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Since 1992, ENCATC is the only European
network on Cultural Management and
Cultural Policy eduction. ENCATC hold the
status of an international non‐profit
organisation, an NGO with operation links
with UNESCO, and of observer to the Steering
Committee for Culture of the Council of
Europe. At date, it counts over 100 members
in 38 countries.
ENCATC gathers higher educational
institutions and vocational training
organisationsactive in the field of cultural
management and cultural policy. It was
founded to provide a forum for debate among
its members and to advocate quality and
efficiency of education and training in the field
of cultural management and cultural policy.
The association encourages its members and
young researchers to carry out, publish,
present, and disseminate research in cultural
management and cultural policy to strengthen
the understanding of cultural management
and cultural policy issues in the academic,
political and professional field.
To contribute to future thinking ENCATC
monitor trends and developments that affect
the future of arts and culture, support
businesses and organizations with strategy
About ENCATC
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development by means of scenario planning,
and develop new educational and training
curricula, services and business concepts
based on these scenarios.
ENCATC actively encourages by means of
programmes and transnational activities the
mobility of educators, trainers, researchers,
students, artists and cultural managers across
the sectors and among countries because this
experience is invaluable for skills development
and for achieving the objectives of the Europe
2020 strategy.
The mission of ENCATC is to “provide its
members a Platform for the development of
cultural policy and management education
within Europe and beyond”.
To achieve its mission ENCATC has the
following objectives:
1. ADVOCACY: ENCATC develops and
influences policies. It provides expertise in
advancing debates in cultural policy and
management to intergovernmental
organisations, the EU and Member States.
Additionally, it provides the membership with
tools to influence and create change within
their own organisations and cultural
administration of their countries.
2. NETWORKING: ENCATC is a powerful tool
for sharing knowledge inside and outside the
network by providing expertise through its
pool of high level experts and by organising
activities for academics, students, policy
makers, researchers, and professionals by
providing a space for cross‐disciplinary and
cross‐organisational exchanges often leading
to the implementation of transnational
projects or major studies/research.
3. CAPACITY BUILDING. ENCATC creates
contexts to debate and share curricula, and
pedagogic best practice to further develop
theory and cultural management learning that
is rooted into practice. It also ensures that the
membership has access to the latest learning
strategies, tools and materials. In recent
years, ENCATC has been using its knowledge
and experience as a European network to
facilitate other cultural organisations in
becoming more established and prominent
European players and professionals. In 2007,
ENCATC set up a high level pool of experts for
a peer to peer learning exchange inside and
outside the network.
4. KNOWLEDGE: ENCATC creates, collects and
disseminates information to improve the
quality and efficiency of education and
training. It provides through engagement with
its partners in governments and cultural
organisations a two‐way flow of knowledge
related to new learning strategies,
employment competencies and attributes for
future cultural policy makers and managers.
5. RESEARCH: ENCATC carries out, publishes,
presents, and disseminates research in arts
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and cultural management and cultural policy
to strengthen the understanding of cultural
management and cultural policy issues in the
academic, political and professional field. It
promotes access to cutting–edge research and
publications on cultural management and
cultural policy. ENCATC also ensures that
research feeds into policy making and decision
makers have a better understanding of
cultural policy and educational issues and
ways to address them.
6. COOPERATION: ENCATC maintains close
relationships with emerging countries,
including Brazil, Canada, China, Hong Kong,
and the USA. It also regularly nourishes its
close links with partners and institutions
based in Europe and beyond. Among our
major partners we count the European
Cultural Foundation, ESEF, EFACCA and AAAE
IFACCA, Interarts, ERICarts, EUROPA NOSTRA,
European Council Music, CAE, and EFA.
7. MOBILITY: ENCATC encourages the mobility
of educators, students, artists and cultural
managers actively across the sectors and
among countries because this experience is
invaluable for skills development and
contribution to the Europe 2020 objectives for
smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
Increased mobility of academic, researchers
and students in cultural management and
cultural policy contributes to the reform and
modernisation of education and training
systems by facilitating cross border
dissemination of ideas and best practices.