Track 1: Europeana Network Association General Assembly: Report by the chair of the Europeana Network Association, Max Kaiser

1. REPORT
Max 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
Association
Europeana 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

7. AGM 3–4 Nov 2015
Amsterdam

8. “We are
Europeana”
France, Public Domain
1932, 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 attendants
52% election participation
7 new councillors
Endorsement 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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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
Developments
Audiovisual 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

21. Meetings
1. 3 February 2015, The Hague
2. 8 July 2015, Vienna
3. 3 November 2015, Amsterdam
4. 22-23 February 2016, Copenhagen
5. 21-22 June 2016, Vienna
6. 7 November 2016, Riga

22. 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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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.

36. We believe that providing open
access to our cultural
heritage...
Title here
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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”)

38. “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

40. 21 October 2015
Thanks!
@maxkaiser