Training for the Contact Zone (TCZ) is a European project dedicated to rethinking adult education, with a special focus on museums and heritage learning. The project’s overarching goal is to strengthen European cohesion by encouraging dialogue and fostering shared cultural understanding.
The following organisations form the TCZ consortium:
- Culture Action Europe (BE) – lead for networking and knowledge sharing;
- Conexiones improbables (ES) – lead for curriculum development and pilot in Vitoria;
- Etz Hayyim Synagogue (GR) – lead for the training on interculturality;
- Goethe-Institut (RO) – lead for communication and pilot in Bucharest;
- Humán Platform (HU) – lead for the training on post-communism;
- PELE (PT) – lead for training and training on post-colonialism;
- H 401 (NL) – lead for project management and pilot in Amsterdam.
The consortiums mission is to make cultural institutions more representative of today’s diverse European societies by promoting a transnational view of history and supporting greater social inclusion.
The TCZ Consortium Works To:
- Empower cultural mediators — museum educators, socially engaged artists, curators, and activists—to innovate heritage practices.
- Equip professionals with new skills in participatory and intercultural approaches.