On Thursday, March 10, the Cluj Cultural Centre organized the online meeting of the General Assembly of the Association’s Members, when the plans for the current year were discussed and approved.
On this occasion, four new organizations became members of the Centre: OM studio – choreographic centre, Creative Mornings Cluj, JCI Active Citizens Cluj and Good texts in crazy places. Thus, Cluj Cultural Centre currently has 116 members: cultural institutions and organizations, universities, civil society and business associations, public administration.
The complete list of the members, the activity report for 2021 and the planning for 2022 can be consulted on the organization\’s website: www.cccluj.ro/documente-en.
The General Assembly of Members also approved the draft budget for 2022, with a total value of 11.8 million lei, most of the revenues coming from European funding (41%), private funds (26%) , local (15%) and national (4%) public funding.
For 2022, Cluj Cultural Centre announces the opening of the first cultural spaces under its management: QUB – a space for artistic and scientific education dedicated to Cluj schools – and the Culturepreneurs Hub (CLTP) and Cluj Future of Work laboratories – for the cultural and creative sectors of Cluj.
Cluj Cultural Centre also announces that they are starting the preparations for the co-administration of the future Cultural Garrison on 21 December Boulevard, together with the City Hall. The Municipality will soon launch the tender for contracting the renovation works provider. The garrison will provide cultural operators in the city with over 2,500 square meters of spaces for work, meetings and events.
\”This year we set out to conduct an external evaluation of the entire 2018-2021 program, to analyze how we can improve our activity in the future. Our projects are reaching the maturity stage, and those that have proved viable will be scaled, replicated or transformed from experimental projects to projects either undertaken in our long-term program or transferred to other specialized actors in the local community. In addition, in 2022 we are studying new financial mechanisms for the organization sustainability, in an attempt to attract more private funds for culture \”, says Ștefan Teișanu, the director of the Centre.
Among the activities announced by Cluj Cultural Centre for 2022 are the Stronger Peripheries call for Romanian artists in April, the opening of the Qub space and the launch of Cluj School Community in May, the STUDIOTOPIA exhibition in July, the mental health music project \”Songs for moms and babies ” in the summer, the Cluj Future of Work conference, the Cultural Mediation Forum and the Culture and Well-being Forum in October and the Autumn School of Curating in November.
Cluj Cultural Centre is a non-governmental organization for culture and sustainable development. With 116 member organizations from the cultural, academic, civic, business and public fields, the Center runs an extensive research and development program in the field of culture and its contribution to society. Beyond its local activity, Cluj Cultural Centre works with 50 international organizations, including UNESCO and the World Health Organization, conducting together European pilot programs in the field of culture’s contribution to sustainable development and public health.
