The Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces has taken a step Form a working group – Sponsored by the Committee for Culture and Historical Heritage – from which the 12 cities nominated for the European Capital of Culture in 2031 will testify. … The Ministry of Culture recognized his work.
This was announced on Thursday by the President of the FEMP and the Mayor of Jerez de la Frontera, María José García Pelayo, in the presence of representatives of the candidates. Burgos, Cáceres, Granada, Jerez, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, León, Oviedo, Palma, Butres (Valencia) and Toledo.
The total number of candidates announced so far is twelve, although FEMP indicates that more candidates could be announced until the end of December, as the application deadline ends on 28 December.
According to the president of FEMP, the group’s promoter and responsible for taking it to the Culture Committee and the Board of Directors, it is a matter of ensuring this All the work carried out during these months, the infrastructure available, the activities developed and the resources available do not fall on deaf ears“.
“We are the culture,” García Pelayo stressed, reiterating the offer to have the FEMP be the interlocutor for these cities before the Ministry of Culture in order to commit the necessary funding to the city that is finally chosen.
Likewise, they will ask Culture to create the title “Spanish Capital of Culture”, as a complement to the European programme, as is the case in the fields of sports or gastronomy.
For this purpose, a working committee will be established in which the conditions, requirements, and procedures will be determined and the budget will be allocated. In addition, it aims to urge the Ministry of Finance to consider the recognition of the European Capital of Culture 2031 as an exceptional event of public interest.
The meeting was attended by representatives of these cities who presented their proposals to work on joint initiatives. In the meantime, each of them continues to work on writing nomination books, awaiting their evaluation by a committee that will in turn make its decision and submit its report to the European Commission and the Ministry of Culture.
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