Mediation and promotion of the RELIGHT project

RELIGHT (Regional Beacons for the Promotion of Sustainable Tourism through Culture) is an Interreg Sudoe project promoted by the Banco Santander Foundation. It is being implemented in three rural regions of Europe: Campoo-Los Valles (Cantabria, Spain), the Vale do Côa in northern Portugal, and the Gironde and Occitanie departments in southern France. These regions were selected as pilot territories to test new forms of cultural action with local impact. The project is based on the conviction that culture can act as a driver of social cohesion, economic revitalization, democratic innovation, and ecological transition.

The commission given to Interfaz by the Banco Santander Foundation encompasses the design and implementation of a participatory process in the Campoo-Los Valles region. This includes facilitating local working groups, supporting local institutions and stakeholders, and collaboratively developing a long-term cultural action plan. This work is structured around four strategic lines: promoting cultural and natural heritage, community engagement, artist residencies, and the creation of itineraries throughout the region. Furthermore, Interfaz contributes to the overall program by fostering dialogue among the project's various components, aiming to envision new cultural policies grounded in a transnational analysis with regional roots.