Local Plan for Sustainable Development of Sibiu Municipality

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SIBIU
report to the European Commission after hearings
with representatives from Sibiu, together with its
recommendation to grant Sibiu the previous
mentioned title. The report is the second step of the
process, which also involves the acceptance of
European Commission, the vote of the Ministers’
Council, and a last hearing in February 2005, to verify
the progresses.
The jury appreciated the city’s effort to perform a
programme of European proportions, considering
SIBLUX 2007 to be representative of the city and of
Romanian efforts for joining the EU.
The members of the jury considered programme’s
strong points to be its quality, its multicultural features,
the European character of SIBLUX 2007, the
suggested organisational structure, and its
sustainability.
Another strong point was the partnership with
Luxembourg, the co-ordination between the events in
the two cities, as well as the multiple European cooperation
partnerships and programmes developed by
Sibiu with Landshut, Rennes, Klagenfurt, Deventer.
The jury considered the 2007 programme an “East-
West European Experiment,” with important aspects of
artistic innovation, social inclusion, and mobility for
youth.
The exam of Sibiu in front of the Jury and of the
European Commission was a success, if taking into
account the fact that the European Commission
institutions have already established the European
cultural capitals until 2019.
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