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to the Homepage of the European Music Council (EMC), a Regional Group of the International Music Council (IMC). It was formed upon request of the Director General of UNESCO as the advisory body to the agency on music matters.

A great success:
EMC Annual Conference and Final Event of ExTra! Project
23 - 26 April 2009, Athens, Greece

This year’s EMC Annual Conference examined as final event of the three year EU cooperation project „ExTra! Exchange Traditions” different topics concerning the musical dimension of immigration and multiculturalism. It took place in the Theocharakis Foundation in Athens, Greece and was co-organised with the Greek ExTra! partner En Chordais. 75 participants from all over Europe and beyond discussed how culture and music can help to integrate ethnic minorities in a sensitive and respectful way.

Feedback by Katérina Stenou (Director of the UNESCO Division of Cultural Policies and Intercultural Dialogue):
"Thank you very much for this very stimulating conference! I was very happy to be with the real cultural actors and to learn more about new challenges and aspirations concerning the complex field of migration and its linkages with music as possible vector of mutual understanding and appreciation."
 
Please find more information here.

IMC 3rd World Forum, 17 – 22 October 2009, Tunis, Tunisia

The International Music Council (IMC) invites you to attend its 3rd IMC World Forum on Music and 33rd General Assembly to be held in Tunis, 17 - 22 October 2009 under the title “Access to musical diversity”. It will be organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Heritage Preservation of the Tunisian Republic. The 2009 World Forum on Music will focus on five areas which IMC considers being of crucial importance to the world of music:
• Cultural diversity: where do we stand?
• Music as a vector for dialogue
• Creativity and innovation in music distribution
• New approaches to music education
• Changing audiences: challenges for art music around the world
You will find more information about the World Forum on the IMC Website at www.imc-cim.org.

Reach out, Open Up, Take In
Developing your skills in advocacy, networking and international cooperation
Pomáz, Hungary, 27 February – 1 March 2009

From 27 February to 1 March 2009 over 35 representatives of music organisations from North, Central and Southern Eastern Europe met in Pomáz (Hungary) to explore the possibilities of advocating for music and cooperation possibilities on a national and international level.

Read more here.