The final conference of the project UrbCulturalPlanning is taking place in Riga as a hybrid form on 15 – 17 September 2021. The project's outcomes and a look at the future beyond the project will be presented during the conference.
The conference is organized by Riga City Council City Development Department. UrbCulturalPlanning project is funded by the Interreg Baltic Sea Region (BSR) programme and is a BSR flagship project.
A topic of the conference will be a look at cultural planning from a broader scope and formulate the approach to it within the UCP project and the possible future perspectives within the Hubs of Cultural Planning – a network launched to further the UrbCulturalPlanning energy. 10 different neighbourhoods and 8 municipalities around the Baltic Sea Region will present their experiences and approaches to cultural planning. Visitors will also get the opportunity to participate in guided tours through Riga’s demonstrator neighbourhoods – Sarkandaugava and Bolderāja as well as to test out various tools at the gamification studio by running a parallel programme.
More information and the programme will be published soon on project's website.
The main objective of the Urban Cultural Planning project is to advance the capacity of public authorities in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR)and local NGOs and associations to collaborate on citizen driven cultural planning. The project is a cross border partnership of 14 Project Partners and 36 Associated Organizations in 9 countries.
