This year we celebrate 30 years of friendship and cooperation between Deventer, the city of Sibiu and the Romanian Community in the Netherlands. 2019 is the year when 30 years ago revolutions took place in Central and Eastern Europe (including Romania). It is also the year in which Romania held the Presidency of the European Council from 1 January to 30 June and organised the EU Summit in Sibiu. Sibiu also carries the title "Gastronomic Region of Europe" in 2019.
Participants are pupils, students and teachers from schools and educational institutions in both regions/countries, from primary to university education. The creative sector participates with film, photography, visual arts, readings and music.
A varied programme will include a range of cultural, educational and economic events. With this we want to strengthen cooperation, give a more complete picture of (modern) Romania and highlight Deventer's contribution to the cooperation between the Netherlands and Romania.
In the "Romania Week", a delegation from Sibiu will participate from 5 to 10 December in a programme with representatives from the business sector, education, cultural sector, local and provincial authorities and NGOs.
Culture
Cultural programme, among others:
- Exhibition Deventer-Romania 1989-2019 - 15 November - 15 December in the public space of the Deventer City Hall (Stadhuis Deventer). Free admission. Images of friendship and cooperation between Sibiu and Deventer and the Romanian community in the Netherlands. More information: NetSib Foundation www.netsib.nl
- Photo project 30 portraits Deventer-Romania 1989-2019, photos by Iulia Scrob from Sibiu and Viorica Cernica from Deventer. 30 portrait photographs of Dutch and Romanian people whose lives were influenced and/or changed by the connection between Deventer and Sibiu in December 1989. Digital exhibition from 15 November www.netsib.nl, www.viorica-cernica.com https://www.facebook.com/iuliaphoto/
- Photography project "1.000 portraits on tour in Deventer" by photographer Rares Helici from Sibiu - Rares Helici, a photographer from Sibiu, has so far organised 3 editions of this project in Deventer, photographing 1,000 inhabitants of Sibiu in black and white each time. He continues this work in Deventer on Saturday afternoon, 7 December, in Havenkwartier, Kunstenlab. https://www.facebook.com/rares.helici.photography/
- Concert of the Moldavia Quartet (folk music) - Saturday, 16 November, from 2.30 pm in Woon- en Zorgcentrum Humanitas (Artius Cultuurpodium Keizerslanden). Free admission. https://fo-fo.facebook.com/events/wereldlokaal/cvartetul-moldavia/343686759587300/
- Lecture "România Liberă" by Jan Willem Bos, winner of the Martinus Nijhoff Translation Prize 2019 - Thursday, 21 November, starting at 16:00 in the Deventer Library, theatre room. Free admission. https://janwillembos.nl/, https://www.bibliotheekdeventer.nl/actueel/agenda/1588-lezing-roemenie-30-jaar-vrij
- Double Concert DUMItRIO "Proverbe" and Alex Simu Quintet "Echos of Enescu" - Thursday 21 November, starting at 20:00 in the Penninckshuis. Admission €15 (students €10). Ticket sales through Deventer Theatre, https://deventerschouwburg.nl/programma/dubbelconcert-dumitrio-alex-simu-quintet
- Storytelling evening with Oriana van der Sande and Teodora Ionescu - Friday 29 November from 20:00 in the Hip, Deventer, De Verdieping Theatre Bar. Free admission. https://www.facebook.com/teodora.e.ionescu ,https://www.facebook.com/storiana.nl
- Roemenië Festijn - Informative and festive programme with special guests, including the Ambassador of Romania to the Netherlands, on Saturday 7 December, starting at 19:30. Kunstenlab, Deventer. Free admission. www.netsib.nl
- Concert Ciprian Dancu & Rien Wulffraat (Romanian and Dutch music) - Sunday 8 December, starting at 2.30 pm in Woon- en Zorgcentrum Humanitas (Artius Cultuurpodium Keizerslanden). Free admission.
- Project Research Live "In search of democracy 3.0", Nieuwe Helden Foundation with Lucas de Man - Monday 9 December, from 4.15 pm, Saxion Studium Generale, Handelskade Deventer, central hall and theatre hall. Free admission. https://www.saxion.nl/events/2019/november/studium-generale-in-search-of-eu-democracy-3.0, https://stichtingnieuwehelden.nl/project/in-search-of-democracy-3-0/
- SPOTLIGHT: ROMANIA on tour in FILMHUIS DE KEIZER DEVENTER - Friday 13 December, Saturday 14 December and Sunday 15 December. Filmhuis de Keizer, Deventer. Ticket sales through Filmhuis de Keizer; https://www.filmhuisdekeizer.nl/
Education
Among other things, the educational programme focuses on the study of projects related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals.
Examples are:
- promoting sustainable and inclusive growth;
- Productive employment and decent working conditions for all;
- ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns.
The projects contribute locally to sustainability goals and join initiatives such as Deventer4GlobalGoals.
Attention is also given to student exchanges and exchange of know-how through workshops for students and teachers. Networking and social events also take place in collaboration with students from Romania and other Eastern European countries, among others.
6th Edition - Network Event of LSRS Netherlands (League of Romanian Students Abroad, Netherlands) - Friday 15 November, 17:00, location: Gasfabriek (Ondernemershuis), Zutphenseweg 6b, Deventer. Theme: quality education in view of Global Goal 4. Information: https://www.facebook.com/events/478991222702967/
Economy
In the economic section a delegation of entrepreneurs from Sibiu and its surroundings will be welcomed in Deventer. The Association of Small and Medium-Sized Entrepreneurs (MKB Deventer) has invited companies and representatives of government institutions and business clubs from Sibiu for this purpose. The aim is to get to know each other by establishing business contacts, meetings and visits in order to create new distribution channels between Romanian and Dutch entrepreneurs and companies in Sibiu and Deventer.
Organised by "Focus op Roemenië": the NetSib Foundation, in collaboration with the municipality of Deventer, Romanian and Dutch partners.
More information on: www.netsib.nl, www.facebook.com/stichtingnetsib and on the websites and social media of the participating partners.
