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

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.

6 cultural and creative cities Human Capital Inner circles & Education New city Selection criteria: European Capital of Culture Baia Mare Openness, UNESCO creative city Tolerance & Trust International cultural festivals Iași Cluj-Napoca Outer circles Annual gross domestic product per capita: Local & International Connections Group 1 > € 45 000 Timișoara Sibiu Enabling Environment Group 2 € 35 000 - € 45 000 Quality of Governance Group 3 € 27 000 - € 35 000 Bucharest 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?

Bucharest 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) Cluj-Napoca Timișoara Iași L Sibiu Baia Mare S-M Population groups

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Romanian cities obtain relatively similar scores on the Cultural and Creative Cities Index, with Cluj-Napoca achieving the best position in the country in relation to similar European cities: it ranks 25th in the group of 40 classified European cities with 250 000 to 500 000 inhabitants. Online tool: https://composite-indicators.jrc.ec.europa.eu/cultural-creative-cities-monitor/

Joint Contact info: [email protected] Research Centre Cities Highlights Dimensions Bucharest Cluj-Napoca Iași Timișoara Baia Mare Sibiu On ‘Cultural Vibrancy’, Cluj-Napoca is 27th in the group of 40 ranked European cities with 250 000 to 500 000 inhabitants, mainly due Cultural Venues to its 22nd position on Cultural Participation & & Facilities Attractiveness. Timişoara is 35th in the same

group, coming 30th on Cultural Participation & Cultural Vibrancy Attractiveness. Cultural Participation The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor & Attractiveness 2019 edition Timişoara will be a European Capital of Culture in 2021. Its programme focuses on Creative & Knowledge-based Jobs increasing civic energy by reducing social exclusion and distrust in public spaces.

Intellectual Property & Innovation On ‘Creative Economy’, Bucharest ranks 10th The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor 2019 shows how well 190 European cities in 30 countries perform across in its group of 20 ranked European cities with

9 cultural policy dimensions, compared to their peers. Cities have been selected based on their demonstrable Creative Economy more than 1 million inhabitants, thanks to its New Jobs engagement in promoting culture and creativity, from about 1 000 cities in Eurostat’s Urban Audit. Therefore, the cities 4th position on New Jobs in Creative Sectors. in Creative Sectors featured in the Monitor are already top performers. Cluj-Napoca is 9th on the same dimension in its population group. Human Capital Inner circles & Education New city Launched during Romanian Design Week Selection criteria: 2017, the Bucharest Creative Quarter European Capital of Culture brings together creative businesses, artists Openness, UNESCO creative city Tolerance & Trust International cultural festivals and cultural institutions to develop a creative business-friendly environment and Outer circles harness the urban development potential Annual gross domestic product per capita: of the creative industries. Local & International Connections Group 1 > € 45 000 ranks 17th on ‘Enabling Environment’ Enabling Environment Group 2 € 35 000 - € 45 000 Timişoara Quality of in its group, thanks to its 8th position on Governance Group 3 € 27 000 - € 35 000 Openness, Tolerance & Trust. Cluj-Napoca is 20th on ‘Enabling Environment’ in the same Population groups XXL L S-M Group 4 € 19 000 - € 27 000 group, but hits the 3rd spot on Openness, Tolerance & Trust. 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? Electric Castle, Jazz in the Park, Transilvania International Film Festival, Comedy Cluj, Cluj Shorts and The Untold Festival Population groups: are just some of the bigger festivals XXL group > 1 million inhabitants (20 cities) XL group 500 000 – 1 million inhabitants (40 cities) in Cluj‑Napoca. The city is becoming L group 250 000 – 500 000 inhabitants (40 cities) increasingly well known for its rich S-M group 50 000 – 250 000 inhabitants (79 cities) programme of events and good vibes. In 2015, it was named European Youth Capital.

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

Joint Contact info: [email protected] Research Centre