We are honoured to announce that our European initiative has been nominated for the 14th edition of the “European Cultural Brand Awards” in the category European Cultural Investor of the year 2019.

The Award Ceremony will take place during the Gala evening of the “Night of Cultural Brands” on November 7th, 2019 at the UNESCO World Heritage Zollverein in Essen in Germany in the presence of Michelle Müntefering, Minister of State for International Cultural Affairs at the Federal Foreign Office.

Before the summer, when schools slowly reopened in France, a class of 10 year-olds in a town near Nancy in France discovered the FEDORA Platform and our members' activities. We are happy to have helped connect Opéra de Rouen Normandie "Orchestra Lab" and Sadler's Wells' "Family Dance Workshop" from London with these children in France.

Since 2015 we have been working closely with Business Schools in order to get young professionals involved in the cultural industry and inform them about the importance of different funding models for opera houses, ballet companies and festivals.

Every year we come together with ESCP Europe Business School students from the master of Marketing and Creativity Programme to conduct Company and Class Consultancy Projects. This year's project was particularly challenging due to the severe impact of the pandemic on the cultural sector, yet very fruitful regarding the potential new opportunities for the future of these art forms.