Applications are now open for the ASEAN-UK Festival Management Training Programme. Take this unique opportunity to enhance your skills in Festival Management!
The programme is a 4-week immersive course designed to the needs of the Southeast Asian festival sector, aimed at supporting new and existing festivals in the region and addressed the skills gaps in festival management, with particular emphasis on audience development, innovative business modelling, sponsorship & marketing, sustainability, leadership, and digital transformation of festivals. The programme will bring together guest speakers from the UK and across the Southeast Asia region.
The programme is delivered by Edinburgh Napier University and Jogja Festivals as part of the ASEAN-UK Advancing Creative Economy programme (ACE). The ASEAN-UK Advancing Creative Economy programme is delivered by the British Council with co-funding from UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office and in partnership with the ASEAN Secretariat.
We are looking for festival professionals with a proven interest and experience in the festival sector.
- Festival directors and managers
- promoters and programmers
- creative and cultural producers and curators
- policymakers and other practitioners working in the festival sector
We particularly welcome submissions from a diverse range of professionals: including women, gender minorities, disabled people and people from underrepresented groups. We would welcome both emerging and established level professionals.
Please note that this opportunity is not suitable for artists unless they are involved in other influencing roles in the festival sector in a professional capacity.