Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund to continue in 2011

The Scottish Government presented its draft budget this afternoon, proposing the continuation of the successful Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund with £2 million of support in budget year 2011/12. For more information on the budget report: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/11/17091127/7

Faith Liddell, Director, Festivals Edinburgh, said:
“We deeply appreciate the Scottish Government’s recognition of the enormous economic, cultural and social impacts the Edinburgh Festivals have on Scotland’s international reputation and vibrant cultural life, and especially so in these challenging economic times. The Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund has been a successful, enlightened and far-reaching investment in homegrown talent on the world’s greatest stage, and its continuation in 2011 will help us continue to deliver for Scotland in the run-up to 2012 and 2014, when Edinburgh’s Festivals plan to seize the global promotional, artistic and diplomatic opportunities afforded by the London Olympic and Paralympic Games and Glasgow Commonwealth Games.”