NEMO, the Network of European Museum Organisations, was founded in 1992 as an independent network of national museum organisations representing the museum community of the member states of the Council of Europe. Together, NEMO's members speak for over 30.000 museums across Europe.Within the context of the Framework Partnership Agreement 2014-2017, in Year 3 NEMO will organize a series of activities including conferences and discussions, working group meetings, capacity building events and webinars, all aimed at enhancing cooperation and exchange, building on the capacity of the museum sector, internationalizing museum professionals careers and making visible the museum sector’s social, educational and economic potential to other sectors and stakeholders internationally.Key activities in Year 3 include the following: Capacity Building activities:Learning Exchanges• Exchange hosted by the Icelandic Museums Association in Reykjavík, Icelanddate: 14 June - 16 June 2016• Exchange hosted by the Istituto Beni Culturali in Bologna, Italydate: January 2017Training courses• International Training Course: "How to best work between politics, research and practice" Date and place: 28 April 2016, Östersund (Sweden) • International Training Course: "Does the business thinking approach end the era of 'traditional museums' or do they set the museum free?"Date and place: 30 September 2016, Copenhagen (Denmark)Webinars (in cooperation with MICC - Media Integration and Communication Centre and NEMECH - New Media for Cultural Heritage). - New digital tools and techniques for Cultural Heritage and Museums (in English). Date: 1 June 2016, 15:00 CEST - 16:00 CEST, facilitated by Prof. Alberto Del Bimbo, Dr. Andrea Ferracani and Dr. Daniele Pezzatini (MICC and NEMECH) - La place des émotions dans les musées: le point de vue du scénographe [The role of emotions in museums and exhibitions: the point of view of the designer] (in French), Date: 28 September 2016, facilitated by Arch. Lorenzo Greppi- Museums as intercultural spaces: exploring new paradigms (in English), Date: 30 November 2016, facilitated by Dr. Simona BodoWorking groups:- WG LEM – The Learning Museum: -Study Visit to the Balkan Museum Network on 6-7 October 2016 // Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina-Study visit to ZKM on 12 November 2016 // Karlsruhe, Germany- WG Museums and Creative Industries:-Study visit to the Romanian Network of Museums on 4-6 June 2016 // Bucharest, Romania-Study visit to ZKM on 12 November 2016 // Karlsruhe, GermanyEvents and conferences: - Meeting of International Museum Organisations in Milan, 5 July 2016- NEMO's 24th Annual Conference "Money Matters: The Economic Value of Museums" in Karlsruhe, Germany from 10 to 12 November 2016.- Training session and workshop with Armenian Museum Professionals in Yerevan, 13 September 2016- Participation at all “Voice of Culture” meetings- Participation at various national museum events during the year.Advocacy and papers:- IPR and museums http://www.ne-mo.org/fileadmin/Dateien/public/Working_Group_1/Working_Group_IPR/NEMO_Survey_IPR_and_Museums_2015.pdf- Museums and Migration recommendations (June 2016)