STUDY ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF ARTISTIC CREATION TO LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 5

Background: the CreArt project

7

Objective of the study

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1. THE CULTURAL AND CREATIVE SECTORS & CHALLENGES FOR THE ARTS

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1.1. The cultural and creative sectors

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1.2. Difficulties in accessing external sources of funding

14

1.3. Lack of managerial and business skills

18

1.4. Internationalisation of the arts

18

1.5. Adaptation to the digital shift

20

1.6. Engagement with audiences

21

2. CULTURE-LED DEVELOPMENT 25

2.1. The contribution of arts and culture to local development

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2.2. Paradigm shift in local development policies

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2.3. EU policies for culture-led development

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2.4. Culture-led development for small and medium-sized cities

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2.4.1. Small and medium-sized cities in the European urban fabric

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2.4.2. Specificities of small and medium-sized cities

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2.5. Approaches to culture-led development in small and medium-sized cities

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3. CULTURE-LED DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED CITIES

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3.1. Arts for social cohesion, wellbeing and social innovation

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3.1.1.Arts for social cohesion

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3.1.2.Arts for wellbeing and quality of life

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3.1.3.Arts for social innovation

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3.2. Arts for economic development

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3.2.1. Regenerate former industrial areas

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3.2.2. Implementing a favourable creative ecosystem

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3.2.3. Develop sustainable cultural tourism

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3.2.4. Rethinking local cultural heritage

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3.2.5. Culture for innovation

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3.3. Arts to enhance cities’ image and help them to go global

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3.3.1. Local cultural amenities to build a positive image of the city

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3.3.2. Culture to go international

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CONCLUSION 67

Recommendations

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1. Design tailored plans for the local context

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2. Put the cultural and creative sectors’ needs at the heart of the initiatives

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3. Better advocate

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4. Mobilise your financial and human capital

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5. Open up to international collaborations

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6. Undertake systematic evaluation

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ANNEXES 75

BIBLIOGRAPHY 77

INDEX OF CITIES

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CASE STUDIES 87

Aveiro – Biennial International Artistic Ceramics

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Genoa – ‘Adopt an ar tist’ in the development plan of La Maddalena area

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Kaunas - Art in Old Lithuanian Manors

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Pardubice – The Automatic Cultural Mills

93

Valladolid - CreArt

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Zagreb – HDLU the Croatian Association of Visual Ar tists

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