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 an 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. The first members meeting in the new formula will be held on December 15th.
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 Network’s 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 🇵🇹
2. Azores 🇵🇹
3. Belfast 🇬🇧
4. Burgos 🇪🇸
5. Braga 🇵🇹
6. Chemnitz 🇩🇪
7. Cluj-Napoca 🇷🇴
8. Debrecen 🇭🇺
9. Dublin 🇮🇪
10. Elefsina 🇬🇷
11. Faro 🇵🇹
12. Gijon 🇪🇸
13. Leeds 🇬🇧
14. Leeuwarden 🇳🇱
15. Leuven 🇧🇪
16. Matera 🇮🇹
17. Oeiras 🇵🇹
18. Oulu 🇫🇮
19. Plunge 🇱🇹
20. Reims 🇫🇷
21. Rouen 🇫🇷
22. Saint Denis 🇫🇷
23. Trencin 🇸🇰
Observing member cities:
1. Bastia 🇫🇷
2. Broumov 🇨🇿
3. Ceske Budejovice 🇨🇿
4. Galway 🇮🇪
5. Larnaka 🇨🇾
6. Tripolis 🇬🇷
7. Uppsala 🇸🇪
8. Valmiera 🇱🇻
9. Veszprem 🇭🇺
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