The Izmir 2025 Symposium is the closing event of the Cultivated Territories project, which explores the links between culture and sustainable territorial development in the Mediterranean.
The project « Territoires Cultivés » brings together Mediterranean cities to exchange and develop territorial strategies and projects on the links between cultural policies and sustainable territorial development. The partnership includes the Metropolitan Municipality of Izmir, AVITEM, the Collectivité de Corse, the City of Nice Côte d’Azur, and the City of Vitrolles.
Punctuated by the Cultivated Territories Forums, a time for experimentation, dialogue, and co-construction, the project concludes with an international symposium marking the signing of the Manifesto of Mediterranean Cities of Culture and Ecology.
Join our coalition by signing the Manifesto of Mediterranean Cities of Culture and Ecology – the foundation of a new network set to expand and connect the three shores of the Mediterranean.
Two days of discussions and round tables
Organized by the Metropolitan Municipality of Izmir, this symposium will bring together Mediterranean actors, local authorities, researchers, artists, urban planners, and citizens around shared perspectives:
- How can Mediterranean cities, such as Izmir, rethink transitional spaces and the landscape as living cultural heritage?
- What are the relationships between living spaces, territorial transitions, and cultural heritage?
- What citizen commitments and cultural projects can accompany ecological, cultural, and democratic transitions?
Practical information
- Date: September 4 & 5, 2025
- Address: Old Gas Factory & Art Venue İzmir
- Registration form
- Programme of the Symposium : Turkish version – French version
Access via videoconference with translation into Turkish and French:
- Day 1 – 4 September 2025: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81900557611?pwd=R6JsajKf56riXvT0GQApKB5nlKlk9z.1
- Day 2 – 5 September 2025: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85268788301?pwd=kSvyDwxgNaxyHjkQji8MvMpk0Y0MzV.1
