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CTCEMC - Centre for Training, Continuing Education and
Management in Culture
Calea Dorobantilor 99A, sector 1
Bucuresti 712231
Romania
Director: Mircea Dumitrescu
Phone: +401-230 08 37; +401-230 21 94
Fax: +401-230 21 94
Background, orientation and purpose
Profiles: Romania
The CTCEMC provides alternative training programmes for national, regional and local cultural
institutions such as museums, libraries, cultural clubs, regional directorates for culture and heritage,
NGOs and private foundations. It offers courses on legislation regarding national cultural heritage
(registration, preservation, monitoring and evaluation), art history, cultural anthropology, archaeology
and contemporary history, ethnology and oral history, continuing education and training for trainers,
cultural management and marketing, communication skills and methods, the use of PC software and
setting up data banks. Participants receive diplomas that are recognised all over the country
(translators get certificates recognised by the Ministry of Justice).
The CTCEMC draws from a rich array of institutional partners, from museums to libraries, from
conservation laboratories to policy consultants. Its lecturers are drawn not only from academic ranks,
but also from experts from the Ministry of Culture and museum specialists, from parliamentary
commissions on culture, media centres and professional organisations. The programme in Basic
Training for Librarians started in 2001.
Programme(s) and qualification(s)
Basic Training for Librarians leading to a diploma.
Duration
2 weeks.
Content
The curriculum is designed to transmit the elementary knowledge needed for good professional
practice; use modern methods of learning which can, interalia, change attitudes towards the handling
of information, and protect and add prominence to the national cultural heritage. The main fields of
training are cultural policy and cultural management. Lectures are given in Romanian and English.
International/European dimension
The institution is a member of such international bodies as ICOM and ENCATC.
Special information
The institution offers also symposiums, round-tables and sessions on different topics.
Evaluation and assessment
Evaluation of the students is made through research, a final paper/thesis and practical
work/internship.
Lecturers
The number of teaching personnel is 180, 70 of whom are women. Ten of the total number are
permanent staff, and 170 are visiting. The person responsible for the course is Silvia Nestorescu.
Entry requirements
Applicants should have a university degree.
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