a sticky situation and all (urban) design disasters.

Kaunas 2022 invites to create traditions of good taste and mode of operation, increase the volume of authentic design (“from China to Local Village”), promote creative ethics and aesthetics, increase the number of creative operators – designers, develop the muscles” of empathy, ask and solve uncomfortable questions regarding how the city is comfortable and accessible to everyone.

Initiatives anticipated: Events that strengthen the identity of Kaunas as a participant of UNESCO Creative Cities Design Network (creative workshops, conferences, exhibitions of various areas of design like fashion, food, interior, auto, etc.); design objects for public spaces in Kaunas and Kaunas District improving the accessibility of spaces and events in them, their aesthetic and infrastructural quality, etc.

Special call of the programme for cultural organisationsis a long-term strategy to involve youth to the processes of the creation of culture in the city and the district that helps them to create a place, where they would like to stay.

The aim of this programme is to create new opportunities for the young generation to create and express their ideas, enable young people to contribute to the changes in the city and building the future, cultivating their leadership skills and encouraging active participation of youth in the cultural and civic life in Kaunas City and its District.

Creators of the vision and the content of Emerging Kaunas programme is the young generation. The participants of Kaunas Challenge programme of Kaunas 2022 and other youth initiatives of Kaunas 2022 will be trusted with creating the main event