Jordan Times
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Cultural capital project to be launched next year
The Ministry of Culture announced on Tuesday that the Jordanian cultural cities
project would be launched by the beginning of next year, under which a city will
be selected to be the country’s cultural capital for a year. The ministry will
support the project with a budget of JD1 million to activate cultural activity
in the selected city, Minister of Culture Adel Tweisi said. He added that the
project would encourage expertise exchange between cultural figures in the
capital and other Jordanian cities. Tweisi said a committee led by the
ministry’s secretary general would select the cultural capital. The panel, which
will include six experts in the field from inside and outside the ministry, will
study proposals submitted by cities aspiring for the title.