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The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor

2019 edition

IRELAND

The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor 2019 shows how well 190 European cities in 30 countries perform across
9 cultural policy dimensions, compared to their peers. Cities have been selected based on their demonstrable
engagement in promoting culture and creativity, from about 1 000 cities in Eurostat’s Urban Audit. Therefore, the cities
featured in the Monitor are already top performers.

5 cultural and creative cities

Inner circles
New city
Selection criteria:
European Capital of Culture
UNESCO creative city
International cultural festivals

Outer circles
Annual gross domestic product per capita:
Dublin
Galway
Group 1 > € 45 000

Limerick Group 2 € 35 000 - € 45 000

Waterford Group 3 € 27 000 - € 35 000

Cork Group 4 € 19 000 - € 27 000

Group 5 ≤ € 19 000

How does your city rank on the Cultural and Creative Cities Index?
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Dublin
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Cork Galway Limerick Waterford
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Dublin leads Irish cities on the Cultural and Creative Cities Index and comes 4th among the 40 European ranked cities
with 500 000 to 1 million inhabitants. Cork and Galway also record remarkable results, reaching 4th and 7th position,
respectively, among the 79 European ranked cities with 50 000 to 250 000 inhabitants.

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Dublin achieves 3rd position on ‘Cultural Vibrancy’

Cultural Vibrancy
among the 40 European ranked cities with 500
000 to 1 million inhabitants, mainly thanks to Cultural Venues
its Cultural Venues & Facilities. Cork excels on & Facilities
Cultural Participation & Attractiveness, reaching
2nd position among the 79 European ranked cities
with 50 000 to 250 000 inhabitants. Cultural Participation
& Attractiveness

Dublin City Council Cultural Strategy

Creative &
2016-2021 aims to position culture,
Knowledge-based Jobs
creativity and creative industries at the core
of Dublin’s global reputation with a number
of key actions. These include cultural audits Creative Economy Intellectual Property
in all city areas aimed at developing an & Innovation
online map of the city’s cultural offer to
address both policy-makers’ and citizens’
information needs. New Jobs
in Creative Sectors

Within ‘Creative Economy’, Dublin ranks 15th

on Intellectual Property & Innovation in its Human Capital
population group, while Limerick and Galway & Education
rank 34th and 35th, respectively, among the 79
European ranked cities with a similar population
size. Openness,
Tolerance & Trust
Enabling Environment

The Made in Galway initiative was

established to showcase locally produced Local & International
Connections
goods and services. It represents the work
of over 200 businesses and provides a
web-based directory to promote a wide Quality of
range of craft and food producers. Governance

Population groups XL S-M

On ‘Enabling Environment’, Dublin comes
1st in its group thanks to its exceptional
Cities are ordered alphabetically within each population group
performance on Human Capital & Education
(1st). Similarly, Galway, Cork and Limerick reach Lower Higher
performance performance
1st, 2nd and 4th positions, respectively, in their
groups on ‘Enabling Environment’ due to their
achievements on Human Capital & Education. Population groups:
XXL group > 1 million inhabitants (20 cities)
XL group 500 000 – 1 million inhabitants (40 cities)
L group 250 000 – 500 000 inhabitants (40 cities)
CIT Crawford College of Art and Design S-M group 50 000 – 250 000 inhabitants (79 cities)
is a multi-campus college in Cork, which
has been providing education in the arts
for more than 100 years, contributing to
a wide variety of careers - from artists,
to designers, media practitioners, art
therapists, art educators and curators.

Online tool: https://composite-indicators.jrc.ec.europa.eu/cultural-creative-cities-monitor/

Contact info: JRC-COIN-CULTURALCITIESMONITOR@ec.europa.eu