The impact of cultural investment in cities and regions

KEA is acting as scientific coordinator of the EU-funded project “Culture for Cities and Regions”, working together with Eurocities and ERRIN (networks representing respectively over 130 cities and more than 90 regions in Europe).

This 3-year project (€1 million funding from the Creative Europe programme) aims at:

• understanding the impact of cultural investment in cities and regions across Europe ;
• facilitating the exchange of experiences between local authorities through 15 study visits (ongoing) ;
• supporting policy development through tailored coaching services for 10 cities/ regions (to be launched in 2016).

KEA’s role is to:

• establish a catalogue of 70 case studies of interesting projects from cities and regions in the field of cultural heritage, creative industries, and social innovation;
• lead study visits with experts in social and urban policies to encourage peer-learning between 90 local authorities;
• provide hands-on coaching to cities/ regions.