La coopération décentralisée : un élan pour le développement culturel durable dans l’espace euro-méditerranéen

Cultural activities produce symbolic goods and services, which play a crucial role in contemporary societies. Any system of cooperation for development must take into account cultural exchange, as an efficient support of technology transfers, and a vehicle for social change. Since 1995, cultural cooperation in the Mediterranean basin increased. However, without sufficient financial support, this mode of cooperation is hardly sustainable. Strengthening decentralized cooperation projects, based on territorial specificities, stakeholder mobilization and sustainable development, appears to be a way to further improve efficiency.