Isabelle Schwarz

Head of Advocacy, Research and Development and Knowledge Management at the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) in Amsterdam, Europe’s only independent, pan-European cultural foundation. Previously, she was Executive Director of ENCATC (European Network of Cultural Management Training Centres). She also worked with the World Commission on Culture and Development (UN/UNESCO) that published the landmark report “Our Creative Diversity”, Council of Europe, Ministry of Culture of France, and several NGOs in Brussels, London, Paris, and Copenhagen. Isabelle serves different juries and boards. Her special interests lie with international cultural relations and cooperation, as well as EU cultural policy development. She holds a M. Phil in international cultural exchanges (Université Pierre Mendès France, Grenoble), M. Phil in history of international relations (Institut des Hautes Etudes Européennes, Strasbourg), and Master in history of art and archaeology (Université des Sciences Humaines, Strasbourg).