
As of 1 st January 2010, after six years of operating at the Balic Sea Cultural Centre in Gdañsk, the rotating Secretariat of ARS BALTICA network will be transferred to Landeskulturzentrum Salzau.

Main topic: EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region in the field of cultural policies


ARS BALTICA received recognition in the Declaration concluding the meeting.

ARS BALTICA received a very positive statement in Riga declaration at the 8th Conference of the Ministers for Culture of the Baltic Sea States "Future of Culture in the Baltic Sea Region".


The registration for the conference "The Sea of Creativity. Perspectives of Creative Industries in the Baltic Sea Region" is open until 5 February 2010. The conference takes place in Vilnius/ Lithuania.

Cultural professionals from the Nordic and the Baltic countries can now apply for an accomodation grant.

ICCPR2010 aims to explore cultural policies, their meanings, roles and impact in an interdisciplinary and international environment.

Registrate now for a 5 weeks workshop in Vordingborg/ Denmark!

The exhibition presents Swedish fashion designers who take an environmentally-friendly and ethical approach to their work, without sacrificing an ounce of fashion.

This is an international conference on the inter-relations between local, regional, national and European culture policy making.

Tromsø will resound with Fryderyk Chopin’s music celebrating the composer’s bicentenary of birth.

The Christmas market on the square has become something of a winter festival – more than just buying and selling, it features a rich cultural programme, too.

The Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) presents two exhibitions by Lithuanian artists to complete its 2009 exhibition cycle.

The exhibition is a part of the official culture programme for the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP15 in Copenhagen :: 7-18 December 2009.

The artworks in Building Memory explore different aspects of 60 years of Europe's most problematic and contested history from a focus on architecture, monuments, and community and geo-political perspectives.

The theme of the Culture Forum was profiling of Nordic culture in the international fields.

The opening of the exhibition takes place on Friday, 27 November at 7 p.m.

Every year the Swedish Government spends 55 million SEK (approximately 175 SEK per pupil) on cultural initiatives at school.

Research shows that creative subjects are important for schools kids’ development and their desire to learn.



The "European Capitals of Culture" were launched in 1985. On 23 - 24 March 2010 the European Commission organises a celebratory event and a strategic conference in

In January, the Spanish Minister of Culture presented the main lines of cultural policy during the Spanish EU Presidency.

The deadline for first two courses held in May is the 15th January.

This pan-European training programme has arisen from the will to foster cultural diversity as well as transregional and transnational cultural exchanges.

The installation created specially for the atrium of the Justus Lipsius building of the European Union Council uses a LED screen.

The deadline for the application is 10 January 2010

The Spanish prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero had a speech in the Spanish Congress.

The 2010 program, events and the international contact plan was shared with the foreign press in Istanbul.

The opening ceremony will take place in Széchenyi Square and will emphasize cooperation with the other two capitals of culture, Essen in the Ruhr Region and Istanbul.

The European Commission is asking all professional and amateur photographers to submit their photographs to the competition.

The Chances and Challenges of the European Union’s Eastern Partnership

The winners of the EBBAs will receive their awards in Groningen on 14 January 2010.

The concluding conference ‘Create. Innovate. Grow.’ will serve as a meeting place, in which policy-creation themes will be discussed from a European perspective.

In 2010 the Prize will be awarded both as a European and German television prize as well as a European radio prize to German-language programmes in the European Union and Switzerland.

European Neighbours' Day is an initiative of the European Federation of Local Solidarity (E.F.L.S.)

Objects, artifacts, costumes, photos, films and blueprints that played a role in the Linz09 program will bring back memories of some of this year's highlights in the House of Stories.

Hungarian artist Daniel Halasz was awarded the First Prize for his portfolio "Imaginary Diary" which uses the genre of the postcard.

The European Commission has presented a report on the aims and objectives of arts education, its organisation, the provision of extra-curricular activities, as well as initiatives for the development of such education at school.

40 projects had been selected from among 95 applications to receive funding (a total of €5m) within the EU's Media International programme.

The candidates must present a programme with a lasting impact that contributes to the long-term cultural, economic and social development of the city concerned.

The European House for Culture is a cultural organisation initiated by the European Festivals Association (EFA).

Brussels will host two big events this autumn: on 28 September the Culture Programme Conference; and on 29-30 September the European Culture Forum.

An international nature conservation project with the aim to protect various landscapes along the former Iron Curtain and to preserve their natural and cultural assets.

The new site will have "a simpler, more uniform layout, with content presented in a more logical way," and represents the first step on the road towards a "more consistent corporate identity throughout" the Europa website family.

The manifesto for the European Year of Creativity and Innovation will be published later this year by the 27 ambassadors and will focus strongly on education policy, culture design and research.

Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt attended the meeting of the European Council to discuss priorities of the Swedish Presidency in the European Union.

The network supports the circulation and performance of existing high quality ensemble repertoire and initiates exchange of music, knowledge and new ideas.



