There are more than 140 member cities in the network

Eurocities Culture Forum in Turku March 16th to 19th

Eurocities Culture Forum took place in Turku. The links between culture and well-being - Culture does Good! - were discussed during the four-day meeting. Additionally, the topics how cities finance the cultural services and is it always culture sector where the cities cut the costs, will be addressed.

Eurocities promotes the role and place of local governments in European policy making. It is a network of big cities and aims at influencing and working with the EU institutions to respond to common issues that impact the day-to-day lives of Europeans.

Eurocities has several thematic forums, of which Culture Forum is one. The forums realise common projects and meet to exchange good practises.

Totally there are more than 140 member cities in the network. In Finland, together with Turku, the cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Oulu and Tampere are members. The office of the Eurocities secretariat is in Brussels.