Public discussions and presentations for the EU's Creative Europe Program within the frames of the festivals "MakeDOX" and "Struga Poetry Evenings"

The Creative Europe Desks of Culture and Media which are working in frame of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia and the Macedonian Film Agency, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria (Creative Europe Desk - Culture) and the Creative Europe Desk - MEDIA of the Czech Republic , will participate with presentations and discussions within the Creative documentary film festival "MakeDOX" and the Festival "Struga Poetry Evenings" (within the European Poet Platform "Versopolis"). Both festivals are supported by the Creative Europe Program.

The presentations and discussions will be dedicated to the current topics and issues related to the implementation of the two sub-programs Culture and MEDIA, as well as the inter-sectoral achievements of the Creative Europe Program.

Within the "MakeDOX", will be presented examples of good practice from MEDIA supported documentaries, training sessions and documentary film festivals will be presented.

Within the "Struga Poetry Evenings" will be discussed the recommendations for the Program in 2020, the mid-term evaluation of the category "Platform", it will be presented information on the category "Cooperation Projects" and "European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018", as well as models for the search of partners.

Below are the participants and the terms of the discussions in the programs of these two festivals.

MAKEDOX 2017: "Creative Europe (MEDIA and Culture)"

23 August 2017: Creative Documentary Film Festival "MakeDOX" 2017:

Venue: Church St. Spas (Museum Hall of Goce Delchev) - Skopje; Time: 11:00 am

Participants: Pavlina Kalandrova from the Office of Creative Europe (MEDIA) of the Czech Republic; Vladimir Stojcevski and Biljana Prentoska Creative Europe Desk MK (MEDIA and Culture); representatives of the festival "MakeDOX"

Struga Poetry Evenings 2017: "Creative Europe after 2020"

August 24, 2017: "Struga Poetry Evenings"

Venue: Hotel "Drim" (Piano Bar) - Struga; Time: 16:30

Participants: Biljana Prentoska, Creative Europe Desk (Culture) of the Republic of Macedonia; Vesela Kondakova, Creative Europe Desk (Culture) of the Republic of Bulgaria; Pavlina Kalandrova, Creative Europe Desk (MEDIA) of the Czech Republic; Vladimir Stojcevski - Creative Europe Desk (MEDIA) of the Republic of Macedonia and representatives of the organizations involved in the platform "Versopolis" supported by the program "Creative Europe - Culture".