ENCC - European Network of Cultural Centres

The ENCC represents a large range of local cultural centres in rural, urban and metropolitan areas. It supports networking between cultural centres on all levels and contributes to building bridges between cultural workers. All members believe that arts and culture contribute to civic engagement and to both individual and collective development in society. The network currently represents over 3,000 cultural centres with more than 15,000 employees, thousands of volunteers and 40 million visitors per year in at least 15 countries.

2017-2020 CREATIVE EUROPE PROJECTS

The ENCC believes that the cultural and creative sector has a key role to play in fostering an open, diverse, democratic and innovative Europe. The network is central to this work at a micro level in Europe and beyond.

The network’s objectives are to support, empower and professionalise workers in cultural centres, to foster cooperation and innovation in the European cultural and socio-cultural sectors, to collect and evaluate relevant data with a focus on mobility and participation, and to increase the diversity and visibility of the network.

The ENCC’s flagship programmes are centred on capacity building and innovation (BECC mobility programme, Travelling Academy peer-to-peer training and Incubator – innovation), interconnecting with new partners (Working Groups on Rural Areas and Regional development with ECOCs and Social Inclusion, Antennas and cooperation with other European Networks), and advocating for the role of cultural centres in a democratic and sustainably developed Europe (Shortcut Europe conferences).