This document discusses the role of the organization Inner Wheel in supporting women and promoting European culture. It provides information on upcoming European cultural events and EU programs that support women, culture, and cross-border collaboration. The document suggests that Inner Wheel can help spread awareness of these EU initiatives and potentially collaborate on cultural projects to empower women and highlight their contributions to European identity and development. Inner Wheel aims to both promote women's role in Europe and increase its own visibility to attract new members.

1. WOMEN FOR EUROPE
– The Role of Inner Wheel
Tuusula, Finland
21 – 23 October, 2011

2. Third meeting in IW
European Countries
WORKSHOP CULTURE AND SOCIETY

3. SUB THEME 2
WOMAN
CONTRIBUTION • EU PROJECTS
TO THE • ROLE OF INNER
CULTURAL WHEEL
IDENTITY
• THE INNER WHEEL
THE WAY PRESENT AND NEAR
FORWARD THE INSTITUTIONS,
WITH OTHER
SIMILAR NGOs
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4. THE WAY FORWARD
The New Inner Wheel will have, so many
souls, converging into a single, large,
shared membership.
The ways are many, different,
complementary, all important to design
and characterize the Inner Wheel of the
XXI century.
One of these ways implies collaboration
and participation in Institutional
Representative Bodies, where possible,
of the geographical areas concerned.
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5. Women Contribution to the
Cultural Identity
A complex chapter, perhaps the most vast
for contents and implications.

6. “Forget asking what is the contribution of
women to the European cultural identity.
WOMEN ARE EUROPEAN CULTURAL IDENTITY!”
affirmed the Danish journalist Janne Teller

7. reported by journalist Paola Casella in the
article:
The EU speaks in the feminine voice, and
it is a river in flood...
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8. EUROPE, TODAY, IS MORE
WOMAN THAN YESTERDAY?
The construction of European identity
cannot be separated from the
empowerment of women. The challenge
of defining new models of relationship
between culture and society cannot be
faced and overcome, without the
courage of women.
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9. The history is witness to this 9
assertion
…but now we must look to
the present and future.
We have to THINK AHEAD
(quoted by Catherine Refabert,
President IIW 2011-2012 – Presidential
Theme)
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10. WE HAVE TO BE
WOMEN IN MOTION…
 To establish an
understanding of how
female and gender
identities were
constructed in
historical, social and
cultural contexts.
 To address issues
impacting the lives of
women throughout
the European
community.
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11. WE HAVE TO BE
IW WOMEN IN MOTION…
 to collaborate, as
Inner Wheel, with
European
International
Organizations in
promoting some
programs
 in Europe
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12. … IW INTO E THROUGH
THE EUROPEAN PROJECTS
WHY NOT?

13. Programs and Actions 13
EUROPEAN CULTURE COMMISSION
VISIT THE WEBSITE REGULARLY
ec.europa.eu/culture/index_
en.
SUBSCRIBE THE MONTHLY
NEWSLETTER
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14. Our policy development
EU COMMISSION
CULTURE
European Agenda for culture
Intercultural Dialogue
Cultural and Creative industries
INDEX
Skills and Mobility
Cultural EHeritage
Culture and Regional Development
Culture and External Relations
Culture Statistics
Policy documents
Our Programmes and Actions
Culture Programme (2007 - 2013)
European Capitals of Culture
EU Culture Prizes
European Heritage Label
The Story of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue
Artist Mobility
Former Programmes and Actions
Library of programme documents
Funding in other EU programmes
Culture in Structural Funds
Culture in other EU programmes
Key Documents
Studies
Evaluation
Statistics
Publications
Official documents
Newsletter
Who we are
Our Commissioner
Our mission
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15. Culture program:
a serious cultural investment
 The EU’s Culture program
(2007-2013) has a budget
of € 400 million for projects
and initiatives to celebrate
Europe’s cultural diversity
and enhance our shared
cultural heritage through
the development of cross-
border co-operation
between cultural operators
and institutions.
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16. Who manages the Culture Program
(2007-2013)?
 Two UNITS within the  The "Culture Program
and actions” UNIT is
European responsible for the
Commission's DG definition,
Education and implementation and
monitoring of the Culture
Culture are Program and other
concerned with Community actions in
culture. the cultural field.
 The “Culture policy and
intercultural dialogue”
UNIT deals with policy-
related aspects in the
cultural field and
intercultural dialogue.
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17.  to promote cross-border mobility of those
working in the cultural sector;
Objectives
 to encourage the transnational
circulation of cultural and artistic output;
 to foster intercultural dialogue.
Transnational circulation
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18. Analysis and dissemination
activities
 cultural actions;
 European-level cultural bodies;
Strands
 analysis and dissemination activities.
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19. EDUCATION
FOLLOWING SECTORS
CULTURAL PROJECTS WITHIN THE
AND
TRAINING education
youth
and training
YOUTH
MEDIA media research
RESEARCH
ENTERPRISES enterprises
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20. CITIZENSHIP
FOLLOWING SECTORS
CULTURAL PROJECTS WITHIN THE
EMPLOYMENT
citizenship employment
REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
TOURISM regional
tourism
development
INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
international
development
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21.  The objective of these EU
The Culture
THE PRIZES Programme is
prizes is to highlight the
excellent quality and
supporting success of European
prizes activities in many sectors.
in cultural  The prizes put the spotlight
heritage, on artists, music groups,
architecture, architects, authors and
literature and
those working in the field of
cultural heritage and on
music. their work.
 In doing so they showcase
Europe's rich cultural diversity
and the importance of
intercultural dialogue and
cross border cultural
activities in Europe and
beyond.
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22.  On 20 and 21 October, the
European Culture Forum
will bring to Brussels 800
participants from culture
civil society, the EU
Member States and EU
institutions.
 This flagship event is a
unique opportunity to
debate and raise the
profile of European
cooperation in the field of
culture, bringing together
both policy-makers and
stakeholders from the
sector from all over Europe
and partner countries.
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23. WHAT, THEN, THE ROLE OF
INNER WHEEL?
To be THERE, as Inner Wheel Women,
we must KNOW the activities, programs, projects, the
progress made by European Union for Women in all
the fields

24. INNER WHEEL AS …
(the result from the brainstorming during the 5° European
Meeting in Amsterdam)
IW, as a channel of knowledge, information, dissemination.
IW, as a possibility to SHARE a program or project.
IW, as a possibility to BUILD a program or project, through a
single club, more Clubs, and beyond.

25. A DUAL OBJECTIVE
1. To give visibility to women's individual and
collective role in the European construction.
2.To give visibility to our Association for
attracting new members,
hoping that a new window on membership can be
open during the next Convention…