Invitation to the Summer Plenum: Koalition der Freien Szene Berlin at 6pm

Invitation to the Summer Plenum on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, 6:00 pm at Sinema Transtopia
Lindower Str. 20/22, Haus C, 13347 Berlin

Dear Independent Arts Community,
We invite everyone who is a part of Berlin’s independent arts community, who would like to get to know it or to support it to our summer plenum:

Please join us on September 5, 2023 at 6:00 pm at Sinema Transtopia!
With an input on Berlin's City-tax by lawyer Jan Fröhlich

At the moment, of course, the Speaker’s Circle of the Coalition of the Independent Arts is focused on the draft budget for 2023/24. In the summer plenum, we wish to discuss the draft with you.

We also had a first meeting with Senator for Culture Joe Chialo and State Secretary for Culture Sarah Wedl-Wilson: Together with signatories of the Open Letter of the Berlin cultural scene we were able to introduce ourselves and the work of the KdFS.

Soon, together with the Council for the Arts, we will have our next Jour Fixe with Senator/State Secretary and want to present our demands and questions to them: How do we revise the funding structures? When will the Round Table Freie Szene start? What will happen with PROSA and the Alte Münze?

We want to discuss these and other questions with you and also listen to your questions and demands!

We will also report on the other things we have been up to. And we are happy to have the team from PROSA (Project for Developing Artistic Working Spaces) give an update as usual. Finally, the KdFS working groups (AGs) present will report on their activities.

After that, there will be an input by Jan Fröhlich on the City-Tax Berlin. What chances does the independent scene have to get more money from it. And what paths do we have to take to get there? Jan Fröhlich is a lawyer specializing in intellectual property and information technology law. Questions afterwards are welcome!

There will also still be time to discuss topics from all of you. Or we can all get a drink and continue discussing things informally. You are welcome to send us your topics and questions in advance via email or share them with us at the beginning of the plenum.

Here is the agenda for the plenum:

TOP 1 Progress Report and Current Issues from the Speaker’s Circle
TOP 2 Progress Report from PROSA
TOP 3 Reports from the Work Groups
TOP 4 Input on the City-Tax by Jan Fröhlich
TOP 5 Miscellaneous / Open Discussion

We are very much looking forward to seeing all of you and ensuring that we keep things moving for our community!

With best wishes,

the Speaker’s Circle