Engine Room Europe

Engine Room Europe (2011–2014) was an EU Culture Programme project focused on professional development of professionals working in the independent cultural sector.

What the project is about

Engine Room Europe project was a three-year-long cooperation between 12 organisations, initiated by Trans Europe Halles.

The conference "The future is not what it used to be" marked the closing of the project. The evaluation results presented indicated that the Engine Room Europe project was a compelling journey for more than a thousand professionals working in the independent cultural sector, and was an important learning experience for the many others who engaged with it. It contributed significantly to their professional development, their networks, their leadership skills and their organisations. Engine Room Europe made a valuable contribution to the development of the sector, increased its capacity to sustain and grow its influence, and continues to inform, guide and enable its future.

Key project details

19 sub-projects organised by 12 TEH members involving over 2,200 cultural professionals, artists and volunteers that indirectly benefited over 20,000 citizens in 26 countries.

Bill Miller from CSN Consultancy company in the UK followed the project as an external evaluator. He worked closely with the project management team and project leaders, attended many of the individual projects, and met with and interviewed project staff, participants, audiences and other beneficiaries. The evaluater analysed information from surveys, questionnaires, photographic and video evidence, social networks and the web.

In brief

Start year End year Funded by Topic
2011 2014 EU Culture Programme (pre-creative Europe) Capacity building

Who is involved

Outputs

include the publication made by Stanica - a TEH member organisation from Slovakia and a participating partner of the mentioned above project - published the "Design Handbook for Cultural Centres" at the end of 2014. The book was authored by the Slovak architect, Peter Lenyi.

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Resources | July 22, 2014
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"Design Handbook for Cultural Centres" publication (2015)

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