Sistema Europe
Founded in 2012, Sistema Europe is a network for all European Sistema and Sistema-inspired organisations and individuals aspiring to carry out activities true to the principles of Venezuela’s El Sistema (see Sistema Europe's articulation of these principles). Consisting of both the Sistema Europe Network and the Sistema Europe Association (see network and association details below), Sistema Europe exists to take forward the Sistema vision created by J.A. Abreu and to apply it in its different European settings.
Sistema Europe Network
Through the Sistema Europe Network, members can share, develop and learn about Sistema practices in Europe, plan joint projects, attend common performances and training events, seek mutual advice and guidance, become informed about Sistema work in Venezuela and around the world and make use of appropriate funding opportunities.
Sistema Europe Association
The network is run by the Sistema Europe Association, a non-profit organisation which was established in 2014 and has its legal seat in Austria. All members of the Sistema Europe Network can apply to join the Sistema Europe Association, which includes programmes and also individual members (see our Types of Membership page). The association elects a board of directors to run Sistema Europe on behalf of the association's members. To see a list of the current board members, click here.
Statutes
To find out more about the formal basis for Sistema Europe, read the English translation of our statutes (opens as a .pdf).
What does Sistema Europe stand for?
All Sistema Europe members subscribe to Sistema Europe's vision and mission, and aspire to the network's programme principles. Click here to find out more about Sistema Europe's vision, mission and programme principles.