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The idea for this platform emerged in October 2022, during a workshop at the “Where to land” European forum held in Strasbourg on October 5th and 6th, 2022, during which experts and professionals from the performing arts sector discussed the major challenges facing the cultural sector in terms of ecological transition. Indeed, it had become essential for the performing arts sector to work towards reducing the carbon footprint of its mobility and audiences, which would require greater cooperation. Various partners* were quick to support this ambitious and necessary project.

CooProg is a free and open-source platform designed to facilitate cooperation in programming in order to increase the lifespan of artistic works and help limit their ecological impact. The tool is aimed at people with a programming role in a structure, who can share and identify, within their circle of partners, ideas for convergent projects, with the aim of working together to set up tours and artistic mobilities that are coherent both geographically and temporally.

 

The CooProg platform was launched in October 2023. During the initial launch phase, professionals who program live performances in structures located in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland can register. CooProg will then be rolled out on a larger scale in other countries, and possibly on other continents.

Currently, over 800 users are registered, and more than 1,000 projects are already online.

Click HERE to find out more about CooProg, access the platform, create your account and start cooperating.

🎥 A Webinar presenting the tool's functionalities and the results of the Action Research carried out by researchers Céline Schall and Elise Chièze-Wattinne took place on September 30th, 2024. Click HERE to watch it (only available in French).

In March 2025, new features were introduced to better meet your scheduling and coordinated tour organization needs. 
 
What has changed? 
     - The project sheet has been redesigned: all touring periods for a show are now linked to the same project sheet, while still being visible separately; 
     - The schedule is now more collaborative, detailed and dynamic, for fluid and simplified organization;
     - It is now possible to add dates on behalf of colleagues, whether or not they are CooProg users, so that tour information is as complete and up-to-date as possible.
 
 
What's coming soon (Spring 2025)?
     - Artistic teams will have access to touring projects and will be able to play an active role in setting up tours for their show;
     - The show description form will be better informed, and more comprehensive filters will enable you to refine your searches and easily identify relevant projects according to your interests;
     - An integrated Chat will facilitate exchanges between partners, programmers, artistic teams and production offices.
 
 
🎥 A short 10-minute demo (with English subtitles) presents these new features ↗️

April developments :

     - The venues in charge of the tours can now allow the artistic teams to enrich the tour schedules, coordinate them, and provide all relevant information about the performances;
     - A chat function is integrated into each touring project to facilitate communication;
     - New fields in the “show summary” allow now to provide more details about the show on tour (including a “resources” section where all useful documents and links can be added);
     - Refine your searches with more advanced filters and identify more easily relevant projects according to your interests and hosting capacities.

🎥 A short 15-minute demo (with English subtitles) presents these new features ↗️

July developments :

     - Opening to Music: In partnership with Zone Franche, CooProg is now open to music. From now on, you can submit or join projects in this field through the dedicated space: CooProg – Music;
     - A centralized calendar: At a glance, from your homepage, you can view all the projects for which you have scheduled dates (confirmed or options), thanks to a centralized monthly calendar;
     - Nomadic programming: Programmers with a main venue as well as off-site venues can now add multiple programming addresses to their profile. This makes it possible to schedule dates for the same touring project across these different locations.

🎥 A short 6-minute demo (with English subtitles) presents these new features ↗️

 

Please don’t hesitate to share your feedback; it helps us fix any issues and keep making CooProg better

 

*CooProg is an Onda project created with the support of Pro Helvetia and la Fondation suisse pour la culture (Switzerland), the town of Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg), l’Œuvre Nationale de Secours Grande-Duchesse Charlotte (Luxembourg) and the Association of French Programming Venues (France)