Citizens’ centers for grassroots initiatives are changing the society
is a project that aims at bilding the sustainability of the participating cultural and citizens’ centers by cooperation and sharing experiences. The situation between countries vary and each center has its’ own identity but they face many similar challenges. In the project we want to
- Support civil activism and grassroot initiatives in our cities
- Learn from each others experiences and build cross-border networks
Main activities are
- Study trips to Saint Petersburg, Helsinki and Stockholm
- Online sessions
- Making a video of each center
Participating cultural / citizens’ centers
Finland:
Lapinlahden Lähde Centre for Culture and Well-being
Museum of Impossible Forms
Kera-kollektiivi
Free City of Kalasatama
In Sweden:
Cultural center Cyklopen
Hägerstenåsens medborgarhus
In Russia:
Open Space (Открытоe пространствo)
Simple things (Простые вещи)
Normal place (Нормальное место)
MetaAttick (Метачердак)
Project partners
- Finland-Russia Society, Helsinki
- House of Projects, Saint Petersburg
- Cultural center Cyklopen, Stockholm
The project is funded by Nordic Council of Ministers Open Call Funding Opportunity for Nordic-Russian co-operation. It lasts from November 2020 – March 2022.
Nordic Council of Ministers announcement on March 3, 2022:
Nordic Council of Ministers is suspending its cooperation with Russia and Belarus. Regrettably this means that all programmes, projects, and activities in Russia and Belarus are suspended until further notice. More
Learn from the participating citizens’ centers from the videos they made to present their work.
