Over the course of eight months, PPV Knowledge Networks’ experts have debated and identified a common direction for the cultural development of the city of Rivne, in north-western part of Ukraine, for the next decade. The process has involved multiple stakeholder groups.  

The output strategy would serve as a guidance   for the local community of cultural managers and stakeholders, aligning grassroots initiatives and undertakings of the local authorities. The strategy provides a menu of possible projects and initiatives for the cultural managers of Rivne.

Between December 2021 and August 2022 the following activities and outputs have been delivered:

• Strategy development workshop for local stakeholders
• Three study visits to Ivano-Frankivsk, Lutsk and Lublin (Poland)
• Three diagnostics reports 
• Three future vision workshops
• General strategy session.

The project "Rivne Cultural Strategy Development'' was funded by the European Union within the EU4Culture programme, implemented byGoethe-Institut, Czech Centers,  Danish Cultural Institute, and Institut Français.

Duration: December 2021 - August 2022

PPV Knowledge Networks Involvement:

• Developing methodology for strategy development (adapting methodology developed by the Creative Towns and Regions Initiative in 2017)  
• Delivering strategy workshop for local stakeholders
• Producing three diagnostics reports (current state diagnostics, incl. cultural policies and programmes analysis, benchmarking study, cultural resources mapping, SWOT analysis)
• Adapting f the future vision workshop’s methodology and delivering three future vision workshops
• Facilitating general strategy development session
• Elaborating final version of Rivne culture development strategy

Client: Department of Culture and Tourism of the Rivne City Council and Rivne Development Agency

Areas: Creativity, Institutional development, Strategy development, Analytics