We are happy to announce the list of the member cities of the Culture Next Cities Network for the coming two years: 2023 and 2024. Given the raised interest of the ECoC candidate cities (33 applicants for 23 member cities seats), the Culture Next Board confirmed 23 full member seats for eligible cities and decided to set up anย observing member status for other 9 European cities.
32 cities from 19 EU countries and the UK will become members of the Culture Next Cities Network starting with January 2023.ย The first members meeting in the new formula will be held on December 15th.ย
Rights and benefits of the full member cities:
– Possibility of free access for two representatives to five network conferences;
– Possibility of one away mobility per term;
– Communication budget received from the Network;
– Free access to the Networkโs capacity building programme;
– Free access to the Culture Next digital channels;
– Technical and moral support to face the specific ECoC candidacy challenges;
– Possibility to take part in grant application consortia;
– Participation and support in advocacy campaigns related to culture and European topics;
– Opportunity to contribute to cultural policies and establish best practices in these fields;
– Possibility to increase European relevance and visibility of our member cities and the impact of our cultural work.
The observing member cities can access all Culture Next activities on their own expense for one year, without just the rights to vote in the General Assembly and to chair Thematic Working Groups. After one year they will be invited to join as full members.
Full member cities:
1. Aveiro ๐ต๐น
2. Azores ๐ต๐น
3. Belfast ๐ฌ๐ง
4. Burgos ๐ช๐ธ
5. Braga ๐ต๐น
6. Chemnitz ๐ฉ๐ช
7. Cluj-Napoca ๐ท๐ด
8. Debrecen ๐ญ๐บ
9. Dublin ๐ฎ๐ช
10. Elefsina ๐ฌ๐ท
11. Faro ๐ต๐น
12. Gijon ๐ช๐ธ
13. Leeds ๐ฌ๐ง
14. Leeuwarden ๐ณ๐ฑ
15. Leuven ๐ง๐ช
16. Matera ๐ฎ๐น
17. Oeiras ๐ต๐น
18. Oulu ๐ซ๐ฎ
19. Plunge ๐ฑ๐น
20. Reims ๐ซ๐ท
21. Rouen ๐ซ๐ท
22. Saint Denis ๐ซ๐ท
23. Trencin ๐ธ๐ฐ
Observing member cities:
1. Bastia ๐ซ๐ท
2. Broumov ๐จ๐ฟ
3. Ceske Budejovice ๐จ๐ฟ
4. Galway ๐ฎ๐ช
5. Larnaka ๐จ๐พ
6. Tripolis ๐ฌ๐ท
7. Uppsala ๐ธ๐ช
8. Valmiera ๐ฑ๐ป
9. Veszprem ๐ญ๐บ
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