Abstract

ADESTE+ is a large-scale European cooperation project aimed at expanding cultural participation, structured through “capacity building” paths for organizations based on “design thinking” and “collaborative learning.” The project involved designing and producing shows, programs, and activities for diverse audiences, along with the realization of three international Summer Schools (Lisbon, Rijeka, and Turin), moments of exchange and learning for hundreds of professionals from across Europe.

For the first time, partners representing the entire cultural sector chain were brought together on an equal and organic basis: those shaping policies, those producing and organizing, those studying, and those consuming. This holistic approach aimed to restore the articulation and complexity of the cultural sector, often hesitant to share know-how and experiences. tion and complexity of the cultural sector, often hesitant to share know-how and experiences. The cascade program involved 60 organizations from Italy, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Denmark, Spain, Croatia, Greece, Lithuania, Germany, France, and Poland.

Goals

ADESTE+ is a large-scale European cooperation project aimed at expanding cultural participation, structured through “capacity building” paths for organizations based on “design thinking” and “collaborative learning.” The project involved designing and producing shows, programs, and activities for diverse audiences, along with the realization of three international Summer Schools (Lisbon, Rijeka, and Turin), moments of exchange and learning for hundreds of professionals from across Europe.