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The Future of Edinburgh’s Cultural Sector

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In 2010, Scotland’s Futures Forum and the City of Edinburgh Council’s Culture and Sport Division engaged in a short-term project to explore the future of the city’s arts and culture sector.

The purpose of the project was for those in the arts and culture sector to share their aspirations for the future, and to consider how they might collaborate together with the Council.

On 21 June 2010, Scotland’s Futures Forum held an initial seminar with members of the city’s arts and culture sector to consider their shared aspirations against the backdrop of constrained public finance.

Read the report here: 2010-06-21_EdinburghCultureSector_report