On June 17, 2010, Mr. Horia-Roman Patapievici, president of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Bucharest, became the president of EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture) for the period 2010/2011.
EUNIC is the network of the international cultural relations institutes from the member states of the European Union. Formed in 2006, it has 30 members from 26 countries. EUNIC's members work in over 150 countries with more than 2,000 branches.
They work in the arts, languages, youth, education, science, intercultural dialogue and development sectors. They seek to facilitate cultural co-operation; to create lasting partnerships between professionals, to encourage greater understanding and awareness of the diverse European cultures and to encourage greater language learning.
