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The conclusions of the conference Culture and Municipality have been held this weekend in El Batel, draw the future of the city for the next ten years.
About five hundred people participated in the event
The Cartagena Conference: Culture and Municipality, held this past weekend with the participation of about 450 people, have resulted in a long list of conclusions and, more than a hundred proposals have been finally acordadas-, that the city is committed to which form the basis of the municipal work of Culture for the next decade, to be defined and developed with the permanent participation of cultural agents and cooperation with the cultural sector in the municipality.
This new experience of citizen participation has aroused great interest among the participants, hoping that involve the start of a new cycle in the cultural life of the city and the relationship of the cultural sector with the municipal institution, whose commitment is underlined by the presence at different times of the members of the municipal government, from the mayor of Cartagena, Jose Lopez, whom he corresponded opening, Deputy Mayor, Ana Belen Castejon, who made ​​the closing speech, accompanied by several councilors, including that of Culture, David Martinez.
It has unanimously accepted the proposal of the Department of Culture to create the Council of Culture of Cartagena as an organ of participation in municipal management, as well as the method and timing need to bring to the approval of the first Municipal Cultural Plan of Cartagena.
Among the conclusions coincide in different working groups a total of 11 different committees, some of which unfolded to facilitate participation-claim are creating new cultural spaces in places like San Antón Prison, the Casa del Niño or the Central Cinema;
or the creation of a web platform to act as cultural events and collect all the cultural information of the town.
In terms of sectoral proposals, the commission for the Performing Arts has proposed creating a census of spaces available in the city, both public and private, and a local circuit to promote decentralization;
the possibility of using the Roman Theatre to stage activities and the reactivation of the Centro Cultural Ramón Alonso Luzzy to turn it into a living space.
The commission has also asked the renegotiation Auditorium The Batel, or creating a card with discounts for groups with less access to culture.
For its part, the commission of Visual Arts has also made ​​numerous proposals and can stand out among them the creation of an exhibition network, strengthen the presence of contemporary artists in the Muram, the use of solar and disused spaces, decentralizing activities involving residents of neighborhoods, or recovery of the festival Much More May.
Music commission has called for the creation of a symphony orchestra, the incentive of music education, public-private collaboration with ideas like creating a path of Music in the city.
The commission of Books, reading and libraries aims to encourage public libraries and create new libraries, incorporate more comic and new cultural media libraries, recover the book fair or story contest Cartagena.
The Historical, Cultural Heritage and Tourism proposes to revise the planning regulations in relation to cultural heritage, respect for the rules of signage in the historic complex, more transparency in the management of Port of Cultures or the Declaration of Arsenal as BIC .
In addition, the Film Commission has proposed Cehiform recovery for the city, creating a Film Commission in Cartagena;
a non-profit organization whose goal is to provide the audiovisual industry filming in Cartagena, various support measures for cinematographic and audiovisual creation in Cartagena, or bring the film to the neighborhoods of Cartagena and its municipality and educational and social centers to facilitate access by all citizens to film culture.
The commission Folklore, Ethnography and Crafts has put on the table, among other proposals, the design of ethnographic routes involving the recovery of some windmills for easy visibility and access, inserting them into routes with other unique features such as parish churches and chapels House of Folklore of La Palma, watchtowers and fortified houses, stately and eclectic modernist villa on the outskirts of Pozo-Estrecho, identity housing tenants with architectural elements, etc., a recovery plan with traditional trade city streets (doors between Murcia and San Fernando Street), or clear commitment to an editorial policy that shows the research related to the history, the tangible and intangible cultural heritage and natural heritage, the recovery of the historic National Song Competition by Cartagena, or the creation of the Charter Gena Chronicler.
The Commission for Education and Culture has proposed reviving the Municipal School Board, cultural decentralization with the possibility of converting the Apollo Theater in Regional Cultural Center or convert schools into cultural spaces.
The Commission on Science and Thought proposes the full integration of science and thought the concept of culture in the activities of the municipality, creating an instrument (school) to popularize science and thinking in the city, promote conferences, lectures and all kinds Activity for the debate and discussion, using as a vehicle all expressions of culture, to create a digital file as a knowledge bank.
The Diversity and Intercultural commission has proposed a very large number of ideas and projects including the creation of an access card to cultural goods to persons with economic vulnerability, promote networking in neighborhoods by creating working groups with associations in each territory, or revision management model public spaces and facilities to be used by all residents.
From all the proposals and the council conclusions prepare the initial document of the future Municipal Culture Plan (2016-2026), to be followed by a working diagnosis of local reality and a wide public consultation before the final document is approved the future Council of Culture of Cartagena and finally by the municipal council, scheduled for November 2016.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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