Dublin City Council’s City Arts Plan 2014-2018 has been launched. The plan, developed by Dublin City Council and designed by acclaimed Irish...
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Mannheim and Hanover can now officially call themselves «Cities of Music» and Heidelberg is a «City of Literature.» They were among 28 cities from...
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There are few things people agree on in linguistically divided Belgium, but an effort to get Belgian potato fries recognized as global cultural...
MoreIGCAT Director Participated in the Council of Europe's 'Cultural Routes Programme' on 9 December 2014
Diane Dodd, IGCAT’s Director, took part in an intermediary meeting of experts for the Council of Europe’s Cultural Routes programme on...
MoreMons: Belgian city plans to strut its stuff as European Capital of Culture
Imagine walking down a sidewalk and seeing what appear to be hundreds of books flying out of the second-story window of a university building. Or...
MoreCulturizing Sustainable Cities
How can artistic/cultural practices be embedded within the planning and development of more sustainable cities? This research project aims to...
MoreExperts Set Agenda for Future of Creative Industries
The European Creative Industries Alliance (ECIA) is the platform on which these experts in the field of creative industries collaborate to set an...
MoreCities and regions of the world define the roadmap for 2015
During the Executive Bureau and the World Council meetings in Haikou, members of UCLG debated the key issues that will define the international...
More“Heritage Counts” International Conference, 3-6 February 2015 in Leuven
The Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (RLICC), a member of the Cultural Heritage Counts for Europe project, is organising a...
MoreUK capital of culture 'boosted Londonderry tourism by 50%'
UK capital of culture events boosted tourism in Londonderry in 2013, according to new government figures. Overnight trips to the Derry and...
MoreRiga sees off successful year as a European Capital of Culture
The Latvian capital Riga’s term as a European Capital of Culture this year and the implemented program have been a success store for Riga...
More28 Cities Join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network
UNESCO announced that 28 cities from 19 countries joined its Creative Cities Network (CCN), which aims to foster cooperation among cities around...
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