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Rouen Seine Normande 2028
Rvb coverageWhat is the European Capital of Culture label?
Every year since 1985, the European Commission has honored two or three European cities by awarding the label European Capital of Culture. A significant initiative that enables selected cities to promote their heritage and cultural dynamism through a wide range of events.
Becoming a European Capital of Culture is a collective, civic project whose ambition is to bring about a lasting transformation of its territory and its image. This label is mainly awarded to cities that draw on their weaknesses, their crises and above all their culture to engage in the long-term transformation of their territory.
Since the birth of this program,over 60 cities have already received the European Capital of Culture label, including four French cities: Paris in 1989, Avignon in 2000, Lille in 2004 and most recently Marseille in 2013. In 2028, a new French city will be selected alongside a Czech city and a city applying to join the European Union. Who knows, maybe Rouen.
Why is Rouen a candidate?
Rouen has experienced major upheavals with the crises of the Seine Valley industrial model and its social and environmental consequences. In the coming years, the Normandy Seine Valley will face the consequences of global warming and rising water levels.
It is in this context that the communities of the Normandy Seine Valley are uniting around this candidature and proposing their project.
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A promising, ambitious and coherent project
Rouen Seine Normande 2028 wishes to put forward a bid that focuses on three areas:
A bid for science and shared knowledge: helping everyone to take an interest in all forms of knowledge and know-how, their requirements and their transmission to put them at the service of a common European project.
A bid for future generations:to put ourselves at the service of children and young people, with the help of their young parents, their grandparents, all the specialists and lovers of the area.
A bid from the Seine:to understand what we can bring to it, and how culture can regenerate itself in contact with it.
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The application timetable
- January 2, 2023: bid file submitted.
- Early 2023: pre-selection of bids then designation of the two cities selected at the end of the year: it’s official, the #Rouen2028 bid has been pre-selected for the title of European Capital of Culture 2028! Let’s stay mobilized to support this ambitious and engaging initiative for the region.
- 2024 – 2028: mobilization and production phase of the project.
- 2028: Rouen Seine Normande becomes European Capital of Culture.
Becoming European Capital of Culture is a transformative ambition for an entire territory: it’s not just about organizing a “festive year” or thinking up a new cultural project; it’s a more ambitious approach at the service of an entire territory and its future generations.
To keep up to date with the Rouen Seine Normande 2028 bid, visit rouen2028.eu and our social networks Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube.
