YOUR FESTIVAL gives 'artists from all over the world the opportunity of increasing and developing their artistic experience, thus initiating a process of mutual exchange of artistic excellence among different countries'?
YOUR FESTIVAL enhances 'the concept of participation and promotes a sense of belonging'?
YOUR FESTIVAL 'challenges local traditions but at the same time also stimulates innovation and respects the common cultural heritage'?
YOUR FESTIVAL 'plays a unique role in the context of education by promoting a culture of peace and shaping understanding and respect amongst groups of people'?
YOUR FESTIVAL's events 'take place in convivial atmospheres and in open venues which can be accessed basically by all, including disadvantaged people and ethnic or cultural minorities'?
The European Festivals Association launches an open call to all arts festivals to sign up the Arts Festivals' Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue.
Arts Festivals - music, dance and theatre festivals, children's, street arts and literature festivals, film, jazz and rock music festivals, philosophy and other cultural festivals all over Europe and in the world that engage in intercultural dialogue and commit to the objectives as laid down in the Declaration are invited to become a signatory party.
Download the full text of the Arts Festivals' Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue in 27 languages from this page and write to Kathrin@efa-aef.eu.
The Arts Festivals' Declaration is showcased on the EU website dedicated to the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue