Reports & Analysis: ROTTERDAM – CULTURAL TOOLS FINAL REPORT Aims and objectives program Methodology adopted City Networks (a) Bureau Medelanders Two projects in the borough of Noord: (i) Youth theatre project ‘De schatten van Noord’ (ii) ‘Small Scale Neighbourhood initiatives: - Art and refugees. - Moroccan girls en poetry. - Dowry, hundreds of women of different ethnicity work together. (b) Foundation Art and Culture Rotterdam (i) ‘Kids over de brug’ (ii) ‘From Kids parade to living room performance. (c) Foundation Rotterdam Neighbourhood theatre (Wijktheater) Training and coaching of local players. The production starts with visitors of neighbourhood community centres. With the coaching of professionals neighbourhood inhabitants show there experience on stage and which originate plays about the daily live in the Rotterdam neighbourhoods. (d) Municipal of Rotterdam, director ‘social and cultural affairs’. (e) Different Ethnic minority radio station. (f) NGO Apna Bhavan Meetings A number of meetings on neighborhood and borough level regarding exchange of best practice. Focus group Focus group of more than 15 participants and different meetings. Published Dec 29, 2002 - 07:59 PM

Reports & Analysis: Final Report : Preparatory Actions to Combat & Prevent Social Exclusion Final Report : Preparatory Actions to Combat & Prevent Social Exclusion through the use of Cultural Tool, Grant Agreement No VS/2000/0710 1. Project Background and Partners The project – the use of Cultural Tools to Prevent and Combat Social Exclusion, has SPAT-C (Sheffield) as the lead partner. Other partners are Southwark in London, CITTA de Torino (Italy), the Provincial Government of Modena (Italy), Institute of Comparative Social Studies (Berlin-Germany), Stichting Stimulans / KROSBIE in Rotterdam and the Bureau Discrimination in Den Haag (both, Holland). The central thesis of the project, as approved by Brussels, is that all across Europe the diverse ethnic minority cultures present a dichotomy in terms of social policy. The ‘dichotomy’ rests on the belief and presumptions of the Project holders that, on the one hand these often enormous differences in culture are a source of the social exclusion and discrimination faced by ethnic minority communities (due to the perceived ‘otherness’ and foreignness’ of these cultures). On the other hand, these diverse cultures also have the potential to unify communities, regardless of the differences of race/colour/social status. Throughout December 2000 and January 2001, the project carried out consultative work and exchange of information between partners, to develop preliminary outline of the methodology for project development and implementation. This programme report seeks to present the project development progress and insights gained, with a view to highlighting experiences and transnational exchange shared, as well as ‘best practice’ modalities developed by the end of the project cycle. However, illness of a couple of key actors and discontinuation by Modena, as well as restructuring of relevant department in Southwark led to a loss of time and lack of focus at a critical juncture. Fortunately due to the quality and speed of progress in the first phase the actual damage was minimal at the point of pick-up. A separate section contains the final report and other achievements in each city, as city reports. Published Dec 25, 2002 - 08:06 PM

Reports & Analysis: CULTURAL TOOLS PROJECT - TORINO FINAL REPORT 1. Summary of the cultural policy in Torino with special attention to Black and Ethnic Minorities. The enhancement and promotion of culture is today central to the development policies of European cities. In Torino, culture and cultural activities, in traditional sectors and in those linked to interculture, represents one of the key components for the improvement of the population’s quality of life, but is also a potential driver of economic development with a major impact on employment. A recent study by the European Commission has estimated that two fifths of employment growth in the European Union in the coming years will be produced by the culture industry. Torino has a dynamic and diffuse cultural life, with many enterprises and NGOs linked to the sector and several actions are undertaken to trigger a fully-fledged growth sector and build a new image of the City: a great attraction for visitors, deeper integration between the city’s museums, a stronger international season of theatre, music and cinema events, a new pole that encourages the development of young people’s artistic and cultural work as well as a mayor attention paid for new forms of artistic expression such as ethnic music and intercultural events . The cultural strategy aims at ensuring a climate of pluralism and pay attention to the diversity of autonomous cultural proposals. This report is particularly focused on a specific area of the City named Porta Palazzo where the UPP Project ended in December 2001 has been the trigger for developing more effective inclusive policies and antidiscrimination as well social inclusion actions and initiatives. Published Dec 19, 2002 - 07:48 PM

Reports & Analysis: BERLIN - Cultural Tools Final Report FINAL REPORT REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CULTURAL TOOLS IN BERLIN AN APPROACH FOR DIMINISHING SOCIAL EXCLUSION BY JOCHEN BLASCHKE 1. Introduction - A Summary of Cultural Policy and Cultural Tools in Berlin Berlin is defined today as a city of cultures, yet its economic situation is currently severely limited. The future of Berlin is foreseen by most specialists, politicians, scientists etc. as being based in cultural developments. These developments have been influenced over time, through the historical structures of Berlin, where culture has always been a very central feature in the city. Despite its foundation in cultural experience, Berlin has also been one of the largest industrial cities of Europe - as was clear prior to the second world war and even earlier than in the last century. Being known as an industrial city, a likely location for obtaining work and a hub bub of cultural activity – Berlin has naturally attracted many immigrants in the past. Hence, this has led in part to Berlin being one of the many centres of immigration throughout Europe for hundreds of years. The city has a long tradition of having established cultural institutions for immigrants. However, in the early sixties, this was forgotten as the first new guest worker immigrants began moving into the city. At that time, Berlin was divided in two sectors run by the Bolshevist Party in East Berlin and a regime mixed of occupying forces and democratic structures of the Federal Republic of Germany in West Berlin. Industry became highly subsidized since Berlin represented an island, surrounded by the German Democratic Republic and defined at least in West Berlin with its immigrants, as an enemy state. West Berlin was threatened several times of potentially being occupied by Eastern troupes. Under this circumstances, West Berlin was subsidized intensively and developed a wide labour intensive industry: from the chemical industry, food industry, textiles and tobacco producing industries to the development of electronic industries, where parts were brought together to produce an end product. Published Dec 17, 2002 - 11:56 AM

Reports & Analysis: Cultural Tools - The Mid-year Report Mid-Programme Report (Dec 2000-June 2001) on Preventing & Combating Social Exclusion through the use of Cultural Tools 1. Project Background and Partners The project – the Use of Cultural Tools to Prevent and Combat Social Exclusion, has SPAT-C (Sheffield) as the lead partner. Other partners are Southwark in London, CITTA de Torino (Italy), the Provincial Government of Modena (Italy), Institute of Comparative Social Studies (Berlin-Germany), Stichting Stimulans / KROSBIE bid in Rotterdam and the Bureau Discrimination in Den Haag (both, Holland). The central thesis of the project, as approved by Brussels, is that all across Europe the diverse ethnic minority cultures present a dichotomy in terms of social policy. The ‘dichotomy’ rests on the belief and presumptions of the Project holders that, on the one hand these often enormous differences in culture are a source of the social exclusion and discrimination faced by ethnic minority communities (due to the perceived ‘otherness’ and foreignness’ of these cultures). On the other hand, these diverse cultures also have the potential to unify communities, regardless of the differences of race/colour/social status. Throughout December and January, the project carried out consultative work and exchange of information between partners, to develop preliminary outline of the methodology for project development and implementation. This mid-programme report seeks to present the project development progress and insights gained thus far, with a view to building on these in the second phase, and steering the project towards a successful conclusion by the end of the project cycle. Published Jul 22, 2001 - 06:45 AM