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Cultural Project & Institutional Consulting

From initial concept to operational reality. For cultural projects, initiatives, and institutions navigating the gap between vision and structure.

What it is

Building the infrastructure for cultural work to exist.

Independent culture rarely fails for lack of ideas. It fails because the structural foundation underneath the idea is missing — the legal entity, the funding pipeline, the institutional relationships, the operational rhythm that turns a good concept into something that survives its second year.

This is consulting work for projects, e.V.s, initiatives, and institutions that need to think structurally without losing their original spirit. The output isn't a slide deck. It's clarity about what to build, in what order, with whom, and how to position it within the landscape of public funding, private partnerships, and peer networks.

Engagements range from single advisory sessions to long-term retained partnerships. Some clients need help reshaping an existing organisation; others are starting from scratch and need someone in the room while the first decisions get made.

What you get

Four core deliverables, shaped to the project.

  • Project Development & Structural Setup
    From concept clarification through legal form (e.V., gGmbH, GbR) and operational design. What the project actually does, how it's organised, and how it sustains itself.
  • Funding & Resource Strategy
    Identifying the right mix of public funding, private support, and earned revenue. Mapping the German and EU funding landscape against what your project actually needs.
  • Network & Institutional Access
    Introductions to industry bodies, public stakeholders, and peer organisations. Active across Clubcommission, Berlin Music Commission, VUT, AFEM, and Spaceholder e.V.
  • Representation in Decision-Making Environments
    Speaking on behalf of, or alongside, your project in the rooms where decisions about independent culture get made — funder reviews, stakeholder roundtables, advisory boards.
How it works

A clear process, an honest timeline.

Most engagements move through these four stages over 4–12 weeks. Long-term retainers continue in stage 04.

— 01 Discovery

Listening & landscape

Free first call. Understanding the project, the people behind it, the constraints, and the actual question being asked.

— 02 Strategy

Frameworks & priorities

A written strategic outline: structural recommendations, funding map, immediate vs. mid-term moves, and clear next steps.

— 03 Build

Execution support

Hands-on involvement in the work itself — paperwork, applications, introductions, structural decisions, board prep.

— 04 Ongoing

Retained advisory

Optional. A monthly rhythm of strategic check-ins, decision support, and continued representation as the project grows.

Free consultation

Have a project that needs shaping?

Send a short note about the project, the stage you're at, and what you're trying to solve. The first call is free and we'll figure out from there whether this is the right fit.

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