Active Participation in Cultural Activities

• should be acknowledged more for its importance for art, society, and individuals by politicians, bureaucrats, researchers, opinion leaders, and professional artists
• should be recognised as worthy of support from EU and Council of Europe cultural programmes and encouraged by the reduction of bureaucratic obstacles

Whether you just nod in agreement with the above statements or clap your hands enthusiastically, we hope that you will support the cause of establishing an internet-based

European network for active participation in cultural activities

We invite you to take active part in the formation of this network with the intention of a formal establishment as a result of a European conference to be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, during June 19-21, 2008.

Our work is a further and important step in the continuation of the work that others have laid down in organising the conference ‘art4all’ in Utrecht, the Netherlands, in 2004 and the conference ‘Value, Include, Connect’ in Cardiff, Wales, UK, in 2005.

Tina Møller Jakobsen

Secretary General of the Joint Council of Amateur and Voluntary Arts Associations in Denmark
web: http://www.akks.dk
e-mail: akks@pc.dk

Kaat Peeters

Director-Coordinator of the Flemish Forum for Amateur Arts, Belgium
web: http://www.amateurkunsten.be
e-mail: kaat.peeters@amateurkunsten.be

Tom de Rooij

Executive Director of the Dutch Sector Institute for Amateur Arts
web: http://www.kunstfactor.nl
e-mail: t.derooij@kunstfactor.nl

Vojko Stopar

Head of the International Department of the Republic of Slovenia Fund for Cultural Activities
web: http://www.jskd.si
e-mail: vojko.stopar@jskd.si

Villy Dall

President of the Joint Council of Amateur and Voluntary Arts Associations in Denmark
web: http://www.akks.dk and http://www.sitecenter.dk/villydall/amateurarts
e-mail: villydall@webspeed.dk