More than 350 people are participating in the Jerez 2031 Forum, a meeting with the province’s cultural, creative, and heritage sectors. This event marks the beginning of a new phase of the participatory process. Cultural, social, and educational forums for ideas and projects are expected to be held in the coming weeks.
Participation is the central axis of Jerez’s bid process for European Capital of Culture in 2031. This strategy will increase the intensity and significance of its actions in the coming weeks with the convening and holding of forums for ideas and projects, starting with the Jerez 2031 Forum, which, with the participation of more than 350 stakeholders from the cultural, creative, and heritage sectors of the city and the province of Cádiz, was held today at the city’s Atalaya Museum.
The event, which was attended by representatives of the Governing Council of #Jerez2031 European Capital of Culture (the Mayor of Jerez, María José García-Pelayo; the President of the Cádiz Provincial Council, Almudena Martínez; the Rector of the University of Cádiz, Casimiro Mantell; and the President of the Jerez Chamber of Commerce, Javier Sánchez), was organized with the aim of launching a new phase of the candidacy’s participation process. Through dialogue and co-creation, the event will flesh out ideas and projects that will distinguish the content of the cultural program for the European Capital of Culture bid through innovation, differentiation, and utility. This is also a meeting and dialogue point that #Jerez2031 aims to open to the general public.
In this context, the coming weeks are key to fine-tuning the content of the cultural program, as the #Jerez2031 forums constitute a second level of work. They are conceived as specialized spaces for meeting, exchange, and dialogue and will allow, in two phases, to work consecutively in two laboratories: Ideas Lab (first) and Projects Lab (next).
In this context, the coming weeks are key to fine-tuning the content of the cultural program, as the #Jerez2031 forums constitute a second level of work. They are conceived as specialized spaces for meeting, exchange, and dialogue and will allow, in two phases, to work consecutively in two laboratories: Ideas Lab (first) and Projects Lab (next).
Consequently, once the most consensual, relevant, and innovative ideas aligned with the candidacy’s purpose and the spirit of the EU European Capital of Culture initiative have been selected, it will be time to study, within the Project Labs, their implementation, feasibility, and inclusion in the #Jerez2031 cultural program.
During Fórum Jerez 2031, various professionals from the #Jerez2031 Technical Office participated to explain the candidacy’s new visual identity and website and the “Jerez is Culture. You are CAPITAL” communication campaign launched to coincide with this event (Francisco Perujo), the cultural program (Antonio Javier González), and the participatory process (Amparo Rodríguez), as well as municipal technicians (Eva Antona), from the Provincial Cultural Foundatio (Manuel Rodríguez Alonso), and from the cultural consulting firm Opium (Carlos Martins). The event was hosted by Ana Pielfort, journalist and press officer for the Culture Department of the Jerez City Council.