ENCATC board defines its functions for 2017-2019
Francesca
Imperiale, Assistant Professor
at the University of Salento, Department of Management and Economics in
Italy, a full member of ENCATC, has been elected as ENCATC President during the
inaugural meeting of the newly elected ENCATC board of directors for 2017-2019.
On this occasion of its first meeting, the board has also elected as
Vice-Presidents Ana
Gaio from City, University of London (United Kingdom) and Gabrielle Kuiper from
HKU University of the Arts Utrecht (The Netherlands). Serving as Treasurer is Dea Vidović from the
Kultura Nova Foundation (Croatia) and Richard
Maloney from New York University (United States) is the
Secretary. Tanja
Johansson from the Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts
Helsinki (Finland) and Michal
Lázňovský from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Theatre
Faculty (Czech Republic) are also serving on the board.
The ENCATC board 2017-2019 is therefore composed of six Higher Education Institutions
in the Czech Republic, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and
the United States, and one
cultural foundation in Croatia. Entrusted by the ENCATC
membership, they will be furthering the network’s efforts to advocate for
excellence in cultural management and cultural policy education,
professionalise the cultural sector to make it sustainable, and provide the
academic, research and professional communities a unique platform for
discussion and exchange at the European and international level.