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Nicosia
Cyprus
- Arts
- Media
- Others
- Youth and education
CAMPOS Culture and Arts is a non-profit organization based in Nicosia, Cyprus, established in 2021 by culture, arts and education professionals. It aims to employ staff based on project implementation needs and funding from national and European sources. It has yet to implement projects.
The mission of CAMPOS Culture and Arts is to have a positive contribution in peacebuilding, social inclusion and community resilience through the transformative power of arts and education. As per the statutes/articles of association of the organization: 1) Activity in the fields of theatre, culture and arts. Promotion of contemporary Cypriot artistic/cultural production, international mobility of artists and circulation of their works of art. 2) Organization, production, coproduction and presentation of performing arts (theatre, music, dance, interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary, etc.). 3) Production, coproduction, facilitation and implementation of programs, events, performances, artistic/theatre workshops, lectures, seminars, conferences, discussions, symposia and other educational projects for adults, youth and children, including persons with reduced opportunities, in Cyprus, abroad and online. 4) Support social justice and equity initiatives; creation of peace culture; social empowerment of communities including artists and underrepresented groups. 5) Development, participation, production, facilitation and implementation of cultural/social entrepreneurship. 6) Offer of cultural management services: grant writing (e.g., for EU funding programs); offer of consultation and expertise for the implementation of projects; offer of specialized workshops and creative works on behalf of other organizations. 7) Promote and develop arts and culture to audiences; cultivate a spirit of cooperation with interested stakeholders in Cyprus and abroad; cooperation with artistic/cultural organizations, theatre groups, institutions, international/European/governmental and private organizations, citizen groups and corporations to achieve common goals; collaboration with science organizations and other fields in cross-sectoral activities with the arts and cultures. 8) International, European, regional, cross-border collaborations with other organisations and stakeholders in the fields of arts, culture and educational/social projects.
As a newly-established organization (est. 2021), CAMPOS is focused on building sustainable networks and aims to collaborate with other organizations in: • co-creating meaningful contemporary performing arts/interdisciplinary projects • supporting cultural and educational initiatives • emphasizing the peacebuilding and social inclusion potential of the arts • imagining innovative solutions to challenges of the creative and cultural sector • considering sustainability through cultural/social entrepreneurship • making more resilient artists, cultural professionals and their wider communities • upholding shared European values of freedom, democracy, equality, human rights and dignity.
CAMPOS members have excellent knowledge of and access to the arts & culture and civil society ecosystems across the divide in Cyprus, having collaborated with multiple shareholders on various projects in the past. For example, central/local government agencies, universities, civil society organizations – arts, entrepreneurship, youth, peacebuilding, LGBTIQ+ rights, etc. – festivals, theatres, art production houses, venues as well as, individual artists and cultural professionals. CAMPOS can contribute to the professional development and implementation of: residencies, performances, capacity-building activities, conferences, specialized communication/outreach plans, project management and can help deliver multiple deliverables and other types of actions to the highest standards.
This is CAMPOS’ first application to join an international network of organisations. CAMPOS Culture and Arts would like to belong to a family of organisations with similar mission, objectives and outlook. We acknowledge the multiple ways the ALF Network has been active in Cyprus. We would like to expand our local, European and international network; to focus on finding project partners in the MENA region – often forgotten by Cypriot organisations, regardless of our proximity; and to participate in ALF Network calls for proposals with innovative, artistic, sustainable, meaningful projects.