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Cultural Venues & Facilities Cultural Vibrancy Cultural Participation The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor & Attractiveness 2019 edition Creative & Knowledge-based Jobs DENMARK
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.
3 cultural and creative cities Human Capital Inner circles & Education 1 NEW city compared to the 2017 edition of the Monitor New city Selection criteria: European Capital of Culture Openness, UNESCO creative city Tolerance & Trust International cultural festivals
Outer circles Annual gross domestic product per capita: Local & International Aarhus Connections Group 1 > € 45 000
Copenhagen Enabling Environment Group 2 € 35 000 - € 45 000 Quality of Odense 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?
XXL Population groups: XXL group > 1 million inhabitants (20 cities) Copenhagen XL group 500 000 – 1 million inhabitants (40 cities) XL L group 250 000 – 500 000 inhabitants (40 cities) Aarhus S-M group 50 000 – 250 000 inhabitants (79 cities) L Odense S-M Population groups
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Copenhagen takes 1st position on the Cultural and Creative Cities Index in the group of 40 ranked European cities with 500 000 to 1 million inhabitants. Aarhus and Odense rank 19th and 31st respectively in their population groups.
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Joint Contact info: [email protected] Research Centre Cities Highlights Dimensions Copenhagen Aarhus Odense Copenhagen ranks 3rd on ‘Cultural Vibrancy’, thanks to its 1st position in the group of 40 ranked European cities with 500 000 to Cultural Venues 1 million inhabitants on Cultural Participation & Facilities & Attractiveness. Aarhus also registers a good
performance on this dimension, reaching 8th Cultural Vibrancy position in the group of 40 ranked cities with Cultural Participation & Attractiveness The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor 250 000 to 500 000 inhabitants. 2019 edition The City of Copenhagen Culture and Creative & Knowledge-based Jobs Leisure Policy 2016-2019 promotes a community-based approach. The development of culture and leisure Intellectual Property facilities – whether indoor or open-air –, & Innovation citizens’ empowerment, digital accessibility The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor 2019 shows how well 190 European cities in 30 countries perform across and public education have been identified
9 cultural policy dimensions, compared to their peers. Cities have been selected based on their demonstrable Creative Economy as priority areas for action. 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. Copenhagen is 4th in its population group on ‘Creative Economy’, performing particularly Human Capital Inner circles well on Creative & Knowledge-based Jobs & Education New city (3rd). Aarhus is 24th in its group but claims 6th Selection criteria: position on Intellectual Property & Innovation. European Capital of Culture Openness, UNESCO creative city Tolerance & Trust International cultural festivals Filmby Aarhus is a flagship initiative of Outer circles Aarhus Municipality. More than 80 film Annual gross domestic product per capita: and media companies live in the 12 000 Local & International Connections m2 Filmby Aarhus business park. Filmby Group 1 > € 45 000 Aarhus also supports film production through the West Danish Film Fund. Enabling Environment Group 2 € 35 000 - € 45 000 Quality of Governance Group 3 € 27 000 - € 35 000 All Danish cities perform well on ‘Enabling Population groups XL L S-M Group 4 € 19 000 - € 27 000 Environment’, with Copenhagen reaching at least 5th position in its group on all the Group 5 ≤ € 19 000 Cities are ordered alphabetically within each population group underlying dimensions. Aarhus takes top spot in its group on Quality of Governance, while Lower Higher performance performance How does your city rank on the Cultural and Creative Cities Index? Odense coming 4th on Openness, Tolerance & Trust among the 79 ranked cities with 50 000 to 250 000 inhabitants. Population groups: XXL group > 1 million inhabitants (20 cities) XL group 500 000 – 1 million inhabitants (40 cities) L group 250 000 – 500 000 inhabitants (40 cities) Odense, with its multicultural population S-M group 50 000 – 250 000 inhabitants (79 cities) of over 150 different nationalities, is attempting to revitalise itself by transforming a post‑industrial area into a hi-tech hub for education and industry.
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