Creative Towns And Regions Initiative: Report For Kosiv (Kateryna Kravchuk)
The EU-EaP Culture and Creativity Programme launched the Creative Towns and Regions Initiative to highlight the importance of culture and creativity in small and medium sized towns and regions. The Initiative introduces a practical approach for towns and regions in the EaP countries to use the local cultural and creative potential for social and economic development.
Kosiv local administration applied for becoming a pilot town within the Creative Towns and Regions Initiative for the following reasons:
> They want to discover what steps should be taken to make the preservation and development of the local traditional cultures a foundation for the local economic growth.
> How local cultural resources can support the development of remote mountainous area taking into consideration the urbanization tendencies in the region and technology development.
