General Information
What is CIN
Cultural Innovators Network is a cross-sectoral and cross-cultural network of young activists from countries north and south of the Mediterranean. CIN composed of artists, cultural managers, civil society professionals and activists who are seismographs of the situation in societies, and they are motors and incubators of transformation. Our network promotes mechanisms of democratic, inclusive discourse, exchange of working experiences, acceptance of innovative approaches, and mutual consultation and cooperation. All this was initiated and supported by the strong relations and infrastructure of the Goethe-Institut and the Transformation Projects initiative that is financed by German Federal Foreign Office. CIN has organised Learning Journeys as the initial part of the project, and organized 3 big regional forums. Currently CIN is running through more specified activities such as developing projects, Cultural Innovation Days, CINnovation Journeys. The methodology of the organization is based on participatory setting in the decision making processes. Open space methodology is the core of all the project/Program development processes. CIN members are reaching a wider audience on the grassroots via CIN projects and activities in the Euro-MENA region.
CIN in numbers:
109 members
30 countries
9 Steering Committee Members
30 Projects
CIDays
CINnovation Journeys
Mentorship and Monitoring Program
Communication Strategy
2000 + people in our public events
30 000 + people online.
Recognition for CIN projects
-1000 and 1 Realities, European Parliament European Charlemagne Youth Prize 2013, April
2013 (Italy country winner);
-Equal for Equal, The International Innovation Award, August, 2014 (3rd place)
-Amy Goodman - winner of the often so-called "alternative nobel prize" and founder ofDemocracy Now! gave a speech in Cultural Innovation Day (CID), Berlin 2014
-CIN members and CIN was the incubator and first supporter of the projects which put important
impact for social changes: Tunisian Youth Parliament and Citizenship Academie initiated by CIN.
Network Partners:
-Goethe Institut
Cultural Innovators Network is supported by the Goethe-Institut as part of the German-Arab Transformation Partnership and is financed by the German Federal Foreign Office.
-European Alternatives
-Kadir Has University, Center for International and European Studies
Projects Partners:
Algeria
SAYKA, Constantine
TEDxCasbah, Algiers
Belgium
OralSite
Canada
Canadian Council for International Cooperation, Ontario
Croatia
Association of Social Workers Zadar, Zadar
Cyprus
TheatrEtc, Nicosia
Egypt
Arab Origami Center, Alexandria
Mahatat for Contemporary Art, Cairo
EU
European Alternatives
EURO-MENA
Anna Lindh Foundation, Cairo
Germany
Friedrich-Ebert Foundation, Bonn
German Dance Archives, Cologne
Landesvereinigung kulturelle Kinder- und Jugendbildung Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. , Magdeburg
Spring Lessons im Aufbau Haus, Berlin
The Ashoka ChangemakerXchange, Munich
Youth Bank Germany, Berlin
Greece
3 137 Artist Run Space, Athens
Artivist e-magazine
Dynamo Project Space, Thessaloniki
Plays 2 place, Athens
Iraq
Tolerancy International
Italy
Associazione culturale Fabbrica Europa – Centro di creazione e produzione di cultura, Florence
European Borders, Milan
Moving’Up, Torino
OneYouth
Teatro Valle Occupato, Rome
Jordan
Jordan Open Source Association, Amman
Lebanon
Civil society movement, Beirut
UNHCR Lebanon, Beirut
Morocco
Fawda trio
Moroccan Center for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship (MCISE), Rabat
Netherlands
European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam
Utrecht University, Utrecht
Palestine
Al Hannouneh Society for Popular Culture
Al-Hara Theatre – Bethlehem, Bethlehem
Ashtar Theatre, Ramallah
Dar Al-Kalima Theatre, Bethlehem
Filistin Ashabab
Markez Baladi
Threshold towards Art (Atabet Fann)
Serbia
ARTIKAL, Belgrade
Civil Association ARTIKAL, Belgrade
ELEKTRIKA Association, Belgrade
Nebograd, Belgrade
Slovenia
Tribun, Institute for Culture, Research and Development, Ljubljana
Spain
Generación Espontánea, Alcobendas
Nautarkia, Barcelona
Sudan
“I’m Sudanese” – Campaign
Gesr Center for Development, Khartoum
Tunisia
JISER Reflexions Mediterrànies, Tunis
Turkey
CSR Turkey, Istanbul
Gençtur, Istanbul
Masterpeace, Istanbul
TEGV, Istanbul
The Center for International and European Studies (CIES), Istanbul
Yaşayarak Öğrenme Merkezi (YAŞÖM), Istanbul
United Kingdom
British Council, Manchester
De Montfort University, Leicester
USA
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, New York
USAid, Washington