Next Thursday, June 12, Raúl Abeledo Sanchís, director of the Cultural Observatory of the University of Valencia and member of Econcult, will participate as a featured speaker in the panel "Culture as a driver of sustainable development: challenges, trends and future scenarios", within the framework of the CULTSOS Meeting which will take place at Espai Ecooo (Madrid).

This opening panel, which will be held from 10:15 to 11:15, will address the main challenges and opportunities of culture as a strategic axis for sustainable development. Abeledo will talk with a presentation focused on the intersection between culture and economy, with special emphasis on the growing impact of culture on employment, the development of the social economy and the need for an effective articulation of the Artist's Statute.

The panel will be moderated by Rosario Otegui, professor at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and expert in culture, heritage and gender, and will also have the participation of other relevant voices from the public administration and the academic world such as Elena Cualado (Ministry of Culture), Pilar Rubiales (General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Fine Arts) and Jorge Fernández León (Laboral Art Center).

The event is part of the CULTSOS project, a strategic alliance to promote cultural development models based on the social economy and sustainability, financed by Next Generation EU funds and coordinated by several entities including REDS-SDSN Spain.

With this participation, Econcult reinforces its commitment to critical reflection and transformative action at the intersection between culture, economy and sustainability.