Kibera Fashion Week held its second edition with the support of European Spaces for Culture in the heart of Kibera.

This month, many European Spaces of Culture projects will have the main points of their activities with festivals, exhibitions, performances and other public events. See below the varied and intense programmes that are happening in October!

A new European Spaces of Culture Call for Ideas is looking for innovative and inspiring cultural relations projects co-created by EUNIC members, EU Delegations and local partners in countries outside the EU. Project ideas can be submitted until 17 December 2023 for a grant of up to 60,000 euros.

For several European Spaces of Culture pilot projects for European Spaces of Culture, September marks the launch of their final project activities or final preparations of public events. See here a sample of the rich and engaging activities happening in amongst others India and Palestine!

On 29 and 30 March, European Spaces of Culture was joined by Fine Acts for an interactive webinar on hope-based communication to support the 8 project teams working on the implementation of their projects in 2023.

Working towards gender equality and ensuring women empowerment and diversity is an essential part of cultural relations work worldwide. Learn from some of our European Spaces of Culture pilot projects what it means to uphold the principles of gender equality through cultural initiatives and how they intersect with other themes of human rights and social justice.

On 9 December EUNIC presented the achievements and learnings from the implementation of 11 pilot projects in 2022. EU Ambassadors, local partners and EUNIC colleagues from Brazil, China, India, and Tanzania joined in hybrid panels to reflect on their experiences on the ground.

The international jury of six independent experts has selected eight new European Spaces of Culture pilot projects to be implemented in 2023.

On 12 November, the UMOJA residency, one of European Spaces of Culture’s pilot projects in 2022, concluded with the UMOJA Finale at the University of Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania. The residency and the presentation were the result of an innovative and systematic approach to collaboration.

On 26 and 27 September, the European Spaces of Culture Lab took place online, bringing together representatives from the 11 ideas shortlisted under most recent call, together with external actors in the field of international cultural relations.