May cultural policy turn art

and culture into an engine

for economic growth?

Presentation delivered by Mayor Klaus Iohannis

City of Sibiu

Cultural Institutions in Sibiu

• Radu Stanca National Theatre

• State Philharmonics

• Gong Puppet Theatre

• ARTA Cinema

• Syndicates’ House of Culture

• Multifunctional Pavillion

• Astra Museum Complex (engendering six museums)

• Brukenthal Museum (engendering seven museums)

• Astra Film Foundation

• German, French and Chinese Cultural Centres

• Ministry of Culture 4,137,000 Euro

• Sibiu Local Council 8,200,000 Euro

• Sibiu County Council 450,000 Euro

• European Commission 1,400,000 Euro

• Sibiu 2007 ECC Association 7,500 Euro

• Cultural operators approximately 2,200,000 Euro

Amounts invested in culturalinfrastructure

Besides unprecedented investments in local infrastructure, the 2007

ECC Program generated investments in the cultural infrastructure:

Objectives of the Sibiu 2007ECC Program

• Increasing international visibility for Sibiu

• Long term cultural development of the city

• Attracting national and international visitors

• Increasing the audience for the cultural act

• Improving social cohesion and local development through culture

• Improving cultural and non-cultural infrastructure

• Improving European level cooperation

• Promoting creativity and individual involvement

Changes in the city life

• Restoration of the historic centre of Sibiu

• Rehabilitation of the main road infrastructure

• New system of public lighting for the historical centre

• Changing traffic orientation system in the city

• Development of social cohesion trough large scale-outdoor events

• Increasing community awareness (over 400 volunteers were

involved in the Program)

• Cultural management experience for cultural operators

• Creating links with foreign cultural operators

• A dynamic and diverse cultural life

• A greater visibility for the city and the entire region

Cultural tourismAn Association of Institutions in the field of cultural

tourism (ATLAS) listed Sibiu among the preferred

cultural locations in Europe