Cultural Happy Hour is ENCATC’s flagship initiative designed to bridge the long-standing gap between European cultural networks, EU institutions and Brussels’ local arts and cultural ecosystem. Since 2013, these informal yet strategic gatherings have created a shared space for professionals from across Europe to connect, exchange, and build partnerships — breaking institutional silos, increasing access to European cooperation and funding, and strengthening cultural collaboration across borders.

The ENCATC Talks were launched on 8 May 2020 at the initiative of ENCATC Member Avril Joffre from the University of the Witwatersrand. This project aims to offer the cultural management and policy community a virtual space to exchange practice, methodology, ideas and projects proposals.