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| These are 'Cultural reagents', 'Invasion of the street through the atomization of culture' and 'Cultural test tubes' | Three Murcian projects have been selected to participate as a pilot experience of the Culture and Heritage work consortium of the European Urban Agenda 2030.

These are 'Cultural reagents',' Invasion of the street through the atomization of culture 'and' Test tubes cultural '.The City Council was selected in January to lead, together with the European Commission, the Creative and Cultural Sectors working group in which different ministries and cities from Poland, Portugal, Latvia, Bulgaria, Hungary, France, Germany, Slovenia and Spain participate.

, as well as organizations such as Eurocities and the Committee of the Regions. The role of Murcia over the last few months, through the European Programs Service that depends on the Department of Urban Agenda and Open Government, led by Mercedes Bernabé, has been to coordinate the proposals made by these groups through different rounds of work by videoconference, encompassed in different thematic lines, such as rural tourism, transformation and reconversion of public spaces, resilience of the cultural and natural heritage and cultural services and culture for inclusive cities.In this way, of the 35 proposals submitted, finally a total of 14 have been selected to participate as a pilot experience of the culture roadmap of the European Urban Agenda 2030, of which Murcia leads the three cultural projects mentioned above.The councilor for Urban Agenda and Open Government, Mercedes Bernabé, highlights that "the case of 'Reactivos Culturales' has been a success at the local level, a new way of understanding the reactivation of the cultural sector in times of crisis, which has the express support of the Eurocities working group ”.Likewise, the other two projects, 'Invasion of the street through the atomization of culture' and 'Cultural test tubes' have been supported by the government of the Canary Islands, the city of Berlin, the German Ministry of the Interior and the government of Ljubljana , among others."Murcia has been recognized in Europe as an example of good practices with a cultural model that encourages the promotion of our identity and that will have people as protagonists in the coming years", explains Mercedes Bernabé.Participation as a partnerIn the same way, Murcia participates in four other proposals as a partner: 'Data collection and intelligent use applied to the management of tourist flows',' Collaborative management to adapt and reuse spaces and buildings for cultural and social development ',' Observatory culture / heritage, culture and climate change in urban settings 'and' Peer learning activities for city representatives to learn from each other about cultural services that promote social inclusion.All the actions, which will be implemented as a pilot, are in the project drafting phase, which will conclude in mid-September.

Furthermore, they are publicly available on the European participation portal Futurium, the EU platform where citizens can contribute their proposals directly to European policies.In the words of Mercedes Bernabé, "Murcia is implementing a cultural model with its own personality, capable of fostering the growth of the sector, making it more alive, more dynamic and, above all, close to our roots".

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia