36th ARS BALTICA Organising Committee Meeting :: 12-13 May 2008, Tallinn. The meeting will be hosted by the Estonian Ministry of Culture and will be led by Mr Gert Haack, ARS BALTICA Chairman. The participants will round-up an ongoing debate on the network’s future.  
19. Internationales Bluesfest Eutin, 15-18 May :: Eutin, Germany . One of the most recognised blues festivals in Europe, with about half of the featured artists from the Baltic Sea Region. A unique fact is the free admission for everybody.  
New Baltic Dance, 3 – 12 May 2008, Vilnius, Lithuania . The International Contemporary Dance Festival “New Baltic Dance” over 11 years of its activity became one of the main and most prestigious dance festivals in the Baltic Sea area. This year the Festival will be accompanied by the first keðja encounter on Mobility and Touring.  
5th INTERNATIONAL BALTIC CIRCLE THEATRE FESTIVAL, 9-17 May, Helsinki. This year, the international theatre festival Baltic Circle in Helsinki takes place for the fifth time. The dates of the festival have been moved to spring and the new timeframe takes performances out of the black box.  
Call for proposals - openEPAF 2008, Warsaw, Poland. The Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle invites emerging performance artists to submit performance proposals for the open programme of the European Performance Art Festival. Deadline: 10 June 2008.
  
Project Balticness – capital cities around the Baltic :: Vilnus, 7 - 9 May 2008 . The project's goal is to promote the notion of the Baltic Sea Region, ‘Balticness’ and the Baltic Sea as the life artery for the people living around it.  
Migration in Museums: Narratives of Diversity in Europe, 23-25 October, 2008, Berlin . The conference open to museum professionals, exhibition curators, researchers from the humanities and social sciences, representatives from immigrant communities and artists. Deadline for applications: 30 May 2008.  
Children's Summer Festival - Vekara-Varkaus :: Finland, 9-15 June 2008 . The Festival, organised by Varkaus Cultural Services Office, offers many opportunities to involve the whole family such as concerts, contests and workshops.  
South Baltic Cross-border Co-operation programme, First call for proposals . The South Baltic programme within the framework of the European Territorial Cooperation aims to strengthen the sustainable development of the South Baltic area through joint actions increasing its competitiveness. Deadline: 30 April 2008.  
New Drama Action 2008 :: 21 May - 26 June, Vilnius . This Year’s Festival’s programme has been inspired by the 20th anniversary of The Decalogue TV film series by Krzysztof Kieślowski.  
Exhibition on Arvo Pärt’s Music and Life :: till 30 May 2008, Copenhagen . The exhibition takes place to honour Arvo Pärt who is going to receive Léonie Sonning Music Prize at a concert with the DR Danish National Symphony Orchestra and the DR Danish National Choir on 22 May.
  
Nordic Culture Point's second call for applications 2008. Applications to the modules within the Mobility and Network program. Deadline: 30 April 2008.
  
World Village Festival :: 24 – 25 May 2008, Helsinki . Each festival has an important leitmotiv. Issues such as environment, human rights, tolerance, development work and multiculturalism have become topics of great significance for the event.  
The Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 approved by the European Commission . The first meeting of the Monitoring Committee will take place in Rostock on 14-15 February 2008.  
Moving Baltic Sea, Travelling Film and Environmental Festival, July 2008 . A sailing ship will stop at six different Baltic Sea ports (Rostock, Gdansk, Kaliningrad, Riga, Narva Joesuu, St. Petersburg) to show a four-day programme in each of them  
The Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013: the first call for proposals.. They programme offers  236 million Euros of European Union’s funding for transnational cooperation in the Baltic Sea region. Deadline for applications: 30 May 2008. Seminars for applicants: 2-4 April in Hamburg  and 9-11 April  2008 in Riga.  
International Performers Village :: August 1 - 28, 2008 Malpils, Latvia. The Village programme is designed as the intensive consecutive process of mounting the performance by Ostrenko method. As a result of practical training, discussions and rehearsals all participants will become the co-authors of the work-in-progress under the artistic direction of Sergey Ostrenko. As a component of the real process the work-in-progress will be shown to the spectator.  
THE INTERNATIONAL BRASS BAND SUMMER COURSE IN HJØRRING 2008 . This summer, European brass musicians will have an opportunity to spend an inspiring week in Hjørring, Denmark, with some of Britain’s greatest experts in the field. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2008.

  
‘Watercolours’, Sandnes Municipality’s European Capital of Culture project 2008. . The project uses light to present the modern city of Sandnes and its beautiful and dramatic landscape. Famous architects and performing artists employed new technology to make the city more visible, show its contrasts and present the best of it.  
Manual CC - Manual in Action Event and Open Call for Artists. Manual CC is a Creative Commons license game. On April 25, from 6 p.m. on the opening at uqbar gives the opportunity of playing together with others.  
When Things Cast No Shadow, 5th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art, 05 April – 15 June 2008 . The exhibition takes place by day and night and is curated by Adam Szymczyk and Elena Filipovic. Artists from different generations and nationalities aim to trace the diversity of art practices today.  
Gerhard Richter’s exhibition, 04.04-05.11.2008, CAC, Vilnius . This monographic exhibition showing 27 of the artists exemplary works is organised by Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa) .  
Culture in “Oher’ Space or the Life on “Trophy” Territories :: photo exhibition, Kaliningrad . The exhibition's author, Alexander Sologubov lived on the ‘returned grounds’ in Poland, on Karelian Isthmus and on Sakhalin and collected materials about those lands.  
Don Chento Jazz Festival, 1-3 August 2008, Kaliningrad . The third international music festival invites jazz  fans for three days of musical feast. The event takes place on the big open air scene in the Central Park and small scene in the city. 
  
TOWER KRONPRINZ: SECOND ADVENT - Competition Results. This international competition is aimed at promoting the future residence of the National Centre for Contemporary Arts in Kaliningrad - a  historical fortress tower-redan KRONPRINZ.  
Cultures on my street’ - photo competition. The European Commission launched a photo initiative challenging participants to capture their vision of intercultural dialogue. Deadline: 30 June 2008.  
Creative Clusters 2008 :: 17-20 November , Glasgow, Scotland. Creative Clusters is an independent policy conference examining the growth of the creative economy. Deadline for submitting presentations: 19 May 2008.  
New Mobility Programme for Artists, 2008-2009 . The new programme offers more than 50 residency opportunities in a diverse range of artistic fields between September 2008 and September 2009. Deadline for applications: 23 May 2008.
  
Rainbow Paper II: Online Consultation Open Now . It is going to be a tool for civil society organisations to commit to the action proposals and to support the political recommendations. Deadline for on-line comments: 16 May  
Survey on Stavanger 2008 . The aim of the project is to check if the inhabitants of Stavanger are activated by the Capital of Culture Year and if they become more interested in cultural life. A post-survey will take place in 2009.  
Shortcut Europe 2008 :: 22-24 May 2008, Pécs , Hungary. The conference „Cultural Vitality – Mapping Europe“ is organised by The Hungarian ENCC member “Kulturális Központok Országos Szövetsége (KKOSZ)” in cooperation with ENCC (European Network of Cultural Centres).  
Youth Event 2008, Slovenia, 18 – 21 April 2008 . The main aim of the meeting was to give young people a chance to share opinions on possibilities for social inclusion of disadvantaged youth as well as to contribute to the implementation of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.
  
Culture in the EU External Relations, 13-14 May 2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia. The international conference "New Paradigms, New Models" focuses on the European Union’s neighbouring countries in the Western Balkans and on the European and Mediterranean members of the European Neighbourhood Policy.
  
A New Publication on Diversity in Europe . The book consists of essays which were developed from a research seminar “Diversity, Human Rights and Participation” organised by the Partnership on Youth between the Council of Europe and the European Commission.  
ARCADE Seminar, Stalowa Wola – Krakow, 28-30 May 2008. The project promotes cultural and artistic identity of developing countries in Europe and emphasises the respect for cultural diversity as a prerequisite for successful and sustainable development projects.  
Creative Industries Vital for the EU . Supporting creative industries through better intellectual property protection and the development of world-class IT infrastructure must become a priority for the EU according to Slovenia's Minister for Growth Ziga Turk
  
Alter Ego 01 March 2008 – 28 February 2009, different cities in Europe. The target groups are young people aged 14 – 18. The project will be promoted to young people from 20 member statesand will encompass a minimum of 48,000 schools.
  
Culture Sector Platforms - Call for Expressions of Interest . This call is published by EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Education and Culture, Culture, Multilingualism and Communication in reference to participation in the structured dialogue.  
Art Projects wanted for VIlnius ECC 2009. The Vilnius “European capital of culture” bureau invites artists to submit projects for three events, which will be part of theECC  celebrations. Deadline for the first theme: 31 March 2008.  
Slovenia's Presidency of the EU Council: the programme goals in the field of culture and audiovisual content . The programme goals were presented to the European Parliament Committee on Culture and Education on 21 January 2008 by the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr Vasko Simoniti.
  
Opening event of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (2008) - 07.01.2008 - 08.01.2008, Ljubljana . "The discussion on European cultures must happen on our doorstep: in working environments, schools and cultural institutions. The best way to reach our goal is to be together in diversity". Jan Figel