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Kaunas City Cultural Strategy, SWOT analysis and extract.
Bid book Lithuania English
We are now poised to create a future for Kaunas by fully acknowledging our past and thus shaping our present. Inherit- ing confusion, we have always been and still are at the crossroads of ideas, ideolo- gies and systems. Think of Kaunas as of a multi-storey apartment block with shared ownership but limited responsibility and accountancy. The amount of social turbu- lence the citizens of this City have gone through during the past hundred years could easily be enough to delete Kaunas from the political let alone cultural map of Europe. But we are still given hands to hold the City same as our two rivers do.
We have learnt to live on the confluence and we can even help others by precisely showing how to do it, because we know we are not alone in this and a good deal of Eu- ropeans can identify with our experiences and benefit from them.
Therefore, we decided to employ the world we are given: our confusion of the past and confluences of the present, and turn them into a productive consciousness of the future by creating a new story for Kau- nas. And the idea of the European Capital of Culture is something we positively need to bring this story to life, because culture is the only means effectively capable of tying the past, present and future together.
Other Lithuania English
Infrastructure for culture is adequate for contemporary art and needs of Kaunasians and city guests
Museums, galleries, theatres, culture centres provide services relevant to current audiences and get regular Kaunasians’ attention
Accessibility to culture is ensured for everyone Sustainable system of funding of community arts and activities established
Youth stays in Kaunas after studies to work and create families here because of the work, living conditions and cultural supply Kaunas is a destination of European and worldwide cultural tourism due to its contemporary approach
Pranesimas_Forumui_EN.pdf2.73 MB
Report Lithuania English
This is the report of the selection panel (the “panel”) for the pre-selection phase for the competition for the European Capital of Culture in 2022 in Lithuania.
ecoc-2022-lithuania-preselection.pdf547.28 KB
Other Lithuania English
“Designing Happiness” is one of the “Kaunas 2022” programmes that encompass the improvement of the production, environment, and culture of communication.
I_Kaunas-for-All.pdf2.81 MB
Bid book Lithuania English
Today the wind is most favourable to raise the sails. We understand it is a long-term programme, to start in 2017 and to reach the peak in 2022. It is the best time for the break- through which can ensure the cultural, social, and economic viability of the future of the city. We have five years in order, together with our partners Neringa and Palanga, to change and strengthen the direction of the city development and to introduce an open to culture and people port city to Europe.
We try harder because we want it to be not a one-day, but a long-term relationship, and because we want you to return...
Report Lithuania English
How the Kaunas 2022 project is contributing to the cultural strategy of our city, the very first impacts already made during preparations, as well as plans for monitoring delivery versus objectives and for evaluating the impact of the ECoC designation on the city, including the establishment of a baseline for comparison and the use of big data.
Bid book Lithuania English
WE WANT TO RETURN TO EUROPE.
Yes “we”, because there’s no such thing as “Kaunas applies”... it’s the citizens who do. Call us Kaunasians if you want, but we are a bunch of real people and we really love our City. So much that we decided to bring it back to Europe, back to Motherland where it belongs.
Training material Lithuania English
This is the presentation on the River Nemunas Project by Ed Carroll and Vita Gelūnienė, presented on Day 2 of AC4.
Pristatymas-EN.pptx39.38 MB