Author: olivierkorner

Wednesday 8 June saw the inaugural General Meeting of the “Montpellier 2028 – European Capital of Culture” association.

All the partner communities were represented. Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, the City of Montpellier, the City of Sète, Sète Agglopôle, the Occitanie Region, the Department of Hérault and the Communites of Municipalities of Pic Saint Loup,
Hérault Méditerranée, Vallée de l’Hérault and Pays de Lunel all proved the commitment of an entire region to this bid.

The elected Board of Directors represents the driving forces of the area: local authorities, associate members from the economic, educational and cultural sectors, representatives from sponsor boards, urban sustainable development and tourism
all of whom will play an active role in the association’s activities. Adèle Charvet was appointed as President of the association, Claire Fita as Vice-President, Max Ponseillé as Treasurer and Frédéric Schlesinger as Secretary.

This association, which has now become the body responsible for the bid, will be in charge of steering the project. Its role will be to draw up the bid documents, coordinate and lead the projects and partnerships with all involved, determine the objectives and guidelines for the cultural programme, secure the necessary funding and carry out all actions necessary for the bid to succeed.

 

A trip packed with opportunities to meet and share with a strong delegation from Montpellier in Palermo.

Discussions on the European project Rizoma launched by Leoluca Orlando, presentation of Kultur Ensemble Palermo, development of the future Sète-Palermo Festival and talks of future cooperation between cultural organisations and schools from our regions.

The Montpellier 2028 project is also being shaped in Palermo, with a delegation from Montpellier visiting the Italian city that was the European Capital of Culture in 2018.

Let’s take a look back at the press conference that took place on the morning of Tuesday 12 July 2022 in the gardens of the Maison des Relations Internationales for the presentation of the cultural projects selected for 2022 as part of Montpellier’s pre-bid for the title of European Capital of Culture 2028.

All the partner communities were represented.

It was an opportunity for some of the winning organisations, such as Bona Jornada, Bouillon Cube, Chagall sans M, La Fenêtre and MIAM, Medi Fav, Les Loustics du Pic and YOCOM, to present their projects scheduled to take place between August and December 2022 throughout the bid area.

All the winning structures will present their projects throughout the Montpellier 2028 territory, scheduled between August and December 2022.

Discover the 2022 programme resulting from the first Call for Projects