Jordi Baltà i Portolés is currently working as researcher and project coordinator at the Interarts Foundation, He holds this position since 2001. His areas of expertise include local and regional cultural policies, cultural diversity, cultural participation and European cultural cooperation.
Primary role
Co-ordinator, Researcher
Interests
Local and regional cultural policies and planning, Cultural diversity and cultural pluralism, European cultural cooperation, Cultural policies of the European Union, Culture and international development
Jordi Baltà i Portolés works as researcher and project coordinator at the Interarts Foundation since 2001. His areas of interest include local and regional cultural policies, cultural diversity, the UNESCO Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, cultural participation, the role of culture in international development and international and European cultural cooperation.
Since early 2011, he is the scientific coordinator of the European Expert Network on Culture (EENC), a group of cultural policy experts that provides advice to the European Commission's Directorate General for Education and Culture. The EENC is coordinated by Interarts and Culture Action Europe.
Jordi is also a member of the Group of Experts of the UNESCO-EU Programme to Strengthen the Governance of Culture in Developing Countries (2011-12) and of the U40 group of young experts in the field of cultural diversity, launched by the German UNESCO Commission in cooperation with the International Federation of Coalitions for Cultural Diversity.
In additon to research work, Jordi is regularly involved in the management of international cultural projects and the coordination of conferences and seminars, including the International Seminar Cultural Diplomacy - a Perspective from Catalonia (Barcelona, December 2009), the Euro-African Campus for Cultural Cooperation (Maputo, Mozambique, June 2009), Confluences - International Conference on Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue (Panticosa, Spain, July 2008) and the International Conference on Cultural Policies and Immigration (Barcelona, November 2006).
Since 2009, Jordi works as a consultant and tutor for the Online MA in Cultural Management jointly organised by Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Universitat de Girona (UdG) and Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB).
He is involved in a number of civil society initiatives, including the RekThiossane Association for interculturalism and cultural cooperation in Barcelona.
Jordi holds a BA in Political Science from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, an MA in European Cultural Policy and Administration from the University of Warwick and a PgDip in International Cultural Cooperation awarded by Universitat de Barcelona and Interarts.
2001 PgDip International Cultural Cooperation - University of Barcelona & Interarts
2000 MA (hons) European Cultural Policy and Administration - University of Warwick (United Kingdom)
1998 BA Political Science and Administration - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Baltà i Portolés, Jordi (2011) 'A vueltas con la movilidad: servicios de información para la movilidad internacional de los profesionales de la cultura', IN: G+C, Revista de gestión y cultura, nº13 ,
Baltà i Portolés, Jordi (2011) 'La diversidad cultural en el espacio euromediterráneo: una aproximación desde la Convención de UNESCO sobre la Diversidad de las Expresiones Culturales', IN: Laura Huici Sancho (ed.), La Unión por el Mediterráneo: retos de la cooperación institucionalizada en la región (Barcelona / Madrid: Fundación Centro de Estudios Internacionales / Marcial Pons) pp. 91-105, ISSN/ISBN:978-84-9768-910-6
Martí Petit; Laura Gómez Bustos; Núria Reguero; and Jordi Baltà Portolés (2010) 'An International Laboratory for Diversity: the Catalan Law of Cinema', IN: Anupama Sekhar & Anna Steinkamp (eds.), Mapping Cultural Diversity: Good Practices from Around the Globe (Bonn / Singapore: German Commission for UNESCO / Asia-Europe Foundation) 22-25, ISSN/ISBN:978-3-940785-22-0
Baltà i Portolés, Jordi (2010) 'Presentación del Fórum Mundial U40', IN: Cooperación Cultural Euroamericana. Actas del VI Campus Euroamericano de Cooperación Cultural (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 24-27 de marzo de 2009) (Madrid: Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos) 381-386, ISSN/ISBN:978-84-7666-226-7
Baltà Portolés, Jordi (2010) 'Aproximación a los eventos culturales: realidad, funciones y retos', IN: Cristina Ortega Nuere y Magdalena Izaguirre Casado (eds), Los eventos: funciones y tendencias, Bilbao, Universidad de Deusto, Documentos de Estudios de Ocio 39 89-111, ISSN/ISBN:978-84-9830-256-1
Baltà i Portolés, Jordi (2010) 'Conclusiones', IN: Cooperación cultural entre Europa y África. Actas del 1er Campus Euroafricano de Cooperación Cultural , ISSN/ISBN:978-84-8347-133-3
Baltà, Jordi (2007) 'Los centros culturales polivalentes: situación y tendencias en Europa', IN: Roberto Gómez de la Iglesia (ed.), Los nuevos centros culturales en Europa (Vitoria-Gasteiz: Grupo Xabide) , ISSN/ISBN:978-84-935693-0-3
Baltà, Jordi (2007) '¿Por qué evaluar y cómo hacerlo desde el ámbito asociativo?', IN: Miguel Ángel Martín Cuesta (ed.), Meridians 2006. V Jornadas para Programadores Culturales: Evaluación de programas culturales (Castelló de la Plana: Universitat Jaume I) ,
Baltà Portolés, Jordi ; and Jordi Soler Martí (2007) 'Jóvenes, diversidad cultural, cooperación cultural y tendencias de organización y empleo cultural en Europa: una observación a partir del caso de Catalunya', IN: Cooperación Cultural Euroamericana. Actas del IV Campus Euroamericano de Cooperación Cultural (Salvador de Bahia, 13-16 de septiembre de 2005) (Madrid: Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos) , ISSN/ISBN:978-84-7666-186-64
Baltà, Jordi (2003) 'La cultura como factor de desarrollo rural', IN: Rafael Sánchez Sánchez (ed.), Animación sociocultural y desarrollo rural (Zaragoza: CEDDAR) , ISSN/ISBN:84-87333-71-0
Pascual, Jordi; Jordi Baltà & Eduard Delgado (2001) 'Volunteering and Culture in Catalonia', IN: Karis, 11 ,
Baltà i Portolés, Jordi (12/2012) Culture and Development. Review of MDG-F Joint Programmes Key Findings and Achievements, This report examines the development and achievements of the 18 Joint Programmes on Culture and Development set up in the context of the Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund (MDG-F). It describes the impact of cultural projects in a number of development areas, including poverty reduction, improvement of education and health, environmental sustainability, strengthening of cultural capacity and governance., MDG Achievement Fund (MDG-F)
Holden, John; and Baltà, Jordi (1/2012) The Public Value of Culture: Literature Review, In the context of preparations for a conference entitled “Cultural Governance in a Globalising World: Better Governance for the Cultural and Creative Sector” which was to be held in August 2012 under the Cypriot Presidency of the EU, in late 2011 the Directorate General for Education and Culture of the European Commission (DG EAC) asked the EENC to prepare a literature review on the public value of culture. The document resulting from this request includes references to over 50 publications addressing the public value of culture, the intrinsic value of culture and other related notions, including a variety of issues related to the economic, social and political impacts of cultural practice and cultural policy. The literature review places emphasis on publications from recent years and briefly analyses their relevance. An introduction also serves to contextualise and describe the issues addressed., European Commission: DG Education & Culture
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