Welcome to the CUPIDO project

Culture Power: Inspire to Develop Rural Areas

Cupido started 1st of September 2018. The project's overall objective is to develop new business opportunities in the cultural and cultural heritage sector around the North Sea, to reinforce the economic position, competitiveness and social cohesion oflocal rural communities in areas with a declining population. CUPIDO intends to strengthen a viable and sustainable future economy, based on the social historic role and core qualities and values of the involved regions,cities and local communities.

CUPIDO is co-funded by the North Sea Region Programme 2014-2020.

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Latest Project News

digital:glassworks in Folkstone - One of the pilot areas in CUPIDO

02 March 2020

CUPIDO provides crucial support for a new digital creative hub in the heart of Folkestone’s Creative Quarter, in the south east of England. The new pi…

Cultural stakeholders' thoughts on the core values in Middelburg

28 February 2020

Digna Kosse and Lucas Mullié - who founded their studio Foodcurators in 2012 in Rotterdam – recently relocated to Middelburg. The name (Foodcurators) …

HIE and St Andrews – Working with island communities on use of digital to help preserve and promote their local cultural heritage

28 February 2020

As part of the CUPIDO Interreg project, HIE in collaboration with St Andrews University and Orkney’s North Isles Landscape Partnership Scheme (NILPS) …

Nome wants to be the chosen place for sport training camps

12 February 2020

One of the big happenings in the small village of Lunde in Nome municipality is the Canal Race. Within the CUPIDO project, Nome municipality together…

Middelburg - One of eight pilot areas in CUPIDO

15 January 2020

One of our eight pilot areas in CUPIDO is located in Middelburg in the Netherlands. Here the local partnership consists of businesses, citizen, local …