The Legacy of MONDIACULT: outcomes, reflections, and new perspectives

Ana Zuvela, ENCATC Board Member
Oriol Freixa Matalonga, Project Officer, UNESCO Liaison Office in Brussels and Representation to the European Institutions
Jordi Pascual, Coordinator, Committee on Culture of the World Organisation of United Cities and Local Governments
Kathrin Schmidt, Senior Consultant, Tom Fleming Creative Consultancy, 2022 ENCATC Research Award Winner
Carla Figueira, Strategic Policy Advisor, ENCATC
Elena Raevskikh, Research & Analysis Unit Head, Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Anne-Sophie V. Radermecker, Co-Director, Research Group on Science of Arts and Culture, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Since its launch in April 2020, the ENCATC Think Tank has become a vibrant community shaping the future of cultural management and policy research. The last online meeting of 2025 shone a spotlight on Mondiacult 2025, exploring its outcomes and new perspectives with Oriol Frexia Matalonga, Project Officer at the UNESCO Liaison Office in Brussels. Participants had the opportunity to hear more reflections on the global policy thanks to a panel session with cultural experts and with an open dialogue to reflect on outcomes and perspectives for the future of our sectors. The event was enriched with the key updates from the Think Tank’s working groups on Observatories, Measurement, and the Art Market.