Cultural Participation at Individual & Community Level

June 3, 2019, 3:00 pm | June 3, 2019, 5:30 pm
June 3, 2019
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome | Italy
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome | Italy

Cultural Participation at Individual & Community Level: Methods and challenges in Europe to assess the contribution of cultural participation to the development of citizens and their wellbeing” is an international gathering that brings together institutions and academics, political representatives and civil society. The aim is to reflect on how cultural participation contributes to the development of sustainable societies. Starting from a state-of-the-art discussion with a focus on current and future challenges, four international case studies on models that assess the impact of cultural experiences will be presented. The session will be closed by “mirroring reflections and reactions”, insights offered by members of civil society and participants from the audience.


Format and speakers:

Setting the research field:

a 20′ conversation led by Pier Luigi Sacco with Luca Bergamo – Vice Mayor of Rome in charge of cultural development and Enrico Giovannini – ASVIS Director

Sharing practices:

a 60′ case study questions-led session

Discussant practitioners:

Ekaterina Travkina / Local Economic and Employment Directorate of OECD

Laszlo Pinter / Department Head of Environmental Policy, Central European University

Robert Manchin / scientific director of the Observatory of (non) cultural participation – phase 1, City of Rome

Valentina Montalto / JRC European Commission’s Science Service Service Joint Research centre

Moderator: Pier Luigi Sacco

“Mirroring time” and final conversation:

a 45′ session of final conclusions with all speakers

introduced by a 10′ responses and reactions by civic society international practitioners

Nicholas Anastasopoulos (National Technical University of Athens)

– Cristina Da Milano (Culture Action Europe)

Moderator: Pier Luigi Sacco

A light cocktail will follow to interact with practitioners, invitees and participants.

The event is organised by Roma Capitale – Assessorato alla Crescita culturale in collaboration with ASviS, Culture Action Europe and UCLG – Agenda 21 for Culture.

Cultural participation program


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