ENCC is an International network of arts 
and cultural centres, founded in Turnhout-Belgium in june 1994.
The network is functioning on the exchanges between its members. The secretariat 
is done on voluntary base, without support from European institutes.
One of the primary conditions for a better co-operation and an intense cultural 
exchange is a better knowledge of each other and of the way we operate. 
Not only national cultural institutes have a mission to fulfil in Europe's 
future. Also local actors in the cultural field do need a platform where 
they can meet, talk about their experiences, dream about projects in co-operation 
with partners all over Europe.
Europe is a beautiful mosaic of cultures; arts products and arts education 
can teach us, perhaps more than history itself, about daily life and global 
culture of a region. We live in a time where mass events, from stadium rock 
concerts to open-air opera performances, tour from continent to continent 
and attract then thousands of people, a time where television and mass media 
are key factors in the growing cocooning. Therefore we are convinced that 
local cultural institutes and their artistic programmes become more important 
than ever before.
Europe becomes smaller as mobility increases so fast and even new language 
technologies will lower barriers to co-operate with each other. This makes 
it possible that staff members of local cultural institutes by closer networking 
become strong intermediaries between the arts, artists and the public, not 
only on the local level but also on European level.
Multi-disciplinary cultural centres have their own way of acting, their 
own problems and fields of interest. Therefore the ENCC aims to reach as 
close as possible its criteria for membership. The ENCC wants to be their 
platform: networking on a global level for acting stronger in the local 
community.
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