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The Foundation will finance cultural cooperation programs between Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia and will organize joint international cultural events, the Ministry of Culture announced. The Foundation will support professional projects in the fields of architecture, visual arts, design, literature, music, performing arts, libraries, museums and archives.
Each country should allocate 100,000 annually to the fund. euro
The Baltic Cultural Foundation will be managed by the Estonian Foundation for Support to Culture, the Latvian National Cultural Foundation for three consecutive years and funded by the Baltic Cultural Foundation for the next three years. Sponsorship Fund and Lithuanian Cultural Council
According to the report, the Ministers of Culture also signed an agreement on the protection and development of the tradition of song and dance celebrations. It is expected that this agreement will contribute, among other things, to the process of preparing the Song Festivals.
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia intend to create a 21-member joint committee. Each country will nominate its delegates representing the Song Festivals Authority, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Education and Science and the National Commission for UNESCO. Three experts from each country will also be appointed to the committee.
"Working together, we learn from each other, share good practices, strengthen the Baltic region, the common cultural and artistic field, together we are more visible on the map of world culture, we have more 39 opportunities to develop and promote the culture and arts of our countries Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson, Minister of Culture of Lithuania quoted in a press release
signed these agreements in Riga at the 100th Anniversary Singing Festival Riga
in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia Traditional festivals of song and dance are on the list of intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO.
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