<p>The Technical Office of the #Jerez2031 European Capital of Culture bid organized a meeting this aftennon so that cultural stakeholders from the city and province could learn firsthand about the key points and the cultural and social program of the winning bid for San Sebastián 2016.</p>
<p>Thus, and in an event held in the lecture hall of the Jerez Campus of the University of Cádiz, more than 70 representatives from different cultural and social sectors of Jerez and its surroundings had the opportunity to speak with Imanol Galdós, deputy director of Donostia Kultura and member of the San Sebastián 2016 technical team, who explained the importance of “active listening.” “active and permanent, and of great respect for civil society.”</p>
<p>At the same time, Imanol Galdós pointed out that, regardless of the final result, the work of a candidacy allows “the possibility of rethinking the future and seizing the opportunity” from the outset. To achieve this, he specified, “social and political consensus is essential as the basis for success” and the “need to have a good, soulful and understandable story that connects emotionally with people.”</p>
<p>In this sense, he recalled that it is a “long road with different needs at each stage” and “a project that goes beyond art and is essentially pro-European and intergenerational,” as it offers us the opportunity to “reconnect with young people and to embrace the territory.”</p>
<p>In any case, the candidacy process, in parallel, requires the requirement to “explain the project well to properly manage expectations, to define the governance and management methods, and to responsibly articulate the legacy of the process.”</p>