BtS Academy #1

Estonian National Opera, Tallinn, Estonia

Friday 25 May 2018

Seminar: Managers, lonely leaders? What’s the state of play in relations with the workforce and the unions

Facilitator and presenter of case: Liesbeth Dejonghe, OKO

Presenter of cases: Nathaly Ossa, AEOS

Rapporteur: Zdenek Panek, APD CR

Seminar: Friend or foe? Relations with third parties – from advocacy groups to collecting societies

Facilitator and presenter of case: Marc Grandmontagne, DBV

Presenter of case: Soco Collado, A.R.T.e

Rapporteur: Alexandra Bobes

Seminar: Skills, a matter of finding and retaining people with the right skills – Identifying the challenges, skills shortages and how to address them

Facilitator: Matti Holopainen

Rapporteur: Anita Debaere

Seminar: The loneliness of the long-distance runner – Revealing relations and culture policy work with the government

Facilitator: Ana Vicente, Performart

Discussion with Cristina Loglio

Rapporteur: Tommi Saarikivi

Workshop: Negotiation – the Art of Making Constructive Agreements – Tools to negotiate

Malene Rix, negotiation adviser

Seminar: Know your law – The most recent initiatives, proposals and changes in European labour law when managing work relations in performing arts organisations

Presenters: Anita Debaere

Ilka Schmalbauch, DBV

Rapporteur: Louise Norman, Solt/UKtheatre

Saturday 26 May 2018

Seminar: About Equal Opportunities And Gender Equality – A brief intro by the European institute on gender equality

Christian Veske, Stakeholder relations coordinator

Seminar: #metoo – Exchange of initiatives in various countries and perspectives for the future

Facilitator: Morten Gjelten, NTO

Presenter of case: Liesbeth Dejonghe, OKO, Jude Henderson, FST

Rapporteur: Anna Marks, ZPF

Seminar: Gender equality is not an option – Initiatives aimed at establishing gender equality in our organisations

Facilitator and presenter of case: Alexandra Bobes, LFM

Comments and views from Christian Veske

Rapporteur: Tania Swayne, Faeteda

BtS Academy #2

Antwerp, Belgium

Friday 23 November 2018

Workshop: Balanced organisations: between art as a goal and leadership as a tool

Koen Vandyck

Workshop: Work-life balance – on the crossroads between law, human resources and the passion for the arts

Sarah De Groof

Working Group: Creative Diversity & Social Inclusion – implementing Diversity in the Live Performance Sector

Danielle Dierckx, De Roma

Workshop: Towards a respectful working environment

Peter Vanslembrouck

Saturday 24 November 2018

Seminar: The transforming role of Live Performance associations in the 21st Century – an in-depth look at where we are today: mission, mergers, strategies

Cristina Ward

Workshop: Offstage skills for the Theatre

Hannah Gagen

Worskhop: Skills for the Music Sector

Venessa Tanovic , Stefan Gies

BtS Academy #3

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Friday 24 May 2019

20^th anniversary EC Sectoral Live Performance Social Dialogue Committee: TIME TO TALK: moving forward with social dialogue

Johannes Studinger & Thomas Dayan (EAEA)

Worskhop: Decisive growth: how to implement and strengthen membership strategies

Jeanne Schmitt (ILO ITC)

Workshop: Leadership and management skills for the cultural sector: Are we intrapreneurial and ready to meet the Gen Z?

Lidia Varbanova (National academy of theatre & arts, BG)

Saturday 25 May 2019

Seminar: Presentation of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training

Cynthia Harrison Villalba (CEDEFOP)

Working Group: Inclusion of migrant and refugee people in the live performance sector work environment through skills training

Tommy Neuman (VPLT) – step2mice project

Ricardo Esteban (Petit Bain) – HOPE project

Working Group: Skills – discussing an integrated approach based on previous exchanges, projects and (future) initiatives

Anita Debaere – Pearle*

BtS closing keynote: The live performance sector and funding opportunities in the MFF (Multi financial framework) post 2021