EMU Members Questionnaire
Results
Meeting of the Boards
Tallinn, 30 – 31 March 2017
EMU members and service priorities
Development of student evaluation
Collaboration with non-European countries
Leadership training
Audience development
Development of organisational evaluation
Use of music technology
Group pedagogy
Cooperation with primary and secondary schools
Early childhood music education
Participation to members' general assemblies
Seminars for the boards of EMU members
Advocacy on National level
Students with special needs
Collaboration with regional EMU groups?
Music education for especially talented children
Presidium meetings in member countries and meetings with politicians
EU projects between EMU members
Collection and distribution of good practices
Cooperation with higher music education
Management capacity building seminars
Updating the publication "Music Schools in Europe"
EMU statistics on European music education
EMU Youth Music Festival
European Music School Forums
EMU's EU projects with members
Mapping information about the situation of music education on European level
Cooperation with European umbrella associations in the field of music
Advocacy on European level
EMU Website
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
5
How many persons are working
in the office of your association?
Austria
1
Belgium
14
Germany
20 (21)
Italy
1
2
Czech Republic
1
Luxembourg
Denmark
1
Norway
28
Estonia
1
Serbia
2
Finland
4
Sweden
2
France
1
Switzerland
2
The Netherlands
8
How many persons are working
in the office of your association?
5 and more employees
4 employees
2 employees
1 employee
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
In what kind of working relation are they?
10%
10%
33%
9%
38%
Full time
Part time
Project worker
Voluntary Worker
Other
What is the total budget of
your association in Euro?
Austria
38.000
Germany
6.500.000
Czech Republic
47.000
Luxembourg
Denmark
85.000
Norway
4.500.000
Estonia
37.000
Sweden
420.000
Finland
248.000
Switzerland
300.000
France
200.000
The Netherlands
600.000
10.000
Please state the percentage (%) of your
overall budget that comes from:
state or other public funding
Austria
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Italy
Luxembourg
Norway
Serbia
Sweden
Switzerland
The Netherlands
100
0
0
40
13
7,5
30
0
0
56,5
0
0
0
0
membership fees
0
98
100
60
74
77,5
60
100
100
12,5
0
100
85
75
other income (excl. project funding)
0
2
0
0
13
2,5
10
0
0
21
0
0
15
25
What are the biggest challenges for your organisation?
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Budget for the coordination office of KOMU is financed by the provinces, there is no
state funding for KOMU
Organisation of a «journée des académies Bruxelloises»
AZUS CR seeks to preserve the network of schools; actively comment on the
development and changes in legal standards; expresses to resolving labor-law issues;
advocates a form of art school funding to ensure equal access to basic art education;
collaborating in the creation and editing of curriculum
Internal desires for organisational change
Organising cooperation with professional unions; music education negotiations with
educational and culture ministries; organising republican competitions; international
cooperation development.
Renewal of the national curriculum; new expectations towards music schools
(equality/quality); lack of project funding.
To bring pedagogical coherence for a large number and a big diversity of music
schools; To defend art education in relation to the new regional organization,
especially the new French Regions; To develop the dialogue with our members and to
offer new services; To strengthen the links with other art education organizations at a
national and a European level; To make us better known
What are the biggest challenges for your organisation?
Change of employment in Music schools and change of political trends - from
Germany
education in continuity to "project-hopping"
Having political recognition; improve number of music schools/ being effective in
Italy
helping member schools: legislation, projects, management, international contacts.
The preservation of our study level and the teaching load due to social change and
Luxembourg
full-time school or day care
Norway
To be prepared for the future
Serbia
Economical and social transition
At this moment, to complete the national process about a task for the arts schools,
Sweden
and a national strategy.
Switzerland
Policy, Quality, Promotion of Talents and national concept, fight against budget cuts
The Netherlands The decline in public funding for our members
Where are the biggest opportunities to develop your activities
and music education in your country in the future?
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Basic research on music schools, further development of music schools and strong
cooperation with schools and culture and musical partners
The concerts in each academy
Care for the quality of education, preservation of traditions, implementation of new
technologies
In the elementary school
Collaboration with hobby education and creative unions and negotiations with
education and culture ministries; Cooperation with music colleges and Estonian
Academy of Music and Theatre; Improving music education in co-operation with
professional unions (study materials, training cources etc).
New national curriculum, collaboration with other arts (Art schools union) and other
networks (e.g Finnish music Council)
In the dialogue with the State and the new French regions; in taking into account the
other arts, new pedagogies and new audiences
Where are the biggest opportunities to develop your activities
and music education in your country in the future?
From todays point of view there are only few nationwide opportunities; best chances
for development can be seen in growing subsidies by the several governments of the
16 Federal States in Germany and especially in political efforts for a solid financial
basis for musicschools that is guaranteed (on communal and municipal level) for
Germany
periods from 5 to 10 years
Italy
0-6 music education/ disabled children/ adults over 70/
The development of a course of studies for teenagers, especially in the "Rock-PoLuxembourg
Jazz" field; Cooperation / Collaboration with public schools
Norway
Make the new curriculum work in all the local municipalities
Serbia
Pedagogical international cooperation
Our biggest challenge, but also opportunity, is to reach more pupils to start both music
Sweden
and others
Policy, training and further education of school leaders, Implementation of quality
Switzerland
management in schools, Communication, Projects and research, coaching
The Netherlands To cooperate with others in our field i.e. libraries and theaters
How could EMU support your activities?
Austria
Czech Republic
Estonia
Finland
France
Plattform and partner for European research on music schools (comparative analysis
of music school systems, descriptions and figures); plattform for European exchange
(e.g. job shadowing possibilities)
Learning of educational systems in different countries, EMU as a check point information, inspiration, threats and solutions, guarantor of the rights of artistic
education, child and equal access to education
international training coures and sharing good pratices; Overview of unions strucures
and management practices of different countries; Collecting and sharing info about
international youth competitions and festivals; Sharing ideas, good practices and
innovative study materials.
Via European Agenda for Music (EMC) and capacity building seminars as well as
meeting of the boards.
Actually EMU already does a lot, with exchange of information and good practices,
capacity building seminars and youth festivals. We have the project to invite a
capacity building seminar in France.
How could EMU support your activities?
Germany
Advocacy for efficient EU-Programs for youth and culture, especially music education
Lobbying politicians in Europe; disseminating music schools best practices; promoting
Italy
regional group meetings
EMU is the platform where we can get in touch with other persons in charge to collect
Luxembourg
and exchange experiences
Norway
Capacity building - To be prepared for the future
Serbia
Pedagogical seminars
Sweden
A network is always good for development and learning!
Switzerland
Exchange and debates on the topic of music education
The Netherlands By preparing for a future of multifunctional organisations.