European Cultural Manager of the Year 2021

Cultural managers plan, develop and manage cultural projects as well as cultural and leisure facilities. They are active in city marketing or in companies. In a public, private and non-profit context, they untiringly create conditions for cultural activities and bring culture to the public and the public to culture. The “European Cultural Manager of the Year” is bestowed on personalities who have rendered outstanding services through professional cultural management and exceptional means of cultural mediation. Please submit your suggestions!

Evaluation criteria of the jury

• _Exemplary design drive and trend-setting inventiveness
• _Good courage for new approaches in cultural mediation
• _Management competencies such as communication skills, leadership and credibility
• _Cooperative thinking and networking
• _Sustainability: implementation of economic, ecological and social criteria (desirable)

Who can make proposals for this category?

The submission of proposals is free of charge and may only be performed by third parties. The proposal can be submitted by legal entities or by private persons. Cultural managers from all over Europe, regardless of local, regional or international background, may be nominated. This includes:

• _Decision-makers and committed staff from cultural projects and institutions
• _Cultural representatives and cultural communicators from commercial enterprises
• _Culturally committed citizens from politics, administration and tourism organizations

1. Online Registration

Please register via our online forum by September 6, 2021. The confirmation of your registration will be sent via email together with a bill for the application fee, which must be paid within 10 days of receipt.

2. Submission of your application

Please submit the following materials via Google Forms by September 6, 2021:

• _brief summary of your application (500 characters)
• _Free-form presentation with a maximum of ten PDF pages or PowerPoint slides, or you can send us a personal statement
    explaining why you would like to be considered for the award (please base these on the category's evaluation criteria)
• _At least two high resolution pictures of the person
• _Printable logo of the workplace (optional)
• _brief summary of your application (500 characters)
• _Printed materials to document the effect (fliers, posters, ...) (optional)
• _Film materials (optional, if available)
  
  

The winners from previous years

2019 Hedwig Fijen    Direktorin Manifesta

2019 - Lifetime Prof. Dr. Oliver Scheytt Kulturexperte, ehemaliger Präsident der KuPoGe

2020 Dr. Yvette Mutumba & Julia Grosse Gründerinnen der Kunst-Plattform „Contemporary And“

2020 - Lifetime Leoluca Orlando Bürgermeister der Stadt Palermo