The meeting represents a first appointment towards the European Capital of Culture 2025 which will see Nova Gorica and Gorizia at the center of the spotlight in a year of events that will involve the entire cross-border territory.

The mayors of the two main cities, Nova Gorica and Gorizia, together with EGTC GO and Javni Zavod GO! 2025 and some of the main actors and promoters of the capital, Tiziana Gibelli, regional council for culture and sport, Barbara Zilli, regional council for finance, Bergamin Alberto, president for the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Gorizia, Pierluigi Medeot, Camera di commercio Industria artigianato e agricoltura di Gorizia, presented the state of the art of the planning work and illustrated the main opportunities coming to support the development of the territory.

We are pleased that Friday's event at the Verdi Theater was so well attended. The number of visitors shows that there is great interest in the cross-border area for the possibilities offered by the title of European Capital of Culture.

You can see the presentations and central topics of the meeting in more detail in the attachment.