In July 2018, they have started to prepare a local cultural strategy for culture. It’s an open and participative process that will assess, listen and reflect about the cultural policies that will guide the city until 2030. This strategic map will support Aveiro’s future bid for European Capital of Culture.

Aveiro believes that a candidacy to become European Capital of Culture is a strategic process that cannot be limited neither by the memory of the past nor the celebration of the present. Instead it leads to a shared vision and construction of the future based on the values of this European program: Preserve and promote culture diversity in Europe by enhancing shared similarities as well as the sense of belonging to common cultural area; Promote cultural contribution for a long term development for the cities according to their strategies and priorities; Reinforce diversity, outreach and European dimension of cultural offer in the cities, namely through international cooperation; Broaden access and participation in culture; Reinforce the capacity of the cultural sector and its connections with other equally important sectors; Enrich cities’ international profile through culture and arts.

They believe in this process of building a collective and shared vision for a sustainable, competitive and inclusive city. They’re moved by Soul, by Culture, by Nature and by Technology. The world fits within this will and it is in this freedom that they want to be.

If you have an artistic project that you believe can be part of Aveiro 2027, this is your chance. Idealise and create with their.  With you, they will work a greater cultural city. The most creative submissions will be selected and, together, they’ll work on its implementation.

They are looking for submission from any part of the world: from those who are from Aveiro, who live in Aveiro, who like Aveiro, who visit Aveiro and even from those who don’t know Aveiro yet. It is a call to open, to shape, to explore and to challenge a better cultural city and Europe.

Applications: until September 15, 2021

Implementation: until 2027

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