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New LAIC project documentation on culture and sustainable urban development

New LAIC project documentation on culture and sustainable urban development

One of the outcomes of the recently completed LAIC-Culture and Arts supporting Social Cohesion in Latin American cities project is a Study of Good Practices, with versions in Spanish and...

Culture takes centre stage at EDD17

Culture takes centre stage at EDD17

The European Development Days (EDD17), a meeting organised by the European Commission to gather key players in international development cooperation and to facilitate information and experience sharing to guide EU...

Inauguration of 'Latin American Cartographies'

Inauguration of 'Latin American Cartographies'

The project 'LAIC - Culture and Arts in Support of Social Cohesion in Latin America' was the focalpoint of two events held in Brussels on 18 May. In the morning,...

LAIC at the Cultural Entrepreneurship Day of the Spanish Embassy in Belgium

LAIC at the Cultural Entrepreneurship Day of the Spanish Embassy in Belgium

On May 17th, the workshop 'Tools for creative entrepreneurs: crowdfunding, branding & storytelling', was held by the Cultural Ministry of the Spanish Embassy in Belgium. It was attended by young...

Video portraits of the participants in the workshop UrbanLab

Video portraits of the participants in the workshop UrbanLab

In November 2016 the UrbanLab workshop was held in Medellin, Colombia. It is part of the 'Culture and arts supporting social cohesion in Latin American cities (LAIC)' project run by...

LAIC: initial preparations for the final exhibition in Brussels

LAIC: initial preparations for the final exhibition in Brussels

On 15 February a meeting was held in Brussels, Belgium, as part of the project 'Culture and arts supporting social cohesion in Latin American cities - LAIC'. It was attended...

LAIC project: UrbanLab workshop reports

LAIC project: UrbanLab workshop reports

Memory, education and learning, mobility, violence and resilience, and sustainability are the topics of the five themes that make up the LAIC project. Arts and/or culture organisations from five Latin...

LAIC project: Latin American and European artists and creators participate in the UrbanLab workshop

LAIC project: Latin American and European artists and creators participate in the UrbanLab workshop

The UrbanLab workshop, one of the main activities on the LAIC project, was held in Medellin, Colombia, from 15 to 19 November. Five artistic and/or cultural organisations from as many...

Boosting Latin American cultural industries in MICSUR 2016

Boosting Latin American cultural industries in MICSUR 2016

The Southern Cultural Industries Market-MICSUR 2016 took place in Bogota, Colombia from 17 to 20 October. The event brought together 3,000 participants including artists, professionals and specialised suppliers from ten...

LAIC: Restrictive Call for Proposals

LAIC: Restrictive Call for Proposals

"LAIC - Culture and arts supporting social cohesion in Latin American cities" has launched a restrictive call for proposals. This Call is primarily addressed to five collectives already identified by...