Cultural vitality of Romanian cities

The Cultural Vitality of Cities in Romania is a study conducted by the National Institute for Cultural Research and Training with data collected for five categories of indicators, for the period 2010-2016 at the level of 46 cities, which we consider the main poles of cultural development/potential for cultural development, except for Bucharest which was not included in the analysis due to the special nature of the level of cultural facilities and services that dominate the rest of the cities in terms of cultural vitality.

The cultural vitality of cities speaks about the cultural potential of local communities and highlights the development of cities on a cultural level. Vitality indices reflect cultural infrastructure, cultural participation, budget expenditure allocated to the cultural sector, specialised human resources and creative industries in the most important cities in the country.

In the top of cultural vitality there are also appearances of cities with a spectacular evolution, being cases where propulsion in the top was achieved due to a certain category of indicators rather than a general picture of strong elements of vitality. This is the case for cities such as Craiova, Satu Mare, Târgu Jiu, Bistrita, Sfântu Gheorghe.

Studies can be found on the INCFC website: https://www.culturadata.ro/publicatii/