The Association des Centres culturels de rencontre (ACCR), the Abbaye de Noirlac and the Cité du Mot are organising the annual meetings of the CCR network on 12, 13 and 14 December 2024 on the theme of ‘Living heritage: exchanges and cooperation at the heart of local areas’. The meeting will examine the contribution made by the Centres culturels de rencontre (CCR) to regional innovation, through their artistic, cultural and heritage projects, which are conducive to the creation of local cooperation.
Annual meeting for members of the European network of CCR, the ACCR's Encounters provide an opportunity for collective reflection and exchange of best practices within the network and with a wider community of creative and cultural actors in the regions. In 2024, they will be hosted by two CCRs: La Cité du Mot, located in the historic priory of La Charité-sur-Loire in the Nièvre region, and the Cistercian Abbey of Noirlac, which celebrates soundscapes and the spoken word, in the heart of the Berrichon bocage.
The CCRs are part of an ecosystem of actors, networks and institutional and grass root initiatives working to develop territories through culture, social inovation and reuse of heritage. At a time when resources are limited and the outlook constrained, the need to find partners and invent cooperative ventures and synergies is more necessary than ever.
The ACCR is also committed to ensuring that the many different stories told by local actors are heard and promoted. This notion of narratives will make it possible to question the reinvention of cultural institutions, the specific approach of the CCRs in terms of sustainable tourism, and of the visibility of rural areas at national level, which is complex and multidimensional. By working together, residents, artists and creators, as well as cultural institutions, can help to highlight the richness and diversity of rural areas and promote a more balanced and inclusive representation of rurality. This theme of the diversity of narratives will also be the occasion for a wrapup session on the training course ‘Interpreting and applying the principles of the Faro Convention’ organised by the ACCR and run by the Oiseaux de Passage cooperative for members of the network and its partners.
The meeting will begin on Thursday the 12th in La Charité-sur-Loire, with a focus on cooperation and synergies in rural areas. It will continue on Friday the 13th at the Abbaye de Noirlac, with a discussion of the key role of CCRs in promoting stories and narratives linked to rural areas, and will end on Saturday the 14th in Noirlac with a morning of networking.
The event is open to anyone interested in these issues.
For more information, please contact us at the following address: c.blin@accr-europe.org