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The European network on cultural management and policy, known until 2015 as the European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centres (ENCATC), is a membership non-governmental organisation (NGO). It is the leading European network on arts management and cultural policy, publishing research and policy papers related to European and worldwide issues within the field.

It gathers over 150 higher education institutions and cultural organisations in over 40 countries. ENCATC was created in 1992 to encourage the exchange of knowledge, methodologies, experiences, comparative research and regular assessment of the sector’s training needs in the broad field of cultural management from a European point of view through a wide range of working groups, projects, activities and events. ENCATC holds the status of an NGO in official partnership with UNESCO, of observer to the Steering Committee for Culture of the Council of Europe, and is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.

History
ENCATC was established in 1992 to strengthen the links between training centers within the network through exchanges, and to include existing or developing training centers in the South and East of Europe, in the wake of the fall of the Iron Curtain. The first Annual Conference of ENCATC was held in Warsaw and decided the office headquarters to be located in Lyon under the first ENCATC Secretary General, Pascale Bonniel Chalier. In 1997, with Isabelle Schwarz as Executive Director, ENCATC's General Assembly in Bilbao decided the establishment of an independent coordination office and of an international association under Belgian law. In 1998 ENCATC was officially registered in Brussels and the coordination office moves to Copenaghen.

In 2000 ENCATC was granted the title of NGO with operational relations with UNESCO and in 2001 it got the first EU structural grant that supports European cultural umbrella organisations, moving its office to Brussels in 2003 with Secretary General Giannalia Cogliandro Beyens. Since 2004 ENCATC has the status of observer to the Steering Committee for Culture of the Council of Europe and in 2012 it was awarded the title of official UNESCO Partner NGO. It has also the status of observing member of the EU intergovernmental reflection group "EU and Cultural Heritage".

In 2008, together with the European Cultural Foundation, ENCATC created the Cultural Policy Research Award (CPRA) and the Young Cultural Policy Research Forum (YCPRF). Until 2013, thanks to the support of the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, the Cultural Policy Research Award served to encourage talented researchers to address issues, relevant to Europe, in the academic field of cultural policy studies. The CPRA laureate Nina Obuljen Koržinek was later elected Minister of Culture in the Government of Croatia in 2016.

Since 2010 a number of initiatives were launched in Brussels and abroad, such as the Annual Policy Debate, the Research Sessions, the Journal of cultural management and policy, the Cultural Happy Hours initiative is launched, the International Study Tours, the Research Award on Cultural Policy and Cultural Management, the Book Series, the Global Conversations and the Member Talks. In 2014 ENCATC started being supported by Creative Europe, a EU programme for the cultural and creative sectors. As ENCATC was one of the official members of the stakeholders' committee for the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, it was entrusted with the task of labelling eligible events organised by the members of the network.

In 2022, ENCATC announced a publication partnership with Routledge for the ENCATC Advances on Cultural Management and Policy (EACMP) Book Series and with Frontiers Media for the Journal of cultural management and policy.

Governance
ENCATC has a democratic decision-making structure. The most important decisions are made during the Annual General Assembly (GA).

General Assembly
The ENCATC Annual General Assembly, GA, is a statutory body, which generally meets once a year and is open to all ENCATC members. During the GA, ENCATC members review, discuss and approve the overall work programme, budget, membership report, strategic developments and membership fees for the year ahead. ENCATC has four types of membership: full, associate, individual and supporting. The members are represented by the ENCATC Board.

Board
The ENCATC Board consists of seven people, representing their institution, elected by the General Assembly for a two years mandate. The Board is responsible for the network’s policy and for the design and implementation of the ENCATC annual working programme in collaboration with the ENCATC Secretary General. The members of the board are also extremely active in implementing a number of activities and projects for the network. Each member of the board takes over a specific responsibility and he/she replaces the Secretary General, when necessary abroad. The Board organises each year a number of meetings aimed to discuss, among other issues, membership applications, network activities, strategic decisions, projects’ proposals. The operative decisions are implemented by the Secretary General and the office staff based in Brussels.

The Board is also advised by Advisory Board Member who actively contributes to the development of the association and the achievement of the aims of the association.

International Corrispondent Advisors
The International Correspondent Board Advisors are appointed by the President of their respective organisations among their Board Members. This role is to serve as a liaison between ENCATC and those organisations, advising on potential collaborations, fostering synergies among strategies, policies and projects, and acting as a conduit of information between the two organisations. Elected for a 2-year term, the International Correspondent Board Advisors have a visiting place on the ENCATC Board, with no voting power and no access to budget and staff know-how or any sensible (conflict of interest, etc.) document. International advisers to the Board are appointed by the ENCATC Board to be consulted and involved in specific tasks and activities. Elected for a 2-year term, the Board Advisors have a visiting place on the ENCATC Board, with no voting power and no access to budget and staff know-how or any sensible (conflict of interest, etc.).

Secretary General
Here is a list of past and current Secretaries General of ENCATC:
 * 2003- GiannaLia Cogliandro Beyens
 * 1997-2003 Isabelle Schwarz
 * 1992-1997 Pascale Bonniel Chalier

Annual Congresses
The European network for cultural management and policy hosts an Annual Congress to discuss the work of the network.