Lights On is a funded programme for young professionals under 35, working in cultural centres and other cultural organisations in Europe. It is a capacity building and process-oriented programme that unfolds over about 8 months. During this period, you should plan to be absent from work for about 12 days. The programme is largely funded by the ENCC. Your organisation covers only subsistence costs for the staff exchanges and, if it is not member of the ENCC, your travel costs to the launching seminar.
A 5-day launch seminar, held in a different European city each year, is your first opportunity to meet with all the LIGHTS ON fellows and mentors. The seminar focuses on cultural management, professional self-development and soft skills, through a mix of training, workshops, coaching, peer-to-peer learning, and study visits to local networks and organisations. This year it will be held in Ostend, Belgium from 8-12 May 2023.
During the months following the seminar, you will travel to another participant’s organisation for at least 7 days, and host a participant in your organisation for the same amount of time.
From the moment of being selected to participate into the Lights On programme, up to project evaluation (about 8 months later), you will be supported and mentored by your programme trainers and the ENCC office. This makes Lights On a self-designable process, in which you can choose to pursue certain learning paths or research areas over a longer period of time, according to your needs and time capacity.
