URBACT II - Creative Clusters - Launching Conference
The
European project “Creative Clusters in Low
Density Urban Areas”, co-financed by the URBACT
II programme, is organizing the
launching Conference of the project in Óbidos
(Portugal) on 22nd
January
2009.Simultaneously, a “Creative Mayors’ Summit”, which will be attended by Portuguese mayors and by the mayors of the partners networks of cities will be held in order to discuss the issue: “Small Urban Economies in the Globalization: the Role of Creativity-based Models” and to sign a “Covenant for Creativity”.
These events are being organized
within the European Year of Creativity and Innovation
(2009) launched by the European Commission.
The participation is free but the
participants should contact Fátima Franco from INTELI
(fatima.f(at)inteli.pt)
and Anabela Santana from the Municipality of Óbidos
(secreatariado(at)cm-obidos.pt)
in order to make their registration.
Please find below the preliminary programme of the
conference.
What is the
project “Creative Clusters in Low Density Urban
Areas”?
The starting assumption of the project is that
creativity can act as a driving force for economic
development of small and medium-sized urban centres
and not only of big cities. The objective is to
promote the exchange of experiences and best
practices and the proposal of policy recommendations
and action plans related with creative clusters in
low-density urban areas.
One of the intentions of our work is also to promote
the inclusion of the vision by middle-sized towns and
small villages into European mainstream developments
related to creative clusters and the creative city.
Under the coordination of the Municipality of Óbidos
(Portugal), the partnership is also integrated by
seven cities from Spain, Italy, UK, Romania and
Hungary
Found out more on Creative clusters'
website
