The Organisation Lemesos 2030 – European Capital of Culture Candidate City was established in November 2022 by the Limassol Municipality as an independent organisation with the mission of bidding for the title in the first phase and in case of success, the course and implementation of the European Capital of Culture proposal until 2030.
The vision of the organisation is to create an inclusive and accessible route through culture and the arts, in order to (re)introduce and (re)define our city, while highlighting the challenges it faces; challenges that are unique and similar to those faced by the whole of Europe and its citizens.
The primary objective is to create and develop the philosophy and rationale for the bid book, and the objectives and projects that will be included in it. The organisation is therefore opening up to the society, wanting to listen, understand, but also raise awareness. It will attempt to shift the weight of culture within the city’s daily life and invest in its important contemporary artistic and creative capital through innovative actions and sustainable institutions that will engage in conversation with burning local, European and universal issues, going beyond the 2030 target.
In this inclusive journey, the organisation intends to meet, listen and discuss with all the city’s residents, Cypriots and foreigners, institutions, youth, artists and all those who remain unseen. Because a bid would be meaningless, a march towards the title would be worthless, if those who experience the city on a daily basis, those who experience it in its festive and difficult daily moments, do not participate first and foremost.
