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• The European House for Culture is
• a House of Welcome a meeting and working place
  for networks and initiatives which relate to the
  cultural sector
• a landing strip for those who need an occasional
  place to work in Brussels
• a meeting place with the cultural sector
• a physical embodiment of collaboration between
  structures believing that arts and culture have a
  fundamental role in society and a central role in
  the process of European integration
• a place for debate and encounter
• a part of an arts venue of historic and future
  significance the Flagey

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• Members
• Members are exclusively physical persons (not
  organizations) that act as ambassadors in their
  capacity of
• 1/ Supporting the arts and culture
• 2/ Believing in international networking
• 3/ Advocating for the role of arts and culture in
  the integration process

Founding Members of the EHfC are Frans De Ruiter
(president) Hugo De Greef (delegate /
secretaire) Kathrin Deventer (delegate /
secretaire) Bernard Faivre dArcier Darko Brlek
Nele Hertling Rose Fenton Steve Austen

• Partners
• Are networks and cultural initiatives which
  commit themselves to the EHfC Mission and
• have their office in the EHfC
• sporadically use the EHfC as a host and landing
  strip
• use the House as a postal address

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• Activities
• The EHfCs activities are proposed and created by
  its partners.

EMIRA
The EHfC is initiated by the European Festivals
Association

• The EHfC ensures the Secretariat of the Access to
  Culture Platform.
• The EHfC is the legal seat of the A Soul for
  Europe initiative and its Brussels Office. It
  works together with the Offices in Berlin,
  Amsterdam, Tbilisi, Belgrade and Porto.

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- Partner of the European House

• A civil society initiative which has at its heart
  a Strategy Group composed of
• 55 civil society actors
• from 21 countries
• from the areas of culture, politics, business,
  research and media.
• A Europe of the Europeans A unique co-operation
  model between civil society and regional,
  national, European institutions
• We trust in the citizens of Europe that it is
  possible to create a Europe of the Europeans
• all fields of policy must develop a cultural
  component

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Decentralized offices and projects give life to
A Soul for Europe
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• The European House and the INTERGROUP
• The Intergroup is A Soul for Europes bridge
  between its cultural / social society grassroots
  projects and the European level decision makers.
• It aims to
• anchor culture as a vital element in all policy
  areas
• to actively integrate culture into parliamentary
  work as an essential element of the European
  project
• to support the Commission in its endeavours of
  bringing to life the European Agenda for Culture.

• Discourses on Europe  hosted at the European
  House for Culture
• What can culture do for Europe? Who can answer
  this question best?
• Inviting high-ranking representatives of European
  arts and culture to Brussels for a discussion
  with leading EU-politicians about Europe, its
  aims, chances and risks.
• Our intention is to provoke a change of
  perspective amongst top-ranking EU policy makers
  by means conceptual stimulation from
  non-political actors.