dedicated for the youth in 2022 and its implementation.

Another mission of Emerging Kaunas is to encourage the connections between the sectors of culture and education, ensure the dissemination of projects of Kaunas 2022 and other cultural institutions in kindergartens and schools, contribute to developing innovative tools of art and culture and programmes for babies, toddlers, school students and other groups of youth.

Initiatives anticipated: projects encouraging the participation of young generation in cultural projects, developing creative and civic expression of the young generation, new educational projects, activities that strengthen connection with the network of educational institutions, activities dedicated to the young generation – babies and their parents.

When assessing the project applications, the following aspects will be taken into consideration: opportunities created by the project for the expression of youth,strengthening cooperation between the sectors of culture and education, inclusion of children and a variety of youth age groups.

Community programme We, the People (field of the Call)

It is a programme that promotes the sense of community through culture. Its aims are to enable different communities to cherish their culture and become hospitable local hosts that share culture with Kaunasians, Lithuanians and Europeans. The aim of the programme is to activate the communities, help to reveal their cultural local potential, encourage participatory culture, strengthen the civic activeness making decisions and creating / cherishing the local culture, encourage the critical thinking, responsibility for oneself and others, expanding the horizons of artistic and cultural views.

Initiatives anticipated: artistic and creative activities encouraging the participation of new members (of different communities) and their