Tereza Raabová
MgA. Ing. Tereza Raabová, Ph.D.
Tereza has 20 years of experience in regional development, cultural policy, evaluation and consultancy in arts and culture management.
She began her career at the Arts Institute, a state agency, where she met many key stakeholders and was able to learn about the needs of the creative sector and its subsectors. She then set up her own companies, Economic Impact Art and Culture Matters, both now part of the KREIA group.
She is the author of numerous studies on the economic impact of cultural events and institutions (festivals, theatres, museums, sports and special events, etc.), feasibility studies, financial and operational models for cultural projects and venues, and co-author of cultural strategies for several Czech cities, including the European Capital of Culture 2028 České Budějovice (Budweis). She was also part of the core team at the Czech ministry of culture to elaborate the official Czech cultural policy.
She regularly cooperates with several universities, National Network of Healthy cities and many cultural institutions across the Czech Republic.
Since 2019 she is also an associate of the European Festival Association, for which she works as EFFEA platform member and EFFE Hub for Czech festivals.
