Department of Social Planning Life long learning in the cultural sector Method and results in the...

Department of Social Planning

Life long learning in the cultural sector

Method and results in the province of Flevoland


Process History Flevoland Selection of Cultural Actors Informational and awareness raising local

seminar Collecting data Results Conclusion


Unique History• • Reclaimed from water since 1942

• Official authority since 1986• 359.000 inhabitants• Fastest growing Dutch province (10.000/year) • 30% of population is 0-19 years


Cultural Actors

• Musea– experimental– heritage– traditional

• theatre• libraries

• Project-organisations• Centres for cultural

education


Local Seminar• Informational

– formal opening by member of Provincial executive

– design of the project– concept of LLL by university of Groningen– LLL for cultural sector by UvG– LLL after the EU-project: ESF??

• platform for discussion• informal meeting of colleagues


Collecting data

• Questionnaire for organisations• Personal interviews


ResultsAnalysis grid:• 17 organisations:

– 5,5 visual arts– 2,5 performing arts– 2 literature (libraries)– 2,5 cultural heritage– 4 education

personnel– 38 internal\16 fl\114 volunteers– 43 internal\6 fl\20 volunteers– 78 internal\0\0– 31 internal\0\290 volunteers– 268 internal\15 fl\18 volunteers– 458 internal\37 fl\479 volunteers


Results II• 2 experimental arts: international market• 5 visual\1 performing\3 cult heritage: national• 1 visual\2 performing\2 education: regional• 2 education\2 literature: local market

• all say:increasing markets, except: education (partly) and literature (totally)Question: specific for Flevoland situation or general market? Flevoland growing region!!!


Results IIITraining needs, summary(In analysis grid specified by profession)• communication and marketing• projectmanagement• management of development processes

(changing society)• management-abilities


Results IVTraining needs non-professional interests• marketing and communication• education within every org is important• readings about culture-related subjects in

developing society• general (governmental) human resource-

consultant


ConclusionRemarks:

Flevoland is a young, developing and fast growing region in Holland

results are biased by management-perspective


Conclusion• Satisfying response, but little cynical attitude

towards research and project LLL• many professionals vs. many volunteers

(mostly from 2 org)• remarkable view on reference market and

market dynamics (ambition vs reality)• training needs rather general: marketing,

communication, managing etc.


ConclusionConclusions from interview-sessions 1

• changing organisations and society -> difficulties in managing

• Due to incidental subsidies (historical and current provincial policy): difficulty in continuity and loss of knowledge

• small org needs more all-round than specialised personnel



• training and courses mostly for middle and higher staff! Due to limited finances. (but these are more expensive!!)

• Legal needs for safety-courses, referring to disastrous events• according to management: own responsibility for ventilating

needs for training/courses. Expressing those needs seems to mean one has failed (Dutch culture?? No culture of LLL ??!!)



• preference for not needing volunteers, 1 exception (successful)• In general no courses and training for volunteers: mostly doing

general easy tasks• many trainees from higher educational levels. : not satisfying:

too much time for to little results, and bad coaching by educational institutes

• scholars from conservatory of music are being taught in professional music, not as professional teacher


Follow up

Can we get to a common strategy??Can we use ESF for implementing strategy???

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