La Rencontre de Fingal / Dublin, 7-10/03/2013European Campus of Local and Regional Authorities for Culture, Paris - 21-24/11/2012
The Association of European Cities and Regions
for Culture 'Les Rencontres' organised the first edition of the 'European Campus of
local and regional
authorities for Culture' in Paris
from 21 to 24 November
2012. This was a new initiative in the evolution of Les
Rencontres'
activities: a forum dedicated to reflection and
discussion between various
stakeholders in the sphere of Culture.
In the framework of this Campus, local and
regional elected officials in charge of culture,
professionals, intellectuals,
researchers and artists met in a creative and
relaxed atmosphere to
brainstorm and delve deeper into issues concerning
cultural policies,
co-operation and artistic creation.
What is the role of the cultural
policies of
local and regional authorities in achieving the Europe
2020 Strategy? This was our central question at the conference. Our
hypothesis is that the
local and regional authorities' contribution has neither
been sufficiently
examined nor debated, despite the current - and
potential - impact of their
cultural policies on achieving a smarter, more
sustainable and more inclusive
growth which is the ambition of the Europe 2020
Strategy.
