REPORTMax Kaiser | Europeana Network Association AGM 2016@maxkaiser

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Paper 7: Association Annual Report 2015–2016

Paper 8: Association Activity Plan 2017

FOR APPROVAL

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Europeana Network AssociationEuropeana Strategy & Vision

Participate in the decision making of Europeana Foundation:- Representation in the Governing

Board- Task Forces and Working Groups

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Europeana Network Association

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1.560 individual members (as of 1 November)

+25 members / month

AGM 3–4 Nov 2015Amsterdam

“We are Europeana”

France, Public Domain1932, National Library of France

Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse.

Tournoi royal de motos à Londres : changement d'une roue de side-car en marche

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240 attendants52% election participation7 new councillorsEndorsement of bylaws and statutes amendment

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Annual General Meeting 2017 likely to coincide with Europeana Plenary 2017

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Task Forces- Specific subjects of common

interest related to Europeana strategy

- 6-9 months- Result: recommendations- Proposed by any Association

member

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10 Task Forces

published their recommendations since 2015

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Brokerage and Business opportunities Communicators Group Connecting Networks for Collaborating and Information Sharing Content Re-Use Europeana for Education EuropeanaTech FLOSS Evaluation and Enrichments Metadata Quality Public Libraries Wikimedia DevelopmentsAudiovisual Media in Europeana

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Call for new Task Forces open now!

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6–8 new Task Forces foreseen for 2016/17

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Members Council

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Members Council- Body of elected representatives

of the Europeana Network- Experts from various fields and

communities

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28 seats available in 2016 elections

48 candidates came forward

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MC Activities

Meetings1. 3 February 2015, The Hague2. 8 July 2015, Vienna 3. 3 November 2015,

Amsterdam 4. 22-23 February 2016,

Copenhagen5. 21-22 June 2016, Vienna 6. 7 November 2016, Riga

Workshops for development of Europeana Business Plans 2015 & 2016

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Topical Campaigns- Culture as a driver in the Digital Single Market

- Copyright Reform- Europeana 280

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#AllezCulture

I am @EuropeanaEU – find your hero(ine) in Europeana

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Renewed #AllezCulture Campaign foreseen for 2017

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6 Working Groups- Address ongoing activities and issues

of continuing relevance for Europeana- No limited timeframe- Each led by a member of the MC

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#AllezCulture AGM Copyright Policy Data Quality Voting / Elections Europeana Pro

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Management Board

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Management Board- Responsible for Management of

Association- Legally responsible decision-

making executive- Represent Association in

Europeana Foundation Governing Board

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- 6 Board Members elected by and from among the Councillors

- Elected for the duration of their term of service in the MC (currently 2 years)

-Max Kaiser (Chair)-Merete Sanderhoff (Vice-Chair)-Paul Keller (Treasurer)-Rolf Källman-Joke van der Leeuw-Roord-Johan Oomen

- 21 physical and virtual meetings 2015/16- New Management Board will be elected by

the MC at the start of 2017

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Vision & Mission

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- Review of role & function of Europeana Network Association

- MC Task Force to review Europeana Vision and Association Mission- Review of all relevant information (statutes and

bylaws of the Network Association, Europeana strategy, Council Conclusions and previous iterations of Europeana mission and vision statements)

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Recommendation:The Europeana Foundation and the Europeana Network Association share the same vision but each have a mission statement delineating their roles in fulfilling the vision.

We believe that providing open access to our cultural heritage...

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- Helps European citizens to be able to capitalise on their cultural, intellectual and entrepreneurial rights

- Contributes to smart and durable economic growth

- Makes digital collections of European cultural heritage institutions work to transform the world with culture

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- Mission statement: how do we achieve the shared Europeana vision

- Current role of the Network Association: too narrow (“participate in the decision making of the Europeana Foundation”)

“Job description” of Europeana Association Member

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- Contribute to cross-border and cross-domain co-operation

- Facilitate innovation in the digital cultural heritage community

- Promote the vision of Europeana, the values of digital heritage for society and encourage engagement with and use of digital heritage

- Participate in governance, strategy and policies of Europeana

- Develop and implement relevant frameworks, standards and best-practice

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Next Steps- Discuss with Europeana

Foundation Governing Board - Refine- Endorse refined version at next

MC meeting- Approve at General Assembly

2017

21 October 2015

Thanks!@maxkaiser