Resources
Here you can find useful and inspirational materials to learn more about social resilience, how it can be strengthened, and how to use cultural assets to support community cohesion.
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Culture for Resilience. Guidebook
This guidebook serves as an introduction for local and regional authorities who want to strengthen and empower their communities. We believe that strong, capable and engaged communities can create liveable, well-managed cities prepared for the future. They ensure better lives for their inhabitants, allow for better decision-making, and ultimately create resilient societies able to withstand…
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Cultivating Resilience – 2025 Summary Report
The 2025 Summary Report captures insights and reflections from each of the six titleholders of 2025: Smiltene (Latvia), Helsingborg (Sweden), Peipsiääre (Estonia), Płock (Poland), Kaskinen-Kaskö (Finland) and Alytus District (Lithuania). The report showcases their unique approaches to overcoming challenges commonly faced by small and medium-sized cities: including depopulation, youth outmigration, and weakening community ties. The…
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Culture-driven social resilience. A practical toolkit and casebook for municipalities to take action
BSR Cultural Pearls project partner the Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture (NDPC) has just released a new publication that gives municipalities clear, practical methods for using culture to build stronger, more resilient communities: ‘Culture-Driven Social Resilience: A Practical Toolkit & Casebook for Municipalities to Take Action’. Produced by Creative Insights Studio (Sweden), the publication explains how towns and cities…
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Impact Evaluation of the BSR Cultural Pearls Project: Community Resilience and Cultural Innovation
This report presents the final evaluation of the BSR Cultural Pearls programme (2023–2025) as a whole. Developed by the Brussels-based consultancy KEA European Affairs, the insightful evaluation applies a theory-of-change framework and mixed methods to capture both short-term results and emerging longer-term effects. The findings highlight where cultural initiatives most effectively strengthen social resilience, as well…
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A step-by-step Guide to creating a Culture and Resilience Action Plan (CuReAP)
Thirteen steps to get you started on creating your Culture and Resilience Action Plan (CuReAP).
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Culture for Resilience Platform
Culture for Resilience platform is a new component of the BSR Cultural Pearls project. The Platform includes dedicated sections focused on: Methods: specifically designed to highlight effective strategies and practices, Practical Cases: real-life examples of successful initiatives that have contributed to community resilience, Cities from the BSR Cultural Pearls project. The main objective is that cities,…
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Kultura na rzeczodporności społecznej. Przewodnik
Niniejszy przewodnik stanowi wprowadzenie dla władz lokalnych i regionalnych, które chcą wzmocnić i usamodzielnić swoje społeczności. Wierzymy, że silne, zdolne i zaangażowane społeczności mogą tworzyć miasta nadające się do życia, dobrze zarządzane i przygotowane na przyszłość. Zapewniają lepsze życie swoim mieszkańcom, pozwalają na lepsze podejmowanie decyzji i ostatecznie tworzą odporne społeczeństwa, które są w stanie…
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Kultūra sociālajai noturībai. Ceļvedis
Šis ceļvedis paredzēts kā ievads vietējām un reģionālajām pašvaldībām, kas vēlas stiprināt savas kopienas un sniegt tām iespējas. Mēs ticam, ka stipras, aktīvas un līdzatbildīgas kopienas var radīt daudz dzīvotspējīgas, labi pārvaldītas un nākotnei sagatvotas pilsētas. Tās nodrošina labāku dzīvi saviem iedzīvotājiem, ļauj labāk pieņemt lemumus un galu galā rada noturīgu sabiedrību, kas spēj izturēt…
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Kultur fürsoziale Resilienz. Guidebook
Dieser Leitfaden dient als Einführung für lokale und regionale Behörden, die ihre Gemeinden stärken und fördern wollen. Wir glauben, dass starke, befähigte und engagierte Gemeinschaften lebenswerte, an den Bedürfnissen der Bürgerinnen orientierte Städte schaffen können, die für die Zukunft gerüstet sind. Sie sorgen für ein besseres Leben ihrer Einwohnerinnen, ermöglichen eine bessere Entscheidungsfi ndung und…
