(TNP) The Network Project

Recognising TEH's potential, the Creative Europe Programme awarded the network a three-year network grant for 2022–2024, called The Network Project (TNP). Over these three years, TNP strengthened Europe's independent cultural sector, working with two vital demographics: young people and the vulnerable. The project collaborated with change agents, emphasising sustainable goals and digital integration, and facilitated the exchange of grassroots insights across TEH's network of centres, fostering inclusivity and resilience as the sector adapted to an ever-evolving cultural landscape.

• Wellbeing Hours: Personal and organizational development programs centered on well-being.
• Duct Tape and Dreams: Established members mentor young, emerging cultural centers, using the 'lighthouse' model.
• Staff-exchange: Staff members exchange roles to gain diverse experiences.
• Hubs: Expansion of geographical and topic-based hubs, including Sustainable Building, Mediterranean, and Youth/Audience development hubs.
• Self-learning Resources: Online sessions led by members and external experts on specific topics.
• City Visits, Networking & Advocacy Meetings: Sharing expertise and best practices with cities and expanding overseas partnerships.

• People: Empower cultural professionals through life-long learning and networking. This includes enhancing their well-being and transforming TEH's financing, working, and governing methods.
• Buildings: Boost expertise on sustainable regeneration of buildings in urban and rural settings, while broadening member knowledge and fostering partnerships.
• Art and culture: Elevate recognition of the independent arts and culture sector through collaboration with advocacy groups, governments, and other organizations.

• Rhizome: Adopting a non-linear approach, emphasizing system thinking and group-based solutions.
• Learning Organisation: Focused on collective enhancement through peer learning and continuous transformation.
• Inreach: Aims to revitalize cultural spaces from within, focusing on community-centric practices.
• External Expertise: Recognizing the need for expertise beyond the network, including potential governance restructuring.
• Co-creation: Encouraging member centers to engage in collaborative projects across disciplines.

TNP laid the groundwork for Common Spaces, TEH's next network-wide initiative, building directly on TNP's research and insights to carry the network's work on solidarity, sustainability and democracy forward from 2025 to 2028.