Good practice:

Perspectives — 9 Hills Festival in Chelmno City

The main goal of the Festival is to reviving the city's space, engaging residents in realization events and introduction art into the city walls and playgrounds. Every year an offer is rich of attractions carried out by residents and artists from over the world.The main goal of the Festival is to reviving the city's space, engaging residents and local entrepreneurs in realization events and introduction art into the city walls and playgrounds. Every year an offer is rich of attractions carried out by local society and artists from over the world. 9HF - Perspectives is a 3-day meeting with art within walls of the city of Chełmno. The event is a great example of cooperation of residents, artists, animators and local entrepreneurs who in the middle of the August open their private spaces and let tourists and visitors explore unknown places of the city. It is time to touch and feel the spirit of the past which is mixed with the present. In this way visitors and local society are involved in the creation of the tourist products. It is a great example how people who love their city using tools based on CCI and CCT successfully create something unique and are willing to share their happiness with others.

The total amount of the last edition was about 140 000 euro, including funds from the budget of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (35 000 euro), ROP (35 000 euro), the budget of Chełmno city (35 000 euro), sponsors (35 000 euro). Own contributions are barter and volunteer work.

FACTS:
• 27 000 people attending the three days of the festival (where 15-25% are visitors from abroad)
• 250 artists, animators and volunteers involved
• honourable mention in the „ODKRYWCA 2019” competition which is the distinctions of the Marshal's of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region in the field of tourism
• engaging residents in the implementation of individual events and introducing art to the city that has never been here

Challenge for organizer is to coordinate people engaged into the Festival - volunteers, artists, animators. Challenges are at every part of the Festival - various forms of cooperation with the inhabitants and promotion of the city. Our experience is bigger every year.

The 9HF it’s a great example of development CCI and CCT. The creation of 9HF was an initiative of people from Chełmno City, who decided to implement their perspective on the city and take action, which has resulted in the next edition of the festival. The festival is a good example of reviving the city space, involving residents in the implementation of events during the event. Every year, the “menu” includes activities that are planned and animated by residents and invited artists that most often fall within the niche art stream. So we have ludic activities, which serve especially the integration of residents and creative activities that also play an educational role. Reviving the city by putting all activities into unknown, undiscovered places or ones that thanks to festival arrangements are discovered again. Thanks to the early meetings, organizers are able to start programming activities early enough and apply for funding for the project and focus on promotion.