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# Urban Development

Posts in this archive: 17

- [Creative Industries: Helsinki’s '9 Actions' creative economy strategy ](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/9-actions-for-helsinki-creative-industries-growth-strategy.md) — Helsinki is scaling up its commitment to the creative economy strategy through the “9 Actions” roadmap, co-developed with industry professionals. It proposes targeted steps to strengthen cultural entrepreneurship, remove administrative barriers, activate underused spaces, and support urban creative ecosystems. With global creative sectors growing rapidly, Helsinki’s long-term competitiveness hinges on how effectively it fosters creative sector growth and supports inclusive, innovation-driven cultural business models.
- [Catalysing Creativity: How Oslo is distributing targeted cultural funding to activate urban life and drive innovation in the arts](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/catalyzing-creativity-how-oslo-is-distributing-targeted-cultural-funding-to-activate-urban-life-and-drive-innovation-in-the-arts.md) — To strengthen cultural vibrancy and inclusivity, Oslo has expanded its municipal grant schemes, supporting grassroots creativity, public space activation, and cultural innovation. In 2025, NOK  399 million will be distributed across arts and culture, in addition to initiatives like the Bylivstilskudd urban life grants funding both large festivals and small-scale projects. Innovation grants also back experimental work, including collaborations with business and tech sectors. These schemes place culture at the centre of Oslo’s evolving urban identity
- [Culture matters. So why is it always treated as an optional extra?](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/culture-matters-so-why-is-it-always-treated-as-an-optional-extra.md) — In London one in every five jobs is a creative one, yet these industries don’t get the attention they deserve.All around us culture is making a difference, often profoundly. Dance is reducing dementia, opera is helping rebuild Covid-damaged lungs and theatre is helping young people at risk find a positive new life path. Culture is revitalising neighbourhoods, building communities and dare I say it — hope. On the flip-side, when politicians do back culture, the rewards are immense.
- [Nanjing blends culture, business and tourism in its theatre revival](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/nanjing-blends-culture-business-and-tourism-in-its-theatre-revival.md) — Nanjing aims to strengthen its cultural landscape by creating and renovating not-for-profit studio theater spaces across the city. The objective is to build a stronger theater brand, encourage cultural integration, and promote the synergy of culture, business, and tourism.
- [Policies, prosperity and beyond: how Shenzhen is embedding culture into development planning](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/policies-for-the-development-of-cultural-industries.md) — In order to promote the high-quality
development of the creative industries, Shenzhen City and its districts have introduced a series of development plans and policies, with increasing policy funds.
- [Making space for arts and culture: Vancouver leads the way in arts ownership](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/expand-planning-tools-reduce-regulatory-barriers.md) — The purpose of the Community Amenity Contribution (CAC) policies is to prioritise the development of arts and culture spaces in city-building. The primary goal is to create more opportunities for community ownership, fostering a vibrant arts and culture scene within the city.
- [Investing in equity: Rio targets historical disparities](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/decentralizing-funds-for-a-balanced-cultural-ecosystem.md)
- [How Guangzhou Cultural Industry Fair has transformed the city's creative landscape](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/guangzhou-cultural-industry-fair.md) — Guangzhou is focused on building its international reputation and strengthening its vibrant creative industries. Since 2017, it has hosted the Guangzhou Cultural Industry Fair, integrating existing resources and promoting high quality cultural projects and products.
- [İstanbul's historical gem: Beyoğlu culture route raises awareness of city heritage](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/istanbul-beyoglu-culture-route.md) — The Beyoğlu Culture Route, developed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, is a major project that aims to highlight and share Turkey’s tangible and intangible cultural heritage with future generations.
- [São Paulo's journey from street art vandalism to world capital in mural painting](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/sao-paulo-museu-de-arte-de-rua-de-sao-paulo.md) — The Street Art Museum project was launched in 2019, and provides a framework for organising the distribution of new murals across buildings in the city. The project takes place across five regions within the city, and gathers work from a range of artists working in graffiti, stencils and photography
- [Art meets architecture: fusing Stockholm's cultural heritage](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/stockholm-cultural-heritage-in-urban-planning.md) — The City is continually working to embed cultural heritage as part of current and future development activity. The City’s Culture Department is the cities expert on cultural landscape and heritage and referral body in city planning projects.
- [Embracing cultural diversity: how 'Enter Festival BXL' engaged citizens in Brussels](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/enter-festival-bxl.md) — As Brussels diversifies, its cultural offering diversifies too. It is important not to programme cultural work that reduces people only to their ethnic, cultural and religious background.s.
- [Why Brussels is redefining urban art as an expression of freedom and inclusivity](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/urban-and-public-art-in-brussels.md) — A pioneering approach to enabling a lively street art scene, ranging from music to contemporary sculpture, festivals, events, performance art and graffiti.
- [Disused port to creative centre: how Mina Zayed became a centre of innovation in Abu Dhabi](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/mina-zayed-miza-from-disused-port-to-creative-centre.md) — Abu Dahbi regenerated a disused part of the city to bring together different creative disciplines with commercial enterprises to facilitate collaboration and innovative cultural projects.
- [Innovative arts in action: Melbourne's creative spaces initiatives](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/activating-creative-spaces.md) — In September 2020, the City of Melbourne, in collaboration with funding partner Working for Victoria, launched Flash Forward. This program commissioned local artists to activate 40 of the city center's historic laneways through lighting, music, and creative installations.
- [Chengdu's ambitious park city vision: leading the world in green infrastructure planning](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/chengdu-park-city.md) — Chengdu's rapid economic growth has led to increased urbanisation, raising concerns about the environment and a growing disconnect between people and nature. The densely gridded urban layouts common in many Chinese cities have resulted in a shortage of green spaces.
- [How Austin Cultural Trust is protecting the cultural community from unaffordable rents](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/austin-cultural-trust.md) — Taking inspiration from models like San Francisco's CAST and London's Creative Land Trust, a new Cultural Trust has been established as a component of the AEDC