As part of the candidacy of Nova Gorica and Gorizia as European Capital of Culture 2025, the cross-border cultural laboratory "Gorizia / Nova Gorica: the challenge of culturally driven development " is to be held today, starting at 11.00 in the representative hall of the Prefecture of Gorizia (Piazza della Vittoria n. 64).

PROGRAM:

10:30 am Welcome coffee

11:00 Greetings from the Authorities

11:15 Capitals and districts. A transnational approach to cultural enhancement (Giorgio Andrian, Unesco expert)

11:30 GO! Borderless. An application without limits (Vesna Humar, Coordinator of the ECOC group)

11:40 The Bid Book of the application. Structure, deadlines and composition (Lorenzo De Sabbata, ISIG)

11:45 am Culturally driven development: challenges and opportunities for Europe in the present and future (Cristina Loglio, expert in European and Italian cultural policies; Emmanuele Curti, Matera ECOC).
2019 - Matera European Capital of Culture 2019; Massimiliano Zane, cultural designer; Pavla Jarc, expert on Slovenian cultural policies)

12:45 Debate 

13:00 Meeting with the press

The event is organized by the Municipalities of Gorizia and Nova Gorica with the support of the EGTC GO and ISIG.