The European Capital of Culture has become a notion to adapt—along¬side that of a united Europe—to the benefit of an entire nation. The Programme’s primary goal is to foster the growth of cultural diversity and co-operation. The European Union expects its member states to appoint cities to the title of European Capital of Culture that are best prepared and suited to fulfil its basic objective. Budapest, in its position as the cultural centre of the country and of all Hungarians, is prepared both intellectually and infrastructurally to stage a Programme series of a European scale in 2010. We are convinced that built on such a solid foundation, the objectives set by the European Union in connection with the European Capital of Culture can be met in the most appropriate way, to serve the best interests of the country and Hungarian culture as a whole.

The writers of the Budapest2010 competitive tender wished to outline a Programme which will help Budapest gain new positions in the positive and useful competition between the cities—Vienna, Prague, Ljubljana, Zagreb—across the region, serving the interests of national communities as well as the entire European community, by building on and revitalising the great cultural variety offered by Budapest.

Budapest City Hall
Hungary
http://www.budapest.hu
Mr Iván András Bojár (delegate at the General Assembly of Budapest), tel. +36 1 327 1000

01/01/2005

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Urban Policy > Urban environment

Cultural heritage