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Birgit Mandel

• Cultural managers are increasingly engaged ininternational projects; they work in international art festivals, globalcompanies of the creative industries, or international tourism. They areinvolved in cultural diplomacy and cultural development cooperation; andmoreover, in times of an increasing worldwide migration, cultural managers areengaged in moderating “intercultural” change management processes in their owncountries. How is internationalization influencingcultural management? Is there a tendency towards harmonization of managementpractices due to cultural globalization? How do cultural managers from different worldregions describe their working conditions also in terms of cultural policy, andwhich differences can be observed? What are the main challenges of internationalcultural cooperation, which competencies are needed for working ininternational and intercultural contexts, and which training concepts ininternational cultural management proved to be successful? These questions are investigated on the basisof a world wide survey of cultural managers.