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Cultural Management training programme: Building Knowledge and Developing Human Capacity Culture Resource (Al Mawred Al Thaqafy) is determined to play an active role in strengthening the field of cultural management in the Arab region, and has designed its Cultural Management program to foster professional development and build training capacity within the region, in order to facilitate the transfer of knowledge to young professionals entering the field who hold key leadership positions at independent cultural spaces in the Arab region. The Cultural Management program consists of professional development workshops and publications, and seeks to ensure the development of a new generation of well-trained, capable arts and culture professionals, a key element in the growth and sustainability of independent theaters, galleries, institutes, and other cultural spaces in the Arab region. On a local and regional level, efforts such as the Cultural Management program will contribute to the long-term sustainability and infrastructure of the independent cultural sector in the Arab world, a critical factor in the development of a healthy civil society and of the next generation of Arab artists and creators in all genres. On an international level, raising the professional level in the field will lead to increased visibility of Arab cultural producers and presenters in the international cultural arena, which will lead to the cultural exchange, mutual understanding, and greater parity in global North-South relations. Cultural Management Training workshops: The Cultural Management Training (CMT) program was launched in 2005 with a regional ‘training of trainers' program, a series of 3 5-day workshops that concluded successfully with the graduation of 12 trainers from different Arab countries. The workshops included topics such as cultural policies, cultural infrastructure, management of cultural organizations and groups, cultural tourism and production management. Since that time, Culture Resource (Al Mawred Al Thaqafy) has organized and implemented six annual CMT workshops in different Arab cities including Algiers, Marrakesh, Amman and Damascus. The training is conducted in Arabic, with each workshop benefiting between 16-20 young professionals from countries throughout the Arab region, and focuses on building skills in key areas such as management, planning, marketing, and fundraising, among others, taught in an interactive, hands-on style. The need for such a training program is highlighted by the number of applications received for the program, which has grown each year. In 2006, Culture Resource organized two cultural management training workshops for beginning and early career managers in the Arab Region. The first workshop for North Africa and Sudan was organized in collaboration with "Culture Action", in Morocco and took place in Marrakech from 15 till 21 of September. The second workshop, for Arab Mashreq countries, was organized in collaboration with "Makan -- House of expression", Jordan and took place in Amman from 24 till 30 of November. The third cultural management workshop was held in cooperation with the National Library in Algiers in October 2007. Geared towards the countries of the Maghreb and North Africa it was attended by 16 trainees. The fourth workshop was held in cooperation with Darat Al Funun in Jordan in December 2007 drawing fourteen young cultural managers from the rest of the region. The fifth cultural management workshop was held in cooperation with European Cultural Foundation, The British Council and The High Institute for Theatre in Damascus, Syria in November 2009.
The sixth cultural management workshop was held in cooperation with European Cultural Foundation and the British Council in Damascus, Syria in November 2010. Seventeen participants attended the workshop from Egypt, Algeria, Mauritania, Jordan, Morocco, Syria, Palestine, Yemen and Oman
Culture Resource (Al Mawred Al Thaqafy) held the seventh Cultural Management training workshop from July 6 to 14, 2011 in Alexandria, Egypt. The 2011workshop was produced by Culture Resource (Al Mawred Al Thaqafy) in cooperation with the European Cultural Foundation and the British Council, and Doen Foundation.
Cultural Management publications:
As part of Culture Resource's efforts for building knowledge and developing human capacity in cultural management, Culture Resource started in 2006 a series of publications in cultural management in Arabic.
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