Cultart Academy with a second edition – Cultart Pro
Plovdiv 2019 won a new European project as a spin-off of the International Academy for Cultural Management Cultart
Cultart - Cultural Management Academy is the result of the two-year work of Plovdiv 2019 in partnership with 6 organizations from 5 countries and the inclusion of 125 new cultural managers aged 20 to 35 managing culture and art in Europe.
The second edition is named Cultart Pro and continues until July 2025 creating a professional network for training in cultural management together with five other European organizations in Bulgaria, Vienna, Greece, Italy, and North Macedonia. Within two years, 5 international internship programs and over 120 events will be held in the five countries.
The Plovdiv 2019 Foundation will create a modern educational center for events in Plovdiv City Gallery, the 2019 Exhibition Hall, with branches in Vienna, Lecce, Skopje, and Ioannina in Greece. The Cultart centers will be a gathering point and workspace for 125 young people upgrading their skills and starting their careers in the cultural and creative sector.
Plovdiv 2019 as a leading organization will continue to expand its network of cities by creating a model for 5 national training centers with a modern educational environment together with a consortium for a strategic, cross-sectoral partnership of international experts in youth policies, training, innovation, and creative industries, to improve of training young people in cultural management programs at the European level.
6 organizations from 5 countries participate in the Cultart project. In addition to the leading 'Plovdiv 2019' Foundation in the consortium are Clearly Culture - Vienna and the team of experts created the master's program in Cultural Management at the University of Vienna, as the Chamber of Commerce of Lecce, Italy, Alliance for Innovative Practices - Bulgaria, Edu Centre - Skopje, Northern Macedonia, International Centre for Sustainable Development- Ioannina, Greece.
The project's budget is EUR 250,000.00 and CULTART PRO is the highest rated among more than 70 candidates for the Erasmus+ program, managed by the Human Resources Development Center in Bulgaria.