Creative Mobilities: workshops in 2025

Since its launch in 2017, "Creative Mobilities Initiative" has organised an international forum (with more than 300 professionals from 16 cities and metropolises around the world), compiled 100 global best practices and created two pilot projects. Since its inception, the UCLG Culture Committee has collaborated with the Creative Mobilities Initiative; as a result of this collaboration, among others, the UCLG "The future of Mobility" 2019 Manifesto, which was adopted in Durban, highlighted the significance of cultural and mobility synergies

In 2025/2026 the "Creative Mobilities" concept is unfolding in 3 directions:

(a) In-depth historical background, existing trends analysis and future perspectives.

(b) A "Prospective Action" to develop an intervention model to help public authorities and private actors to boost the synergies between cultural and mobility policies, activities, services and stakeholders.

(c) The development of a Concept Note towards the creation of an "International Alliance for Creative Mobilities".

This is a call for members of the UCLG Culture Committee to host one- or two-day workshops in their cities as part of the "Prospective Action" to bring together the local government's culture and mobility departments and local stakeholders to consider or strengthen a strategic and integrated approach of these two important public policies. The workshops should be planned between the 18 April and the 10 June 2025.

Contact Valeria Marcolin directly at valeria.marcolin@sciencespo.fr for further details.