2016 ENCATC Young Researcher's Forum

Brussels, Belgium

Manuèle Debrinay-Rizos

Head of International Relations, Institut de Management Public et Gouvernance territoriale at Aix Marseille University, France

Manuèle Debrinay-Rizos is currently Lecturer (Cultural management and Cultural diplomacy) at the University of Lyon, Aix-Marseille University (IMPGT), and the University of Rabat (Morocco). She serves as ENCATC Vice-President and as an expert for the EU’s Creative Europe programme 2014-2020. She is also a co-founder and expert for the Roberto Cimetta Fund. Previously, she has worked as the Cultural Attaché for the French Embassy in Bulgaria (2006-2008), Director for the Institut Français in Romania (2002-2006), as well as an expert in cultural cultural policies in the Euromed region (1996-2002). She also has worked on monitoring of the Roberto Cimetta Fund, is a founding member of the Mediterranean Dance Network, Commissioner of the MED project (World Cultures Institute – HKW, Berlin), founding member of the Euro-mediterranean Culture Forum (FEMEC), and member of the Euromed Civil Forum of Stuttgart, Marseilles and Brussels.