About Us
History of Gulliver Connect
The Charta of the Gulliver Framework
The parties signatory hereto, in-keeping with the provisions of the European Cultural Convention of the Council of Europe, with the UNESCO Declaration on Cultural Co-operation, have decided to set up a non-governmental cultural framework GULLIVER in order to foster cultural co-operation by creating exchange and working facilities primarily for individual artists and small groups of artists in the context of a new emerging Europe aiming at the maintenance and further realisation of human rights and fundamental freedom.
Gulliver Declaration
In the light of recent developments, we hope that Europe is entering a new phase of free co-operation between our nations, unthinkable only a few years ago and still presenting difficulties. The undersigned writers and artists from all parts of Europe met in Amsterdam on 10 - 14 December 1987 to add a concrete dimension to the agreements reached in Helsinki in the field of culture. We now intend to establish an independent working body called GULLIVER to collect, co-ordinate and promote ideas and projects incorporating this spirit of free co-operation. Such an all-European body could provide an opportunity for us, Europeans, North and South, East and West, from large and small nations, to create a common future while respecting our diversity.
The signatories:
Almeida Faria Per Olov Enquist
Steve Austen Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Andrei Bitov Henk van Galen Last
Liesbeth Brandt Corstius Jonas Geist
Günter Grass Cesc Gelabert
Madeleine Gustafsson Danilo Kis
Klaus Huber Giselheer Klebe
Robert Jungk Tadeusz Konwicki
Augustin Buzura Paal Lederer
Cevat Çapan Åse Marie Nesse
Giancarlo de Carlo Ljubisa Ristic
Cornelius Castoriadis Hendrik Stangerup
Maurice Cranston George Stoilov
Pierre Vago Andrei Vosnessenski
Amsterdam, 13 December 1987
Board of Trustees
To add a concrete dimension to the agreements reached in Helsinki in the field of culture, the undersigned will act as the advisory board for the Felix Meritis Foundation which acts as the secretariat of Gulliver and the legal body to initiate and develop the projects and the work of Gulliver.
Andrei Bitov
György Konrád
Heiner Müller (died 30 December 1995)
Amsterdam, 10 March 1993
Contact
Gulliver Connect Co-ordinator
The Felix Meritis Foundation
Keizersgracht 324
1016 EZ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)20 626 32 21
Fax: +31 (0)20 624 93 68
