1. Opportunities for cultural cooperation within Baltic Sea Region PA Culture Seminar Vilnius, 15 April 2016

2. Nordic Council of Ministers ARS BALTICA Monitoring Group on Cultural Heritage Union of Baltic Cities Baltic Sea States Subregional Council Baltic Development Forum Baltic Sea Parlamentarian Forum, BaltMet

3. 2009 Adoption of the EUSBSR First EU macro-regional strategy 15 Priority Areas and 4 Horizontal Actions 2013 Revision of the Action Plan of the Strategy Introduction the idea of the instrument Seed Money Facility Lobbing for CULTURE to be included within frameworks of the Strategy as new Priority Area (Culture became 17th Priority Area) 2015 Second revision of the Action Plan Priority Areas became Policy Areas Number of Policy Areas is limited from 17 to 13 PA Culture is strongly focused on cultural and creative sectores

4. EUSBSRPA Culture ObjectievesSub - objectives Connect people in the region Connect the region Improve competetivness Meet targets of the EUROPE 2020 Strategy Increase prosperity

5. Basic figures: 4 actions 10 countries 11 flagships > 50 partners > 100 000 participants

6. Connecting people in the region!

7. Flagships leaders PA Culture Steering Group PA Culture Coordinators

8. Actions! (Former actions) Joint promotion and presentation of BSR culture and cultural heritage Cooperation on cultural heritage Joint promotion and presentation of BSR creative industries Developing a common BSR cultural identity Developing an efficient framework for BSR cultural cooperation

9. POLICY AREA CULTURE (CULTURE & CREATIVE SECTORS) Action 1: Promoting the BSR cultural and creative industries, encouraging creative entrepreneurship Action 2: Promoting and presenting BSR culture, using the innovative force of culture for societal development Action 3: Preserving and presenting the BSR cultural heritage, strengthening the cultural identity of the region Action 4: Developing an efficient framework for BSR cultural cooperation

10. To become a FLAGSHIPS High macro-regional impact Contribute to fulfilling PA Culture objectives Relate to implementation of one or more of PA Culture actions

11. To become a FLAGSHIP PROJECTS Clear tranasnational dimension Mature for implementation in terms of: Realistic timeframe Financial and activity plan Established partnership and identified project leader

12. High Level GroupNational CoordinatorsEuropean CommissionSteering GroupPA Culture Coordinators

13. What are the benefits?  Direct money?  Access to funds?  New partners?  Stronger visibility?  Additional promotion?

14. ART LINE (project complited)

15. CO2OL BRICKS (project completed)

16. BALTIC HOUSE

17. THE BALTIC SEA HISTORY PROJECT

18. TAB FAB

19. BALTIC HERITAGE ATLAS

20. CULTURABILITY

21. Events! (for the sectors and for the Flagships) PA Culture conferences  PA Culture Kick-Off event, April 2013, Berlin

22. Events! (for the sectors and for the Flagships) PA Culture conferences  PA Culture conference „Learning from the past, looking into the future”, November 2014, Tallinn

23. Events! (for the sectors and for the Flagships) PA Culture seminars  Past: Copenhagen, Warsaw, Schleswig-Holstein (April 2015)  Upcoming: Stockholm, Helsinki, Riga (May 2016)

24. Events! (for the sectors and for the Flagships) PA Culture thematic workshops  Stockholm, October 2014  Focus on Music and Fashion exporting  Warsaw, June 9-10th, 2016  Focus on Public Space Design

25. Events! (for the sectors and for the Flagships) PA Culture strategic project development workshops  Rendsburg, May 2015  Copenhagen, December 2015  Warsaw, June 9-10th, 2016  Focus on Public Space Design

26. Events! (for the sectors and for the Flagships) Other regional and european events  EUSBSR Foras (Vilnius 2013, Turku 2015, Jurmala 2015, Stockholm 2016)  PA Culture – Cultural Dialogue Panel Session, Turku 2014

27. Events! (for the sectors and for the Flagships) Other regional and european events  BSSSC Annual Forum, Helsinki, Septemebr 2014 (next event is scheduled for 21-23 June in Gdańsk

28. Events! (for the sectors and for the Flagships) Other regional and european events  EUSBSR Foras (Vilnius 2013, Turku 2015, Jurmala 2015, Stockholm 2016)  Flagships events (Culturability, Art Line, BalticLab)  iBSR conference, Brusselss,  Baltic Cultural Gathering, Gdańsk 2015….and many more….

29. Thank you for the attention! www.eusbsrculture.eu info@eusbsrculture.eu