Arts & Business organisations throughout Europe have always been the focal point of meeting between the arts sector and the business sector. Traditionally these meetings focussed on giving to the arts through sponsorship and corporate giving. In return businesses associated themselves with the arts as a ‘doing, good, feeling good’ activity.  Business leaders also accepted roles in the boards of arts organisations. Later on Arts & Business organisations developed new activities such as seeking board members for arts organisations and matching expertise from business on a voluntary basis with management questions of arts organisations.

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