Faro2027 reaffirms its commitment to submitting a European Capital of Culture application with the involvement of the entire region

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​Faro2027, As part of Faro's application for European Capital of Culture, a meeting was held that brought together cultural sector technicians and managers from across the Algarve’s Municipalities.
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​Faro2027, As part of Faro's application for European Capital of Culture, a meeting was held that brought together cultural sector technicians and managers from across the Algarve’s Municipalities. This meeting, which took place at the Teatro das Figuras, in Faro, was held in order to present the projects that have been developed as part of the application to the other municipalities in the region, as well as to reiterate the desire that this application be shared by all municipalities and councils across the Algarve region:“ Beyond simply joining us, we want each one to build something bigger for the region. This project must extend far beyond the application. It must be something stronger, that is firmly rooted and lives on, beyond the city’s potential nomination. We want to show the strength of a region, and how much it can contribute to developing our country, through culture.” - Rogério Bacalhau, Mayor of the Municipality Faro, said in his speech at the meeting.

"Culture is weaved into every area of socio-economic life, and if all the municipalities in the Algarve come together, we could set an example for the entire country (...)"

Though the European Capital of Culture rules state that only one city can formally apply, the European Union is increasingly encouraging applications that encompass the entire area surrounding a city. As such, proposals for regional cooperation projects were also presented at this meeting as potential contributions to the Faro2027 application, which will be discussed at AMAL headquarters (Intermunicipal Community of the Algarve - CIM Algarve), co-producer of the Application. These regional cooperation projects aim to develop a strategic vision for the cultural and creative sector in the region and invest in training cultural agents, but also in training technicians in the municipalities’ cultural sectors and other public bodies. It further aims to aid the transfer of more information and better communications between the cultural and creative sector and its various stakeholders. To reach these objectives, the Faro2027 team has proposed that several shared projects be carried out, reaffirming their willingness to work alongside municipal leaders, but also with the technicians present, and it is expected that these will be shared projects, to which each of these parties contributes: “Culture is weaved into every area of socio-economic life, and if all the municipalities in the Algarve come together, we could set an example for the entire country, demonstrating how the region develops around culture and therefore cultivates a stronger sense of citizenship, better environment, better mobility, more jobs and higher quality of life. ” - pronounced Rogério Bacalhau at the end of the meeting, while thanking everyone for their presence.