The Strength of Culture for Development

Pascaline Gaborit is the Director of the European Pilot Cities Platform and coordinator of the AWARD project (Awareness Raising and Education for Development and Culture). She is the author of several books and reports and has more than ten years of experience working with local authorities, researchers and associations. She holds a PhD in Political Science. Her areas of interest are urban development, culture, social issues and sustainable development.

Contents: Pascaline Gaborit: The Weight of Culture in the Struggle for Development – Aldo Milohnić: Culture, Migrations, and Sustainable Development of Cities – Interview with Roger Tropéano: Networks of Cities, a Partnership for a Better Future of Cooperation – Interview with Luc Raimbault: Integrating Culture in Decentralized Cooperation – Interview with Simone Eijsink: Cities Looking Ahead, the International Cooperation of Almere – Elise Féron: Stating the Obvious? The Role of Diaspora and Migrant Organizations in Development – Graham Pearman: Integration of Migrants in Harlow – Interview with Rosa Guixé and Laia Albareda: Cultural Diversity and Social Work with Migrants – Brigitte Beauzamy: A Myth about the Rise of City Diplomacy in Europe? – Interview with Claire Vigé Hélie: Participative Cooperation of Urban Planners around the World – Kamilia Berkani: «World Music»: the Strategic Challenge for Local and Territorial Development Closely Bound With the Life of a People – Interview with Florent Leduc: Cultural Intervention, a Co-Construction to Build on Trust – Mario d’Angelo: Actions of Local Cooperation in Matters of Culture and Development, Elements of Analysis.