Definition and strategic reflection on the cultural sector in Lisbon, with a diagnostic component and a concrete definition of strategic lines of action, within the framework of a new planning cycle, within the scope of the direct adjustment pre-contractual procedure launched by the City Council of Lisbon. Lisbon for this purpose. In this context, it is intended to promote and foster a participatory process of reflection and strategic planning on the cultural sector in Lisbon, based on an analysis and diagnosis on the conditions of cultural provision and enjoyment in the city, its main resources and assets, and its main dynamics, seeking, in a comprehensive and inclusive way, the involvement of agents in the consensualisation of action lines structuring for action in the cultural field by the municipality of Lisbon.   The work with a diagnostic component (combining the detailed analysis of much existing information with a broad auscultation of the cultural agents) and a component of definition of strategic lines of action, with the associated discussion with the CML and the main cultural agents of the county and with the implementation of a set of action lines and measures and structuring projects to be implemented at the municipal level, as well as a system of monitoring the action recommended.

Project goals: Comprehensive and systematic characterization of the publics of the EGEAC equipment and events, according to a set of key dimensions and variables to be agreed between the technical team and EGEAC, based on a technical and scientifically anchored approach to ensure the representativeness of the expected conclusions . This characterization aims to meet the following general objectives: To characterize and analyze the structure, composition and annual evolution of users of equipment, rooms, regular and occasional events organized by EGEAC. To raise and systematize the diversity of schedules and events organized in the various spaces managed by EGEAC and its target recipients. Know, problematize and interrelate the profiles of the public and users of the various events and equipment. Perceive the image of EGEAC in its area of ??influence. Identify public potentials and strategies of approximation with hypothetical future users.

Portrail of the concept of creative city in articulation with the ongoing debates over the role of cultural activities and creativity in urban revitalization and the fostering of cities’ competitiveness. Based upon this framework, we will make an in-depth diagnosis of the Cascais municipality regarding its potential in these areas. Our methodological approach was based on strategic planning, based on a participation-action rationale in order to mobilize the different actors and improve the establishment of partnerships with local agents.