Final Press Conference of the Sostenuto project in Brussels, 21 June 2012

On 21 June 2012, a final press conference of the Sostenuto project was held in Brussels (Ile-de-France Europe Office) at which the project's results were presented and promoted. The project began in spring 2009 and was implemented by seven partners from the five Mediterranean countries – France, Slovenia, Spain, Italy and Montenegro. Additional information on the project can be found http://sostenutoblog.wordpress.com/, while information on the activities conducted in Montenegro can be viewed here

This conference will aim at presenting and diffusing the publications resulting from the project. They are based on two complementary volumes. The first, coordinated by the University of Valencia, proposes an economic analysis on questions of culture and innovation. The second volume, coordinated by the Relais Culture Europe, puts these questions into perspective with regards to the choices with which we are faced in terms of development, society and democracy.

Two conferences moderated by Pascal Brunet, Relais Culture Europe:
• Pau Rausell Köster, economist and director of ECONCULT, University of Valencia – the Sostenuto project: a contribution to the debate on social and economic innovation
• Jean-Michel Lucas, academic, University Rennes 2 – around his publication Culture and sustainable development and his contribution in the second volume “What values for the
Agenda 21 for culture?”
With the participation of Stéphane Victor, Ile-de-France Europe Office, Ferdinand Richard, director of A.M.I., head of the Sostenuto project and Frédéric Hocquard, director of Arcadi

Sostenuto "Thinking culture as a factor of economic and social innovation" is a project that is gathering following entities and organizations: AMI (F), head of project, Bunker (SLO), Citema (I), Expeditio (MNE), Relais Culture Europe (F), University of Valencia (S) and Zunino e Partner Progetti srl (I).

Sostenuto is a project of micro-territorial experimentations in the area of interconnections between the culture, economy, social issues and democracy within Med area. By its approach of the exploration of innovative practices in the field of the culture – incubator, cluster, non monetary exchange system, new modes of governance – it is striving for reinforcement of capacities of innovation of the cultural sector within the Med space, to accompany its mutation towards new economic and social models and to encourage the consideration of its innovation capacities with the help of decisions makers, managers and financers.

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