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The LABA
Our Activity
The LABA is a skills pool of the Aquitaine Region which activity is aimed at the project
leaders of the creative and cultural industries sector.
This skills pool will become a COOPERATIVE SOCIETY by 1, January, 2016.
The LABA offers :
 a technical and methodological support for the setting up of European/International
cooperation projects and local development projects that rely on European fundings.
 a technical support for
- the research of partners, the writing of documents, the preparation of budgets and liquidity
plans
- The seeking of European fundings and complementary fundings
- The coordination, the fnancial and technical management of the projects, their
administrative follow-up
- The legal guarantees of the project
 The LABA also offers training services for the project leaders during the phases of set
up, management and assessment. To provide the best training service, the LABA relies on
a national and European network of experts who are invited to share their skills and
experiences.
Organized in the form of a skills pool, the LABA gathers the teams and skills required to
answer the needs of each and every project.
The LABA helps the project leaders of the Aquitaine region to increase the visibility of their
international development project among the local authorities, the international networks
and the actors of their feld.
A tool for the actors of our territory
Our Approach
Created in 2014 under the initiative of European projects experts, the LABA supports projects of the Poitou
Charentes, Limousin and Aquitaine regions.
The LABA is aimed at institutional projects leaders or project leaders of the private sector such as local
public authorities, organizations, professional organisations, Universities, research centers and companies.
The LABA helps these organisations understand the strategical development of their actions at the
European or International scale and provides technical and methodological support for the set up and the
management of their projects.
Our felds of expertise
The LABA is a transverse tool. It works with qualified people or structures that possess
complementary skills in order to provide the best solutions in the following fields:
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Performing Arts
Plastic Arts
Heritage
Training, integration, social and territorial cohesion
Digital Arts
Social and solidarity economy
Intangible heritage enhancement, sustainable development
Citizens' agenda / non-profit economy
New technologies supporting the CCI and the Social Innovation
Research and responsible innovation
Enhancement and communication in the research field
Cultural, scientific and technical mediation
The strategic coaching
Trainings :
Our Approach
The LABA is a training organization (n° 72330933933).
 A technical and a theoretical part presented by a specialist chosen according to his expertise
skills
 A practical part presented by European projects leaders who have been working on projects,
themes and programmes related to the training programme
The audiences:
 The territorial authorities, the public institutions : the LABA works with territorial
authorities to develop territorial strategies in order to anticipate the evolution of the
European programmes and to provide the best answer according to these changes.
The LABA also brings its supports to these authorities regarding the set up and
management of their projects and to the local actors through their evolution
 Project leaders of the private sector
The LABA offers:
 Collective trainings on European programmes or technical/methodological aspects.
 An individualised support for the set-up or the management of projects.
Strategic monitoring and advisory service
 Strategic monitoring on the European calls for projects in the various felds of expertise of
the LABA
 Opportunity/feasability studies for the projects
 Support to the formulation of European / International development strategies
The technical and methodological support
Our Approach
In permanent link with the project leaders, the LABA provides the appropriate support according to their
needs, from the set up of the project until its operational management. The LABA relies on the appropriate
skills according to the projects features.
 Support to the project defnition, drafting of the argument
 Seeking of partners
 Support to the writing of the application form
 Support to the leading of the partnership
 Financial package and budget : cost accounting and liquidity plan
 Legal tools and taxation : contracts, taxation, artists mobility (visa, social law, tax law,
employment law)
 Mastering of collaborative work tools suited to cooperation and necessary for the daily work at
an international scale : Google documents, Skype, Mindmeister, Basecamp
 Feasability studies underlying the available financial ressources according to the funding type
(rate of co-financing, eligible expenditures, budget constraints...)
The LABA supports the project leaders through the development of tools suited for the project
management and supports the writing of progress and final reports (French, English...)
Programmes
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Networks
The main Programmes
The LABA works on the following main programmes:
 Erasmus + / www.europe-education-formation.fr
 Europe Creative Programme
www.ec.europa.eu/culture/creative-europe
 European Development Funds
www.ec.europa.eu/europeaid
 Mobility aid, Step Beyond
http://www.culturalfoundation.eu/step-beyond
 Roberto Cimetta Funds / www.cimettafund.org
 Anna Lindh / http://www.annalindhfoundation.orgg
 Interreg Euro Région Aquitaine Euskadi
www.aquitaine-euskadi.eu
 Structural Funds
 Investing in people, ACP… / www.acpculturesplus.eu
 H2020 / http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/
 Cosme
Networks and skills
The LABA is integrated in European and International networks: IETM,
Zone Franche World Music Network, Trans Europe Halles, Production
Office Network supported by Mezzanine Spectacle, European Cultural
Centers Network.
The LABA works with the 2E2F Agency, the Relais Culture Europe, the
Aquitaine Europe Office, Aquitaine Cap Mobilité, the Encatc network
and the EUKN network.
In the Aquitaine Region, the members of the LABA skills pool are:
 The OARA / www.oara.fr
 ECLA / www.ecla.aquitaine.fr
 The Europe-Atlantique Platform composed of the Lot-et-Garonne
Department, the Departmental Cultural Agency of Dordogne-Périgord,
the Center of Choreographic Development of Aquitaine and the
IDDAC.
 The Aquitaine Europe Offce
www.europe-international.aquitaine.fr
 The Rocher de Palmer / www.lerocherdepalmer.fr
 Pajda, Platform of legal assistance for the cultural actors / www.pajda.fr
The Rama, Réseau Aquitain des Musiques Actuelles (Aquitaine Network
of Modern Musics) / www.le-rama.org
 The IPCI Master Bordeaux Montaigne / www.u-bordeaux3.fr
 The FABRIQUE POLA
Programmes
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Networks
The members of the skills pool
Our References
Training
Since 2014, Sophie Guénebaut is a professional associated with Bordeaux Montaigne
University and Bordeaux Political Sciences on the themes of « Research of funding
sources for international projects » and « cultural businesses management ».
Training experiences of the LABA
- Lebanon 2014 / Saint Joseph University, Beirut / European Neighbourhood
programme
- Lille 2005/2012 – Filage / Developing a European project in the cultural sector
- Artois University 2005 / Cultural Businesses Management
IDDAC Gironde, Lot-et-Garonne Department (47) / Training and support for 75
companies or public institutions / development and management of International
cooperation projects
- Collective training programmes (2014 : 35 participating structures)
- Animation of working groups with the Aquitaine structures: Darwin, Pola, the RAMA,
the Rocher de Palmer
Our References
Development and management of projects
In the frame of Structural Funds
EFS
EFS / 2004 – 2006, Comédie de Béthune – Intercommunal project of theatrical action « Itinéraire
Bis »
EFS / 2013 – 2014 – Rocher Numérique – Professional integration project through the use of digital
tools
EFS/ 2015-2017 - Rocher Numérique 2 – Professional integration project through the use of digital
tools
EFS/ 2013-2015 / Management and follow-up of the EFS fles – set up of a business
ERDF
ERDF / 2010 – 2012, Participation to the management of the programme for the equipment of a
digital studio at the Rocher de Palmer (1,6M€) for the integrated urban project of the Hauts de
Garonne
Interreg
Interreg POCTEFA/ 2014-2015 - Coworking Pyrénées – The third places as new learning and training
spaces
Leader programme
Leader 2013/2015 / Set up, management and follow up of the Leader fles – New methods of work
organisation
Our References
Development and management of projects
International Cooperation
9th European Development Fund
ACP – 9ACP RPR 62 - 9th European Development Fund – Development of music industries for the
festivals AFRICA / CARRIBEAN / PACIFIC / Creation of an ECP/UE network of exchange of
expertise at a national, regional and international scale / participating countries: France,
Vanuatu, Germany, Tanzania, Cape Verde, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Belgium, Jamaica (600K€)
Youth in Action Programme
Youth in Action Programme, Youth and Democracy / YUP, Youth Urban Participation. Countries :
France, Croatia (60 K€)
Culture programme
Culture programme 2007/2013 – Cooperation projects with third countries « Melos » (musical
transmission). Countries: France, Spain, Greece, Tunisia.
Culture programme 2007/2013 – Cooperation projects with a third country « Urban Ballet »
(urban parades in the public space) Countries : France, The United Kingdoms, Portugal, South
Africa
Our References
Development and management of projects
International cooperation
EFFE Programme
EFFE Programme (Europe For Festivals and Festivals For Europe) / Novart Festival, des souris des
Hommes
Europe Creative Programme
Set up of the International cooperation project (NOVART Festival /Des Souris des Hommes) / Europe
Creative Programme
Erasmus + Programme
Erasmus + Programme / Cow Boys &Girls for the municipality of Cenon. Countries : France, Portugal Set up of the academic cooperation program (Bordeaux Montaigne / France, Valencia University/
Spain, Saint Joseph University / The Lebanon, Sofa University / Bulgaria) on the theme of the cultural
and intangible heritage professions - Erasmus + / strategic partnerships (400 K€)
Set up and management of project (Internprize / France, Malte, Portugal, Spain, Sweden) / Erasmus
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Develop the creative practices in the museums in order to reinforce the ownership / Erasmus + /
Creative Museum
Raise the awareness and train the young researchers to the Astrobiology / Erasmus + / European
Astrobiology Campus
Our References
Development and management of projects
International cooperation
FP7 Programme
FP7 RRI Tools Projects – Reinforce the RRI practices at the European scale – Support to the
management of the French Hub
FIBINACCI – Develop the methods of education related to sciences based on the investigation
PLACES – Reinforce the dialogue between the local authorities, the innovation and research
sector and the general public
Grundtvig Programme
Grundtvig Programme – Management of the mobilities in the cultural action feld
LEM - The Learning Museum – Develop the museum professionals skills
H2020 Programme
SPARKS – Reinforce the visibility of the e-health impacts on the citizens well being
CURIOSITY - ITN On the children, primates and robots learning mechanisms
MIRAGE – co-creation, experimentation and évaluation of innovative learning tools
STEMMA – Reinforce the attractivity of scientifc careers thanks to the manipulation and
programming of robots
Go STEM – Reinforce the attractivity of scientifc careers for the young people through the use of
tools
YES – Develop the attractivity of space sciences for the young people
MOVIDA – Tools of citizenship participation for the Metropolitan Fabric
The Management team
Our Team
Patrick Duval
President
Director of the Rocher de Palmer, a major concert hall
of the Aquitaine region (Budget 3.5M, 50 000
spectators/year). The Rocher's art programming,
focused on international projects, has enabled Patrick
Duval to welcome artists coming from 92 different
countries. He has impulsed and managed cultural
cooperation projects with Senegal, Latvia, South
Africa, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Croatia.
Richard Coconnier
Treasurer
Director of « Bordeaux Grands Evenements », he has impulsed and
managed two major European projects on the Aquitaine region
territory : Next step, European festivals network fostering the
emergence ; Programme Culture, between Belgium, Sweden,
Estonia, Austria, Portugal, The Netherlands and France ; and Mira,
an Interreg cross-bounder cooperation programme between Spain,
Portugal and France. In the frame of the application « Bordeaux
2013 », he has directed Sandrine Julien's study : European Toolbox
for the local actors.
François Pouthier
Secretary
Director of the IDDAC, he has worked on many exchange
projects in the frame of the « Lifelong Learning » programme.
The IDDAC has created, with the General Council of the Lotet-Garonne, the Dordogne-Périgord Departmental Agency, the
Choreographic Development Center of Aquitaine and the
Europe-Atlantic Platform, with the support of the « Relais
Culture Europe », and which aim is to inform, orientate and
accompany the cultural actors through their international
development actions.
The Operational Team
Sophie Guénebaut
Director
Our Team
Holding a degree in Management, Human Resources
Management and graduated from Political Sciences, Sophie
Guénebaut has been the administrator of Béthune's National
Dramatic Center, of the National Artistic Distribution Office and of
the Rocher de Palmer. She has also been the director if Zone
Franche, a major world music network.
She works since 2004 on the writing and the ma,nagement of
European projects for various cultural actors and has enabled the
obtention of European fundings in the frame of the FSE, ACP
Culture, Europe Creative, Feder, Interreg, Erasmus +
Cécile Marsan
European projects and cooperation projects
guidance for the local development
After five years spent in The Netherlands on the educational
coordination of an Alliance Française, Cécile Marsan moved
back to France. Holding a Master degree in the mastering of
European Pojects for the Local Development, she currently
works in the advice and the management of European
funding and cooperation systems in the fields of Culture,
Education, Science, Social Innovation and Digital
Technology. – Erasmus +, H2020, Interreg, Leader, FSE
Jade Simon
Administrative Coordination
and Communication
Graduated of the Bordeaux III IPCI Master, Jade Simon has
made her secondary education at the European School of
Brussels. She works on the communication and administrative
coordination of the LABA.
The Operational team
Our Team
Noémie Escortell
European projects leader
After several years of experience in the coordination and
management of cultural and popular education projects
(coordination of the «Festival des Collines » of the Var, national
coordinator of Latcho Drom organization, administrator of the
OPUS theater company), Noémie has made trainings in the local
and European development projects management. She has been
coordinator of the development project for the priority intervention
office of Lisbon and in charge of the development project for the
Union Régionale Habitat jeunes en Aquitaine. She currently
accompanies the actors of the territory through the various steps
of European projects engineering (Co-Action entrepreneurs
cooperative).
Juliette Giraud
Consultant in cultural projects
development
Holding degrees in history of Art/archeology/heritage and cultural projects
management, Juliette Giraud is currently a consultant in cultural projects
development. She works with various actors (museums, local authorities,
organizations, companies) to whom she offers support on many expertise fields :
cultural mediation, communication, digital tools, coordination, fundraising, studies &
advisory services … She is currently directing the Museomix project, she is the
coordinator of the Rive de Saône Grand Lyon project, consultant in digital mediation
for the Musée des Confluences, coordinator of Rousseau's tercentenary, literature
prize for apprentices and highschool students and of « 20 ans de Rhône-Alpes
cinéma » for the Rhône-Alpes region, as well as the coordinator of the professional
meetings of the Avignon Festival.
Our Team
The Staff Members
The LABA builds the most appropriate team for each project and relies on the skills of :
Pierre Brini (Director of the support and training service for Mezzanine Spectacles /
www.mezzaninespectacles.eu ; Codirector of the European Cultural Network Banlieues d'Europe /
www.banlieues-europe.com ) : expert of the European Programmes (Leader, Interreg, Grüntvig,
Youth, Culture...), of the private, public, national and international fundings seeking (relationship to
the funders and funding seeking for Banlieues d'Europe), expert in the support and training for
professionals of the cultural field (ARTES (Nantes), Lyon and Grenoble IEP, University of Lyon 2,
EAC Lyon, IESA Paris, La Belle Ouvrage (Paris), ARDEC (Montpellier))
Marc Lints (Senior Consultant for the International Cultural Actions, ASBL, Brussels): expert of the
intangible heritage and the European Projects set up (administrator of the Garifuna Maloya Marron
project), expert in crowdfunding (administrator of the Crowdfunding Group – participatory financing),
consultant for the European Commission (technical and economical feasability studyfor the
COMETT programme and projects assessment: Interactive Multimedia – IMPACT 2 programme,
Engineering Information for the Fourth Framework, programme programme of the DG XIII), expert in
digital technologies (direction of the ANIMAM project at the Institut du monde Arabe, direction of
the PACE programme at the Jacques Brel International foundation).
Marie Le Sourd (International Cultural Projects Manager, freelance consultant and instructor /
www.on-the-move.org): expert in projects assessment (consulting for the IN SITU network), expert in
cultural mobilities (Asia-Europe Foundation), expert instructor in the cultural mobilities funding, the
international cultural exchanges and the cooperation projects with Asia (Ministry of culture and
communication – France ; International Cluster – Le Carreau du Temple ; European and French
cultural networks).
The Staff Members
Our Team
Pascale Bonniel Chalier, (Director of studies and instructor at « La terre est ronde » /
http://www.terre-ronde.com) : expert in action studies for the public administrations, the local
authorities and the social partners, expert in feasability studies and support to the development of
cultural actors (leading of studies and territorial diagnosis), expert instructor in the fields of European
Programmes and Networks (coordinator of the Professional Master 2 of International Artistic and
Cultural Projects Development at the University Lumière Lyon 2, expert instructor of the cultural
policies teaching in various institutions of higher education, set up of the professional training
strategy of the ARSEC), consultant in International and European projects development.
Ariane Langlois (Cultural Officer, Consultant, Beirut): expert in the Internation Cultural Events set up
(coordination of the European project « Contemporary Dramaturgies of the Arabic World », project
leader at the Goethe Institute of Beirut – symposium « How Free is Art ? », previously manager of
the International Service at « Système Friche Théâtre ») , expert in the set up of Cultural
Educational Programmes (training coordinator on the French culture at the Lebanese University and
at Cairo's French Cooperation and Culture Center...), expert in cultural projects communication.
Jean Pierre Brossard (Instructor and Consultant / www.jpb-europe.com): expert in the field of
response to European invitations to tender in the sectors of training, social and culture ; expert
consultant in the seeking of European partners, expert in the development and coordination of
International projects (support to the writing of a European funding application form for the General
Council of the Gironde, AFEC Europe, Chambre des métiers of Angoulême, Mission Locale
TechnoWest / AFEPT Bordeaux), expert in transnational projects assessment, expert instructor of
the European Programmes.
The Staff Members
Our Team
Brahim El Mazned (Art Director of the Timitar Festival and Art Consultant at Marrakech's Popular
Arts Festival, Agadir / http://www.festivaltimitar.ma)
François Tacail (President of Filage and Assistant Director at the Grand Bleu, national institution of
artistic distribution and production / www.filage.fr)
Sonia Moumen (Writer, Journalist and Filmmaker - Le Nouveau Studio / www.lenouveaustudio.fr) :
Coordinator of the appliance Bordeaux Capitale Européenne de la Culture (2013), transmedia expert
(writing and directing of the transmedia project, TV + web, « Faire La Montagne » - 2014).
Sylvine Bois-Choussy (Consultant Coordinator of International and European projects and
programmes, financings seeking and partnership development / experte in development and set up
of European projects (Compagnie Oro-Loic Touze, Fablab La Nouvelle Fabrique, Les Laboratoires
d'Aubervilliers, Noria Développement), expert instructor in the development strategies at a European
scale (Euro-Mediterranean network « Women For Change », project « Greener Future for Young
People »).
Julie Paule (Creation, development, coordination and production of cultural and artistic projects /
http://www.groupenfonction.net / http://hotelobscura.org/about-2/): expert in the building and
management of projects.
Contact Us
Sophie Guénebaut
Director
Jade Simon
Assistant
Address
Le LABA – Rocher de Palmer
1bis rue Aristide Briand BP 60092 – 33151 Cenon Cedex
Telephone
+ 33 5 56 74 52 94
+ 33 6 40 20 55 57
E-mail
contact@lelaba.eu
s.guenebaut@lelaba.eu
Website
www.lelaba.eu