{"id":2261,"date":"2016-08-03T09:19:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T09:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/placemakers.pt\/www\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2016-08-03T09:21:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T09:21:07","slug":"2261","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/placemakers.pt\/www\/en\/2016\/08\/03\/2261\/","title":{"rendered":"Study &#8211; Culture, Cities and Identity in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Culture, Cities and Identity in Europe<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>FOREWORD by Luca JAHIER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As President of the Various Interests Group of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)<br \/>\nI strongly recommend this study on &#8216;Culture, Cities and Identity in Europe&#8217; which was commissioned<br \/>\nby the EESC.<br \/>\nAt the heart of this study are the following questions: can Culture help us to overcome the systemic,<br \/>\npolitical and identity crises which are currently shaking the European Union? What role can Culture<br \/>\nand Cities play in strengthening social and territorial cohesion, in engaging in dialogue and building<br \/>\ntrust in our complex societies? Can Culture bring Hope, New Narratives and a second Renaissance to<br \/>\nEurope?<br \/>\nCulture has an enormous untapped potential for becoming a unifying and mobilising instrument in<br \/>\nEurope. It is my firm belief that at a time when extremism is increasing unabated, at a time when our<br \/>\ncitizens are questioning their common identity more than ever since 1945, now is the moment to<br \/>\nfirmly place Culture and cultural policies at the heart of the European political agenda! Now is the<br \/>\ntime to invest in the sector and to support the plethora of actors engaged in cultural governance. Now<br \/>\nis the time to include Culture as a tool of soft power in Europe&#8217;s External Relations and to promote<br \/>\nCulture as the 4th Pillar of Sustainable Development! As Jean Monnet wisely stated: &#8220;If I had to do it<br \/>\nagain, I would begin with culture&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">http:\/\/www.eesc.europa.eu\/resources\/docs\/qe-01-16-463-en-n.pdf<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Culture, Cities and Identity in Europe &#8211; a Study from the European Economic and Social Committee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/placemakers.pt\/www\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/placemakers.pt\/www\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/placemakers.pt\/www\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placemakers.pt\/www\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placemakers.pt\/www\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2261"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/placemakers.pt\/www\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2265,"href":"https:\/\/placemakers.pt\/www\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261\/revisions\/2265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placemakers.pt\/www\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/placemakers.pt\/www\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placemakers.pt\/www\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placemakers.pt\/www\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}