This working group examines different types of financial resources available to cities to help sustain and develop cultural infrastructure and creative industries in the long term

Background:

The working group collects and analyses the different tools, innovative methods and funding mechanisms which aim to support the cultural offer in cities and enhance the economic growth of the cultural sector.

Objectives:

• exchanging experiences and information on opportunities and methods for strengthening resources for arts and culture from a transnational perspective

• providing structured feedback to the European Commission on the improvement of community budget lines concerning culture

• defining, developing and focusing on possible applications for EU co-funding programmes concerning culture