Cluj Cultural Centre, together with the partners from Culture Next network, obtained a three-year funding of 824,525.98 euros from the European Commission, through the Creative Europe program.
The funding will be used to implement the Culture Next network program, a network founded in 2017 that aims to support European cities to implement urban development programs and strategies through culture.
The main objectives for the next three years are:
- Establishment of a Network Strategic Committee and a Working Group on cultural policy proposal;
- Creating the Guide to Local Cultural Strategies for Sustainable Development;
- Organizing six network meetings in Leeuwarden, Aveiro, Elefsina, Belfast, Trenčín and Oulu;
- Establishing an artistic mobility program by organizing 18 residencies;
- Organize thematic working groups on the reform of the European Capital of Culture project and two other significant topics of current culture in Europe, including the preparation of policy recommendation documents, podcast broadcasts and public conferences for each of the developed topics;
- Launch of a new, improved edition of the Cities Fund for Culture;
- Increasing the Culture Next network professionalism.
Culture Next currently has 26 European member cities and aims to advocate for greater European recognition of the role of culture in sustainable development and to expand existing European frameworks for cultural cooperation.
