{"id":124620,"date":"2015-06-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/35-million-eur-project-to-support-cluj-napoca-in-obtaining-the-title-of-european-capital-of-culture-2021\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T22:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T20:20:40","slug":"35-million-eur-project-to-support-cluj-napoca-in-obtaining-the-title-of-european-capital-of-culture-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/35-million-eur-project-to-support-cluj-napoca-in-obtaining-the-title-of-european-capital-of-culture-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"35 million EUR project to support Cluj-Napoca in obtaining the title of European Capital of Culture 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Cluj-Napoca Local Council announced that it will support the &#8220;Cluj-Napoca 2021 &#8211; European Capital of Culture&#8221; project with 15 million EUR, the amount to be allocated in installments over a 6-year period, starting in 2017, should the municipality win this title.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, Emil Boc, stated during the Local Council meeting that the total budget of the project amounts to 35 million EUR, with funding also to be provided from government funds &#8211; 10 million EUR, European funds &#8211; 1.5 million EUR, the Cluj County Council &#8211; 6 million EUR, and sponsors &#8211; 2.5 million EUR.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>67% of the total project budget will be allocated to the cultural program and pilot programs, 15% for promotion and marketing, and 18% represents general expenses and a reserve fund.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In addition to Cluj-Napoca, among the Romanian cities that have expressed their intention to candidate are Timisoara, Arad, Craiova, Bucharest, Iasi, or Brasov.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wall-street.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Wall-Street<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What is the total budget for Cluj-Napoca&#8217;s bid?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The total budget is 35 million EUR, sourced from local, county, government, and EU funds, plus sponsorships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How will the funds be allocated?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>67% of the budget is dedicated to the cultural program, 15% to marketing, and 18% to general expenses and reserves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which other Romanian cities are competing for this title?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other candidate cities include Timisoara, Arad, Craiova, Bucharest, Iasi, and Brasov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cluj-Napoca Local Council announced that it will support the &#8220;Cluj-Napoca 2021 &#8211; European Capital of Culture&#8221; project with 15 million EUR, the amount to be allocated in installments over a 6-year period, starting in 2017, should the municipality win this title. The Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, Emil Boc, stated during the Local Council meeting that&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2853],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-124620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investment"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/investitii-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124620"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=124620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}