to abstain from the consideration of the application, if it can be grounded that application evaluation by a group member can be biased. In this case, the decision of the working group shall be reasoned in the minutes of the meeting.

In accordance with the decisions adopted by the working group, a list of partnership projects shall be prepared and then confirmed by the Director’s decree of Kaunas 2022 VšĮ.

Partnership project evaluation criteria shall be announced when the application evaluation is over, but no later than by 29 November 2019 on the website of Kaunas 2022: www.kaunas2022.eu.

Organisations the projects of which proposed are included into the programme of Kaunas – European Capital of Culture 2022 shall sign a joint activity agreement with Kaunas 2022 VšĮ that runs the programmeproject activities, accessibility of information about the project activities to the society, the visibility of the logos of Kaunas – European Capital of Culture 2022, the European Union, Kaunas City, Kaunas District and the Government of the Republic of Lithuania in all means of project communication taking into consideration the guidelines of the use of the logos;

strives to ensure the maximum opportunities for various groups of society and those groups who have worse opportunities and experience difficulties to participate in project activities.

Partnership project shall be implemented through the funding by Kaunas City Municipality, Kaunas District Municipality, Government of the Republic of Lithuania and Kaunas – European Capital of Culture 2022 programme operated by Kaunas 2022 VšĮ and the costs of the operator of the cooperation project.

Project partners shall