KUMA MONGOLIA


Competence center for science and value-based cultural management

WHAT IS KUMA

KUMA Mongolia focuses on the areas of teaching / further education research - practical projects and advice in all areas of cultural management: cultural theory, cultural history and sociology, cultural policy, cultural economy, cultural education / audience development, organizational theory, intercultural management theory, financial management, communication and marketing , Project management.

Teaching, research and practical projects are based on methods from the humanities, cultural and social sciences, from hermeneutics to empiricism. The focus is always on practical relevance. Furthermore, intercultural approaches are fundamental, which ensure a consistent comparative approach in the teaching areas, research and practice areas and guarantee the connection to international standards.

KUMA is committed to 
(1) support more professional competence in cultural policy and management and further qualification of cultural managers, young leadership, and professionals
(2) support the reform of traditional cultural institutions in favor of modern forms of cultural offers and mediation, efficient organizational structures, effective cultural management, and audience development
(3) strengthen long-term sustainable intercultural exchange, cross-sectorial and institutional cooperation.


WHAT WE DO

We mediate and network, advise and inform, develop and implement, research and analyze, and communicate together with our diverse team of experts as well as with a number of our trusted national and international partners. 

Our activities include:

I.    Doctrine | further education•    
  • Curricular conception and implementation of teaching and further training programs such as “Cultural Management in Mongolia”. Qualification program for young executives
  • Further development of university academic courses in the field of cultural management / cultural studies
  • Digital cultural-media educational seminars

II.    Research
  • Visitor research
  • Institutional evaluation
  • Statistics
  • Digitization in the cultural sector
  • Culture-related market research
  • Evaluation of cultural and media education programs

III. Practical projects / advice
  • Conception and implementation of research-based exhibitions and festivals (curatorial practices)
  • Organizational development
  • Cultural and media education festivals

    WHO WE ARE

    KUMA Mongolia is supported and responsible for AMPMC and IKMW, both based in Berlin.

    Arts & Media Project Management & Consulting NGO (AMPMC) represents the competence center “KUMA – Culture Management” officially in Mongolia within the sustainable cooperation with the Institute for Culture and Media Industries (IKMW) in Berlin. 

    IKMW manages also two established and successful academic competence centers such as the Center for Audience Development (ZAD) and the BerlinMediaProfessionalSchool (BMPS). A broad portfolio of competences, experiences and efforts is bundled in these centers in order to master key challenges of the cultural sector und media industry comprehensively.
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