Organisations Ready for Projects | ZMINA:Resilience webinar #1
Cultural Project Management series
Do you want your organisation to grow, build international partnerships, and successfully manage projects at a European level? As part of the ZMINA:Resilience project, we are opening the doors to our Capacity Building programme.
What to expect in the ZMINA:Resilience programme? Our educational cycle covers 5 key thematic areas essential for a modern cultural organisation:
- Cultural Project Management (Starting now!)
- Accessible Culture
- Green Culture
- Communication
- Participatory Methods
Organisation Ready for Projects will be a focused introductory workshop for organisations that want to better understand what it really takes to work with EU-funded projects. Drawing on nearly two decades of hands-on experience with European programmes—ranging from Creative Europe and Interreg to large-scale urban and innovation projects—the session combines strategic perspective with practical reality.
What you will learn:
- Project vs. Operation: Clarifies the difference between running an organisation and delivering a project, and why treating projects as isolated activities often leads to overload and weak outcomes.
- Readiness Assessment: Identifying the building blocks of project readiness, including internal roles and minimum operational capacity.
- Strategic Decision-Making: A grounded orientation on how to approach a project opportunity — how to read calls, assess organisational fit, and make informed go/no-go decisions — based on real cases from practice.
- The Power of Networks: The role of partnerships and networks in ensuring project success.
- Legacy Thinking: How even short-term projects can leave lasting value in knowledge, partnerships, and internal systems.
🗣️ Trainer: Michal Hladký
📌 Michal Hladký is Director of EIT Culture & Creativity East, one of the six hubs of the EIT Culture & Creativity KIC. He previously served for more than ten years as Director of Creative Industry Košice, where he has been involved since 2008, including his key role in the preparation and implementation of Košice – European Capital of Culture 2013. He later also contributed to Košice’s designation as a UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts in 2017 and to its long-term delivery.
In nearly two decades, Michal has worked extensively with European programmes including ECoC, Creative Europe, Interreg, Horizon Europe, Urbact, UIA/EUI Innovative Actions, I3, Erasmus+, and EIT, acting as project author, lead partner, implementation manager, and strategic advisor. He has designed and delivered large-scale, multi-partner projects focused on organisational capacity building, urban development, innovation ecosystems, and international cooperation, with a strong focus on translating EU funding frameworks into realistic organisational practice and lasting institutional value.
The training session will be held in English.
📅 Wednesday, 18 February | 13:00 – 15:00 CET
ℹ️ For more information check out zmina.eu