Young festival leaders gain educational support in West Sweden
Beirut 21 to 27 March 2015? Young festival leaders in West Sweden who want to join the European Festivals Association 's week-long atelier can get the course paid by the Cultural Committee of Västra Götalands regionen. Deadline is October 31, so hurry and APPLY NOW ! Register for the course at EFAs website via the link below, if you are accepted the Cultural Committee pay the tuition fee (20 000) and travel (5000 SEK). Please note that if your festival is a member of Swedish Music Festivals the tuition fee is 30% lower. Next time EFA is organizing a training for festival leaders are in September 2015 in Gwangju, South Korea.
The Cultural Committee of West Sweden county writes on their website:
The Cultural Committee recognizes the importance of festivals for the cultural life of the region through analysis and proposed initiatives. Internationalization is one of the goals. To further strengthen this festival their leaders are offered an opportunity for skills upgrading. The European Network EFA organizes regular training for already established but quite young , festival directors / managers . The average age is 35 years old and you must have some experience as festival director or programmer.
More information is available HERE or contact Annika Strömberg, 0705 – 25 47 87.
Read more about EFA, The Festival Academy and the Beirut Atelier HERE