Challenges to Cultural Learning through International Cooperation: Festival of Sra. D’Agonia- Portugal
Anabela Moura, João Moura Alves, Joaquim Escaleira, Carla Magalhães, António Jácomo

Abstract
The importance of cultural learning in general is increasingly being recognized in Portugal, not only for its cultural and human value, but also for the contribution it makes to local, regional and national economies. This article summarizes the perceptions and information made by some members of staff of a BA program on “Arts and Cultural Management” (GestãoArtística e Cultural), created in 2007 by the Higher School of Education at Viana do Castelo Polytechnic, in Northern Portugal. It presents data on thecurrent Portuguese economic situation and strategies of cultural learning and cooperation at national and international level, in a small scale research projectwhich is being developed in collaboration with the local Municipality of Viana do Castelo and De Montfort University at Leicester, United Kingdom. It intends to add to arts management literature a case that is demonstrating some benefit to public authorities, crafts makers and the wider artistic and business communities at local, regional and national levels. It is anticipated that the strength of this study lies in its implications for cultural learning and international cooperation.

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