Culture et Démocratie asbl

National Network
Belgique
Address

Rue de la Concorde 60 1050 Ixelles
Bruxelles
Belgique

Telephone
02/502 12 15
Telephone (other)
02/503 02 80
Fax
02/512 69 11
E-Mail
baptiste@cultureetdemocratie.be
E-Mail (2)
christelle@cultureetdemocratie.be
Mobile Phone
0486/857 517
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
1998
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Democracy and community development
  3. International/Cultural relations
  4. Youth and education
General Information
1. asbl made up of a Board of directors (16 administrators), of a General meeting (36 members), of two coordinators. The network of Culture and Démocratie is composed of 4900 members resulting from the sector cultural, social, political, of education, etc in the French Community of Belgium 2. Modalities of action: - Meetings: debates, conferences, workshops of reflexion, etc. - reflexion and Working groups - Publications: practical reports/ratios, guides, acts, notes of synthesis, studies, etc. - Repertories - Tools of communication: Electronic letter, Newspaper and Web site 3. cultural and social Actors in the French Community
Mission and Objectives

Since 2001, the missions of Culture and Democracy Organizations are as follows:
- Without seeking to replace the existing actors and organizations, association plays the part of relay between the cultural actors (actors of ground, artists, institutions) and the various actors of the democracy (associative world, social actors, public sector, decision makers etc). As a network, it develops and consolidates footbridges between the sectors (and public) of the culture, education, social, health, policy etc.
- Culture and Democracy organize moments of reflexion, in working groups and at the time of meeting-debates, which are the subject of reports/ratios, booklets, of guides, etc.
- It produces tools of information and sensitizing to the stakes of its sets of themes of action: the Newspaper and the Letter of Culture and Democracy, an Internet site, etc.

Main Projects / Activities

Culture and Democracy, the matter is very vast! Our work is centered on various sets of themes:
- Art and company: to promote the role of art and the culture in the defense of the democratic values.
- Art and school: to encourage art and the artistic practice at the school.
- intercultural Dialogue: to support an intercultural company and to fight the identity folds.
- Art and solidarity: to support the access and the participation in the culture the public ones weakened.
- Practical cultural and engagement: to develop the bonds between the cultural practices and the citizen participation.
- Access to the culture: to encourage the cultural institutions to accomodate all the public ones.

Contact (1) Full Name
Christelle Brüll, coordinatrice
Head of the organisation
Roland De Bodt, président
Contact (2) Full Name
Baptiste De Reymaeker, collaborateur