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Starting their journey as a candidate to become a Cultural Pearl the city of Svendborg in Denmark clearly identified the challenge they would like to tackle during their title year. Their analysis showed a significant number of children and youth were not engaging in social communities. Meanwhile research indicates that being part of social communities…

Every year on August 23, at the Latvian-Estonian border point Unguriņi-Lilli, events dedicated to the Baltic Way (Baltic chain) – a peaceful political demonstration in 1989 showing the world the courage, unity, and resilience of the Baltic nations, marking one of the brightest examples of cooperation between neighbouring countries in world history. Celebrating the 35th…

Are you ready to explore the transformative potential of resilience in leadership? Join our webinar on 21 August 9:00 cet lead by Laura Valli, PhD to learn more!    Effective leadership begins with self-leadership. The objective is to foster trust, self-awareness and meaningful connections. This seminar’s objective is to provide an understanding of effective leadership techniques that…

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…