Évora delivers final dossier to the European Capital of Culture 2027 in Lisbon – Showbiz
In a statement, the Évora 2027 Mission Team revealed that the delivery of the bid book for the selection of the candidacy, corresponding to the final stage of the process, will be delivered to the Strategy, Planning and Assessment Office (GEPAC) of the Ministry of Culture, at 12:00
Before, at 9:30 am, in Évora, a session takes place at Torre do Salvador, headquarters of the Alentejo candidacy.
According to the call sent to journalists, the delegation that will deliver the dossier in Lisbon should start at 10:20 am, being led by the mayor Carlos Pinto de Sá, but also integrating other members of the Évora 2027 Executive Committee, as well as Paula Mota Garcia , coordinator of the Évora 2027 Mission Team.
Évora’s candidacy for CEC is carried out by the Évora Executive Committee 227, led by the Évora City Council.
This executive committee is also made up of the Regional Directorate of Culture of Alentejo, University of Évora, Intermunicipal Community of Central Alentejo, Regional Coordination Commission of Alentejo, Tourism of Alentejo – ERT, Eugénio de Almeida Foundation and Regional Agency for Tourism Promotion of Alentejo Alentejo – ARPTA.
On March 11 of this year, at a press conference at the Centro Cultural de Belém, in Lisbon, the group of four Portuguese cities finalists for CEC2027 was announced, at the end of a week of audiences with the delegations of each application.
The four cities, which were chosen from among the 12 elected municipalities, were Évora, Ponta à Delgada, Braga and Aveiro.
When the first dossier was delivered, on November 23, 2021, it was explained to journalists that the motto of Évora’s candidacy is the word “vagar”, an expression that can be Alentejo.
The application is based on three axes – cultural heritage, intangibility and biodiversity – and privileges the creation of projects by artists and local organizations, promoting the cultural fabric of Évora and Alentejo, as the promoters refer.
The selection process also provides for the jury to visit each finalist city and hold auditions with the teams of the corresponding projects, announcing CEC2027 in early December.