Keynote: Riitta Kaivosoja, Director General, Department for Cultural, Sport and Youth Policy, Ministry of Education, Finland
Finnish-Russian Cultural forums and project proposals Forum Helsinki Novgorod Lappeenranta St. Petersburg Turku Vologda Kajaani Year 2 2 22 2 2 2 2 Project proposals 9 9 2
Field Number of projects 2 2 22 2 2 2 2 Management training 9 2 General exchange in the fields of education, culture and experiences (also student exchange and language training) 2 Art education 2 Libraries/literature 2 9 2 Visual arts education Visual arts 2 2 22 Tourism Music/teaching, research 7 Music/orchestras, sound art 9 Museums 7 2 Circus Industrial art/handicraft Dance, theatre 9 2 Cinema, photography 2 7 Folklore and general cultural exchange 2 22 War history Cross-cultural projects 7 Virtual, internet and multimedia projects Total 9 9
Forum working groups Russian working group Chairman Aleksander Sergeevich Sokolov, Minister for Culture and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation Vice-chairman Yuri Aleksandrovich Shubin, Director of Cultural Department, Ministry for Culture and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation Finnish working group Chairman Tanja Saarela, Minister of Culture Vice-chairman Riitta Kaivosoja, Director General, Department for Cultural, Sport and Youth Policy, Ministry of Education
Russian working group Members Vladimir Borisovich Bogush, Chairman of the Cultural Committee of the Leningrad Oblast Irina Viktorovna Gubina, Chairman of the Cultural Committee of the Arkhangelsk Oblast Viktor Vladimirovich Ostrenko, Chairman of the Cultural Committee of the Pskov Oblast Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Bobrova, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Komi Mihail Anatolevich Andreyev, Head of the Cultural Department of the Kaliningrad Oblast Galina Toivovna Brun, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Karelia Nikolai Mihailovich Volokitin, Chairman of the Cultural Committee of the Tver Oblast Valentina Vasilyevna Ratsko, Chairman of the Cultural Department of the Vologda Oblast Sergey Borisovich Yershov, Chairman of the Cultural and Arts Committee of the Murmansk Oblast Natalya Vasilyevna Grigoryeva, Chairman of the Committee of Culture, Cinema and Tourism of the Novgorod Oblast Nikolai Vitalyevich Burov, Chairman of the Cultural Committee of St. Petersburg Marina Yurievna Smarovoz, Head of the Cultural Administration of the Nenets National Territory
Finnish working group Members Pirjo Ala-Kapee, Governor of Eastern Finland Anneli Taina, Governor of Southern Finland Hannele Pokka, Governor of Lapland Eino Siuruainen, Governor of Oulu province Rauno Saari, Governor of Western Finland Merja Hannus, Secretary General of the Finland-Russia Friendship Society Olli Saarela, Director of Youth division, Department for Cultural, sport and Youth Policy, Ministry of Education Maija Lummepuro, Counsellor for Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Education; Secretary of the Working group Paula Tuomikoski, Head of Cultural Export Division, Ministry of Education; Finnish main coordinator of the Cultural forum
The organizers of the Cultural Forum Finland-Russia Friendship Society Finnish main organizer of the Cultural Forums since 2 Finnish Ministry of Education Steers and funds Cultural Forum activities in Finland Novgorod Oblast cultural committee Russian main organizer of the Cultural Forums since 2 Ministry of Culture and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation Steers and funds Cultural Forum activities in Russia Finnish-Russian Joint Working Group Steers and coordinates activities relating to the Cultural Forum
. Political will which obliges the administration to develop favourable conditions for cooperation 2. A cooperation programme, as stated in the Road Map, or some other document. Cooperation-promoting structures at the political-administrative level. Joint advisory structures, which would in practice promote cooperation. Enhanced network cooperation