The Borderless City

European Capital of Culture Pécs2010

Pécs2010 - Five Pillars

• Pécs is the city of lively public spaces. It is a medium-sized city which can present a model of city life very different from that of a metropolis or a small city.

• Pécs is the city of cultural heritage and cultural innovation: a 2000-year-old city of artistic innovation.

• Pécs is a multicultural city. In the past it developed cultural layers of Latin, Turkish, German, Croatian and Hungarian origin. Today it is the most important centre of German, Croatian and Romany culture in Hungary.

• Pécs is the city of regionalism. There is no other Hungarian city whose name is more closely tied to the idea of regionalism and decentralisation than Pécs’s.

• Pécs is a cultural gateway city that is open to the Balkans and parts of Europe which do not yet belong to the European Union.

Pécs2010 – the „Southern Cultural Zone”

Zagreb (HR)

Osijek (HR)

Pula (HR)

Rijeka (HR)

Beograd (SRB)

Novi Sad (SRB)

Subotica (SRB)

Kanjiza (SRB)

Tuzla (BiH)

Sarajevo (BiH)

Mostar (BiH)

Banja Luka (BiH)

Arad (RO)

Regional Library and Knowledge Centre („The Beehive”)

Pécs2010 – Infrastructural Investments

Zoltán Kodály Concert Hall and Conferenc Centre

Pécs2010 – Infrastructural Investments

Renovation of public spaces and parks

Pécs2010 – Infrastructural Investments

Renovation of the Museum Street

Pécs2010 – Infrasrtuctural Investments

Zsolnay Cultural Quarter (former ceramics manufactory)

All investments were completed during 2010, except the Zsolnay Cultural Quarter

Pécs2010 – Infrastructural Investments

Budget 2006-2011:Programs, communication, marketing: 40 M EUR Invesments: 140 M EUR (85% EU fonds)

More than 360 project (about 4500 programs)

Number of tourists rose by 27%

80% of citizens are content with the programs

40% of all programs realized in international cooperation

Pécs2010 – Facts and Figures

Pécs2010 – Never ending story

New slogan of Pécs: „City of Culture”

Structural changes in the cultural life

Strengthen the regional identity with cross-border co-operations Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Hecegovina

Long-term collaborations: Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Hercegovina

Pannon EGTC Pécs, Osijek (Croatia), Lendava (Slovenia)

Partnersip with EssenCo-operations with Istanbul

New international strategy of the city of Pécs

Continuity : Assign company of Management of ECoC Pécs : Zsolnay Heritage Ltd.

Risks, weaknesses, tasks

Waiting for miracles – management of disappointment

Too slow process of decentralisation

Too much programme

Focusing on investments

Need of new collaboration methods – clear governance structure