European Festivals Association (EFA)

The European Festivals Association (EFA) unites distinguished music, dance, theatre and multidisciplinary arts festivals from Europe and beyond since 1952.
100 festivals, 40 countries, endless connections
 
Today, the European Festivals Association (EFA) connects about 100 festivals and festival associations in 40 countries. EFA members are the core element that make the Association an open, influential, international place for any festival that wants to be part of a bigger festival community.
 
The European Festivals Association’s mission is to unite and represent its member festivals across Europe and the world by contributing to the artistic life of Europe. It acts as the most important platform for arts festivals. EFA members take the joint responsibility that the arts are prioritised offering their platforms to bring the arts to the audiences. Access and participation in culture and the arts is a Human Right. By supporting and enabling artistic creation, production and participation, EFA and its members ensure that this right is made a reality for all citizens. Interaction between festivals, with public authorities and the other stakeholders in the arts are central to EFA’s work.
 
A Festival is an Art Feast. EFA is a community dedicated to the arts, the artists, and audiences. EFA’s main role in the ever changing world of digitization and globalization is to connect festival makers so to inform, inspire and enrich the festival landscape. In this perspective, EFA is a festivals’ service provider; the oldest cultural network of European festivals! It was established to bridge the distance between organisations and all kinds of stakeholders; and to create connections. All this in function of the enrichment of a festival’s own artistic offer and its organisational opportunities. 
Internship Tasks
Support with general activities: 
responsible for the communication, liaison, planning and organizing of activities; provide support at the festivals and events.
 
Requirements
● Bachelor’s degree (completed/ongoing)
● Fluency in spoken and written English
● Strong interpersonal and English communicative skills
● Proficiency in MS software (e.g. Word, Excel, Power point)
2019-04-14 | Estoril, Portugal – General Assembly
2013-04-18 | Granada, Spain – Annual General Assembly
2012-05-23 | Bergen, Norway – Annual General Assembly
2011-04-28 | Varna, Bulgaria – Annual General Assembly
2011-03-01 | Budapest, Hungary – Annual collective and affiliate members meeting
2010-04-08 | Merano, Italy – Annual General Assembly
2010-02-11 | Stockholm, Sweden – Collective and affiliate members meeting
2009-05-13 | Vilnius, Lithuania – Annual General Assembly
2008 | Antalya, Turkey – Annual General Assembly
2007-06-07 | Brussels, Belgium – Annual General Assembly
2006 | Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Annual General Assembly
2006 | Brno, Czech Rep – Annual General Assembly
2005 | Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Annual General Assembly
2005 | Brno, Czech Rep – Annual General Assembly
2004 | London, UK – Annual General Assembly2003-10 | Wroclaw, Poland – Annual General Assembly
2002-10-11 | Geneva, Switzerland – Conference
2002 | Coppet, Switzerland – Annual General Assembly
2002 | Coppet, Switzerland | Geneva, Switzerland – Annual General Assembly
2001-09-23 | Bucharest, Romania – International conference on festival music competitions
2001-03-10 | Berlin, Germany – International workshop of multidisciplinary and contemporary arts festivals
2001 | Bad Kissingen, Germany – Annual General Assembly
2000-10-12 | Helsinki, Finland – Annual General Assembly
1999-10-20 | Dubrovnik, Croatia – Arts festivals and tolerance
1999-10-20 | Dubrovnik, Croatia – Annual General Assembly
1998 | Estoril, Portugal – Annual General Assembly
1997 | Turin, Italy – Annual General Assembly
1996 | Brussels, Belgium – Annual General Assembly
1995 | Ljubljana, Slovenia – Annual General Assembly
1994 | Brighton, UK – Annual General Assembly
1993 | Budapest, Hungary – Annual General Assembly
1992 | Pesaro, Italy – Annual General Assembly
1991 | Prague, Czechoslovakia – Annual General Assembly
1991 | Prague, Czechoslovakia – Annual General Assembly
1990 | Athens, Greece – Annual General Assembly
1989 | Istanbul, Turkey – Annual General Assembly
1988-10-01 | Berlin, Germany FR – Annual General Assembly
1987 | Bergen, Norway – Annual General Assembly
1986 | Amsterdam, Netherlands – Annual General Assembly
1985 | Estoril, Portugal – Annual General Assembly
1984 | Ljubljana, Yugoslavia – Annual General Assembly
1983 | Santander, Spain – Annual General Assembly
1982 | Stresa, Italy – Annual General Assembly
1981 | Bregenz, Austria – Annual General Assembly
1980 | Granada, Spain – Annual General Assembly
1979 | Verona, Italy – Annual General Assembly
1978 | Salzburg, Austria – Annual General Assembly
1977 | Bruges, Belgium – Annual General Assembly
1976 | Strasbourg, France – Annual General Assembly
1975 | Athens, Greece – Annual General Assembly
Relations with Inter-Governmental Organizations
B-XB3383 – UNESCO
 
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Member of: Association of Asian and Pacific Arts Festivals (AAPAF)
Member of: Audiences Europe Network (AEN)
Member of: Culture Action Europe (CAE)
Member of: European Alliance for Culture and the Arts
Member of: European Music Council (EMC)
Member of: European Tourism Manifesto
Member of: Europe of Cultures Forum
Member of: IETM – International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts
Member of: International Music Council (IMC)
Member of: International Society for the Performing Arts Foundation (ISPA)
Member of: On the Move (OTM)
Member of: Pearle – Live Performance Europe
 
Members
● National Festivals (86) in 40 countries:
Member Countries & Regions
United Arab Emirates, Armenia, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Czech Rep, Germany, Spain, France, UK, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Israel,   Italy, Japan, Korea Rep, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Turkey, South Africa
● National Festivals Associations (14) in 14 countries:
Member Countries & Regions
Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Rep, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, UK, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Serbia, Sweden
● European networks (2), listed in this Yearbook:
Member Organizations
European Conference of Promoters of New Music, European Early Music Network