1. Creative Europe Desk Finland 08.06.2015, Spīķeri Concert Hall, Riga, Latvia

2. Creative Europe Desk Finland Centre for International Mobility CIMO administers or functions as the national contact point for several EU programmes (Creative Europe, Erasmus+ and Europe for Citizens) Results / Culture programme (2007-2013) FIN organiser in 122 projects (coordinating 13) Most cooperation with EE, SE and IT Higher education institutions and small associations most active Most projects in visual and performing arts Results / Creative Europe (2014-2020) FIN organiser in 22 projects (coordinating 2)

3. Success Stories of the EU “Culture” and “Creative Europe” programme

4. Meeting the Odyssey (2013-2016) Coordinator: Teatteri Viirus (Helsinki, FIN) Partners: Teatro della Limonaia (IT), Skorohod (Russia), Scarlattine Teatro (IT), Réseau en scène Languedoc-Roussillon (FR), Regione Lombardia (IT), ProFitArt (CZ), Per Aspera (DE), Opolski (PL), teater NO99 (EE), Malta Council for Culture and the Arts (MT), Cada Die Teatro (IT), Asterions Hus (DK), Theatro Anapoda (GR). Social and artistic sailing theatre project which will combine elements of the Odyssey with contemporary themes relevant to the people living in Europe. Each summer from 2014 to 2017, artists and organizers from different European countries will travel on a ship together, performing main productions and workshops resulting in “instant performances”. Both main productions and instants will build upon stories gathered from workshops that involve local people in the harbour cities. https://vimeo.com/100017566https://vimeo.com/100017566 | http://www.meetingtheodyssey.eu/http://www.meetingtheodyssey.eu/

5. Useful contacts in Finland Dance Information Centre: http://www.danceinfo.fihttp://www.danceinfo.fi Circus Information Centre: http://www.sirkusinfo.fihttp://www.sirkusinfo.fi Theatre Info Finland: http://www.tinfo.fihttp://www.tinfo.fi Music Info Finland: http://musicfinland.com/http://musicfinland.com/ Finland Festivals: http://www.tinfo.fihttp://www.tinfo.fi Finnish Literature Information Centre FILI: http://www.finlit.fi/fili http://www.finlit.fi/fili Frame Visual Art Finland: http://www.frame-finland.fihttp://www.frame-finland.fi

6. Creative Europe Desk Finland Contact information: Hanna Hietaluoma-Hanin kulttuuri@cimo.fi www.luovaeurooppa.eu