CALL FOR APPLICANTS
Transforma, a cultural organization based in Torres Vedras, as a national hub organization for the Youth Network empowerment project of the European Cultural Parlament, is looking for young people, who want to actively engage in developing the European cultural network “ECP Youth Network” as members and leaders of the National Network Portugal.
Applicants should be:
- active networkers within the field of culture
- up to 35 years old
- based in Portugal
- the position is voluntary and unsalaried
MISSION STATEMENT
The ECP Y N is a network of cultural practitioners between the ages of 20 and 35 based in Europe. It is an extended branch of the European Cultural Parliament and created within its framework. The founders and members of the Y N are united by a common interest in boosting the value of arts and culture and strengthening European cohesion.
The Y N provides a platform for exchange between cultural practitioners and exists through an online presence, regular meetings and themed conferences. The long-term objective is to identify and analyse ongoing cultural processes and to produce proposals with the aim of ameliorating cultural policies. A practice made possible through the ECP YN local engagement process: the exchange of knowledge and dialogue between ECP YN representatives and national level networks.
We believe the arts to be crucial for the development of the debate on identity in Europe today and for a balanced society.
To safe-guard the positive influence of the arts, the Youth Network offers a platform to explore the notion of an additional space within which the current technocratic EU can be rebalanced. The organisation has a vision of unity through diversity, by means of such a cultural dimension.
We believe in a future whereby our cultural pan-European hub will generate progressive and innovative thinking to challenge and influence policy-makers. We pledge to maintain a high standard of projects with the objective of strengthening and enforcing these ideas. With the knowledge and experience of our esteemed ECP associates, together with the intellect and values of the Youth Network, we aim to create a sustainable and exciting future for the arts within Europe.
NATIONAL NETWORKS
The national networks (NN) reinforce the meaning and value of the ECP- Youth Network (ECP-Y N).
The NNs function as constituencies that convene on regular basis to discuss assigned issues.
The members of the NNs are selected on the basis of their cultural involvement. The individuals, who make up the NNs volunteer their free time and passion, do so with the aim of improving their regional, national and European cultural circumstances.
It is the conclusions accumulated from these NN surgeries, presented, compared and contrasted at a core group level, which form the basis of the reports and proposals which are drafted in order to argue for or against varying cultural policies and cultural agendas in Europe today.
The activities of the NNs are also bespoke, each NN creates activities in line with the local needs, it may be networking, running of a particular project or competence development in a particular area etc
More information:
www.kulturparlament.com/about-ecp-yn/
Please send a letter of motivation and your CV to:
pt.ecpyn@gmail.com