Cultural Innovation: Expanding 2,000-year-old Guangzhou Flower Market’s cultural offering
Guangzhou’s 2,000-year-old Spring Festival Flower Market, now recognised as national intangible cultural heritage, blends ancient Lunar New Year traditions with modern innovations like drone shows, street food, and riverside.
Heritage Innovation: How Guangzhou developed its intangible heritage into culture-led design and lifestyle products
'Recommended Gifts from the Bay Area' is a cultural innovation initiative from Guangzhou that transforms Lingnan intangible heritage - like food, opera, and folk festivals - into modern design.
How Hamburg put children and young people in charge of culture strategy
Hamburg’s Framework for Children and Youth Culture redefines cultural policy by centring youth participation. Developed through a multidimensional participatory culture strategy, it reflects the real needs and desires of.
Creative Industries: Helsinki’s ‘9 Actions’ creative economy strategy
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.
Communities: Using a maritime museum to drive local economic development in Jakarta
Jakarta’s Museum for Local Economic Development for Social Changes initiative (MLEADS) is a pioneering programme at Museum Bahari Jakarta, turning heritage into a tool for social and economic development..
Cultural Villages: Preserving Betawi heritage while improving community welfare
Launched in 2022, Jakarta’s cultural village initiative supports five Betawi communities- Petukangan, Rawa Belong, Marunda, Condet, and Tanah Abang - to preserve heritage and improve welfare. Through community empowerment,.
Tourism Tax: How San Francisco leverages its hotel tax to fund the arts
Launched in 2018, San Francisco’s Proposition E law redirects a portion of the city’s hotel tax to directly fund arts and culture. This voter-backed initiative created a virtuous circle:.
Youth Culture Pass: How Seoul expanded access to the arts for young people
Launched in 2023, the Seoul Youth Culture Pass provides KRW 200,000 annually to youth aged 20–23, enabling them to attend theatre, exhibitions, and more. The programme supported over 32,000.
Songshan Cultural and Creative Park: A cultural ecosystem incubator in Taipei
Once the Songshan Tobacco Factory, Songshan Cultural and Creative Park (SCCP) has become one of Taipei’s most significant creative workspaces since its reopening in 2011. Dedicated to preserving industrial.
Culture and collaboration in Cologne’s meanwhile spaces
In Cologne’s city centre, culture is being tested as a catalyst for urban revival. Launched in 2024, an innovative collaboration between Cultural Space Management and TH Köln University is.