2016 ENCATC Young Researcher's Forum

Jean Pierre Deru graduated in law at the University of Louvain, Belgium, where he currently works as professor at the Open Faculty of Economic and Social Policies. Jean Pierre Deru is the director of the Association Marcel Hicter in Brussels, which organises, among others, The European Diploma in Cultural Project Management, supported by the Council of Europe and UNESCO. Furthermore, he leads several trainings for cultural operators in Belgium in Europe, and - as an expert - he also contributed to such programmes in Africa. His membership of European Cultural Networks: ENCATC (the leading European network on cultural management and policy) and the European House of Culture marks his active participation in many cooperation projects on the European level.