{"id":387213,"date":"2025-08-31T13:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T13:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/387213\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T13:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T13:51:12","slug":"edinburgh-joins-eurocities-call-to-action-for-sustainable-and-inclusive-future-the-nen-north-edinburgh-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/387213\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh joins Eurocities call to action for sustainable and inclusive future \u2013 The NEN \u2013 North Edinburgh News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nen.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/eurocities.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/eurocities.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-212105\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>The city council will join over 40 European cities in signing the Eurocities Call to Action on Sustainable Culture, reaffirming commitment to environmentally responsible and inclusive cultural development.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Led by the city of Lille in partnership with Eurocities, a network of over 200 major cities across Europe, the call to action urges cities to use culture as a catalyst for environmental and social change and to commit to the development of local cultural policies and events that prioritise sustainability and inclusivity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk\/documents\/s86887\/7.9%20-%20Eurocities%20Call%20for%20Sustainable%20Culture.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The pledge\u00a0<\/a>reinforces the Council\u2019s commitment to sustainability and equity in culture, already embedded in both the<a href=\"https:\/\/democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk\/documents\/s80534\/Item%207.5%20-%20Edinburghs%20Events%20Strategy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Event Strategy<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk\/sfc\/local-events-open-fund-2025-26\/supporting_documents\/Citywide%20Culture%20Strategy%20202330.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Wide Culture Strategy<\/a>, both of which prioritise sustainability and local cultural provision. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The 16 priorities and principles outlined in the Call are already being addressed in Edinburgh by Council or grant funded organisations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nen.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CLLR-MARGARET-GRAHAM.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CLLR-MARGARET-GRAHAM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-207402\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Culture and Communities Convener, Cllr Margaret Graham said: \u201cCulture is at the heart of what makes Edinburgh unique and we have the responsibility to make sure it thrives in a way that is both sustainable and inclusive.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cCulture has the power to inspire action and connect communities. By signing the call we\u2019re making a clear commitment to a more sustainable and inclusive cultural future in Edinburgh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nen.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/eurocities-logo.png?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2046\" height=\"2046\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/eurocities-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-212104\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Lord Provost or a Senior Councillor will sign the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk\/documents\/s86887\/7.9%20-%20Eurocities%20Call%20for%20Sustainable%20Culture.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Call to Action<\/a>\u00a0and it will be presented to the next Eurocities Culture Forum, due to be held in Brno, Czech Republic next month (September 2025).<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<p>\tPublished by<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756648272_198_a6d9c98205a3da7d24f25d108fd1a8fe9a85d73dbd7906c4dae7c37f2c3f594a\"  class=\"avatar avatar-56 photo\" height=\"56\" width=\"56\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city council will join over 40 European cities in signing the Eurocities Call to Action on Sustainable&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-387213","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115123708898378967","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}