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code of cultural governance

"Musical De Tocht announces bankruptcy", but whose fault is it really? Or is it Elfsteden magic?

by Wijbrand Schaap
31 July 202431 July 2024
10 min read
ACTUAL, policy, HERITAGE, Featured, PODIUM ART, THEATER, APPRECIATE & DONATE!

It's cucumber time and many journalists are on holiday, so Culture Press has to turn up to interpret something that doesn't smell quite right. This time it is the press statement the directors of De Tocht have put on their website. In it, they explain how it was possible that this musical company, Friesland's pride, could suddenly go bankrupt. In a nutshell: it was not...

Ten tips to avoid a Governance disaster

by Jeffrey Meulman
12 April 202412 April 2024
6 min read
policy, Featured, CONTINUED, BECOME A MEMBER

According to the site wbtr.nl, "more than a thousand times a year within associations and foundations something goes wrong, with major consequences. Think of financial mess, inattention of supervisors or entanglement of interests'. In the cultural sector, we are familiar with the Governance Code for Culture, which hopes to prevent 'things going wrong' with a series of recommendations. If an 'issue' hits the media...