FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES
Intercultural centre DE CENTRALE
National Network
Belgium
Address
Kraankindersstraat 2 9000 GENT BelgiumCountry
BelgiumCity
GENTStreet address 2
Kraankindersstraat 2Mobile Phone
+32 478 300.572Telephone
+32 9 265 98 26Telephone (other)
+32 485 142 639E-Mail (2)
Nele.Goethals@stad.gentWebsite
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1995Contact Person1
Attila BakirogluContact Person 2
Mrs. Nele GoethalsOrganisation Type
Local/Regional AuthorityFields of Activity
ArtsGeneral Information
current staff: 12,2 fulltime equivalent - Budget 2007: 1.045.745,21 euro (staff and operational costs included) - Sources of funding: City of Ghent, Flemish Government, entrance tickets - Modalities of Action: Stage activities, concerts, theatre, workshops, musical courses, lectures, debates, children’s activities, film, projects promoting cultural diversity - Main partners: City of Ghent, Flemish Government, local migrant organisations, other concert halls in GhentMission and Objectives
“De Centrale” is a meeting place and cultural workshop for native and non-native artists, a music school for non-Western instruments and organiser of performing arts (especially world music). It has two concert halls at its disposal (1 up to 200 persons, 1 up to 400 persons), and a number of rooms are put at the disposal of all citizens for theatre, dance, music and singing rehearsals, language lessons, lectures, meetings, …Main Projects / Activities
• concerts, films, theatre, multicultural cooking • multicultural children activities • co-organisation of concerts with other partners in other city halls • courses and workshops in non-western musical instruments (Maghreb, Turkey, Africa) • promotion of cultural diversity in the cultural landscape in Ghent Main focus: Turkey, Maghreb, Africa, Eastern Europe