and those without some
practical experience are not eligible for support. Artists are not eligible
to apply unless they perform managerial or administrative functions at
cultural organizations/institutions.