Program of ECCM Symposium in 2007

Wednesday 17 October 2007:

Poetry Reading

19.00 - 22.00
- Poetry Reading by Michael D. Higgins

at Athens Centre
48, Archimidous Street116 36 Athens Greece
organised by the Greek-Irish Society

Thursday 18th of October and Friday 19th of October 2010

at the Venue: Zappeion Megaron - Athens - Greece

For Greek Version (PDF)

Thursday 18 October 2007:

Opening

9.00 - 9.30 Welcome Speech Nikitas Kaklamanis - Mayor of Athens
- Welcome Speech
  Nikos Stasinopoulos - President of the European Union Club
- Introduction to the Symposium
  Spyros Mercouris - Honorary President of the ECCM Network and Representative of the Melina Mercouri Foundation

Cultural Policy

9.30 -11.00
- Chair Person: Spyros Mercouris - General Coordinator of 'Athens1985'
- Cultural Policy of the Municipality of Athens
  Sofi Daskalaki Mitilinaiou - President of the Board of the Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Athens
- Cultural Policy, the Arts, Vision, Productivity and Quality of Life
  Michael D. Higgins - former Minister of Culture, Ireland and MP of Irish Parliament
- Continuity of EU Cultural Policy: Istanbul 2010 - a European Cultural City already in dialogue
  Nuri M. Colakoglu - Coordinator of Istanbul 2010
- Children’s Imagination, the truth of the world – the experience of Kids' Guernica
  Takuya Kaneda - Prof. of Art Education, Tokyo

Opening of the Kids' Guernica Exhibition

11.00 outside the Zappeion Megaron
Introduction into the exhibition and introducing the Co-ordinators of Kids' Guernica Workshops: Hatto Fischer (Greece)
Present of Kids' Guernica were at the opening:
- Takuya Kaneda (Japan) International Coordinator of Kids' Guernica
- Iman Nouri Mourad (Lebanon)Coordinator of mural "Enough! We want to live."
- Jad Salman (Palestine) Artist, Student in Paris, murals form Palestine
- Sara Lowndes (Dubai)Teacher, mural of Dubai
- Asit Poddar (India) Member of International Committee, Blind Boys' mural
- Deniz Hasirci (Turkey) Buddy Program in Izmir, Coordination of Izmir-Chios
- Bernand Conlon (Northern Ireland)
- Savina Tarsitano (Italy) Artist, action in Martinique
- Yvette Galot (Martinique) Director of the Cultural Centre in Martinique
- Efi Lipari (Greece) Officer of the Tourist Board of Chios
- Thomas Economacos (Greece) Arts Coordinator of Poiein kai Prattein
- Anna Arvanitaki (Greece) President of Poiein kai Prattein
- Maria Capari (Greece) Environmental Expert, Advisor to Poiein kai Prattein
- Maya Fischer (Greece) Photo documentation
- Kostas Kartelias (Greece) Photo documentation
- Jan Brueggemeier (Germany) Media specialist, advisor to Poiein kai Prattein
- Magnolia Albertazzi (Italy) Honorary guest

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Spyros Mercouris, special advisor to Kids' Guernica

11.30 - 12.00 Coffee Break

The role of culture

12.00 - 14.00
- Branding of Culture
  Volker Hassemer, Berlin - Ex-Senator for Urban Development and Environmental Protection, Ex Senator for Cultural Affairs, Spokesperson for the Initiative “A Soul for Europe
- Listen to the Artists!
  Karl - Eric Norrman - General Secretary of European Cultural Parliament
- The Role of Museums, Foundations, Institutions
  Angelos Delivorias- Director of Benaki Museum, Athen
- Journalism and Culture - the Receptivity of Culture in the Information Society
  A. Carakousis - special correspondent of the newspaper VIM
- Cultural Heritage and Environment
  Costa Carras,- President of Hellenic Eteria for the Protection of Cultural Heritage and Environment
14.00 - 15.00 Lunch

Dialogue between cultures

15.00 - 16.30
- Chair person: Carin Fisher - General Coordinator of 'Stockholm1998'
- Introduction to the Dialogue between Cultures
  Dusan Sidjanski - Professor, Latsis Foundation Geneva
- Is the necessary dialogue between cultures still possible?
  Abdelaziz Kacem - Prof. (University of Tunis), Essayists in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Member of the European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Literature
- European Identity and the Cultural Dimension of Europe's External Relations
  Guy Delacroix - Deputy German Ambassador to Greece (Cultural Dimension of a European Cultural Policy)
- Acculturaltion and Citizenship: Catalysts for the European Urban Space
  Dr. Kostas Theologou - post-doc N.T.U.A. research, member of the EU_RA.net (European Research Associates network)
16.30 - 17.00 Coffee break

Cultural Planning

17.00 - 18.30
- Visions for Cities: Public Truth and Public Spaces
  Bart Verschaffel - Philosopher, Head of Faculty of Architecture and Planning, University of Gent, Belgium
- Public Spaces for Children in Cities
  Deniz Hasirci - Ass. Prof. at Izmir University of Economics, Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design
- Cities and Artists: developing cultural projects together?
  Diane Dodd - University of Girona, European liaison and ConnectCP Co-ordinator for IFACC
- Cultural Capitals of Europe (Athens, Glasgow, Lisbon, Thessaloniki)
  Anastasia Paparis - Architect A.U.Th., Town Planner U.C.L., M. Phill., M.RT.P.I
- Urban Planning and Culture: Conditions for Osmoses
  Anna Arvanitaki - Poiein kai Prattein, Greek Ministry of Environment, Urban Planner

Friday October 19th

Culture and Economy

9.30 - 11.00
- Chair Person: Simone Beck - Ex General Secretary of ECCM-Network, Coordinator of 'Luxemburg1995'
- A Perspective for a Civilized Life
  George Krimbas - former Director of OECD - Greek Section, Prof. of University of Athens
- Culture and Economy - a possible dialogue about new policy measures
  Joanna Sanetra-Szeliga - International Cultural Centre of Krakov
- Ruhr 2010 – Creative Industries: Project related to the Process
  Bernd Fesel - active member of the team ‘Creative Industries’ for RUHR 2010, Capital of Culture
- From Productivity to Creativity: the Making of the cultural Economy
  Hatto Fischer - Dr. in Political Philosophy, Poet, Co-ordinator of Poiein kai Prattein and Associated Member of the ECCM-Network

Presentation of the European Cultural Capitals

11.30 – 12.30
- Chair Persons:
  - Yvonne Felman Rego - Coordinator of 'Lisbon1994', Ad interim coordinator of ECCM-Network
  - Ingo Weber - Coordinator of 'Berlin1998' - Ad interim coordinator of ECCM-Network
- Presentations of the current and newly designated European Capitals of Culture:
  - Sibiu 2007 - Cristian Radu
  - Liverpool 2008 - William Chambers
  - Istanbul 2010 - Erman Tuncer
  - Turku 2011 - Innila Suvi

Network of Networks - the global dimension of culture

12.30 – 14.00
- Networks of Americas and Coordination & Programs of the Network of Networks
  Xavier Tudela - Americas and Cataloni
- Projects and Impact of Culture in Central Europe
  Max Aufischer - Coordinator of the Network of Cities of Central Europe
- Culture for Change And Impact of Culture On the Region of Volga
  Anna Gor, Gleb Firsov, Julia Goncharenkor - Network of Volga Region
- US Capitals of Culture
  Maria Teresa Velasco
- University Network of the European Capitals of Culture
  William Chambers - Vice President of UNEECC and Dean of the Liverpool Hope University
14.00 – 15.00 Lunch

Kids' Guernica Experiences

15.00 - 16.00
Discussion introduced by
- Magnolia Albertazzi (Italy)
- El-Hanan! Affection for Peace, Longing for Peace.
  Iman Nouri Mourad Business consultant, resident of Tripoli
- The Experience of Martinique – the abolition of discrimination
  Savina Tarsitano - artist, Italy
  Yvette Galot - director of Cultural Centre Martinique
- The peace message of the children from Dubai – life hangs in a balance
  Sara Lowndes - UEA, Dubai
- Children of Palestine
  Jad Salman - Artist, Palestine
- Blind Boys’ Guernica
  Asit Poddar Artist, India
- Wall murals in Belfast – a city moving towards reconciliation
  Bernard Conlon - Journalist, Northern Ireland
- The dialogue between cultures – the Izmir-Chios painting
  Deniz Hasirci - Assist. Professor, Turkey
  Efi Lipari - Kids' Guernica, Greece
- The children of the 108th Elementary School – the power of abstraction
  Thomas Economacos artist, Greece
16.00 – 17.00

Functioning of the Network of Networks - practical suggestions

Discussion about the organizational framework at global level
- Xavier Tudela – Americas and Catalonia
- Rudolfo Maslias – ECCM-Network and Municipality of Athens
- Ingo Weber - ECCM-Network
- William Chambers – University Network of European Capitals of Culture
- Takuya Kaneda – Kids’ Guernica International
- Anna Gor - Network of Volga Region
- Kacem Abdelaziz – Network of Cultural Capitals of the Arabic Countries

Conclusions

17.00 - 18.00
- Outcome of the Symposium – a dialogue between Bart Verschaffel and Hatto Fischer
  Bart Verschaffel - Philosopher, Head of Faculty of Architecture and Planning, University of Gent, Belgium and Coordinator of Literature of 'Antwerp1993'
- Hatto Fischer - Poet, Coordinator of Poiein kai Prattein and Associated Member of the ECCM-Network
- Comments and recommendations
  Dusan Sidjanski - President of the European Cultural Centre, Professor Emeritus at the University of Geneva, Special Advisor to the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso

Reception

18.00 – 20.00
- European Union Club Athens
- Presentation of the Peace Mural by the Children of the 108 Elementary School of Athens with Thomas Economacos
- Presentation of the Future plans of Kids’ Guernica in Martinique – Savina Tarsitano and Yvette Galot
20.00 Bus to Technopolis
20.30 Visit of the First Athens Biennial 2007
21.30 Presentation of the Documentation Centre on Capitals of Culture

Saturday October 20th

Excursion to Nafplion

Group in Nafplion Photo: Kostas Kartelias

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