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About the Project
Zugdidi Virtual Museum of Gastonomy has been established with the support of EU4Culture project, financed by the European Union and implemented by Goethe Institute, Czech Centers, Danish Cultural Institute, and French Institute, as well as with the support of Creative Spark (Georgia), Creative Strategies Lab (Georgia), Creativity Lab (Estonia), Culture Venture (Malta).
About the Donor
EU4Culture is a 4-year (2021-2014) project financed by the European Union, purpose of which is to increase involvement of cultural and creative industries within the country’s economic and social development process. To achieve this, the project helped cities to draft cultural development strategies, in correspondence with the approaches found in the European capitals. Additionally, the project provides financing for mobility programs for artists and cultural professionals, as well as support for festivals, cultural and innovative projects. 70 cities of 5 Eastern Partnership countries (Azerbaijan, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Ukraine) have participated within the EU4Culture project. Zugdidi was selected among 70 participating cities. As the result of the national competition, Zugdidi has been announced as the winning city and received 300.000 Euros grant funding for the implementation of CDS.
One of the strategic ambitions of Zugdidi Cultural Development Strategy is to support Zugdidi’s aspiration to become a creative city gastronomy. City where close cooperation is established between local artists and representatives of the gastronomy sector, for the common goal – Zugdidi is famous on national and international level, as a city of gastronomic innovations, where culture and creativity support the development of local gastronomy and in turn, strengthening local communities.
Mission of the Project
Zugdidi Visrtual Museum of Gastronomy
Our goal is to transform Zugdidi into a leading creative city renowned for its year-round high-quality gastro-tourism, cultural and natural heritage, service, and an ancient tradition of hospitality.
When we envision future of Zugdidi, we see a city, with popular authentic gastronomic culture and creative approaches, where Megrelian gastronomic culture is being exported and Samegrelo is renowned, as a place of gastronomical destination and that is an important and distinct part of Georgian gastronomic culture, with gastro-tourism being an important contributor towards the GDP of Zugdidi.