SUMMARY FOR ARTICLE

The project produced a catalogue of 70 case studies, organized 15 thematic study visits and provided expert coaching for 10 cities/regions. overall culture and its agents artists creative professionals cultural institutions are given relatively little consideration in the context of global development. culture for cities and regions helped to identify local trends and initiatives addressing this especially through participatory solutions and strong community involvement in policy- making. managing cultural resources is a far cry from a top-down process and many participants in the culture for cities and regions project brilliantly demonstrated that great involvement of stakeholders and even end-users can be achieved to deliver on city objectives. openness and flexibility combining vision with flexible approaches a key aspect of the project dealt with how cultural policy and the different cultural and creative spaces account for future developments and introduce some degree of flexibility to allow for different scenarios emerging uses and new needs of the population.