Tandem Shaml supports experimental collaborations between cultural
change makers from the Arab Region and Europe. For the upcoming round,
Tandem Shaml offers 16 cultural organisations, 8 from Europe and 8 from
the Arab Region, the unique opportunity to establish cross-border
cooperation links.
This exchange and knowledge development
programme allows cultural professionals from many different disciplines
to acquire skills required for engaging in long-term partnerships. The
Tandem process provides hands-on possibilities for getting real insights
into European and Arab cultural scenes. Participants will gain
practical experiences in collaborating with rapidly changing fields in
both regions.
Tandem Shaml is based on the organisers’ belief
that working together on tangible cross-border initiatives creates
fruitful cultural dialogue among different groups and engages and
exposes distant communities to each other.
Tandem Shaml is
designed to strengthen participants’ skills in the field of
cross-cultural collaboration and organisational management. The
programme addresses both young and experienced cultural managers and
project coordinators with good command of English that represent
independent cultural organisations that are well connected and active in
their local communities.
Tandem Shaml starts with a
Partnership Forum from 15-20 September 2015. During the forum up to 12
shortlisted European cultural managers and their 12 Arab counterparts
will identify their ideal collaboration partner and work on a
co-creative project plan.
Application deadline is end-of-day 22 June, 2015 (midnight CET).
All information can be found on the Website.