International network
for contemporary
performing arts

Réseau international
pour les arts du spectacle
contemporains

Rete internazionale
per le arti performative
contemporanee

コンテンポラリー
パフォーミングアーツ
国際ネットワーク

Internationales Netzwerk
für zeitgenössische
darstellende Künste

Международная сеть современного 
исполнительского 
искусства

Red internacional
para las artes escénicas
contemporáneas

Internationaal netwerk
voor hedendaagse
podiumkunsten

თანამედროვე საშემსრულებლო
ხელოვნების
საერთაშორისო ქსელი

Rede internacional
para as artes performativas
contemporâneas

الشبكة الدولية
لفنون الأداء
المعاصرة

Alþjóðlegt
tengslanet
í sviðslistum

Xarxa internacional
d'arts escèniques
contemporànies

Rhwydwaith rhyngwladol
ar gyfer celfyddydau
perfformio cyfoes

Rrjeti ndërkombëtar
për artet skenike
kontemporane

Διεθνές δίκτυο
για σύγχρονες
παραστατικές τέχνες

Međunarodna mreža 
za savremene 
scenske umjetnosti

Mezinárodní síť 
pro současné 
divadelní umění

International netværk
for kontemporær
scenekunst

Internasionale netwerk
vir kontemporêre
uitvoerende kunste

თანამედროვე საშემსრულებლო
ხელოვნების
საერთაშორისო ქსელი

Nemzetközi hálózat
a kortárs
előadóművészetért

國際當代表演藝術網絡

líonra idirnáisiúnta
na taibhealaíona
comhaimseartha

Starptautiskais tīkls
laikmetīgai
skatuves mākslai

Netwerk internazzjonali
għall-arti performattivi
kontemporanji

Międzynarodowa sieć
na rzecz współczesnych sztuk
performatywnych

Internationellt nätverk
för samtida
scenkonst

Međunarodna mreža
savremenih izvođačkih
umetnosti

Международна мрежа
за съвременни
сценични изкуства

Rrjet ndërkombëtar
për arte skenike
bashkëkohore

Міжнародная сетка
сучасных
перфарматыўных мастацтваў

Međunarodna mreža
za suvremene
izvedbene umjetnosti

国际当代表演艺术网络

Rahvusvaheline
kaasaegsete etenduskunstide
võrgustik

현대 공연 예술을 위한 국제 네트워크

Tarptautinis tinklas
šiuolaikinis
scenos menai

Интернационална мрежа
за современа
изведувачка уметност

شبکۀ بین المللی
برای هنرهای نمایشی معاصر

Rețeaua internațională
pentru artele spectacolului
contemporan

Medzinárodná sieť
pre súčasné
scénické umenie

Çağdaş
gösteri sanatları için
uluslararası iletişim ağı

Satellite Brussels 2008
29 - 30.05.2008

Wednesday, May 28 2008

- Arrival
- (from 16:00) Kunstenfestivaldesarts performances
- post-performance drinks @ Kunstenfestivaldesarts centre (Beursschouwburg)

Thursday, May 29 2008

10:00 13:00 Introductory session
- Intro / welcome Mary Ann DeVlieg (IETM)
- Statement Kristien De Coster (Wim Vandekeybus / Ultima Vez)
- Introduction to the workshops Joris Janssens (VTi)
- Introduction themes Andreas Wiesand (ERICArts Institute - Europe)
- Open discussion moderated by Mary Ann DeVlieg and Ann Olaerts (VTi)
13:00 14:00 Lunch (buffet @ deBuren)
14:00 17:00 A plea for cross-collaboration between different ministries
Supporting international touring in the context of international cultural policy is a competence which is often divided among different ministries, departments (culture, foreign affairs, trade, etc.) and even government levels (national, regional, local). These ministries and government levels often have different goals and evaluation criteria. While these differences may lead to a polarized situation, a powerful international policy could just benefit from a more holistic approach and a good cross-collaboration between these different agendas. In Finland the Ministry of Education, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Trade and Industry drew up a joint national programme for cultural export promotion. The objective was to facilitate, through cooperation, the emergence of cultural sectors into export sectors equal to other export sectors. According to the strategy, cultural exports will be developed in a broad manner covering both commercial and noncommercial exports, but especially by improving cultural entrepreneurship, clusters and networks, international marketing and promotion as well as existing structures promoting cultural exports. It is estimated that some 228 million Euros will be allocated to the implementation of the Cultural Exports Programme between 2007 and 2011. What has happened? What is the benefit for performing arts sector?
from 20:30 Performances @ Kunstenfestivaldesarts 08

Friday, May 30 2008

10:00 13:00 Top down vs. bottom up policies
Some countries develop an international cultural policy which is top-down and tightly directed, defining, for example, priority areas of collaboration and initiating their own projects. Other policies tend to use a more bottom-up approach, with funding projects initiated by actors in the field. What are the advantages and disadvantages of these angles? Can these two perspectives be complementary? In Britain, the British Council has traditionally had responsibility for artists, arts organisations and productions going OUT of the UK to foreign countries. Visiting Arts,
on the other hand, has been responsible for welcoming foreign artists and events into the UK. The Arts Councils of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are
increasingly interested in internationalisation . Meanwhile, the UK s Department for Culture Media and Sport has taken on a role which is far more directive than during the years of the famous arms length principle . In such a complex landscape, from where does the influence for policy making come?
13:00 14:00 Lunch (buffet @ deBuren)
14:00 16:00 Towards a better use of data to shape policies
Some countries monitor the international touring of their companies by collecting data and handling these data statistically. But what kind of data and research would you need as a basis to monitor and develop policies for supporting international touring? How can this information, which is often gathered on a national level, be made comparable on an international level? The discussion starts with a presentation of a recent quantitative and qualitative analysis of the international position of dance and theatre from the Netherlands abroad and the factors that play a role in this.
16:00 17:30 closing session
18:00 closing meal @ Kunstenfestivaldesarts centre (Beursschouwburg Kafee)
from 20:00 Performances @ Kunstenfestivaldesarts 08 (optional)