Meet the AEC Advocacy Task Force
Members
- Irene GAROFALO, ELIA – European League of Institutes of the Arts
- Katharina WEINERT, EMC – European Music Council
- Manuel DAMÁSIO, GEECT – European Grouping of Film and Television Schools
- Guillermo RODRÍGUEZ, EPASA
- Nana SHARIKADZE – Tbilisi State Conservatoire
- Stefan GIES, AEC Senior Advisor and Culture Action Europe Board member
- Finn SCHUMACKER, AEC Executive Director (TF Coordinator)
Goals
- Developing AEC’s advocacy strategy and advocacy tools for AEC as well as for its members
- Collaborating with European partners to advocate for the artist as a maker in society
- Supporting students to represent their interests as emerging professionals in the field of music & arts
Updates
Advocacy and communication for change is one of the four pillars of the AEC Strategy 2030. The strategy sets new objectives and priorities for the organisation. This is done in recognition of the fact that the world around us is changing at an ever-increasing pace, which means that the AEC must not only improve its ability to look ahead and understand new developments and trends that affect our members but also become even clearer in the communication of the value of music and music education.
- Creating change requires images of a desired future and the ability to communicate these images. In collaboration with members, stakeholders and partners, AEC will:
- represent and advance the interests of the Higher Music Education (HME) sector at national, European and global levels for the greater societal good
- promote the value of arts and education and the importance of adequate funding
- support the recognition of third cycle level and artistic research relevant to our sector
- advocate for better access to and across Music Education at all levels
- gather and share examples of good practices and innovative approaches of Higher Music Education institutions, also within the sector itself
As part of the ARTEMIS project the Advocacy Task Force has developed an Advocacy Strategy, an AEC Advocacy Toolkit and an Advocacy Campaign Template.
The comprehensive AEC Advocacy Strategy identify target groups of advocacy actions as well as key messages and partners with whom to undertake joint advocacy actions. Moreover, this paper addresses advocacy in a great variety of aspects, ie. as advocacy that can be seen upstream or downstream as well as horizontally and can be targeted to policy or regulatory matters.
The AEC Advocacy Toolkit strengthens the capacity of AEC members to advocate for themselves for the HME sector and for the cultural and creative sector as a whole. To facilitate the use of the AEC Advocacy Toolkit, an Advocacy Campaign Template was developed. The template guides users through the development process, ensuring they answer the right questions at the right time and don’t miss any important steps.
