Arts and Culture Tackling Climate Change

Programme 2014 - 2020 URBACT III

Date of latest update: 2025-01-21

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Description (EN):

Aim: Transfer the work of Manchester Arts Sustainability Team (MAST) to support cities to mobilise their arts and culture sectors to contribute towards local climate change action.By:1) Developing local policies, governance and capacity to act2) Developing plans to reduce CO2 emissions and/or adapt to climate change, and supporting implementation 3) Developing plans to use arts and culture to engage citizens to act, and supporting implementation 4) Encouraging replication in other cities.

Achievements (EN):

“The climate and ecological crisis is a systemic issue, rooted in global economic, social, cultural and value systems locking in unsustainable consumption, inequality and a disconnection from nature. Policies, technology and investment alone will not be enough to address it - to protect what we love, to survive and to thrive. We need hearts, minds and a shift in our cultural values”. The arts and culture sector is uniquely placed to bridge the gap between what we know and feel, to support the kind of values’ shift we need in order to address the climate and ecological crisis, and to demonstrate and mobilise climate and environmental action. This is particularly relevant when it comes to cities, on the front line of climate change, and where art and culture connect citizens to the cultures which define them. This was recognised when the Manchester Climate Change Agency started to work with the city’s arts and culture sector which resulted in the establishment of Manchester Arts and Sustainability Team – out of which the C-Change good practice was born. The C-Change project has spent two years understanding how this best practice can be transferred across 6 cities with the same goal. The C-Change model is built on 4 key strands – collaboration, support, policy and engagement – which combine to frame and drive sector action; The city’s arts and culture sector connect on climate. The city supports the sector to act on climate. On a policy level, the city introduces measures to drive sector climate action and, in some cases, the sector is directly involved in city climate change strategy development. And the arts and culture engage people in cities on climate. Climate action understanding and knowledge was identified by the culture sector in Manchester as something they needed support on. In response to this, a capacity building programme was developed covering a range of activities from training to sustainability guides. C-Change had delivered carbon literacy training to the network, including city culture representatives, as part of the Study Visit to Manchester in October 2019. During the pandemic, this training was digitally adapted for remote delivery and will remain available for delivery in this format, not only to arts and culture sector staff, but also to their volunteers. A learning module was developed to take people beyond carbon literacy training to help the sector respond to the climate and ecological crisis. This module covers climate change policy to practical action that can be adopted by people. Other practical action delivered as part of C-Change included work with the Cultural Leaders in the city to help to support them to be leaders on the topic, and work to develop a ‘Reusable Cups at Events Guide’ as part of MCC’s sustainability guides pack. The final C-Change results are now live on https://www.g-mast.org/c-change and include; The C-change model and results. Exploring the cities and their transfer stories. What the project has learnt. What the project has achieved. “It has been an absolute privilege to work with and support the C-Change network, to see five new cities build on the Manchester Arts Sustainability Team model, shape and make it their own and also to see how C-Change has strengthened collaboration between city and sector in Manchester. The network was built on connection and trust with a wonderful group of committed people from six cities, which has resulted in cultural collaboration, action and engagement on climate. I have learnt a lot from them all.” Claire Buckley, URBACT Lead Expert and Programme Lead, Julie's Bicycle. “It has been a joy to see the successful transfer of the Manchester good practice in our partner cities and to see how they have adapted and reused it to influence climate action in their cities. I have been so impressed by our city partners and grateful for the support from our lead expert Claire Buckley and topic expert Simon Curtis. It has been a great pleasure to work alongside them.” Grainne Bradley, Project Co-ordinator, Manchester City Council.

Website: http://www.urbact.eu

Thematic information

Cultural heritage and arts Climate change and biodiversity

Specific Objective: To improve the design of sustainable urban strategies and action plans in cities

Thematic Objective:

(11) enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration through actions to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administrations and public services related to the implementation of the ERDF, and in support of actions under the ESF to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administration.

Investment Priority:

(11 ETC) ETC specific for interregional cooperation: enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration by enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration by disseminating good practices and expertise and capitalising on the results of the exchange of experience in relation to sustainable urban development, including urban-rural linkages pursuant to point (3)(b) of Article 2 (exchange of experience concerning the identification, transfer and dissemination of good practices in relation to sustainable urban development, including urban-rural linkages)

Partners (6)

Lead Partner: Manchester

Address: P, O, Box 532, Town Hall, M60 2LA Manchester, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 263 396.00

ERDF budget: EUR 184 377.20

City of Gelsenkirchen

Name: City of Gelsenkirchen

Address: Stadt Gelsenkirchen, 45879 Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 72 610.00

ERDF budget: EUR 50 827.00

Šibenik

Name: Šibenik

Address: Trg palih branitelja Domovinskog rata 1, 22000 Šibenik, Croatia

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 61 480.00

ERDF budget: EUR 52 258.00

Câmara Municipal de Águeda

Name: Câmara Municipal de Águeda

Address: Praça do Municipio, 3754-500 Águeda, Portugal

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 65 714.00

ERDF budget: EUR 55 856.90

Gmina Wrocław

Name: Gmina Wrocław

Address: pl, Nowy Targ 1-8, 50-141 Wroclaw, Poland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 67 700.00

ERDF budget: EUR 57 545.00

COMUNE DI MANTOVA

Name: COMUNE DI MANTOVA

Address: VIA ROMA 39, 46100 MANTOVA, Italy

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 69 100.00

ERDF budget: EUR 48 370.00

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Project name (EN): Arts and Culture Tackling Climate Change

Project acronym: C-CHANGE (formerly ACTING)

Project start date: 2018-04-04

Project end date: 2021-06-04

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 600 000.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 449 234.10

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 449 234.10.

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 URBACT III

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-03-28

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

88 / 88 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

716 / 716 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.urbact.eu), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-12-13, 2023-01-03 and 2024-02-01.

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