GENERATION: Exploring new dynamics between generations in Europe
An ECF pilot project

How can different generations come together, outside more formal working relationships, to address some of the issues facing our aging European societies including the growing gap between generations?

Originally initiated by a group of women working in the European cultural sector, GENERATION is an ECF pilot project, using arts methodology to open up new spaces for inter-generational conversation between those working in similar contexts.

Focused on the notion of Turning Points, GENERATION offers the opportunity to reflect on professional challenges and wider societal issues through the mirror of personal stories: exploring the possibility of triggering social and political change through creative confrontation.

Stage Two will see 4 further pilot projects, exploring similar themes of Women, Europe and Culture, taking place across Europe. Although GENERATION meetings are initially aimed at women, the project hopes to integrate a broader gender perspective at a later stage, leading to the development of new networks of mutual learning, open communication and solidarity between generations. The outcomes of these 4 pilot meetings will be evaluated In September 2012 to pave the way for further development.

PILOT MEETING W.2-1 SOFIA, MAY 4-5, 2012.
Coordinated jointly by Petya Koleva (Intercultura Consult) and Julia Bardun (Tranzit).