European Festivals Association (EFA)

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Association Européenne des Festivals
Kleine Gentstraat 46, B-9051 Ghent
Phone32 9 241 8080
CountryBELGIUM





The European Festivals Association (EFA) is the major professional organisation of European festivals for the performing arts (music, theatre, dance).

It is a non-governmental, non-profit making and apolitical international association that brings together around 100 leading festivals, mostly European, encouraging co-operation and collaboration between their managements. The Association has also developed a regular co-operation with national festival associations from Great-Britain, France, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Sweden and the Czech Republic.

Its aim is to promote the significance of festivals and their important role in the international cultural co-operation.


Background

The European Festivals Association was founded in Geneva in 1952 on the joint initiative of eminent conductor Igor Markewitch and philosopher Denis de Rougemont, with 15 festivals making up the core (Aix-en-Provence, Bayreuth, Berlin, Besançon, Bordeaux, Florence, Holland, Lucerne, Munich, Perugia, Strasbourg, Venice, Vienna, Wiesbaden and Zurich). The founders were deeply engaged in the quality and the social responsibility of festivals. Denis de Rougemont insisted on the urgent need for cultural integration of Europe as expressed in the words believed to be said by Jean Monnet: 'If it were to be done over again, I'd start with culture'.


Activities

EFA organises annual conferences and round table meetings across Europe to promote networking, co-production and cooperation opportunities, complemented by its publishing activities (EFA BOOKS series and the EFA Blog Festival Bytes). It performs also advocacy work through the European House for Culture.

The EFA's principal training and education project is Atelier for Young Festival Managers, an annual event for emerging artistic festival directors. In October 2012 it was hosted by the Ljubljana Festival. The 32 young festival directors from 21 countries worked with eight experienced festival managers.

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