The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor & Attractiveness 2019 Edition Creative & Knowledge-Based Jobs BULGARIA

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Cities Highlights Dimensions

Cultural Venues & Facilities Cultural Vibrancy Cultural Participation The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor & Attractiveness 2019 edition Creative & Knowledge-based Jobs BULGARIA

Intellectual Property & Innovation The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor 2019 shows how well 190 European cities in 30 countries perform across

9 cultural policy dimensions, compared to their peers. Cities have been selected based on their demonstrable Creative Economy New Jobs engagement in promoting culture and creativity, from about 1 000 cities in Eurostat’s Urban Audit. Therefore, the cities in Creative Sectors featured in the Monitor are already top performers.

4 cultural and creative cities Human Capital Inner circles & Education New city Selection criteria: European Capital of Culture Openness, UNESCO creative city Tolerance & Trust International cultural festivals

Outer circles Varna Veliko Tarnovo Annual gross domestic product per capita: Local & International Connections Soﬁa Group 1 > € 45 000 Enabling Environment Group 2 € 35 000 - € 45 000 Quality of Plovdiv Governance Group 3 € 27 000 - € 35 000

Group 4 € 19 000 - € 27 000

Group 5 ≤ € 19 000 Cities are ordered alphabetically within each population group Lower Higher performance performance How does your city rank on the Cultural and Creative Cities Index?

Soﬁa Population groups: XXL XXL group > 1 million inhabitants (20 cities) XL group 500 000 – 1 million inhabitants (40 cities) XL L group 250 000 – 500 000 inhabitants (40 cities) S-M group 50 000 – 250 000 inhabitants (79 cities) Varna Plovdiv L Veliko Tarnovo S-M Population groups

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The city of Sofia registers the highest score in the country on the Cultural and Creative Cities Index, while Varna and Plovdiv rank 37th and 40th, respectively, in the group of 40 European ranked cities with 250 000 to 500 000 inhabitants. Veliko Tarnovo ranks 67th in the smallest population group. Online tool: https://composite-indicators.jrc.ec.europa.eu/cultural-creative-cities-monitor/

Joint Contact info: [email protected] Research Centre Cities Highlights Dimensions Sofia Plovdiv Varna Veliko Tarnovo On ‘Cultural Vibrancy’, Varna comes 37th in the group of 40 European ranked cities with 250 000 to 500 000 inhabitants, mainly thanks Cultural Venues to its 28th position on Cultural Participation & Facilities & Attractiveness. Plovdiv comes 39th in the

same group and 33rd on the underlying Cultural Cultural Vibrancy Venues & Facilities dimension. Cultural Participation The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor & Attractiveness 2019 edition Plovdiv is a European Capital of Culture 2019. Its programme revolves around the Creative & Knowledge-based Jobs ‘Together’ concept as a path towards a more integrated community, more accessible cultural offer and more vibrant and Intellectual Property attractive city. & Innovation The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor 2019 shows how well 190 European cities in 30 countries perform across

9 cultural policy dimensions, compared to their peers. Cities have been selected based on their demonstrable th Creative Economy On ‘Creative Economy’, Sofia ranks 8 in the New Jobs engagement in promoting culture and creativity, from about 1 000 cities in Eurostat’s Urban Audit. Therefore, the cities group of 20 ranked cities with more than in Creative Sectors featured in the Monitor are already top performers. 1 million inhabitants, particularly thanks to its very good position on New Jobs in Creative th Sectors (6 ). Human Capital Inner circles & Education New city Selection criteria: Since 2013, the Sofia’s Cultural European Capital of Culture Innovations Fund supports the Openness, UNESCO creative city Tolerance & Trust International cultural festivals development of public-private partnerships in the field of culture. The fund has been Outer circles set up by the municipality of Sofia as part Annual gross domestic product per capita: of a broader cultural strategy initiated Local & International Connections on the occasion of the bid preparation to Group 1 > € 45 000 become European Capital of Culture 2019. Enabling Environment Group 2 € 35 000 - € 45 000 Quality of Governance Group 3 € 27 000 - € 35 000 On ‘Enabling Environment’, Veliko Tarnovo achieves the highest score in the country. The Population groups XXL L S-M Group 4 € 19 000 - € 27 000 city is best positioned on Human Capital & Education, coming 21st in the group of 79 ranked Group 5 ≤ € 19 000 Cities are ordered alphabetically within each population group cities with 50 000 to 250 000 inhabitants. Lower Higher performance performance How does your city rank on the Cultural and Creative Cities Index? Veliko Tarnovo is a cultural, historical and tourist centre in Bulgaria, hosting one of Population groups: the biggest universities in the country - XXL group > 1 million inhabitants (20 cities) XL group 500 000 – 1 million inhabitants (40 cities) St. Cyril and St. Methodius University. L group 250 000 – 500 000 inhabitants (40 cities) S-M group 50 000 – 250 000 inhabitants (79 cities)

Online tool: https://composite-indicators.jrc.ec.europa.eu/cultural-creative-cities-monitor/

Joint Contact info: [email protected] Research Centre