Waterford Africa Day

In June 2018, Waterford — a member of the CREATIVE SPIRITS network — organised Africa Day as part of its strategy to boost its cultural and creative industries through the development of a cultural quarter. It serves as an example of how to implement a strategy in an integrated manner and of how the involvement of hard-to-reach stakeholders such as migrants can be maintained in that implementation process. This is of great interest to city leaders across Europe as they wrestle with the challenge of capitalising on opportunities for social and economic development in an increasingly diverse continent.