The idea of submitting Pszczyna’s candidature for the ECOC 2029 competition emerged in the local cultural community at the beginning of this year.

Since then, we have managed to:

• carry out ‘Thinking about culture’, a consultation process with the creative community, which resulted in discovering Pszczyna’s potential and identifying the key problems of the city and surrounding municipalities,
• create the strategic document ‘Pszczyna Programme for Cultural Development 2023-2032’, which covers the entire cultural and peripheral cultural life of the city and municipality (the document is available here),
• set up the ECOC 2029 Office which coordinates activities related to the competition, as well as collects applications and initiatives of local cultural communities,
• establish the ECOoC 2029 Programme Council, i.e. the College of Experts bringing together prominent figures – artists, creators, scientists, cultural managers and other specialists – who will consult and give their opinion on the competition application and the subsequent artistic programme of the European Capital of Culture,
• engage with the local, regional and international communities

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