For the first time in Greece, fifteen cities and islands, in eastern Macedonia, Thrace, the eastern Aegean and Thessaloniki acquire their own cultural Masterplan: Ikaria, Samos, Chios, Lesvos, Limnos, Leros, Kos, Rhodes, Rhodes, Xani
The project was implemented by the funding by the Recovery and Resilience Fund and by the Ministry of Culture, through the Directorate of Contemporary Creation, with studies carried out by three academic institutions: the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of Thessaloniki and the University of Thessaloniki.
The total budget of the project amounted to EUR 592,031.08, with resources from the recovery and resilience fund.
Cultural Masterplans are not just a reflection and mapping of existing cultural activity. It is a strategic development tool that aspires to integrate culture into the wider regional and local design. It is a project of strategic importance, which for the first time, perhaps, brings to scientific knowledge with creativity and local communities, with the aim of contributing to the creation of a new model of cultural development in the context of sustainable development, overcoming the simple mapping of the cultural field. The aim is to make the integrated mapping of the cultural landscape of each region, to form a brand that will link historical memory to modern creation, the development of strategic directions for the utilization of cultural resources, the connection of culture and economics, with the aim of sustainable local development, to enhance social cohesion, social cohesion, Future actions, partnerships and funding. In this way, culture is treated not only as memory and creation, but also as a catalyst for development, innovation and extroversion.
The Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni said: “We are very pleased to present today the work implemented by the Ministry of Culture, in collaboration with three academic institutions in our country and concerns the cultural Masterplans, which focus primarily on modern culture and embodied its contemporary politics. Culture is a public social good, a tool of social cohesion, but at the same time it is a tool for economic sustainable development and extroversion. It is a project that has a clear development sign, a project of strategic importance with the aim of contributing to the creation of a new model of cultural development in the context of sustainable development.
These plans were mapped for the first time the forces of modern culture in 15 cities and islands in the arc of Eastern Macedonia, Thrace and Thessaloniki with the aim of giving local communities a scientific tool that highlights the identity of every place to enhance and enhance the identity of every place.
“The Ministry of Culture, the Minister of Culture said, has created and offers these local communities a strategy tool for policies, the claim of funding, the development of partnerships and the enhancement of the cultural identity, which gives us an extensive and documented image of our cultural creation and a cultural image of cultural creation. New way to think of culture. Culture is not static. Our goal, from the beginning, was to escape the static management, which we inherited. Culture is a huge power, which mobilizes societies, unites forces, makes us proud and indirectly contributes to being responsible citizens. I would like to thank all the staff and staff of the Department of Contemporary Creation in the face of Monica Tsilibertis, the three academic institutions, the Professors Thanassis Kalogeesi from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, who had the coordinating role, Nikolais Karachas The Ministry of Culture supports and will support any initiative to recommend or propose expert scientists to be able to take flesh and bones. “
The Deputy Minister of Contemporary Culture, Jason Fotilas, said: “It is a project that consistently and purity reflects the holistic approach engraved by Minister Lina Mendoni and we are systematically implementing all areas and works of the Ministry. This work is not limited to the sterile mapping and mapping of the cultural landscape. In fact, we create and set the service of society a design tool, a database and proposals on which actions, partnerships and funding can be supported. Culture is treated here not only as creation and memory, but also as a growth factor. “
The work in numbers
• 15 cultural Masterplans
• 3 universities
• 50 researchers
• 157 interviews
• 2,250 questionnaires
• 27 participatory workshops/catering groups
• 4 seminars
Subsequent steps
For the dissemination of the results, four workshops are planned with physical presence and online transmission:
• Komotini, 7 October 2025
• Lesvos, October 21 2025
• Rhodes, November 4, 2025
• Thessaloniki, November 11, 2025
During the workshops, the Masterplans of the respective regions will be presented in detail, with the aim of continuing the dialogue and the active involvement of local communities.
With the completion of the fifteen cultural Masterplans, the Ministry of Culture has created and delivers the Regions and Municipalities of the country an important tool of cultural development policy.
The project contributes to cultural viability, enhances regional cohesion and can be a model of strategic planning for all of Greece.
Source :Skai
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