Tocka

Managing the cultural scene in crisis times (challenges, chances, partnerships)

The debate would gather the independent cultural actors from Skopje and Macedonia as well as representatives of central and local authorities. The introductory address will be delivered by Milena Dragicevic-Sesic, PHD, professor at Belgrade University, cultural management and cultural policy expert with European relevance and Teodor Celakoski, project director at the Multimedia Institute, MAMA, Zagreb. The debate will be moderated by Nikola Gelevski, from the Cultural center Tocka. The debate has two aims:
1. to show how to match the regional theoretical and practical experiences in the management of the independent cultural scene, in period of the decentralization process, and when the NGO sector faces with the withdrawal of the traditional home and international foundations and
2. to show the possible strategies for mapping the needs of the independent cultural scene through effective cooperation within the scene and in cooperation with the local and the central authorities.

During the discussion the issues like: forms of cooperation among the different actors on the cultural scene, about the functional management with the technical, infrastructure and human recourses will be tackled, as well as, the demystification of the term "NGO". The questions of how to recognize possible partners and how to lobby the culture on local and national need will be raised.