Culturelink Network - Info

[abroeck@v2.nl (Andreas Broeckmann)]

from: http://mairmo.irmo.hr/~clink/

Culturelink Network

Culturelink, the Network of Networks for Research and Cooperation in
Cultural Development, was established by UNESCO and the Council of Europe in
1989. The Institute for International Relations (IRMO) in Zagreb, Croatia
has been the focal point of the Network since its inception and is the
publisher of the Culturelink bulletin. IRMO is an independent, non-profit,
non-governmental research institute. The main areas of its work include
theoretical and applied interdisciplinary study and research on
developmental processes, international relations and cooperation.

The Culturelink Network gathers about 1000 networks and member institutions
from 97 countries in all parts of the world. The Network's mission is to
collect, process and disseminate cultural information, with the aim of
encouraging international and intercultural communication and collaboration.
Our members are networks, institutions, organizations and foundations from
around the world which are engaged and interested in cultural and artistic
development, management and education.

One of the major aims of the Culturelink network is the promotion of
regional, interregional and international research projects (joint projects)
such as the "Cultural Policies in the World" project, in which most of our
members from Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America participate. Besides
research, activities of the Culturelink network include development of the
Culturelink Data Bank and publication of the bulletin Culturelink.

The Culturelink Databank provides information support for all the activities
of the Documentation Centre for Cultural Development and Cooperation. It
consists of the Cultural Development Database and the Cultural Policy
Database. While the former has been established to facilitate information
exchange among the Network's members by collecting information about the
members of the Culturelink Network, their work, research, activities, and
publications, the latter is part of the project on the Current State and
Trends of Cultural Policies and Life, and includes bibliographical and
referral data on the direction of cultural policies, administrative and
institutional structures, financing and legislation, cultural industries,
etc.

The bulletin Culturelink is published in English, four times a year, on some
200 pages. Its task is to provide members of the Network with information on
their activities of mutual interest, including networking, current or
planned research projects, research results, reports from and announcements
of meetings and conferences, reviews of publications and documents. The
bulletin is produced on the basis of inputs received from the members of the
Network, UNESCO and the Council of Europe. The Culturelink bulletin is sent
to more than 1000 addresses throughout the world. It is a record of the
current state of cultural development in the world, reflecting the trends in
cultural life and policies.

Membership in the Network includes possibilities of collaboration on joint
projects (several institutions or several countries), use of the databases
(Cultural Development Database, Cultural Policy Database) and subscription
to the Culturelink bulletin. The membership fee is US $20 for individuals,
US $50 for institutions and US $100 for benefactors. To join the Culturelink
network or renew your membership, please fill in the membership form.

Network Coordinator and Editor in Chief: Biserka Cvjetièanin

Editorial Board: Biserka Cvjetièanin, Sanjin Dragojeviæ, Aleksandra Imogen
Ivir, Sini?a Male?eviæ, Martina Mencer Salluzzo, Mira Mileusniæ ?krtiæ,
Zrinjka Peru?ko �ulek, Pavle Schramadei, Nada ?vob-�okiæ, Aleksandra Uzelac,
Marta Vrbetiæ

Mailing address:

CULTURELINK/IRMO
Ul. Lj. F. Vukotinoviæa 2
P.O. Box 303
10000 Zagreb
Croatia
tel: (+385 1) 45 54 522
fax: (+385 1) 444 059
e-mail: clink@mairmo.irmo.hr