ShortCut Europe is an international encounter of culture animators, artists, creators and social activists. The conferences are a reflection on the culture in the modern world. They create an international forum for public debate about culture and cultural education and an exchange platform for practical knowledge about cultural strategies and policies. This year’s congress will take place during the Polish Presidency in the EU and will be held in Warsaw between 16th-18th of November 2011 under the banner of question: “Culture (not) for all?”. It will be an international and multicultural encounter, aimed at a circle of cultural educators and animators. It will be a forum of exchange of knowledge about culture centres in old and new Europe, and will present the innovative solutions in the field of cultural activity. Finally it will attempt to find a new formula of debate, way of working with good practices and opening to the public, way to move the debate from the boardroom to the living places and to show new joint actions. Congress will be accompanied by artistic and educational events. It will be preceded as well by the two complex projects: animation and research project: “Unrecognized dimensions of cultural development. Shortcut/Cięcie: prologue” and artistic project: “Cięcie” which will be creative development of the debate’s topics.