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1 Information Brochure 2015 Meeting of Programme Operators of Programme Area 17 Promotion of Diversity in Culture and Arts within European Cultural Heritage hosted by the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic supported by the EEA Grants th October 2015 Prague, Czech Republic

2 Table of content Agenda of the meeting 3 Palace Desfours and Festival 4+4 Days in Motion 5 Practical information 7 Tips for transportation from the airport 7 Tips for accommodation 8 Dresscode 12 Contacts 12 Table of content 2

3 Agenda of the meeting Wednesday 7th October Informal meeting and reception at Meze Restaurant, Karlínské náměstí 238/6 Thursday 8th October Meeting venue: Palace Desfours (Na Florenci 21, Prague) Morning session: Overview, hindsight & challenges 9.00 Registration and welcome coffee 9.30 Welcome and introduction by Šárka Sovová, Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic and Sheamus Cassidy, Financial Mechanism Office 9.50 Information about the Festival 4+4 Days in Motion and the festival venue by Markéta Černá, producer of the festival Overview of programmes in PA17 within the EEA Grants by a representative of each country based on the given template Coffee break Good practice in bilateral cooperation by Arts Council Norway Lessons learned by Sheamus Cassidy, Financial Mechanism Office Lunch Afternoon session: Exchange of experience in implementation of PA Workshop 1: Lessons learned Programme approach (new programme system in EEA Grants vs. project level approach in the EEA Grants ) Communication with the Financial Mechanism Office and the National Focal Point on lessons learned within the EEA Grants Added value of the EEA Grants vis-a-vis the focus of the national cultural policy and EU funds Lessons learned on programme setting (amount of grant in relation to expected results) Lessons learned on bilateral cooperation (national and programme level) Good practice and examples in publicity of the EEA grants at project, programme and national level Coffee break Agenda of the meeting 3

4 14.10* Workshop 2: Selection process Focus on aims of the EEA and Norway Grants (economic and social disparities and strengthened bilateral cooperation) Transparent, fair and measurable selection criteria in the area of contemporary art Advantages and disadvantages (role of evaluators and the selection committee, length of the process, role of experts from Norway, translations) Quality of expert evaluations (in view of the project management) Transparency of the results (provision of detailed justification for rejected applications) and appeals Administrative burden for unsuccessful applicants Workshop 3: Implementation of projects Revenue generated projects Co-financing of projects Bilateral relations in projects (proof of expenditures of donor state project partners, interest in bilateral initiatives) Monitoring tools (reporting) Summary and plenary discussion Optional tour of the exhibition Not to Want Anything, Just to Be Dinner at Restaurant Bianco e Nero, Na Florenci 2116/ Mette Edvardsen: No Title performance in Theatre Archa, Na Poříčí 1047/26 Friday 9th October Meeting venue: Palace Desfours (Na Florenci 21, Prague) Morning session: Near future and its challenges 9.30 Workshop 4: Good practice in bilateral relations and our plans in 2015 & 2016 Plans for the unused funds in the remaining period Reliable tools and good examples New period of the EEA Grants by Sheamus Cassidy, Financial Mechanism Office European Union funding of arts and culture by Eva Žáková, head of the Creative Europe Desk Culture in the Czech Republic Workshop 5: Future challenges in the cultural and creative sectors added value of the Grants in relation to national and EU funding, avoiding overlap, strengthening cooperation and addressing challenges discussion New challenges Added value of the grants in relation to national and EU funding (avoiding overlap) Contributing to the objectives of the EEA and Norway Grants Strengthening cultural cooperation Influence of experience from current period Shared goals, future activities and outputs in the PA17 Electronic systems Conclusions and closing of the meeting by the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic Lunch at Café Imperial, Na Poříčí 15 Optional programme Organized tour of the exhibition Brave New World DOX Gallery, Poupětova Ingri Fiksdal: Night Tripper (Indoor Version) Jatka78, Jateční Amund Sjølie Sveen: The Norwegian Way Theatre Archa, Na Poříčí 1047/ MELK PROD/ Marco Berrettini: ifeel2 Theatre Archa, Na Poříčí 1047/26 * The workshops no. 2 & 3 are held at the same time. The participants shall divide in two similar-sized groups. In order to assure comprehensive discussions, we ask the representatives of the same country to split in each group. Agenda of the meeting 4

Palace Desfours and Festival 4+4 Days in Motion The Meeting will take place at the Palace Desfours in the center of Prague. The Palace has been empty and without any use for some time.

The international festival of contemporary art 4+4 Days in Motion is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2015.

5 Palace Desfours and Festival 4+4 Days in Motion The Meeting will take place at the Palace Desfours in the center of Prague. The Palace has been empty and without any use for some time. This is going to change during the 2-10th October 2015 thanks to the Festival 4+4 Days in Motion. The international festival of contemporary art 4+4 Days in Motion is celebrating its 20th anniversary in The showcase, which was the first cultural event in the 1990s, began to explore abandoned buildings falling into disrepair and premises that were supposed to be slated for demolition. It now develops its original mission. It engages artists in places where nobody has ever seen them before. The programme of the festival focuses on contemporary, provoking and innovative artistic projects of all genres dance, theatre, exhibitions, audiovisual projects, discussions and city walks. The jubilee is a great opportunity to give the festival a new venue as a present in the spirit of the best tradition to enliven the unused buildings in Prague: The Desfours Palace 21 Na Florenci Street, Prague 1 The Desfours Palace was built in 1845 on a very lucrative area close to the Těšnov railway station. The project Places of Acts is going to enliven the preserved part with beautiful frescos and stuccos and huge palace-like rooms, The 20th 4+4 Days in Motion festival is going to take place in the Palace Desfours and nearby Archa Theatre, Ponec and Jatka78 from 2nd to 10th October. Two floors of the Palace are going to be occupied by the exhibition Not to Want Anything, Just to be with 60 Czech and foreign participating artists, with curators being Czech art professionals such as Krištof Kintera, Radek Wohlmuth, Jiří Ptáček, Tomáš Svoboda, Mariana Serranová and others. The exhibition is going to be accompanied by discussions and lectures about architecture, contemporary art, public space and the topic about how not to want anything. Palace Desfours and Festival 4+4 Days in Motion 5

The festival 4+4 Days in Motion has presented foreign performances selected as the most interesting pieces of contemporary European pieces of dance, theatre and visual arts.

The 4+4 Days in Motion was founded in 1996 by Pavel Štorek, Denisa Václavová, Markéta Černá and Nikola Böhmová, who are still its main organizers.

6 The festival 4+4 Days in Motion has presented foreign performances selected as the most interesting pieces of contemporary European pieces of dance, theatre and visual arts. We focus on productions, which overlap to music and the other way round; these are music projects with traces of performance, says Pavel Štorek. The 4+4 Days in Motion was founded in 1996 by Pavel Štorek, Denisa Václavová, Markéta Černá and Nikola Böhmová, who are still its main organizers. In the past 20 years, the festival has presented more than 400 foreign and Czech companies of all kinds of contemporary art (theatre, dance, music, visual arts, film and video art). The cultural projects have enliven an old sewage treatment plant in Bubeneč, Prague, abandoned ČKD factories in Karlín, the former brewery in Holešovice, the former brickworks in Šárecké údolí, the ice hockey stadium Hvězda in Vokovice, the gyms in the Tyrš House, Nostic Halls, the former Federal Assembly, the former casino in the Pařížská street, the former Institute of Folk Art Production in the National street and the U Stýblů palace at the Wenceslas Square. The festival initiated a number of site-specific projects by Czech companies, it presents group exhibitions of contemporary visual artists and curators and it cooperates with leading art historians and architects and prepares walks and lectures. Palace Desfours and Festival 4+4 Days in Motion 6

7 Practical information Tips for transportation from the airport Taxi Official taxi: FIX TAXI, AAA RADIOTAXI Contact counters of taxi operators are located at the arriving hall of Terminal 1 and 2. Departure points are displayed in front of arriving halls. Approximate costs 600 CZK to the city centre (Wenceslas Square, Na Poříčí Street, Florenc). Approximately 30 minutes. Public transport Bus stop: Terminál 2 (flights inside the Schengen Area) The bus stop is located in front of the Arrival hall (slightly to the right). Bus Lines: You can choose from two options: To use either ordinary Prague public transportation which will get you straight to metro line A and B, to metro C line with one transfer) or you can use straight Airport express which will take you to metro line C. 119: Prague Airport - Nádraží Veleslavín (metro line A) - 15 min 100: Prague Airport Zličín (metro line B) 18 min Airport express: Prague Airport - Prague Main Train Station (metro line C) - 35 min. This is a special airport bus with own fare system and tickets (purchase at the driver), runs from 5:30 to 22:30, cost of one-way ticket 60 CZK More information on public transportation (incl. a map) are available here: or on the website of your hotel. Public Transport Ticket Sale Public Transport counters in Arrival Halls of Terminals 1 & 2 (from 7 am to 10 pm), Automats placed at bus stops (cash required), From a bus driver (cash required). Ticket prices/fares: ticket 30 minutes: 24 CZK (not recommended for the way from/to the airport) ticket 90 minutes: 32 CZK all-day ticket (24 hours): 110 CZK three-day ticket (72 hours): 310 CZK Details on public transportation fares available here: Practical information Tips for transportation from the airport 7

Tips for accommodation Hotel Mucha Address: Sokolovská 26,

min on foot The way from the hotel to the Palace Desfours:

8 Tips for accommodation Hotel Mucha Address: Sokolovská 26, Prague 8 mucha@avehotels.cz The way from the hotel to the informal meeting on 7th October, 19:00 (Meze Restaurant): Distance: 650 m Time: 8 min on foot The way from the hotel to the Palace Desfours: Distance: 550 m Time: 7 min on foot Practical information Tips for accommodation 8

Hotel Galerie Royale **** Address: Křižíkova 331/87, Prague

9 Hotel Galerie Royale **** Address: Křižíkova 331/87, Prague 8 galerie@cihs.cz The way from the hotel to the informal meeting on 7th October, 19:00 (Meze Restaurant): Distance: 350 m Time: 4 min on foot The way from the hotel to the Palace Desfours: Distance: 1,3 km Time: 15 min on foot Practical information Tips for accommodation 9

Hotel Alwyn **** Address: Vítkova 26/151, Prague 8 Karlín

October, 19:00 (Meze Restaurant): Distance: 350 m Time: 4

10 Hotel Alwyn **** Address: Vítkova 26/151, Prague 8 Karlín info@hotelalwyn.cz The way from the hotel to the informal meeting on 7th October, 19:00 (Meze Restaurant): Distance: 350 m Time: 4 min on foot The way from the hotel to the Palace Desfours: Distance: 750 m Time: min 9 min on foot Practical information Tips for accommodation 10

Elysee Hotel **** Address: Wenceslas Square 43, Prague 1 E-mail:

cz The way from the hotel to the informal meeting on 7th October,

11 Elysee Hotel **** Address: Wenceslas Square 43, Prague 1 elysee@hhotels.cz Bookings: booking@hhotels.cz The way from the hotel to the informal meeting on 7th October, 19:00 (Meze Restaurant): Transport: Metro line B (Můstek Křižíkova) Time: 11 min The way from the hotel to the Palace Desfours: Distance: 1,4 km Time: 16 min on foot Practical information Tips for accommodation 11

Ibis Praha Old Town *** Address: Na Poříčí 5, Prague 1 E-mail: H5477@accor.com http://www.ibis.

shtml The way from the hotel to the informal meeting on 7th October, 19:00 (Meze Restaurant): Transport: Tram no.

Desfours: Distance: 550 m Time: 7 min on foot Dresscode: Casual clothing Contacts: Suzana Jovaševićová Suzana.

12 Ibis Praha Old Town *** Address: Na Poříčí 5, Prague 1 H5477@accor.com The way from the hotel to the informal meeting on 7th October, 19:00 (Meze Restaurant): Transport: Tram no. 8 (stop Náměstí Republiky to stop Karlínské náměstí (third stop) Time: 8 min The way from the hotel to the Palace Desfours: Distance: 550 m Time: 7 min on foot Dresscode: Casual clothing Contacts: Suzana Jovaševićová Suzana.Jovasevicova@mfcr.cz , (mobile) Šárka Sovová Sarka.Sovova@mfcr.cz , (mobile) Practical information Tips for accommodation Dresscode Contact 12

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