Izmir Culture Pla+form Initiative

Izmir Culture Pla+form Initiative

Background

Izmir is the third largest city of Turkey, located near the Mediterranean-Black Sea passage, opened to the Balkans, Europe and to the Middle East through Anatolia.

Parks and public gardens of Kazan

Parks and public gardens of Kazan

Context

In 2005, on the verge of celebrating its 1000th anniversary, the city of Kazan undertook a rapid and significant transformation: among many initiatives, it resolved its issues of dilapidated housing in the city center,

Culture: a pillar of sustainable development in the Cuenca Canton

Culture: a pillar of sustainable development in the Cuenca Canton

Context

The Cuenca Canton has a significant amount of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, from its physical pre-Columbian settlements to its social processes that weave together to form a singular and representative urb

Cultural Policies

Cultural Policies

Context

Esch-sur-Alzette is the second largest town in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, despite its size (14.35km2) and population (35,382 inhabitants on 1st January 2019).

Cultural Governance Council

Cultural Governance Council

Context

Establishing the Esch-sur-Alzette Cultural Governance Council relates, as the name suggests, to the commune of Esch-sur-Alzette, which will be the European Capital of Culture in 2022.

Modern 21st Century Libraries in Montreal

Modern 21st Century Libraries in Montreal

Background

The City of Montreal is renowned worldwide for its effervescent cultural environment, universities, creative industries, and for its status as a designated UNESCO City of Design.

Culture without walls, culture for all

Culture without walls, culture for all

Background

The coastal city of Sfax (Taparura in antiquity), is the second-largest economic and demographic hub in the country, home to 8.5% of the total population, 40% of whom are young people.