Sammen med kulturministerierne i Polen og Schleswig-Holstein ønsker Nordisk Ministerråd nu at styrke kulturens andel i den samlede forståelse og indsats for en bæredygtig udvikling i landende omkring Østersøen.

Det sker, når Nordisk Ministerråd den 29. april præsenterer rapporten Culture and Sustainable Development in the Baltic Sea Region.

Rapportens konklusioner bliver udgangspunktet for diskussioner mellem internationale eksperter fra både de nordiske lande og landene omkring Østersøen. På baggrund af rapporten vil deltagerne på seminarer blandt andet se på nye muligheder for at styrke det regionale samarbejde inden for området kultur og bæredygtig udvikling.

Nordisk Ministerråds generalsekretær Dagfinn Høybråten åbner seminaret, og deltagerne tæller blandt andre: Andrew Gryf Paterson, artist-organiser, Pixelache (Helsinki), Jaana Simula, Board Member, Union of Baltic Cities Commission on Culture, og Elena Khoroskina, Senior Adviser, Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture.

PROGRAM

10:00   Welcome by the organizers

-          Dagfinn Høybråten, Secretary General, Nordic Council of Ministers

-          Anna Ceynowa, Senior Expert, Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

10:30   Key note: “Culture as a driver for sustainability in the Baltic Sea Region”

-          Dr. Katriina Soini, University of Jyväskyla, and Chair of COST Action “Investigating Cultural Sustainability”

11.00    Presentation of conference paper “Culture and Sustainability in the Baltic Sea Region – 8 findings, a number of opportunities and way forward”

-          Thomas Winther, Director, Innogate

-          Oleg Koefoed, Director, Cultura 21 Nordic

11.30    Culture as driver for sustainable Urban Development, Creative Industries and Social Innovation – thoughts, practices from elsewhere and ideas.

-          Phil Wood, Urban Therapist

12.45    Lunch

13.45   Linking and building knowledge on culture and sustainable development – the Baltic Sea pioneering culture as the fourth pillar of sustainability

-          Panel session.

Short introductions by speakers with emphasis on their interest to develop (further) co-operation with partners in the Baltic Sea Region on Culture and Sustainability – and how this could link with their current activities, networks and expertise. Followed by moderated discussion, in panel and with floor.

Panelists:

-          Helena Kovarikova, Director, European Union National Institutes for Culture

-          Andrew Gryf Paterson, artist-organiser, Pixelache (Helsinki)

-          Jaana Simula, Board Member, Union of Baltic Cities Commission on Culture

-          Elena Khoroskina, Senior Adviser, Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture

-          Anna Enemark, Senior adviser, Nordic Council of Ministers

15.15   Implementing joint efforts on Culture and Sustainability in the Baltic Sea Region – partnership structure, organization and funding opportunities

-          Moderated discussion

 16.00  Concluding remarks

Linn Mårtens
Sími +45 29 69 29 26
Tölvupóstur linm@norden.org

Jesper F. Schou-Knudsen
Sími +45 33 96 03 55
Tölvupóstur jsk@norden.org