Cultural mission statement 2024-2027 of the city of Zurich
The Zurich City Council sets out its priorities for cultural promotion in the 2024-2027 cultural mission statement. It wants to promote fair working conditions, cultural participation and the creation and safeguarding of spaces.
The City of Zurich places "a focus on fair and attractive working conditions in the cultural sector". In the new guiding principles period, the city will increasingly design its funding instruments in such a way that "as many creative phases as possible are taken into account and that in funded projects at least the salaries and fees recommended by the professional associations for cultural workers are paid".
The diversity of the city's population is not yet adequately reflected in Zurich's cultural scene, the city writes. It is therefore working to ensure that the cultural offerings reflect the diversity of Zurich's population more strongly: in the audience, but also in the people, projects and organizations supported.
The search for affordable spaces in the city remains a challenge for Zurich's cultural practitioners. The city is therefore committed to providing more spaces for the production and experience of culture. It wants to "secure existing spaces, create new ones, test new approaches and optimize existing allocation practices where necessary". Consideration of the city's climate target of "net zero by 2040" will also be decisive for the promotion of culture.
