Gathering, communicating and maintaining knowledge – with these goals, the Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste created the the knowledge platform.  The core content of the platform originated from four workshops on the topics of law, taxes, the Artists' Social Security Fund (KSK) and insurance, which the BFDK organised as part of the “Background” pilot project in 2021. The knowledge gained there will be made available on the campus site and will be expanded step by step in the future. So, it's always worth checking back here for more helpful knowledge.

In cooperation with PK 3000, NOTED has started a process of analysing how we, as an umbrella organisation, can adapt and expand our training programme so that it is also accessible to people who have little or no contact with the German cultural, funding and bureaucratic landscape. Through NOTED, artists who are no longer able or allowed to work in their countries of origin have gained initial insights into how working as a freelancer works, in digital workshops, in networking activities and excursions, as well as in intensive working meetings here in Hamburg. The result is a brochure that summarises the compiled basic knowledge, which you can download in English.

How about a toolkit to break down barriers for parents and other people with caring responsibilities, both for theater makers and audience members? It's time to make their right to participate in art and culture a reality. The Artist Lab “WITH CARE. Action Lab: connecting theatre, audiences and care work” has compiled a booklet with guidelines and suggestions for transforming production methods, funding structures and performance venues. Divided into the sections PRODUCING WITH CARE and AUDIENCE WITH CARE, the online and printed Toolkit WITH CARE brings together various expert opinions, experiences, real-life experiments, ideas and best-practice examples that empower care workers to make and experience theatre. Trailer: Toolkit with Care

Funding types and procedures vary from city to city. To help you find your way around Hamburg's funding landscape, we’ve compiled a glossary in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Media provides an excellent overview — from A for application to Z for Zuwendungsbescheid.

Discover new ways for ecologically sustainable work in the performing arts! Read Franziska Pierwoss’ suggestions, created on behalf of the Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste e. V. Download now for free — for artists, regional associations, theatres and festivals, whether on tour or at home.

“One for all - all for one” — The glossary of the "Systemcheck" research project. Definitions and terminology on the social situation in the performing arts is the print version of an online wiki as of 18 December, 2023. From 2021 to 2023, the “Systemcheck” research project of the Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste e. V. is investigating the work situation of solo self-employed and hybrid workers in the performing arts and their social security. The glossary of the “Systemcheck” research project is a print version of the wiki on the performing arts from the perspective of society and class. This reference work contains many terms (“Hybriderwerbstätig” or “Abfertigungsanspruch”) that have proven to be in need of explanation and investigation. It aims to overcome (class) barriers to understanding and enable theater makers to make better use of this kind of language. Conceived by ensemble-netzwerk e. V. Written by Sören Fenner, Anica Happich, Laura Kiehne and Lisan Lantin.

Diversity Arts Culture is a design and consultation office in Berlin for diversity development in the cultural sector.

On 15 May 2022, the working group "Access and Transformation" of the Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste e.V. (BFDK) released a position paper exploring how to transform practices in the independent performing arts to be more discrimination-sensitive and accessible. The position paper is the result of a long-term,  collective effort that will continue to evolve.

Hamburg cultural stakeholders and cultural organisations have joined forces to promote more diversity in Hamburg's culture and cultural education. The aim is to create a cultural landscape that reflects the diversity of our city and enables all people to help shape and participate in art and culture. This includes reducing existing discriminatory dynamics and creating equal participation opportunities for people who are excluded from the cultural sector due to racism, anti-Semitism, sexism, homophobia and transophobia, hostility towards people with disabilities, age or socio-economic status.

NEDIKU sees itself as network of networks of learning, in which clubs, associations, organisations, institutions and individuals are represented. Anyone who is committed to the objectives of the network can participate. Should assistance or accomodations be required, these will be organised as far as possible.