This declaration details the 68 motions adopted by the representatives of European towns taking part in the Conference on Town and Culture. The meeting was jointly organized by the Standing Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe and the Council for Cultural Cooperation. Recommendations focus on the following: (1) that new means of participation in local cultural life be explored, promoted, and funded, on the assumption that the local setting is crucial for the conscious involvement of the public in social and political life; (2) that local cultural policy encourage individual and collective initiative by citizens; (3) that local authorities support ethnic minority cultures in order to facilitate the acceptance of European immigration countries as multi-ethnic societies; (4) that local authorities develop policies that take into account their responsibilities to urban youth; (5) that the cultural repercussions of tourism on towns be seriously considered; and (6) that new ways of financing cultural activities be investigated and encouraged, bearing in mind the vital interaction between cultural development and economic development. (RDN)