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International Intelligence on Culture, consultancy, research and advisory work:
Current Projects
| Client: | Hong Kong Arts Development Council |
| Project: | Study on the arts and cultural indicators in Hong Kong |
| Description: | A major review of arts and cultural indicators and linkages with social indicators in Hong Kong; based on international comparators |
| Associates: | Colin Mercer, Hong Kong Policy Research Institute |
| Client: | Asia-Europe Foundation |
| Project: | International cultural policy conference in Bangkok |
| Description: | Provision of programme and intellectual content, compiling pre-conference documentation and post-conference report |
| Conference takes place June 2004 | |
| Client: | Council of Europe |
| Project: | Theatre law in Armenia |
| Description: | Advising on the text of a new law governing theatre in Armenia |
| Project Partner: | John Faulkner |
| Client: | Government Office of the North East (England) |
| Project: | An issues paper on the implications for cultural policy, structures and funding arrangements with regards to the creation of a regional assembly |
| Description: | Providing international comparisons on the operation of cultural policies and structures at regional level and their link to regional development |
| Project Partner: | Christopher Gordon |
| Client: | Arts Council England |
| Project: | International Policy Intelligence |
| Description: | Intelligence on prospective policy shifts, legislation and funding programmes of the European Institutions and monitoring of cultural policy developments internationally |
| Ongoing | |
2003 (selected projects):
| Client: | Ministry of Education, Finland |
| Project: | Review of Finnish Arts Council system |
| Description: | Evaluation of the case for strengthening the Finnish Arts Council system beyond its current role of financing artists |
| Project Partner: | Theodor Adams |
| Client: | Interarts Foundation and EFAH for the European Commission |
| Project: | Research on the state of intergovernmental cultural co-operation in Europe |
| Description: | Studies on cultural co-operation between national cultural institutes, on European co-operation, on cultural research and on language co-operation |
| Client: | Arts Council of Northern Ireland |
| Project: | Development of Policy on Ulster Scots |
| Description: | International case studies on minority languages |
| Client: | Visiting Arts and the Ford Foundation |
| Project: | Training for Viet Nam officials |
| Description: | Preparing and leading a four-day training seminar on cultural policy, focusing on international practice |
2002 (selected projects):
| Client: | East England Arts |
| Project: | Strategic international framework for the arts in the East of England |
| Description: | Reviewing international arts related activity in the region and drawing up a more strategic policy framework for the development of such activity |
| Client: | European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam |
| Project: | European Observatory on Cultural Co-operation |
| Description: | A paper exploring the environment and potential for a European Observatory on Cultural Co-operation |
Ongoing Work
| Client: | City University, London |
| Project: | Arts Management MA course module |
| Description: | Organisation of module on International Cultural Governance and Co-operation |
| Client: | for Goldsmiths College, University of London |
| Project: | Arts Management MA course module |
| Description: | Organisation of module on European Cultural Policy |