Although the country is subdivided into 12 cantons (that serve to define the electoral and court districts), there are no regional authorities in Luxembourg.
Notwithstanding, geographical regions play a role in cultural governance insofar as:
- the ministry of Culture explicitly recognises the regional dimension, both in the current Cultural development plan (KEP) and by setting up already in 1990 a unit for regional cultural affairs; initially spread between three offices situated in the northern, southern and eastern part of the country, the unit has been centralised at the ministry as of 2013 and acts as prime interlocutors for municipalities, intercommunal associations, cultural infrastructures and associations, heritage sites, projects etc. in local/rural and/or regional areas;
- ten regional/municipal professional cultural centers decided in 2008 to join forces within the Réseau association; its overall goal is to ensure a “basic supply” with diversified cultural offers among the population in decentralized areas; more specifically, the association seeks, among others, to represent the common interests of active members, to support regional cultural development consistent with national, interregional and European levels, to search and develop new audiences etc.;
- a number of intercommunal syndicates (e.g. Pro-Sud is a main interlocutor of the European Capital of Culture 2022 and manages a Unesco Man and biosphere label) or mixed administration unions (i.e. municipalities and State) are actively involved in or manage cultural projects as part of their activities.
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