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Located in the Palestinian West Bank, unlike other ancient Palestinian cities, Ramallah is a relatively young city with a modern vision. With its rich cultural tradition on the one hand and a vibrant contemporary music scene on the other, Ramallah naturally turns to music as a factor of social transformation and development. For the city, music is a powerful voice playing a major role in peace building. As a collective force, local musicians and artists want to help change the global perception of Palestine and strengthen the music sector through international engagement and collaboration.

Throughout the year, Ramallah’s festivals and events attract significant numbers of international audiences, providing vital support for not only the music industry, but also the hotel and transport sectors. One popular event is the annual Palestinian Music Expo, which invites international visitors and professionals to take part in a programme of workshops and conferences, promoting collaboration on topics such as copyright, streaming websites and promotion or management tools. This event also showcases established and rising artists to local audiences and delegates from the international music industry, increasing national and global engagement with the Palestinian music sector.

Thanks to the comprehensive and balanced cultural policies of the city, Ramallah has become a home not only to many talented musicians, but also public cultural institutions in Palestine, NGOs and educational centres. In order to strengthen cultural life in the city, the Palestinian Performing Arts Network (PAN) promotes artistic exchange, cooperation, excellence and good practices, and hopes to gain greater recognition and appreciation for Palestinian culture within the local and international community.

• building effective and responsible music related institutions at the city level and creating mechanisms that promote inclusion;
• establishing international talent development platforms and cross-sectoral projects as well as global music expos, in order to broaden and support the global creative industries and set up networks and share good practices;
• creating policies that support entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation and ensuring education at every level to further professionalize the music sector; and
• improving access, strengthening the possibilities to create and disseminate music and arts, and increase participation in cultural life by building the CreativeHUBs!