Tuesday, June 24, 2014

European Cooperation Day 2014 – six events in four cities!



Once again, the European Cooperation Day will be celebrated across Europe on several days in September. The Karelia ENPI CBC programme organizes events in Oulu, Kajaani, Joensuu, and Petrozavodsk. The day is dedicated to presenting cross-border cooperation between Finland and Russia.  
 
In some cities there will be an additional event supporting the main event. Below is a preview on the plans for each city.

In Oulu the main event will take place at the Culture Centre Valve on September 20th.  The projects involved will present their work in front of Café Minttu. There will be activities for children, coffee, project stands, and a performance at Valvenäyttämö.

In addition to the main event, we will have a stand at the Student Organisation Fair at the University of Oulu on September 10th. There the students can get information on the projects, the European Cooperation Day, and get their own, brand-new ECD badges.



In Kajaani the day will be celebrated on September 13th. If the weather permits, the event will be held outdoors. There will be projects presenting their work, performances, coffee, blood pressure measurement or body composition analysis, activities for families etc.

Joensuu will host two events, as well. The first, a disco with Finnish-Russian music, takes place on September 12th at Rantakylän koulu. The disco is aimed at school children, and it will also include live music performances and activities.

The main event in Joensuu will be organized at the Shopping Centre Iso Myy. It will feature project stands, live music and dance performances, and activities for visitors.

The ECD in Petrozavodsk will be held on September 26th. The projects will be presenting their work and results through various activities and performances.

Henna Mansikka
Communications Assistant/ Karelia ENPI CBC

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Visual markers to sign and guide to interesting objects in Petrozavodsk.

In Petrozavodsk soon there will be installed the markers to sign the most interesting cultural objects.

Within implementation of the project «Contemporary old city: enhancing cultural tourism across the border» (The Karelia ENPI CBC Programme) the Center of cultural initiatives conducts work on creation of visual markers to sign the routes to the most interesting objects of Petrozavodsk. For this purpose in August-October, 2013 the contest for designers and artists was announced. The winner was S.A.Treshkin's project. The designer Sergey Treshkin used various images associating with Karelia which gave names to five objects: "Petroglyph", "Domes", "Fish", "Sparrow", "Ship".



Markers represent the art objects made of steel with information plates in two languages- Russian and English- with the list of interesting objects nearby. In the center of the art objects there is a stylized map of historical part of the city.

Now together with the City administration of Petrozavodsk five sites for installation of visual markers are defined: in Governor's park, at Puppet theater (on the right), at the crossing of K. Marx Ave. and Pushkinskaya St., in the historical quarter, in front of the building of Administration of the Petrozavodsk.

The markers will be supplied with QR codes for mobile devices. Tourists from Russia and abroad will be able to get short information of the places of interest nearby, a map and more detailed information about 25 tourist objects in two languages. That will considerably facilitate navigation of tourists from Russia and foreign countries in Perozavodsk.


Center of cultural initiatives

Note: You can find more photos of Visual Markers form project’s websites (http://www.culturecbc.eu/?page_id=11)