At the EU-Japan Summit in 2002, it was decided that 2005 would be designated as the EU-Japan Year of People to People Exchanges, aiming at promoting better mutual understanding and knowledge between European and Japanese citizens.
The DG External relations has launched a call in order to support projects promoting exchanges between people.
The DG for Education and Culture participates to this EU-Japan year by launching, in the framework of Action 3 of the Culture 2000 programme, a restricted call to the national authorities responsible for culture with a view to selecting projects of cultural cooperation that will take place in Japan in 2005.
On the basis of this call (open until 30th of November 2004. See the conditions and modalities of participation), the following three projects have been selected:
Arts for community growth and development
The British Council Japan (UK)
The project brings together the experience of six European countries ( Finland , France , Germany , Ireland , Italy , UK ) which have successfully used the Arts to foster community growth and development. The European co-organisers will work with two Japanese associate partners in the city of Yokohama . Through these organisations the project will access the broader NPO (Non Profit Organization) community in Japan . The city of Yokohama launched a project to revitalise its urban centre and would welcome an exchange of experience with Europe .
The Modern and the Contemporary in European and Japanese Culture
The Hellenic Culture Organization (GR)
The project involves a variety of innovative events (architectural and photographic axhibitions, music performances, video and film presentations, a working meeting and conference) that will explore the theme of modernity and contemporaneity in European and Japanese cultures. Modernity is a strong tradition at the core of European culture and Japan has also gone through its own process of modernization. Technology fashion and the conditions of cities like Tokio bear witness to this feature of the contemporary within Japanese culture.
The festival of the new-coming trends of contemporary Culture in Europe and Japan
Ideo Clean (FR)
The project is developed in two parts, a festival and a magazine :
-The festival of the new-coming trends of contemporary Culture in Europe and Japan . The objective of the festival is to show the Japanese public the latest trends in European cultures and the diversity and richness of European artistic creation.
- Aiming to be a long lasting cultural milestone the magazine will be for the Japanese public a reference to the latest trends and cultural developments in Europe . |
