Rūjiena is small border town in the up-north of Latvia and currently is the BSR Cultural Pearls 2024 title holder. To strengthen the social resilience in the city, they wanted to address the challenges such as the outflow of young talents from the region, intergenerational cooperation, and the need for knowledge transfer and networking. The…
From 22 – 30 June Kieler Woche (The Kiel Week), an annual sailing event in Kiel, the capital of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany tooke place. One of the activities of this festival was The Bilder-Segelparade (picture sailing parade) – a participatory programme especially for children. The Bilder-Segelparade is a part of the Kiel’s Culture And Resilience action…
The call for applications for the BSR Cultural Pearls 2025 title, now in its second edition, has concluded with eighteen small and medium-sized municipalities from the Baltic Sea Region submitting applications. This increase from last year’s twelve applications highlights growing interest among less central areas in using culture to enhance social resilience. The selection process…
On 31 May the last of the four BSR Cultural Pearls Awarding ceremonies took place in Svendborg, Denmark as part of the public event “Maritime Dage – Åben Ø” – two days showcasing and celebration of the maritime identity, love of sea and crafts. This event is organized by NGOs, artists, communities, local educational and…
25 May, 2024 Last weekend, May 25, a bright, loud and generations unifying event took place in Rūjiena – the Ice Cream Festival and Rūjiena’s name day celebrations. During the celebration, in the presence of residents of Rūjiena and guests from far and near, the city was awarded the title “BSR Cultural Pearl 2024”. The…
On 8 May, right after the first “Culture for Resilience Forum”, the BSR Cultural Pearls 2024 awarding ceremony took take place in Jakobstad/Pietarsaari, Finland to celebrate the moment together with the locals, project partners and forum guests. Felix Schartner Giertta, BSR Cultural Pearls project coordinator representing lead partner Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat…
More than 100 municipality and NGO representatives, as well as other actors from the Baltic Sea region, gathered in the hospitable town Jakobstad/Pietarsaari on 7-8 May for the first Culture for Resilience Forum to discuss how engaging in cultural activities can strengthen communities and make them more resilient to external shocks. “Resilience is not only…
On Saturday, 27 April 2024, the first event from the Rūjiena’s Culture and Resilience action plan took place – a clean-up day to start working on the revitalization on the courtyard based in 8 Rīga Street, with the plan to develop it into a new meeting place for the community. There is a plan together…
Mentors – trained partners of the BSR Cultural Pearls project – play a crucial role in encouraging, supporting and inspiring our Pearls, both during the application stage and throughout their title year. Mentors guide applicant cities through the development of their Culture and Resilience Action Plans and support awarded Pearl cities during the realization of…
On 9 April, 9.00 – 11.00cet representatives of municipalities, professionals from the culture and creative sector, NGO’s, researchers, and others are welcome to join the first public webinar of the BSR Cultural Pearls project. Later in the year two more public webinars will take place – on 21 August on the topic of Resilience and…
PROJECT LEAD PARTNER:
Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat Felix Schartner Giertta, Project Coordinator+ 46 73 026 73 12
felix.schartner.giertta@cbss.org
