Sustaining Cultural Development

Biljana Mickov researches cultural policy development, in co-operation with local authorities. She is the editor of New Thought, a bilingual magazine published in Serbia focusing on contemporary culture and is engaged in projects for the Museum of Contemporary Art and Institute for Culture in Novi Sad, Serbia, as well as internationally, in collaboration with European colleagues. Mickov has a degree in geography from the University of Novi Sad and a European Diploma in Cultural Project Management. James Doyle is a cultural manager, a practising artist and an Arts Officer for Dublin City Council. He launched the research website European Public Art Network, which features topical public art issues from around the world and he is a co-producer of d.ploy, an organization undertaking projects focussed at the intersection between creative and cultural industries and economic regeneration. He also ran an independent event management company and was a national representative for events Industry Training in the UK. Amongst other qualifications Jim has a degree in fine art, diplomas in cultural management, physics and chemistry.