ENPI CBCMED – MEDNETA

The Mediterranean Cultural Network to Promote Creativity in the Arts, Crafts and Design for Communities’ Regeneration in Historic Cities (“MEDNETA project”) aims at raising the competitiveness of contemporary creative artists, craftsmen and designers (ACDs) to turn them into leading economic actors in historic urban districts, promoting a cross-border cultural dialogue among multiple stakeholders and supporting the communities and web of economic activities which form the urban and social setting of historical cities.

Since the summer 2014, GAIA has been undertaking the following activities in Mar Mikhael, Beirut:

1. Carry out data collection of the neighbourhood and survey local ACDs, as well as preliminary data analysis
‘Creativity and Regeneration’ venue in La Grande Brasserie du Levant, 17th July 2014
SWOT report

2. Organise local stakeholders in order to contribute to the formulation of a Joint Integrated Strategy through workshops and interviews
‘In Mar Mikhael’: exhibition, talks and workshops, from 16th to 24th January 2015
In Mar Mikhael report

3. Organise the first rotating exhibition dedicated to the promotion of Mediterranean ACDs and their pilot products
24th November 2015 – 5th December 2015, Beirut.

For more information on Gaia’s implementation of the project in Beirut, please click here or visit the official EU website.