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Österreichischer Kultur-Service - english information

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Austria; Eastern Europe

KulturKontakt Austria (KKA) is one of the largest Austrian centres of competence for cultural education, arts & cultural education, cultural dialogue and educational cooperation with Eastern and South East Europe. It is a non-profit making organisation and has three programme departments: arts & cultural education, educational cooperation and cultural promotion & sponsoring. In the department of "arts & cultural education", KKA supports professional cultural education in the schools sector and other fields in Austria. On behalf of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Austrian educational coordinators in nine k.education Project Offices in Central, Eastern and South East Europe develop educational projects - together with KKA - with their partners in these countries. In the area of cultural promotion & sponsoring, KKA supports cultural dialogue projects in all categories of the arts in Eastern Europe and Austria. Activities range from individual grants and start-up grants for innovate initiatives via cooperation with event organisers to the participation in infrastructure programmes.

Keywords

cultural education; culture; promotional measure; European dimension; educational policy; school; international educational work; institution; governmental body;