Cultural heritage as a tool of economic development and social inclusion

KAIRÓS intends to represent a moment of change, from the degraded and hopeless to the regeneration and the vision of the future. It will enhance the cultural heritage of historical cities in decay developing strategies of European small and medium cities for economic and social cohesion and inclusion. purposes. KAIRÓS fosters the transnational exchange of experiences and deep learning, in order to design an innovative methodology of intervention and urban planning, helping Municipalities to deal with the presence of degraded cultural areas playing a major role in the collapse of social cohesion and inclusion in key parts of the city.. The project will use open spaces around, along and inside existing cultural heritage as a tool to work with all local community stakeholders, especially disadvantage groups to jointly, turning the weakness of this spaces into an opportunity for inclusion and tourist development and create economically, socially and culturally pleasant cities to live. Social stakeholders, including local touristic companies, will identify needs of those cultural spaces to regenerate as touristic assets and therefore, a source of employment, will work together to draft actions that will swift the economy of the area, by promoting new business opportunities that will enable sustainable jobs. This connection will be made on the cities open spaces.