European Festivals Association

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European Festivals Association (EFA)

EU Transparency Register

434027116304-07 First registered on 04 Mar 2015

Goals / Remit

The European Festivals Association is the umbrella organisation for festivals across Europe and beyond. One of the oldest cultural networks in Europe, it was founded in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1952 as a joint initiative of the eminent conductor Igor Markevitch and the great philosopher Denis de Rougemont. Since its foundation, the Association has grown from 15 festivals into a dynamic network representing about 88 music, dance, theater and multidisciplinary festivals, 14 national festival associations and cultural organisations from 40 countries.
The aim of the European Festivals Association is to support festivals, promote festivals’ significance and their important role in international cultural cooperation and societies today. Therefore, EFA seeks primarily to
- coordinate the efforts of its members;
- facilitate cooperation and co-production;
- set common policy;
- promote multidisciplinary tendencies;
- underline the state of art in society;
- act prominently in the wider political debate.

Main EU files targeted

EU Creative Europe Programme
Preparatory Action to create an EU Festival Award in the field of Culture: EFFE (Europe for Festivals Festivals for Europe)
EU-China High-Level People-to-People Dialogue
New Narrative Project
Culture in external affairs

Address

Head Office

Sainctelettesquare 17
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM

People

Total lobbyists declared

6

Employment time	Lobbyists
100%	6

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

6

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

No lobbyists with EP accreditations

Complementary Information

None declared

Person in charge of EU relations

Ms Kathrin Deventer (Secretary General)

Person with legal responsibility

Ms Kathrin Deventer (Secretary General)

Subcategory

Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

Networking

Affiliation

The European Festivals Association is a member of Pearle – live performance Europe, IMC – International Music Council, ietm - international network for contemporary performing art, REMA – European Early Music Network and European Alliance for Culture and the Arts.
While they existed it was also a member of the Access to Culture Platform, Intercultural Europe Platform and Potential of Creative Industries Platform.

Member organisations

Armenia
Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival

Belgium
BOZAR Festival
Europalia Arts Festival
Flanders Festival International
Federation of Music Festivals in Flanders
Festival de Wallonie

Bosnia And Herzegovina
International Festival Sarajevo Winter

Bulgaria
Bulgarian Festivals Association
March Music Days International Festival
Varna Summer International Music Festival

Croatia
Dubrovnik Summer Festival
Music Biennale Zagreb

Czech Republic
Czech Association of Music Festivals
International Music Festival "Janacek May"
Prague Spring International Music Festival

Estonia
Estonian Music Festivals

Finland
Finland Festivals

France
Festival Aix-en-Provence
France Festivals
Chorégies d'Orange
Festival d’Automne à Paris
Réseau Européen de Musique Ancienne

Georgia
Batumi MusicFest
Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre
GIFT/Georgian International Festival of Arts in Tbilisi in honor of Michael Tumanishvili

Germany
Berliner Festspiele
Audi Sommerkonzerte
Mosel Musikfestival
Rheingau Musik Festival Konzertgesellschaft mbH
Usedom Music Festival

Hungary
Budapest Spring Festival
Armel Opera Festival

Ireland
Association of Irish Festival Events

Israel
Israel Festival, Jerusalem

Italy
Mittelfest
Emilia Romagna Festival
ItaliaFestival
Festival della Valle d'Itria
südtirol classic festival - Meraner Musikwochen
Pavia Barocca
Ravenna Festival
RomaEuropa
Stresa Festival
MITO SettembreMusica
Settimane Musicali al Teatro Olimpico

Korea (republic of)
Music Isle Festival in Jeju

Lebanon
Al Bustan Festival
Beiteddine Art Festival
Beirut Chants Festival

Lithuania
Vilnius Festival

Luxembourg
Festival de Wiltz

Macedonia
Ohrid Summer Festival

Malta
Malta Arts Festival

Montenegro
International Music Festival "A Tempo"

Netherlands
Rotterdam Festivals

Norway
Norway Festivals

Poland
Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival
International Festival Wratislavia Cantans

Portugal
Estoril Lisbon Festival

Romania
George Enescu International Festival and Competition
SoNoRo Festival
European Festival of Performing Arts Timisoara - New Romanian Drama Festival

Russian Federation
A. Sakharov International Art Festival
Alla Shelest's Festival of Classical Ballet
Sochi Winter International Festival of Arts

Serbia
Serbian Festivals Association

Slovakia
Bratislava Music Festival

Slovenia
Ljubljana Festival

Spain
Festival de Música de Canarias
Festival Internacional de Teatro Clásico de Mérida
Festival Internacional de Música Castell de Peralada
Spanish Association of Classical Music Festivals
Festival Internacional de Música y Danza 'Ciudad de Úbeda'

Sweden
Sweden Festivals

Switzerland
Gstaad Menuhin Festival
Lucerne Festival
swissfestivals

Turkey
Ankara International Music Festival
Turkish State Theatres
Aspendos International Opera & Ballet Festival
D-Marine Turgutreis International Festival of Classical Music
Istanbul Music Festival
International Izmir Festival
International Antalya Piano Festival
Mersin International Music Festival

United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi Festival

United Kingdom
Edinburgh International Festival
BBC Proms

Financial Data

Closed financial year

Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

Lobbying costs for closed financial year

850,000€

EU grant income for closed financial year

327,765 € (Source: European Commission Creative Europe Programme & Preparatory Action)

Other financial info

None declared

EU Structures

Groups (European Commission)

New Narrative for Europe
Platform for Festivals: Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe
None

ACC

None

Groups (European Parliament)

None

Communication activities

EFA as part of training activities in the People to People dialogue strategy
Implementation festivals’ policy through EU Platform for Festivals

Other activities

The European Festivals Association was, since 2008, member of the 3 Civil Society Platforms created by the European Commission: Intercultural Europe, Potential of Creative Industries and Access to Culture.

Meetings

11 meetings found. Download meetings

The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

Date	22 Jun 2021	Location	Videoconferencing
Subject	Strategies and possible contributions of festivals to the European political agenda, Creative Europe Programme
Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
Portfolio	Digital Economy and Society
Attending	Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)

Date	22 Jun 2021	Location	Videoconferencing
Subject	Strategies and possible contributions of festivals to the European political agenda, Creative Europe Programme
Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
Portfolio	Innovation and Youth
Attending	Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)

Date	23 Jun 2020	Location	Video-conferencing
Subject	Festivals and the Dance sector and how they have been impacted the by COVID-19
Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
Portfolio	Digital Economy and Society
Attending	Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)

Date	23 Jun 2020	Location	Video-conferencing
Subject	Festivals and the Dance sector and how they have been impacted the by COVID-19
Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
Portfolio	Innovation and Youth
Attending	Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)

Date	23 Feb 2017	Location	Brussels
Subject	Annual Festival Roundtable
Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics
Portfolio	Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
Attending	Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner) Rodrigo Ballester (Cabinet member)

Date	23 Jan 2017	Location	Brussels
Subject	Preparation of Roundtable
Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics
Portfolio	Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
Attending	Alicja Magda Herbowska (Cabinet member)

Date	25 Aug 2016	Location	Brussels
Subject	European Cultural Festivals
Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics
Portfolio	Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
Attending	Alicja Magda Herbowska (Cabinet member)

Date	18 Feb 2016	Location	Brussels
Subject	Culture (Festivals)
Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics
Portfolio	Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
Attending	Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner) Alicja Magda Herbowska (Cabinet member)

Date	30 Apr 2015	Location	Brussels
Subject	EU-China Dialogue
Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics
Portfolio	Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
Attending	Jonathan Michael Hill (Cabinet member)

Date	03 Mar 2015	Location	Brussels
Subject	Discussion on areas of common interest
Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics
Portfolio	Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
Attending	Jonathan Michael Hill (Cabinet member)

Date	09 Dec 2014	Location	Brussels
Subject	Exchange of views and priorities for the culture sector 2015
Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics
Portfolio	Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
Attending	Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet member) Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists	European Magazine Media Association

European Festivals Association

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