Cultural forum about Western Lithuania

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Cultural forum about Western Lithuania

European Union
Project part-financed by
the European Union
         

• Neringa Municipality
• P.o. Thom Mann Centre of Culture

Organizatoriai Neringos savivaldybes
administracijos švietimo, kulturos ir sporto
skyrius, Juodkrantes parodu namai, Vš.I. Thomo
Manno kulturos centras.
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Reasons for organising such project

• Lack of information about cultural tourism
• Absence of sistematic informational base about
  cultural institutions in the region
• Increasing amount of tourists interested not only
  in the region of Western Lithuanian, but in
  Kaliningrad region as well.

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Aims of project

• Organisation of network of organisations working
  in the sphere of cultural tourism in Western
  Lithuanian and Kaliningrad regions 
• Organisation of forum that would secure exchange
  of opinions
• Organisation of web page about Western Lithuanian
  cultural tourism.
• Development of cultural tourism in Western
  Lithuania in co-operation with Kaliningrad region
  in Russian Federation

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Introduction of project

• The stages of two-year project
• 2 conferences organised
• 3 forum meetings
• Web page
• List of e-mail addresses
• English language courses for two employees of
  Neringa Municipality
  

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Work group

• Project coordinator
• Assistant of project coordinator
• Secretary

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Expected results

• To acquire experience from project partners
• To share this experience with regions
  organisations working in the sphere of cultural
  tourism
• To stimulate the occurring of new relations in
  the region
• To introduce the region in the international
  context
• To initiate and support the development of
  politics of cultural tourism in Western Lithuania
• To introduce cultural tourism as basis for
  development of economical and social welfare

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Contacts

• Asta Grušelioniene
• Project coordinator
• Juodkrante Exhibition House
• Tel. [phone]
• E-mail. asta.gruselioniene_at_email.lt
• Živile Eteviciute
• Assistant of coordinator
• Thom Mann Centre of Culture
• Tel. [phone]
• El.p. zivile_eteviciute_at_yahoo.de
• www.agora-tourism.net