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The idea for this platform emerged in October 2022, during a workshop at the “Where to land” European forum held in Strasbourg on October 5th and 6th, 2022, during which experts and professionals from the performing arts sector discussed the major challenges facing the cultural sector in terms of ecological transition. Indeed, it had become essential for the performing arts sector to work towards reducing the carbon footprint of its mobility and audiences, which would require greater cooperation. Various partners* were quick to support this ambitious and necessary project.

CooProg is a free and open-source platform designed to facilitate cooperation in programming in order to increase the lifespan of artistic works and help limit their ecological impact. The tool is aimed at people with a programming role in a structure, who can share and identify, within their circle of partners, ideas for convergent projects, with the aim of working together to set up tours and artistic mobilities that are coherent both geographically and temporally.

CooProg was launched in October 2023. During the initial launch phase, professionals who program live performances in structures located in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland can register. CooProg will then be rolled out on a larger scale in other countries, and possibly on other continents.

Currently, over 850 users are registered, and more than 1,000 projects are already online.

 

2025 CooProg Calendar:

 

Webinar 
Frisay, Novembre 7 / 2pm-3:30p.m.
⏱ Duration: 1:30
Join us on Friday, November 7 at 2 p.m. for a presentation of all the new features of CooProg. This webinar will also be an opportunity to exchange ideas, take your feedback into account, and answer your questions.
The Zoom link for the webinar is available HERE. 

 

 

 

 

CooProg Onboarding Workshops
Starting Friday, November 21 / 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Every two weeks 
⏱ Duration: 1:30
These bi-monthly workshops are designed to help you get started with CooProg and its various features. They also provide a great opportunity to share your impressions, ask questions, and give us your feedback on using the platform.
 
11/21/2025 - 2p.m.: Getting Started Workshop 1
12/05/2025 - 2p.m.: Getting Started Workshop 2
12/19/2025 - 2p.m.: Getting Started Workshop 3
01/09/2026 - 2p.m.: Hands-on workshop 4
01/23/2026 - 2p.m.: Hands-on workshop 5
 
The Zoom link will remain unchanged and can be found HERE (the secret code is: 611206).

 

 

Click HERE to access the platform, create your account and start cooperating.

Since its launch, CooProg has been adapting to your tour programming and coordination needs. Since 2025, new features have been added:
 

Contemporary music
Zone Franche has spearheaded the development of CooProg for live amplified music, which now has a dedicated space on the platform. If you are a venue that presents live amplified music, you can now specify this in your account settings, under the programming information section.
 
Artistic teams
Artistic teams are invited to play an active role in CooProg. At the invitation of a programming organization hosting a touring show, artistic teams can now enrich the information about a show, complete and update the tour schedule, and create new tours associated with that show.
 
Collaborative tour schedule
The tour setup calendar allows each partner to enter confirmed or optional dates, enables multiple partners to indicate the same optional tour date, and also allows dates to be entered for other venues that are not yet on CooProg. The collaborative calendar can also be used to enter any other information relating to the tour (set up day, strike day, unavailability, etc.).

Chat
A chat feature, implemented on the tour page, allows all stakeholders in a tour project (programming organizations and artistic teams) to interact seamlessly on the setup of a tour.

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More advanced filters
Filters allow you to refine your searches with more criteria and easily identify relevant projects based on the interests and hosting capabilities of the venues.
 
Resources section
This section allows you to add any useful documents and links related to the show that is the subject of a tour project.
 
Overview of programming for each venue
A monthly calendar, available on the user account homepage, provides a clear and centralized view of published or joined tour projects. 
 
Nomadic programming
It is now possible for venues to create nomadic programming projects on CooProg for performance dates in one or more locations. These different locations must be registered in the user account settings.
 
An optimized carbon footprint simulator
Thanks to a more accurate calculation method, the carbon footprint simulator can assess the amount of CO2 avoided in real time. This simulator can also suggest consistent tour dates based on the number of kilometers avoided.
 
Geographic coverage
CooProg is available in French and English in 47 European countries: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, United Kingdom, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, etc.

🎥 A webinar presenting the tool's features and the results of the research- action conducted by researchers Céline Schall and Elise Chièze-Wattinne took place on September 30, 2024. Click HERE to watch it.

March developments:
 

Tour planning—a real-time collaborative tool
     - Set optional dates simultaneously with your colleagues to facilitate coordination;
     - Enter confirmed or optional dates, including for venues that may or may not be listed on CooProg;
     - Add all relevant information: setup and strike days, unavailability, technical requirements, etc.
 
 
🎥 A short 10-minute demo (with English subtitles) presents these new features ↗️

April developments:

 

     - Direct access to artistic teams: easily communicate with artists and their representatives;
     - Chat feature integrated into the tour project: centralize communication between artistic teams and distribution structures;
     - Advanced filters: more easily identify and track converging tour projects.

 

🎥 A short 15-minute demo (with English subtitles) presents these new features ↗️

July developments:

   

     - CooProg - live amplified music: a dedicated space to support the promotion and coordination of live amplified music projects;
     - Centralized dashboard: track all your tour projects each month via a centralized monthly calendar;
     - Nomadic programming: create and coordinate your tours, even when managing multiple venues.

 

🎥 A short 6-minute demo (with English subtitles) presents these new features ↗️

 

Please don’t hesitate to share your feedback; it helps us fix any issues and keep making CooProg better

 

*CooProg is an Onda project created with the support of Pro Helvetia and la Fondation suisse pour la culture (Switzerland), the town of Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg), l’Œuvre Nationale de Secours Grande-Duchesse Charlotte (Luxembourg) and the Association of French Programming Venues (France)