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| name               = European Festivals Association (EFA)
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| name           = European Festivals Association (EFA)
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| localname       = Association Européenne des Festivals
| street address      = Kleine Gentstraat 46, B-9051 Ghent, Belgium
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| country        = Belgium
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  | name        = Darko Brlek
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  | role        = President
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  | street      = Ljubljana Festival, Trg francoske revolucije 1
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  | town        = SI-1000 Ljubljana
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  | website    = http://www.ljubljanafestival.si
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  | telephone  = 386 (0) 1 241 6000
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  | name        = Kathrin Deventer
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  | role        = Secretary General
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  | name        = Gert Naessens
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  | role        = EU Projects & Operations Manager
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The European Festivals Association (EFA) is the major professional organisation of European festivals for the performing arts (music, theatre, dance). It was founded in Geneva in 1952 on the joint initiative of eminent conductor Igor Markewitch and great 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.
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The European Festivals Association (EFA) is the major professional organisation of European festivals for the performing arts (music, theatre, dance) encouraging co-operation and collaboration between festival managements. Its aim is to promote the significance of festivals and their role in the international cultural co-operation.  
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Among the 100 international performing arts festivals from 44 countries is also [[Festival Ljubljana]].
 
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The creation of the Association coincided with other accomplishments in the late 40s and early 50s aimed at reuniting the countries of Europe after World War II. 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'.
 
  
The EFA is a professional, non-governmental, non-profit making and apolitical international association. This independent status makes it possible for the Association to work in the best interest of its members. 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.
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== Background ==
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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 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'.
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The EFA confederation brings together around 90 leading festivals, mostly European, encouraging co-operation and collaboration between their managements. Its aim is to promote the significance of festivals and their important role in the international cultural co-operation.
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==Activities==
  
Therefore, the EFA seeks primarily to: (i) co-ordinate the efforts of its members; (ii) facilitate co-operation and coproduction; (iii) set common policy; (iv) promote pluridisciplinary tendencies; (v) underline the state of art in society; and (vi) act prominently in the cultural debate.
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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 Association has a permanent secretariat near Ghent, Belgium headed by the Secretary General. Among other responsibilities, it disseminates information about member festivals and edits different publications on the Association. (It is not, however, responsible for ticket sales of member-festivals.)
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The EFA's principal training and education project is Atelier for Young Festival Managers, an annual event for emerging artistic festival directors. After Ateliers in Görlitz (2006), Varna (2009), Singapore and Izmir (2011), in October 2012 the educational programme was hosted in Ljubljana and co-organised by the [[Festival Ljubljana]]. The 32 young festival directors from 21 countries worked with eight experienced festival managers.  
  
The General Assembly, the supreme body of the Association, meets once a year.
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== See also ==
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* [[Festival Ljubljana]]
  
The Association runs a lively EFA website in English and French.
 
  
== See also ==
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== External links ==
* [[Association of Slovene Festivals (SloFA)]]
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* [http://www.efa-aef.eu EFA website]
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* [http://www.festivalbytes.eu EFA blog Festival Bytes]

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Association Européenne des Festivals
Kleine Gentstraat 46, B-9051 Ghent
Phone32 9 241 8080
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Darko Brlek, President
Ljubljana Festival, Trg francoske revolucije 1, SI-1000 Ljubljana
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The European Festivals Association (EFA) is the major professional organisation of European festivals for the performing arts (music, theatre, dance) encouraging co-operation and collaboration between festival managements. Its aim is to promote the significance of festivals and their role in the international cultural co-operation.

Among the 100 international performing arts festivals from 44 countries is also Festival Ljubljana.


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 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. After Ateliers in Görlitz (2006), Varna (2009), Singapore and Izmir (2011), in October 2012 the educational programme was hosted in Ljubljana and co-organised by the Festival Ljubljana. The 32 young festival directors from 21 countries worked with eight experienced festival managers.

See also


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The European Festivals Association (EFA) is the major professional organisation of European festivals for the performing arts (music, theatre, dance) encouraging co-operation and collaboration between festival managements. +
The European Festivals Association (EFA) is the major professional organisation of European festivals for the performing arts (music, theatre, dance) encouraging co-operation and collaboration between festival managements. +