The Jewish Cultural Heritage Foundation

Proventus's cultural activites and interest in observation and analysis of the world around us has been of great importance in the development of Proventus over the last 25 years. The business activity of Proventus is mainly focused on investing in companies in need of change and actively developing them.

Proventus's view is that the structural problems in the western world will lead to substantial changes in the coming years. An economy built increasingly on trade imbalances, debt and low interest rates, upcoming demographic changes and mounting anti-democratic tendencies all threaten the foundation of western life as we know it. In the case of Europe the inability to integrate new Europeans and to create new jobs in the wake of outsourcing manufacturing pose the most serious challenges. Our knowledge of the longer term issues and our engagement in culture are, not least in this situation, a natural and integrated part of our business activities.

Culture without Borders is a one year project lasting from 15 August 2005 to 14 August 2006. Built upon a cultural cooperation on a European level, it has received the support of the Culture 2000 programme of the European Union and of the Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs. The participating partners include the Jewish Community of Stockholm, the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Fondation du Judaisme Francais in Paris, the Jewish Museum in Prague and the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw.

Proventus’ cultural/research activities are a demonstration of our commitment to looking beyond the short-term. To Proventus none of these projects is about philanthropy or sponsorship in the narrow financial sense. They are about learning and a clear exchange between both parties to the partnership, and a demonstration of our values and our continual search for creative innovation.