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Be part of Faro2027!

20/6/2022

 
Opinion article by Débora Gonçalves, Facilitator Faro2027
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​Having just left university in the midst of a pandemic, the opportunities to develop skills in my area were not the most extensive in the Algarve. Even so, a few days later I was introduced to the “Faro 2027” project, which until that date I only understood as a candidacy for the European capital of culture. I started as a volunteer, suggested ideas and even helped during the South Music Festival, but always something very punctual. A few months later was when I had the ability to understand the dimension that this project carried. More than an opportunity to develop skills, Faro2027 was an opportunity to meet people, to get to know myself, to get to know the Algarve and dream it differently. In the months I was involved in the project, there were many moments of stress, joy, a feeling of accomplishment, frustration, everything that a project of great ambition implies. I see the Faro2027 team as a group of people who dare to dream, who dare to say that the Algarve should not be defined by the labels that people outside our reality give it and that it is our responsibility to understand and transform the Algarve accordingly. with its potential.
​Some of the daily tasks involved talking to people, giving them the opportunity to be heard, empathizing with them and their stories, understanding their frustrations, making them dream or simply giving them back hope, organizing documents, interviewing people, planning events, organize materials and, if necessary, transform an entire office into a Ford model production line to ensure that the results were achieved, but always to the sound of laughter.

​I consider that the moment that most impressed me was the trip to Lisbon to deliver the Candidature/Bidbook Dossier. The emotions that emerged that day translated into a feeling of pride in realizing that, contrary to what is believed, people unite whenever they dream together.
​Despite the final result, plans and projects are drawn, ideas are launched. We dreamed of the title, but we never aspired to it as a final result, we always wanted to guarantee a sustainable cultural plan for Faro and the Algarve. A plan that would do justice to the people who live here and choose the Algarve to be their home. Couldn't have had a better experience.
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Heterogeneous audience fills the Musicians Association for the AL-Bauhaus Dream Factory

11/6/2022

 
New European Bauhaus (Within The Festival)
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On the 9th of June, the event “AL-Bauhaus Dream Factory” took place at the Associação Cultural e Recreativa de Músicos, in Faro, as part of “The Festival New European Bauhaus” taking place in Brussels (as well as in other European cities) between the 9th and 12th of June. With the aim of celebrating the New European Bauhaus movement, this event presented exhibitions, lectures, debates and creative workshops that allowed us to imagine, dream and co-design the future cultural spaces of the Algarve, so that they are beautiful, sustainable and for everyone.

This event also aimed at good practices, projects and creatives from Faro and the Algarve, whose work is part of the New European Bauhaus movement and intended above all to invite those present to reconnect to the true identity of our region through the projects presented and of the ideas discussed.

More than 200 people participated in the event. A very heterogeneous audience that included children from Jardim Escola João de Deus, high school students, university students from the Visual Arts course at UALG, ASMAL users, teachers from different disciplines, artists, creatives, specialists, activists, entities and the curious!!
​The afternoon began with a creative design workshop, led by the Association of Designers of the South and attended by 2nd year students from Jardim Escola João de Deus. It was with great enthusiasm that this group of children imagined the cultural buildings of the future and saw their work on display at the event. The exhibition space also featured a showcase of projects that won the Regional Architecture Prize and 6 XL tapestries, the result of the LIXARTE project. This pilot project, which consisted of creating tapestries from garbage (mainly marine), inspired by the work of African artist El Anatsui, was born with the aim of disseminating the messages of the European Ecological Pact (EU Green Deal) and students from schools EB23 and secondary in the municipalities of Olhão and Faro. The LIXARTE exhibition then moved on to the city of Portimão, the beginning of the tour through the Algarve.

At the AL-Bauhaus Dream Factory, other projects and artists in the region working on the theme of sustainability were also made known. The plastic artist, Joana Rocha toasted all visitors with the piece “Bioco”. Associação Amarelarte presented the clothing recycling project "Upcycling Clothes and Minds". Guilherme Gonçalves exhibited his clothing and decoration pieces inspired by the Ria Formosa.

With a full audience, the “AL-BAUHAUS Dream Factory” program included a participatory debate of ideas and concepts, inserted in this great movement that is the New European Bauhaus, with the motto “New Cultural Spaces”. Among the results presented, we highlight the ideas of students from the Visual Arts course at the University of Algarve, who drew attention to the pressing need for artists to settle in the region, advancing with ideas for the creation of artistic residencies, workshops and galleries and unveiling the willingness of students and teachers of this course to make efforts in this direction.
The Open Mic moment followed with three very interesting talks. Mariana Pestana, Researcher at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Lisboa, was the first to take the floor. He presented the Bauhaus do Mar project and its importance for changing cultural consciousness and values: “we have to stop looking at the sea as an inexhaustible good and work even more towards coexistence between human beings and the environment”. José de Brito, Landscape Architect of the Committee for Coordination and Regional Development (CCDR) of the Algarve, also spoke to us about how we can “live more consciously” and integrate in the construction of our landscapes values ​​and knowledge from the material and immaterial heritage of the region. Presenting a more technical aspect, Cláudio Calveri, Consultant for Digital Cultural Strategies, introduced us to the concept of “Civic Crowdfunding” and how this tool allows us to be cultural agents and develop projects within the scope of the New European Bauhaus and thus contribute for a more beautiful, sustainable and inclusive future.
The highlight of the afternoon was the Al-Bauhaus Talk, “(Re)Constructions with Identity, Innovation and Nature”, which featured Architect José Alegria as keynote speaker and moderator of a panel of guests that included: Adriana Nogueira, Regional Director of Algarve Culture; Lurdes Carvalho, Director of Regional Development Services at CCDR Algarve, and Teresa Valente, Architect of the Urban Regeneration Service of the Spatial Planning Division of the Department of Infrastructure and Urbanism of the Municipality of Faro. With the theme “The importance of local knowledge and materials”, Architect Alegria praised the characteristics of Algarve architecture and promoted the concept of geoarchitecture, that is, the integration of the four elements, fire, air, earth and water in the design and construction of buildings. buildings and spaces. This was the motto for a debate without taboos, which included interventions from the audience and whose main conclusion was the need to develop a relationship between civil society and political power for urban planning that respects the environment, but also the built heritage. and the well-being of citizens.
The event continued through dinnertime and into the night, with moments of fun and celebration. It was with good mood and sustainability tips that influencers Peanuts (Joana Jesus) and Maia Viegas put all those present to participate in the live quiz "Who ever: ugly, unsustainable and individualistic". to the sound of DJ Renato Aka Renato.

The AL-Bauhaus Dream Factory event was produced by AL-BAUHAUS, beautiful, sustainable and for all Algarve, an initiative promoted by a group of regional partners, namely:
  • Associação Al Mouatamid Ibn Abbad
  • Associação Cultural e Recreativa de Músicos
  • Associação Designers do Sul
  • Darquiterra
  • Europe Direct Algarve | CCDR Algarve
  • Faro2027 | Município de Faro
  • Ordem dos Arquitetos Secção Regional do Algarve
  • Sul Informação
  • Universidade do Algarve

Believing in the potential of the Algarve and the Algarve, it is the objective of this group of partners to inform, inspire and clarify this great European movement in the hope that the Algarve and its agents can actively participate in the construction of the New European Bauhaus.
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SCHOOLS OF FARO, LOULÉ AND MAPUTO IN THE SECOND EDITION OF MI.MOMO

13/4/2022

 
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Project that took Minecraft to classrooms now reaches students in the Municipality of Loulé and travels to Maputo, Mozambique.
After the success of the first edition, the Municipality of Faro bet again on the development of the MI.MOMO project, taking it to more schools and more students, in the region and abroad.
Understanding the importance of the project for the promotion of heritage among young people, the Municipality of Loulé responded positively to the challenge of participating in the second edition of MI.MOMO. In addition to the Algarve municipalities of Faro and Loulé, students from the Portuguese School of Mozambique, in Maputo, participate in the second edition of this heritage education project, marking the internationalization of an initiative whose merit has been widely recognized.
With a total of 9 schools participating, the second edition of MI.MOMO has already offered training to 48 teachers and at the moment modernist buildings in the cities of Faro, Loulé and Mozambique are being reproduced in Minecraft by more than 460 students. In addition to the partnerships established last year, namely the Ria Formosa Training Centre, Regional Directorate for Culture of the Algarve, Europeana, Microsoft and the National Arts Plan; the second edition of the project also has the support of Museu Zero.
​The success of this project is also evidenced by its presentation at major events, such as Built with Bits: Designing Virtual Spaces for the Future (organized by Europeana Pro, within the scope of the New European Bauhaus) and Challenges 2021 - “Digital Challenges”: XII International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Education. It should also be noted that MI.MOMO was distinguished with the Honorable Mention for Approaching the Young Public, in the first edition of the Heritage.pt Awards, of the Iberian Biennial of Cultural Heritage 2021.
Applying the potential of new digital tools to teaching and learning, MI.MOMO is a project aimed at 3rd cycle students that aims to disseminate the built cultural heritage through the reproduction of modernist architecture buildings on the Minecraft Education digital platform, in a context of classroom.
In addition to the educational component, MI.MOMO has the ambition to reach the entire community, leading it to think and debate topics such as: the city in the digital age, urban requalification and the built cultural heritage as a legacy for future generations.
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THANK YOU ALL!

11/3/2022

 
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​It is with great sadness that the Municipality of Faro and Faro2027 inform that they are not continuing in the race to become European Capital of Culture 2027. Faro was not one of the cities selected by the European Union jury for the second phase of the competition. The Municipality of Faro congratulates the cities of Aveiro, Braga, Évora and Ponta Delgada for moving on to the next stage.
​“We did our best and we thank the thousands of people who built this candidacy with us. We always said that the most important thing was not winning the title, but the process. The application process was essential for us to look at the municipality and the region in a very participatory way. We know that we have built a relevant and quality application. The result obtained does not mean that we will stop. The path has begun, we must continue to work” : said Rogério Bacalhau, Mayor of Faro, who was present at the press conference where the European jury announced the finalists.
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Although the outcome was not the one desired by the Municipality of Faro and by the entities co-producing the candidacy, the topics dealt with in the candidacy continue to deserve the attention of local and regional public entities. We remind you that the Faro2027 application process involved the direct participation of more than 3000 people from across the Algarve region. Artists, children, young people, entrepreneurs, mayors, unemployed, retired, international experts, professors, foreign residents and tourists were consulted and presented ideas for the region.
Based on the ideas gathered, the Candidature Bidbook presented various themes such as water, multiculturalism, climate change and tourist massification. The Candidacy Bidbook also presented proposals for the establishment of better links with Europe in the field of culture and sustainability. It is important to emphasize the regional involvement and cooperation throughout this process, recognizing the role of the University of the Algarve, the Algarve Tourism Region, CCDR Algarve, the Regional Directorate for Culture of the Algarve, IPDJ Algarve, and in particular all the Municipalities of the Algarve, and of many organizations and cultural and social agents in the region that supported this project from the start.
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​“We cannot ignore all the work developed, the energy generated, or the issues raised by the people who participated in the process. There are projects that are already underway and that we intend to continue to pursue, such as the rehabilitation of the Fábrica da Cerveja, the Cultural Kilometer or the Gastronomic Embassy. Faro also assumed commitments within the scope of the creative roof terraces project. We are leaders of the European Creative Rooftop Network (ECRN) which brings together 9 cities, in a project funded by the Creative Europe program worth €4M over 4 years. The Faro Convention and the initiatives planned under it, such as the announced International Conferences or the MI.MOMO.FARO project, will continue to be developed, as will other projects that we will announce in due course, with all our commitment”: says Rogério Bacalhau.
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Discover the Faro2027 application in 2 minutes

9/3/2022

 
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What does it take to generate a wave?
Lots of drops of water and a growing energy.
What does it take to generate a wave big enough to drive a process of change?
Even more drops of water and more energy sprouting and growing in the same direction.

In the process of applying for Faro to the European Capital of Culture 2027, ideas, initiatives and projects flow like the waves to the shore. One idea sparks multiple ideas, one person takes us to many people and we create new communities, a concept grows and flows in many directions.
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This has been and continues to be Faro2027. That's how we built the Candidacy Dossier. We continue to gather information and listen to people, inducing an increase in ambition and belief in dreams for our future, pooling our energies... and here we are, self-aware and enthusiastic, surfing waves to shore, surfing to land loaded with creativity and innovation!
dive into faro2027 - candidacy presentation in 2 minutes
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Dive in to Faro2027: What have we done? What are we doing? What plans do we have for the future?

7/3/2022

 
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Faro2027 had strong local and regional support from the beginning. In the municipality, the project was unanimously approved twice, in the region (Association of Municipalities) in addition to financial support and commitment, several projects were developed. The University contributed to the reflection and implementation of projects as well as the Tourism Board. The Regional Agency for Community Funds, The Regional Cultural Directorate, The Regional Youth Institute, Business and Commercial Associations and Political Representatives elected by the Algarve, united for this purpose. All understand the importance of the process for de development of the region. Faro 2027 is one of the important projects in the cooperation agreement in the AAA region (Alentejo – Algarve – Andalusia).
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Faro2027 is a participatory process, a public process. After thousands of participations collected on the street, in the market, in debates and conferences, in interviews and focus groups, we started a structured dialogue with national and international experts who helped to focus on the themes of the application and whose result can be consulted in the book: Faro2027, now what?
Faro2027 is synonymous of Europe and networking. In response to the great confinements that shook the world during the peaks of the pandemic, we launched the Europe at Home project. More than 30 cities, more than 60 artists showed through photos and texts the experiences of cities in confinement. The book recently launched is a piece that will be part of the history of this difficult moment in our history.
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Faro2027 was the precursor of new European networks. The ECRN European Creative Rooftop Network brings together 9 cities funded by the Creative Europe program in a 4M€ program for 4 years, to work on European rooftops, discuss the relationship between public/private space, green cities and new spaces for artistic creation. Also in 2019, Açoteia was born, the first Rooftops Festival in Faro.
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Faro2027 was and continues to be an enabler of urban transformation. The ambitious and innovative project for one of the most iconic buildings in Faro, Fábrica da Cerveja, was recently presented. The city will gradually open up to the Ria Formosa (the lagoon) and the Cultural KM will be born, the recovery of the axis that connects the Theater to São Francisco Square, a new way of experiencing nature.
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Faro2027 went where the people are. We launched the Banca de Cultura project, which for more than 1 year (still is…) has received contributions, listens to the aspirations and concerns of the people of Faro in a stall in the municipal market between the sale of fruit and fish. But “the banca” was also digital, it went to associations and communities, listened to artists and creatives in a real wave of public participation.
Faro2027 was the driving force behind the Faro2030 PEC - The Cultural Strategy of Faro. An innovative document, fully based on the 4 dimensions of UNESCO's reading of the Sustainable Development Goals. A document that intends to completely change the cultural and creative sector of Faro in the next 10 years and that had the participation of more than 400 people in its elaboration. Also at a regional level, the strategic documento “Cultura Algarve 2030” was created, to give a prospective vision for culture in the region for 10 years.
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Faro2027 has entered the schools by creating innovative digital projects that make young people look at their city and its heritage in a different way. We launched the MI.MO.MO.FARO project where more than 120 students recreated modernist houses in the city in a Minecraft environment. The second edition will have around 600 students and the special participation of students from Kaunas and Mozambique.
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With the project Cataplana of the World we bring intercultural dialogue to the table. We invite immigrants to cook a Cataplana (traditional Algarve kitchen pan) with products from their countries of origin. This Cataplana was enjoyed by other families who also live in Faro. The joint experience of different cultures has secular roots in the Algarve.
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SECOND EDITION OF MI.MOMO.FARO: Project that brought Minecraft to classrooms now reaches more students

6/3/2022

 
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After the success of the first edition, Faro's candidacy for European Capital of Culture will take MI.MOMO.FARO to more schools and more students, in the Algarve region and abroad.
In addition to Faro, around a thousand students from Olhão, Loulé and Albufeira are participating in the second edition of this heritage education project. Mozambique and Lithuania also join MI.MOMO.FARO, marking the internationalization of an initiative whose merit has been widely recognized and which has been present at major events, such as Built with Bits: Designing Virtual Spaces for the Future (organized by Europeana Pro , within the scope of the New European Bauhaus), Challenges 2021 and “Digital Challenges”: XII International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Education.
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​Developed with the support of Microsoft, the National Arts Plan and the Algarve Regional Directorate of Culture, Europeana Educação, Museo Zer0 and the Ria Formosa Training Center, MI.MOMO.FARO is a project aimed at 3rd cycle students who want to to disseminate the built cultural heritage through the reproduction of modernist architecture buildings on the Minecraft Education digital platform, in the context of the classroom. Applying the potential of new digital tools to teaching and learning, this project has the participation of dozens of professionals, including teachers, architects and municipal technicians.
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Além da componente educativa, o MI.MOMO.FARO tem a ambição de chegar a toda a comunidade, com a discussão pública das grandes temáticas da candidatura de Faro a Capital Europeia da Cultura 2027, designadamente, a cidade na era digital, a requalificação urbana e o património cultural edificado enquanto legado para as gerações futuras.

Review the work developed in the first edition HERE
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Faro and the Algarve presented their candidacy for European Capital of Culture

3/3/2022

 
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​An application developed for the people and with the people was the motto for the presentation of Faro's Candidature for European Capital of Culture 2027, which took place at Teatro das Figuras on the 28th of February. Dozens of guests took the stage to tell, in the first person, what it has been like to participate in this process.
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​The journey through the Faro2027 application process began in the foyer of the theater where photographs, objects and films presented the path taken, highlighting some initiatives and projects, trying to anticipate what would be presented on stage.
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​It was up to the Vice-President of the Municipality of Faro, Paulo Santos, to start the event. “Faro2027 is a process, it is a path of no return.”, was the opening sentence of his presentation where he explained all the work developed, regional involvement as an opportunity for development but above all how this process challenged teams and working methods : “Nobody was prepared for a project of this magnitude. We were all forced to review working methods and formulas, we were forced to lose the fear of taking risks and we were forced to leave our comfort zone.” In his presentation, the different stages of the process were enumerated, the projects carried out, the European networks created but above all the process was valued regardless of the fact that Faro/Algarve won the title: “We are committed to this competition but our focus was and will continue to be on the process”, concluded Paulo Santos.
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The event continued in a talkshow format and many were invited to take the stage to give body and voice to the process. The presentation of the Candidature Dossier (bidbook) was in charge of Bruno Inácio, Head of the Culture Division of the Municipality of Faro and Coordinator of the Faro2027 team. Bruno explained how the region's relationship with water is the main theme of the application, around which all the other problems and themes addressed are derived, not least, such as multiculturalism, climate change and tourist massification.
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​The official presentation of the Faro2027 application to the jury will take place on the 9th of March in Lisbon, in an event behind closed doors, with the cities selected for the second phase of the process being known on the 11th of March.
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Dive into Faro2027: Candidature Presentation Event

23/2/2022

 
What have we done? What are we doing? What plans do we have for the future?
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​Faro2027 and the Municipality of Faro will present Faro's Candidature to be the European Capital of Culture, in a free entrance event, which will take place on February 28th at 17h30, at Teatro das Figuras.
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This will be an important moment to learn about the whole process and understand how the Application Form (Bidbook) was built. Several guests will take the stage to share their work, their experiences and their plans for the future. This will be an immersive event, which invites all Marafados to dive into Faro's Candidature to become the European Capital of Culture 2027 and to understand how culture can be the engine of economic, social and environmental development of the region.

​Join us!

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"Faro 2027, and now what?" - The book that compiles around two dozen texts by national and international specialists

22/2/2022

 
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​The candidacy of Faro to become the European Capital of Culture in 2027 invited Andreia Fidalgo and Gonçalo Duarte Gomes to coordinate the publication of a set of opinion articles that were fundamental in bringing conceptual thought to the themes of the candidacy.
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​After a broad and multiple process of public consultation, which involved many outdoor conversations, interviews, focus groups and a number of other formats, all these contributions were compiled and systematised, giving rise to thematic guidelines. For several months, the Faro2027 team maintained an intense and fruitful dialogue that sought, in an initial phase, to test these thematic priorities with visions from the outside in, questioning what role a territory like the Algarve could have in Europe and, subsequently, almost in the form of a written dialogue, a similar vision was requested from a perspective in the opposite direction, from the inside out.
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​Several of these texts were written after many hours of conversations that generated numerous reflections that proved to be fundamental to focus the themes worked on in the application. Issues such as interculturality; climate change; social and cultural issues surrounding tourism and even hidden poverty in the region; or even issues related to the city-building in a massive tourism destination, were some of the issues addressed. 
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They are texts that make us reflect, against the backdrop of culture and creativity. The title chosen by the coordinators of the publication is a call to action.
An action that calls us all together.
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“Europe at Home" through the eyes and words of its artists now in book form

22/2/2022

 
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​Faro's candidacy to be European Capital of Culture has just launched the book "Europe at Home", an artistic reflection on the pandemic and its impact on the daily lives of families and communities in Europe.
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​With an opening text by Lídia Jorge, the book "Europe at Home" gathers literary texts and photographs by more than 60 artists from 30 European cities, in a joint vision about a particularly demanding moment in our lives, marked by the harshness of social isolation and repeated confinements. According to Lídia Jorge: "It is a pleasure for me to participate in this book. May this book and all the involvement it represents be a gateway to Faro, a city that intends to win the title of European Capital of Culture. Art and literature being essential goods to life".
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​The writer Sandro William Junqueira and the photographer Vasco Célio, were the artists invited by Faro2027 to represent the city of Faro in the project Europe at Home. According to Sandro William Junqueira and Vasco Célio, this project is revealing of human fragility. Participating in Europe at Home is to contribute to building a memory for the future of this unprecedented moment experienced by us all. The photographs and texts present in the book "Europe at Home" are a reflection on the unpredictability of nature and on the way we live our lives today.
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​Created in 2020, "Europe at Home" was thought, developed and implemented as a purely digital project, but over time it has grown and gained dimension. The importance of the initiative, as an artistic legacy for future memory, led 30 European cities to join Faro2027 in this initiative, which aims to be a unique and singular record of an unprecedented period in our collective history. As such, "Europe at Home" quickly jumped from the website and social networks to paper, now giving birth to a work with the same name. The public presentation of the book "Europe at Home" took place last Monday, February 21th, in a ceremony held at Club Farense. The books can be purchased at the Municipal Museum in Faro.
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You can watch the video of the event here:
https://www.facebook.com/faro2027/videos/703480297322115
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Faro2027 is a promoter of a new centre for arts and creativity

19/2/2022

 
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​Faro City Council is up to transform one of the city's most iconic buildings into a hub for art and creativity, open to all, and which, if Faro is awarded the title of European Capital of Culture, will be its home for international projects.
​During the preparation process of Faro's candidature to become the European Capital of Culture, the Fábrica da Cerveja was one of the most mentioned buildings in the several and wide participation processes that took place. In Faro's candidature, the Fábrica da Cerveja is an emblematic building which will host the project's Head Office in a close connection with the Cultural KM. Opening the city to the Ria Formosa through this building is an another vehicle that will seek to be a common ground to understand the territory, in a mindset of greater respect for biodiversity.
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​In order to structure a strategic programme that can be solid and allow progress to the project and subsequent construction phases, the municipality established a partnership with Gonçalo Louro & Cláudia Santos - Arquitectos, Lda. in cooperation with Opium, Lda. and Pablo Berástegui which allowed the construction of a Strategic and Functional Programme for the Beer Factory. It was a participative process in which many people, cultural agents and regional agents were heard. This programme is intended to preserve the dynamics that already exist in the space by opening it up to the participation of all.
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Fábrica da Cerveja will be a centre for art and creativity, a space for creation, exhibition and meeting for cultural agents and a space for public use, with the possibility of daily enjoyment in a logic of encounter for all. Its value chain will be: empower - produce - inspire - enjoy - share - expand - enable.
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Potential economic impact of Faro2027 Candidacy evaluated by the Faculty of Economics of the University of Algarve

15/2/2022

 
What impact will Faro 2027 have on the local and regional economy?
What economic and financial effects will it have on sectors such as tourism and related sectors?
And the creative industries, to what extent will they benefit from Faro's application to be European Capital of Culture 2027?
Can Faro2027 contribute to stimulate private investment and promote the direct and indirect creation of new jobs?

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​To answer these and other questions, the Faculty of Economics of the University of the Algarve, in partnership with the consultancy firm Becorporate, carried out a pioneering study that sought to create a matrix that allows the development of the application process to be monitored, anticipating the impact that Faro 2027 could have on the local and regional economy.
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​No other studies are known to try to assess the economic and financial potential of a European Capital of Culture (ECOC) beforehand. The work was developed with the objective of gathering a set of data and recommendations to support the team that prepared the candidature in decisions related to investments and monitoring, through a system of economic evaluation, which covered the preparation phase of the candidature.
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​The impacts resulting from the ECOC are quite diverse, yet it was possible to conclude that an initiative of this nature can help to raise the tourism profile of the host city. This effect is cumulative and growing, starting to be felt immediately after the announcement of the application until the year of the initiative and expected to continue after the event.
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​There is evidence that this type of initiative has a considerable impact on the housing market, creative industries and commerce, as well as impacting on other areas such as education. On the other hand, it is clear that a ECOC can have a marked impact on (local and regional) infrastructure investment and is clearly a driver of greater momentum for private investment.
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​Overall, the results indicate that the carrying the title of a European Capital of Culture is an economically relevant event, with positive consequences on local and Regional GDP, on public accounts and on job creation (direct and indirect).
For each euro allocated in the Faro2027 investment expenses, it is estimated that the direct economic impact generated in Expenditure, GVA, Employment and VAT is, in the Creative, Artistic and Entertainment Services of 1.21€, in Accommodation Services of 1.285€, in the production of Restaurant and Similar Services of 1.45€.
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​One of the added values of this study is its potential as a working platform for possible future stages of the process. The work carried out will allow - in case of Faro being one of the pre-selected cities for the second phase of the selection process - to deepen the dynamics of the study. Even if the city is not chosen for the second phase, the document is also an important instrument for a future monitoring of the application of a set of projects embodied in the PEC Faro2030 - Strategic Plan for Culture of Faro.
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Faro2027 gives color to the Christmas of hospitalized children

13/1/2022

 
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​Faro 2027 went to Faro Hospital to help color the Christmas of children hospitalized or under hospital care.
We brought gifts to brighten up these children's Christmas. Our girls and our boys turned the gifts into works of art.
Together, we lived happy moments, we celebrated with smiles and even with laughter. Memories left that will go down in history. In our history, in the history of our little ones. After all, it's the moments that make the magic of Christmas.
This action stems from the existing partnership between Faro2027 and CHUA, within the scope of the Art for Health project. Our thanks to the hospital services and health professionals who helped us in this initiative:
  • Pediatric hospitalization
  • Pediatric outpatient consultation
  • Pediatric day hospital
  • Pediatric emergency
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Visit to the inauguration of Novi Sad 2022

13/1/2022

 
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​Novi Sad is one of 3 cities to be awarded the title of European Capital of Culture in 2022. The Serbian city held the opening ceremony today and presented an annual programme based on building multicultural bridges. Faro2027 was present at the ceremony, at the invitation of the municipality of Novi Sad. Together with this city we have the Europe at Home project. Our greetings and congratulations to Novi Sad and the whole team.
Срећно и срећно Нови Сад (Good luck and best wishes, Novi Sad)

​Representing Faro City Council were the Vice President Paulo Santos and Councillor Sophie Matias.
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Atlantic Cities Association supports Faro's candidacy to be the European Capital of Culture 2027

6/1/2022

 
The Atlantic Cities Association (ACA) formally declared its support for Faro's Candidature to European Capital of Culture. Taking into account the prestige of this association and the fundamental role it develops in the Atlantic arc, we were proud to receive this recognition.
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The statement said that the ACA recognises that Faro2027 is a "candidacy to safeguard and promote the diversity of cultures in Europe and highlight the common features they share, as well as to strengthen the citizens' sense of belonging to a common cultural space". Furthermore, our application is also recognised as an important driver for the long-term economic, social and environmental development of the city and the region.
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The statement signed by Mr Eneko Goia Laso, President of Atlantic Cities and Mayor of Donostia/San Sebastián (Spain), further states that Faro's bid to become European Capital of Culture "is based on strengthening the scope, diversity and European dimension of cultural offer at city level, in particular through transnational cooperation; broadening access to and participation in culture; strengthening the capacity of the cultural sector and its links with other sectors; improving the international profile of cities through culture."
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About the Network of Atlantic Cities
The Atlantic Cities Association - ACA promotes and defends the interests of the Atlantic cities of Europe. It was created in the 2000s with the main objective of giving a voice to the authorities of these cities and their territories at European level. In order to achieve its objectives, the ACA establishes and encourages cooperation across the Atlantic Arc, through the promotion of joint actions between members and the exchange of best practices and solutions to common problems. 
All the work carried out over this time shows the importance of further strengthening the links between European territories.
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Art for Health in the Hospital of Faro

4/1/2022

 
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What impact does art have on health promotion?
What effect does culture have on physical and mental well-being?
Can art relieve physical and emotional tension?
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​Faro's Candidature to become the European Capital of Culture (faro2027), in partnership with the Algarve University Hospital Centre (CHUA) and the Association 289 developed the “Art for Health” project.
The “Art for Health” project aims to promote the physical and emotional well-being of all the health professionals who, over the last two years, have been involved in the tough fight against the pandemic. The initiative counts on the participation of five plastic artists who, until March 2022, will exhibit their works in the cafeteria of the Algarve University Hospital Centre.
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This group show thus includes works by Gustavo Jesus, Milita Doré, Régis  Vincent, Fernando Sampaio Amaro and Leandro Marcos, artists who voluntarily and and gratuitously joined Faro2027 in this initiative. The Art for Health project was inspired by the initiative "Un quadr al mese: lártein ospedale" developed in the COVID Hospital OGR ASL, in Italy, in the city of Torino.
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Cities fund for culture

2/1/2022

 
What changes is culture undergoing in this ever-changing world?
What is the relationship between culture and the SDGs?
​What is the role of culture in creating a more sustainable future?

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​The Cities Fund for Culture, of which Faro is a member, will select seven European artists (citizens or residents of any European country, inside and outside the European Union) to work individually or collectively and share their visions on the contribution of culture to a sustainable future.
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Interested artists should submit their vision on these and other issues until February 25th of 2022, through the following link: https://culturenext.eu/cities-fund/. Each selected artist will receive the amount of €2,000 (gross) to create a work of art that mirrors the submitted vision. The 7 selected artists will be given the opportunity to share their ideas, perspectives as well as develop projects together. The main objective of this programme, launched by the Cities Fund for Culture, is to support the (co)creation of 1 to 7 seven artworks through a collaborative process involving the different selected artists. The resulting artworks will be promoted by the 10 cities that co-created the Fund, but also by the other cities that are members of the Culture Next network. 
We recall that the Cities Fund for Culture was announced in Faro on November 25th in 2021. The Cities Fund for Culture was conceptualized by Culture Next as a pioneer financial mechanism, alternative to traditional financing mechanisms for culture. To make this fund a reality, 10 European cities, including Faro, will be involved. The 10 co-founders of the Cities Fund for Culture are Aveiro (PT), Braga (PT), Belfast (IE), Cluj-Napoca (RO), Elefsina (GR), Faro (PT), Leeuwarden (NL), Leeds (UK), Leuven (BE) and Oulu (FI).

Cities Fund for Culture is developed by Culture Next, a European network of 26 cities from 17 EU countries and the UK. 


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New Farrobinhas adventure is dedicated to Faro2027

23/12/2021

 
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With the title "A special gift", the 12th book of the collection "The adventures of Farrobinhas" is dedicated to Faro's candidacy to become the European Capital of Culture. As in previous editions, the book was offered and distributed by Faro City Hall in all kindergartens and primary schools in the county.
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This Christmas, Eugénio, Ana, Afonso and Farroba receive a very special visit that takes them back in time. On this journey they will discover and explain to the youngest ones the importance of the region's cultural heritage, as well as the importance of culture and the title of European Capital of Culture 2027 for the economic, social and environmental development of the region.
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The Faro2027 team also created a video where the story is told and all children can hear the adventures of these heroes. During the Christmas season the video will be promoted on the social networks of Faro's Candidature to European Capital of Culture, as well as the Municipality and the Faro Municipal Library. In January the books "The adventures of the Farrobinhas - A special gift" will be at the Faro Municipal Market, with reading sessions at Banca da Cultura, aimed at the youngest visitors.
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Faro leads a European network dedicated to transforming rooftops

6/12/2021

 
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In many different parts of Europe, there are thousands of square kilometers of public space with great potential underrated and not recognized as an effective urban resource.  This perception brings together organizations from nine different cities in a collective effort to unlock the potential of European rooftops.
The European Creative Rooftop Network (ECRN) - financed by the Creative Europe program until 2024 - is working towards turning rooftops into creative solutions for social, economic and environmental issues faced by Europe in the near future.The municipality of Faro is one of the founding partners and leads this network of nine cities. 
The thematic approach the municipality seeks for its rooftop policies is inspired by how these allow us to observe the city through a different perspective and allow us to reimagine them in many different ways, leading to three different areas of development: arts, community and sustainability.  The main goal is to transform Faro’s rooftops into new public spaces: places for green and sustainable encounters for the community to prosper. The ECRN provides the international inspiration necessary to bring to life the projects Faro wishes, furthermore allows the exchange of local knowledge from the municipality with fellow Europeans.
On the 1st of December of 2021, the partners gathered in Antwerp on the top of the MAS building, a rooftop accessible to the public. The nine partning cities are different culturally, urban planning and weather but seek to find common similarities within the “European cityscape of rooftops” and exchange knowledge on common patrimony. 
Along with Faro, the ECRN connects the following partners: Amsterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona, Belfast, Chemnitz, Gothenburg, Nicosia and Rotterdam. 

Find more about the ECRN: https://ecrn.city

Cultural Fund created by network of European cities is announced in Faro

27/11/2021

 
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On the 25th and 26th of November, the city of Faro hosted the 7th meeting of Culture Next, a network of European cities, current and former candidates to the title of European Capital of Culture.​
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One of the highlights of this meeting was the launch of the Cities Fund for Culture, created by these cities. The Cities Fund for Culture was conceived by Culture Next as a pioneer financial mechanism, alternative to traditional financing mechanisms for culture. For the concretization of this fund, 10 European cities, of which Faro is one, will contribute, in the first edition, with 2.000 euros each. Later, and through public competitions, European artists interested in working together may apply to this fund for the development of projects where culture is the engine for the development of a sustainable future.
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The 10 co-founders of the Cities Fund for Culture are Aveiro (PT), Braga (PT), Belfast (IE), Cluj-Napoca (RO), Elefsina (GR), Faro (PT), Leeuwarden (NL), Leeds (UK), Leuven (BE) and Oulu (FI). Cities Fund for Culture is developed by Culture Next, a European network of 26 cities from 17 EU countries and the UK and of which Faro is part since 2018.
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Know more at: https://culturenext.eu/

More than 300 people went to Lisbon to deliver the Bidbook in the Ministry of Culture

23/11/2021

 
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This Sunday, on November 21st, Faro presented it’s candidature to be the European Capital of Culture 2027.
It was early in the morning that an entourage of about three hundred people and dozens of bikers from the Motoclub of Faro and Moto Malta Faro, left the Algarve capital, heading for Lisbon, to accompany Rogério Bacalhau, Mayor of Faro, in the delivery of the Bidbook, at the Ministry of Culture. A part of this entourage was the Folkloric Group of Faro, the Choral Group Ossónoba, the Faro Philharmonic Band and the group Urban Xpression which performed during the ceremony.
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The candidature of Faro for the European Capital of Culture has received a wide participation and many groups and associations that have been collaborating in the process, wanted to join the delegation, namely Associação Doina Algarve, Associação Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes, Associação de Proteção à Rapariga e à Família, Refood and Sociedade Recreativa Bordeirense. Many other citizens, who understood the importance of the application for the long-term development of the region, also joined the delegation and made their way to Lisbon.
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In a festive spirit, all the people in the entourage applauded the arrival of Faro’s Bidbook and formed a human line and through the hands of all the people the Bidbook was passed until it reached Rogério Bacalhau, to be delivered to the Ministry of Culture. After this moment the Mayor of Faro thanked immensely for the presence of all and recalled that: "The delivery of Faro's Candidature for the European Capital of Culture in 2027 represents an important milestone in a project of all and for all. A mobilizing project, made with a lot of work and dedication, which affirms the potential of culture as an important tool for the economic and social development of the region. For all this, and the commitment and involvement of the entire population in our candidacy, we have reasons to celebrate today. We are already winners''.
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After the Bidbook delivery ceremony at Palácio da Ajuda, Faro2027 took 45 children supported by the Doina Association (Mudaki Project) and the Association for the Protection of Girls and Family to the MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, in a partnership that aims to affirm Faro 2027 as an inclusive candidacy, where everyone has the access to culture.
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MARAFADOS INVADE LISBON!

20/11/2021

 
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On next Sunday, November 21st, the city of Faro will be deserted: hundreds of citizens are heading to Lisbon to hand in the Book of Candidacy of Faro/Algarve to the European Capital of Culture 2027, at the Palácio da Ajuda/Ministry of Culture.
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The meeting point will be early in the morning, in front of the Faro City Hall. At 10am a motorcade with dozens of motorbikes from different Motoclubs in the city and several buses will head to Lisbon: "We want this to be a special event, capable of showing the jury which will evaluate Faro's application to be European Capital of Culture, that it is supported by all the citizens of Faro and the Algarve'' - says Bruno Inácio, coordinator of Faro2027.
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The Faro Philharmonic Association, the Faro Folkloric Group, the Ossónoba Choir and the Urban Xpression group will accompany the delegation and contribute to making it a day of celebration. The associations and entities that have been collaborating in the various projects implemented under Faro2027 project will also be represented, and the aim is to synthesize the spirit of community and participation that has been guiding the work developed in the application process. The Faro2027 team and Faro City Council invite everyone to wish this committee good luck on Sunday morning in Largo de São Francisco, Faro, at 10:00 in the morning.
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Faro 2027 is not only about culture, it's about much more! Winning the title of European Capital of Culture 2027 means social, environmental and economic development of the city and the region. That development starts now and will be visible for the upcoming 10 years.
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"Cataplanas do Mundo" - a project from Faro to the world

14/11/2021

 
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"Cataplanas do Mundo" is one of the projects developed by Faro's Candidature to the European Capital of Culture, in partnership with “Tertúlia Algarvia”. The main goal of this project is the sharing of cultures and the inclusion of immigrant groups present in the Algarve through gastronomy.
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The first meeting took place on 18th of October, at Tertúlia Algarvia restaurant. On that day, the Chef cooked a typical Algarve cataplana and presented the challenge to the participants. We had lunch together and shared countless stories at the table.
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On November 8th, a second meeting took place where Ikram (Moroccan), Diana (Romanian) and Helena (Cape Verdean) prepared typical dishes from their countries inside our Algarvian cataplana, which allowed us to travel through flavours, which is the aim of this huge gastro-diplomatic project. We were also joined by Iram (Pakistani) and Euza (Brazilian), who also will be preparing typical recipes from their origins soon.
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We added a dash of colours and flavours from other cultures, added a handful of dedication and tradition, poured everything into the Algarvian cataplana and cooked the Cataplanas of the World, ready to serve at your home.
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From 18th of November to 2nd of December, these five international cooks will prepare various Algarvian cataplanas, all made with ingredients and recipes from their respective countries of origin. The cataplanas will then be raffled off and delivered to the home of the winning family. Entries for the Cataplanas of the World draw should be made at: https://www.faro2027.eu/cataplanasdomundo.html .
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The first Cataplana of the World is from Brazil and will be prepared on November 18th, followed by cataplanas from Romania (November 24th), from Pakistan and Cape Verde (November 29th) and finally from Morocco (December 2nd).
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All municipalities of Algarve support Faro2027 candidacy

12/11/2021

 
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Since the beginning, Faro2027 has presented itself as a candidate for the entire Algarve. Two years after formalizing their place in the cooproduction of the candidacy of Faro to European Capital of Culture 2027, the municipalities of Algarve have manifested their political and financial commitment to the candidacy.
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In November of 2019, when signing the collaboration agreement between the Municipality of Faro, the Algarve Intermunicipality Community, the Algarve Tourism Region and the University of Algarve, the municipalities mutually agreed that the European Capital of Culture title justified everyone’s involvement and dedication. ​
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They saw this as one of the European Union most recognized initiatives, understanding its transformative impact on the territory and its large capacity of multiplying the investment. On the 5th of November, the sixteen municipalities approved at the meeting of the intermunicipal council a manifestation of collective interest of regional investment in the scope of the candidacy of Faro to European Capital of Culture. This candidacy is recognized as a “collective wish, worthy of a vast and lasting commitment, constituting a unique and outstanding opportunity for Algarve.” It was deliberated, considering the regional component of the project, a manifestation of collective interest for regional investment of an estimated value of sixteen million euros.​
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Faro’s municipality will invest 10,6 million euros and the remaining amount will be divided by the other fifteen municipalities according to a criteria of distribution. The investment will happen between 2023 and 2028. 
The total estimated budget, which amounts to 76 million euros, will also be assured by the government, through European funds and the private sector. 
This investment will be directed to:
  • develop training and education programs
  • enhance the internationalization of the cultural and creative sector
  • creation of new audiences
  • increase in the number of visitors to the region throughout the year
  • increased awareness of the Algarve destination
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