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What is ACEnet?
ACEnet is a network of European policy makers, civil servants and academics working in the fields of arts and cultural education. As an informal learning network, we strive to improve arts and cultural education in Europe, by exchanging information, knowledge, experiences and inspiration, and learning from each other. ACEnet offers the possibility to benchmark policy measures in an international context. It also functions as a platform for presenting national good practices, and for testing ideas with or receiving feedback from other EU countries on work-in-progress.

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/ Mission and aims
ACEnet’s mission is to put arts, cultural, and creative education at the heart of our society.
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Our vision and aspiration is that everyone can access high quality arts, cultural and creative education, by working towards the following outcomes:
  1. Improve the policy measures for arts, cultural and creative education and learning for all in Europe and create a broad societal support for this agenda.
  2. Increase synergies and exchange between the international level and the national/regional level, and between the policy makers involved in arts, cultural and creative education, notably the ministries of Education and of Culture.
  3. Provide professional development opportunities for and collaborations between policy makers working in arts, cultural and creative education across Europe.
  4. Improve the communication between policy makers and researchers in the fields of arts, cultural and creative education.

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Members
The role of President for the network rotates between member countries and is currently held by the members from the Netherlands. Countries who have previously held the presidency include The Netherlands, France, Austria, and Flanders.

For general enquiries about the network and its activities, please send an email to sarunas.jokubaitis@lrkm.lt
ACEnet currently has 100 members representing 28 countries. The map shows our European partners in the field of cultural education and cultural participation. 
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Partners

ENO: The European Network of Observatories in the Field of Arts and Cultural Education (ENO) connects knowledge centres in European countries. It aims to facilitate the exchange of research findings and innovative practice, to stimulate new research in arts and cultural education and to support the development of arts education within the framework of global UNESCO-policies and guidelines for education, culture and sustainable development:
​www.eno-net.eu