South Asia Festivals and Culture Academy 2024

The British Council is calling for applications from cultural leaders from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka for their 10-week online course South Asia Festivals and Culture Academy (Intermediate Level), starting 15 January 2024.

The South Asia Festival and Cultural Academy (Intermediate Level) brings together festival directors, founders, entrepreneurs, and senior managers within the arts and cultural sector across the region.

The South Asia Festival and Cultural Academy (Intermediate) is a unique programme created by Edinburgh Napier University in partnership with the British Council. It brings together senior leaders in the arts and cultural sector across India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Through development of applied business skills, participants will be able to reflect on the importance of these skills in the development of arts and culture to respond to local and global challenges thus strengthening the creative economies and contribute towards a thriving arts and cultural sector across South Asia.

The course is open to:

applicants from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka
applicants who can demonstrate active festival/or arts experience in a senior leadership role, and have 5-10 years’ experience of working within the arts and cultural sector
festival directors, founders, entrepreneurs, and senior managers of the arts and culture sector across South Asia
applicants from a range from artistic and curatorial leadership to organisational management, business development, marketing, fundraising, HR and policy development