| Client |
Council of Europe |
| Project |
Fund raising strategy and training for Kyiv Project (2008) |
| Description |
Developing a fund raising strategy and training workshop for cultural co-operation in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine. |
| Associates |
Timothy Mason and Ledy Leyssen. |
| Client |
European Commission |
| Project |
Study on the mobility of artists in Europe (2008) |
| Description |
Adviser in research led by ERICarts, Bonn, on the obstacles and opportunities for artists and creators in Europe. |
| Client |
European Parliament |
| Project |
Framework contract to provide consultancy to the European Parliament on culture (2007 - ) |
| Description |
Advice on culture to the European Parliament’s Education & Culture Committee through research, briefing papers, etc. |
| Associates |
A subcontracted network of European experts. |
| Client |
Arts Institute & others, Czech Republic |
| Project |
Seminar on the Creative Industries (2007) |
| Description |
Organisation and leading of a seminar in Prague on the UK experience of the cultural industries. |
| Associates |
John Howkins and Colin Mercer. |
| Client |
LabforCulture |
| Project |
Study on the potential of a cultural dimension to the European Union’s external policies (2006-07) |
| Description |
Lead and management of research and interviews in 6 EU countries into attitudes towards the development of a cultural component to EU external policies, leading to publication A Cultural Dimension to the EU’s External Policies (Boekmanstudies, 2007). |
| Associates |
Sub contracted experts in Denmark, France, Latvia, Poland, Portugal and UK. |
| Client |
European Commission (Leonardo Programme) |
| Project |
VANIA (2005 – 2007) |
| Description |
Research to determine the skills and competencies needed by managers involved in transnational cultural co-operation projects and the need for European certification. Report and publication (Training in Transnational Cultural Co-operation Projects: Reflections and Challenges on Validation and Certification). |
| Associates |
Marcel Hicter Foundation, Brussels; CUPORE, Helsinki, Evremathia, Athens. |
| Client |
Asia – Europe Foundation |
| Project |
Asia-Europe cultural co-operation partnership mapping (2005) |
| Description |
Examination of cultural information resources in Europe and recommendations for the development of an online portal for Asia-Europe cultural co-operation (launched as Culture 360 in 2008) |
| Associates |
Dr Lidia Varbanova. |
| Client |
Hong Kong Arts Development Council |
| Project |
Study on arts and cultural indicators for Hong Kong (2004-2006) |
| Description |
Leading a major review of arts and cultural indicators and linkages with social indicators in Hong Kong, based on international comparators. |
| Associates |
Colin Mercer; Hong Policy Research Institute. |
| Client |
Asia – Europe Foundation |
| Project |
International cultural policy seminar in Bangkok (2004-2005) |
| Description |
Programming, intellectual content, compilation of pre-conference documentation of a conference in Thailand, and editing a post conference report (Developing New Instruments to Meet Cultural Policy Challenges), presented to Conference of ASEM Ministers of Culture, Paris. |
| Client |
Ministry of Education, Finland |
| Project |
Review of Finnish Arts Council system (2003-2004) |
| Description |
Evaluation of the case for strengthening the Finnish Arts Council system |
| Associates |
Theodoor Adams and Pertti Ahonen. |
| Client |
Interarts Foundation and EFAH for the European Commission |
| Project |
Study on the state of intergovernmental cultural co-operation in Europe (2003) |
| Description |
Three research papers on European cultural co-operation in relation to (1) national cultural institutes, (2) cultural research and (3) languages as a contribution to the study. |
| Client |
European Cultural Foundation UK |
| Project |
Directing and administering the European Cultural Foundation UK Committee (2001-2008) |
| Description |
Supporting the development of the work of the ECF UK, including the organisation of seminars at Chatham House and London School of Economics and providing a platform for European cultural issues. |
| Client |
Arts Council England |
| Project |
International Policy Intelligence (1994 – 2006) |
| Description |
Intelligence on policy shifts, legislation and funding programmes of the European institutions and monitoring of cultural policy developments internationally. |
