Lublin 2016 – Appendix - Kultura Enter

LUBLIN
European capital
of culture 2016
The Final Application
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Political and financial endorsement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Endorsement by other cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Other endorsements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Partnerships developed by laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Business support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Cultural development strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Media support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Ecc 2016 in local media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Lublin – new opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
European college of culture – past meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
The Thinkery programme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Wszechnica ecc lublin 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Intercultural lublin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
• The Organizing Committee
• The Honorary Committee
• The Artistic Committee
• Lublin 2020 Development Council
• The Lublin Municipality Task Force for the European Capital
Of Culture
• Cultural institutions in Lublin supp orting Lublin 2016 bid
• Universities and colleges invited to the Lublin 2016 project
• Business organizations invited to the Lublin 2016 project
• The towns and cities of the lublin region that offered formal
endorsement to the lublin 2016 project
• Twin and partner cities that offered formal endorsement
to the lublin 2016 project
• Members of the lublin regional tourist organization that
offered formal endorsement to the lublin 2016 project
Open Lviv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
• Main events of the open lviv 2016
• Open lviv programme
• LVIV MUNICIPAL PUBLIC ORGANIZATION „ART COUNCIL ‘DIALOGUE”
• LIST OF MEMBERS OF NGO “ARTISTIC COUNCIL DIALOG” (LV IV)
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lublin, 11 May 2011
Port Lotniczy Lublin S.A.
ul. Hempla 6, 20-008 Lublin, PL
tel. +48 81 534 74 40; fax: +48 81 534 74 41
info@airport.lublin.pl
www.airport.lublin.pl
Mr Krzysztof Żuk
Mayor of Lublin City
Plac Łokietka 1
20-950 Lublin
L. Dz. 14/V/PLL-KS/2011
We would like to inform that our company is carrying out the project Lublin Regional Airport Expansion: Lublin
Airport Joint Stock Co. in Świdnik.
other
endorsement
Planning permission for building the airport was granted by the Voivode of the Lubelskie Voivodeship on 18.10.2010.
The airport will have a 2550 meters long runaway, a taxiway, an apron for 8 aircrafts and a terminal ready to receive
1 million passengers per annum with the possibility of expansion to 3.2 million.
At the moment the following expansion works are being conducted: levelling of the airport grounds, redeveloping of
the utility lines network, building of the apron.
The contracts for construction of the centre of the runway, the taxiway and the terminal building and outbuildings has
been put out to tender. Those contracts will be signed by the end of June of the current year.
The total value of the investment is PLN 350 000 000.
We declare that the means for financing the investment are guaranteed by the shareholders of the Company, that is
Lublin Municipality, Lublin Voivodeship, Świdnik Municipality, Świdnik District and by the contract negotiated with
the Bank for the issue of bonds. The model of financing the investment as well as the whole documentation of the
project and all strategic guidelines including air travel forecasts, are closely monitored by the review body Jaspers
with Mr. Artur Rudnicki (a.rudnicki@eib.org) as its head. All our guidelines to date were approved by Mr. Rudnicki
and the review body Jaspers.
With regards to the technical side, we cooperate also with a government body, that is Polish Air Navigation Services
Agency, which will use the devices installed at the airport to navigate aircraft in the airspace (the right contracts have
already been signed).
Our airport will be connected with the voivodeship road no. 822 and the exit will lead from rout S-17, the Lublin’s ring
road. There will also be a railway connection between the airport and the Warsaw-Dorohusk line. A railway platform
will be built at the airport.
The planned time of finalizing the expansion works and opening of the airport is June 2012.
Legal Representative
Lublin Airport Joint Stock Co.
Konrad Burdziński
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April 11, 2011
Declaration of cooperation
The Observatory for Culture and Communication”, of the Alternativas Foundation would
like to express its support and declare cooperation on the basis of project „Observatory of
Culture in Lublin” which will be a part of cultural program Lublin. European Capitol of
Culture 2016.
Terms and details of cooperation will be set from the beginning of July, 2011.
The “Observatory for Culture and Communication, is a center which makes studies,
debates and proposals under the concern of the current situation between culture and
communication, to be used by policy makers and society as a whole. Its sign of identity is
to have an independent, analytical and critical point of view combined with open and
innovating approaches.
D. Fernando Rueda
Coordinator Observatoy of Culture and Comunication.
Alternativas Foundation
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Lublin European Capital of Culture 2016 Guide
methodology
We would like to present you the Lublin European Capital of Culture 2016 Guide. It is a collection of
key documents, analyses and proposals addressed to those who want to actively support Lublin’s ECC
candidacy.
The First Application defined Lublin’s potential in a motto “City in Dialogue,” and grouped the
cultural and social initiatives in four thematic axes: Culture of Knowledge, City and Countryside,
Remembrance and Anticipation, and Facing East. The application is available in pdf format on
www.lublin2016.eu/aplikacja. The final application should contain a visionary ECC 2016 programme
that comprises projects suggested by you. It should also contain the “process of becoming”
– the emergence and development of long-term projects in the years 2011-2015, the 2016
event, continuation of 2017 (700th anniversary of Lublin’s City Charter) and long-term activities
till 2020. According to the thought of the European Capital of Culture, the programme should be
based on multifaceted initiatives, not only cultural, but also involving education, business, tourism
and sport. The integral element of the programme is the civil dimension, culture open to variety
of communities and environments.
The Lublin’s application is an “open book” written by your creative initiatives. We can succeed only
if we prepare the program together and if it is based on long-term projects. The projects will not come
to an end in 2016, but will be inscribed in the development of the city and the region in 2020. This
guide has been prepared by a team coordinated by the ECC Artistic Director – Krzysztof Czyżewski.
It defines the principles of a successful participation in the ECC bid, points to some areas of focus. It
will grow together with the application. The guide should help you to launch projects that will become
an integral part of the ECC programme. We respect your copyrights. The projects should be handed
in by the end of January. We had to introduce such a tight deadline since the duration of the big
had been reduced by two months.
The final application timeline:
January 31 – deadline for ECC programme projects
February – discussions on the projects, development of ECC Lublin 2016 programme
March – discussions on the content of the application
April – editing, proofreading, translation into English, and printing the application
May 16 – submitting the application
June – the Selection Panel’s visit in Lublin, presentation of the Application to the Commission
Please, send the projects to projekty2016@lublin.eu or to Wydział Kultury, Urząd Miasta Lublin, Biuro
ESK, pok. Nr 1, Plac Łokietka 1, 20-109 Lublin
A sample project template
1. Title
2. Description
“small projects” – approximately 20 sentences concerning the concept, time and place, addressees
“big projects” – detailed description in the attachment “Projects for the ECC Lublin 2016 program”
3. Cooperation
(for instance with institutions, NGOs, natural persons)
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4. Estimated budget and sources of financing
methodology
5. Important comments
6. Contact and copyright data
(name, organisation, phone number, email address, address)
Covering all questions is not mandatory. We respect the copyrights. We accept small and big projects.
If you need any further explanations or help, please contact Roman Jaborkhel
(phone number: 081 466 37 23, email: projekty2016@lublin.eu)
The Lublin European Capital of Culture 2016 project first welcomes projects that are respond to the
ideas presented in the first application. The projects that are not included in the second application will
serve to index the cultural potential, inspire creation of culture development strategy and to preparation
of the 2017 celebration (700th anniversary of the City Charter)
ECC Lublin 2016 Guide
Project guidelines
• The projects and initiatives for the ECC 2016 programme should take into account the following
issues:
• The programme should contain projects worth a “Cultural Nobel Prize” that encourage creation of
innovative, ambitious, high-level events.
• The idea of the programme is to go forward not to make up for losses and delays.
• The project should contain not only the vision of realisation, but also the process of becoming – launching
and developing in the years 2011-2015, the 2016 event, 2017 continuation (700th anniversary
of the City Charter) and long-term effects in 2020.
• The project should refer to the “European dimension,” and “City and Citizens” principles (form, p. 2).
• The project should refer to the “City in Dialogue” motto and four thematic axes (detailed description
in the attachment).
• The project is based on 4 x E principles: empathy, ecology of culture, effectiveness and experiment
(detailed description in the attachment).
• The project meets the principles of the ECC Projects Methodology (detailed description in the attachment).
• The project refers to partnership with Spain (detailed description in the attachment).
• The project involves cultural education: children, young people, adults, senior citizens.
• The project welcomes the participation of the citizens and activation of districts.
• The project invites specialists and scientists in a given field, according to the Culture of Knowledge
principle.
• The project has a potential to establish cooperation and regional and international exchange: the region,
Eastern Poland, Poland, European Union, Eastern Partnership, Russia.
• The project involves culture operators from the Region and enable “sharing” with the cities, towns
and villages in the region.
• What is the estimated budget? Does it include any external financing? How will the project be promoted?
Does it employ any original forms of promotion?
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Charter of the Laboratories and Task
Groups of the Lublin ECC 2016 (selection)
methodology
Laboratories and task groups (LTG) build Lublin’s ECC 2016 programme. We would like to present
some guidelines that may help you develop a programme and run a laboratory.
The ideas behind the ECC 2016 programme
• The programme is to be an “open book” comprising projects and initiatives not only in the filed of
art, but also those merging culture with social activities, education, business, tourism and sport.
• The programme is to create long-term and “structural leaven,” and to define trends that introduce
permanent changes instead of focusing on one-time events.
• The programme is to “look forward” and offer innovative initiatives yet unknown in Lublin and
Europe.
• The leader should monitor the whole process of a project’s development and have a vision for its
effects. The leader should know and convincingly present the way to complete the project and the
possibilities of future development.
• The ECC programme is based on “4 x E principles” and “Methodology for ECC projects” defined
in the First Application.
THE FOUR PRINCIPLES: 4 x E
• Empathy: The development dynamic of the Lublin European Capital of Culture programme is
stimulated by the proximity of the other – other people, other shores, other worlds. Cultural projects
are expected to transcend the backyards of local production, to look to the east as a gateway
between the worlds, to give voice to lost memories, to address the future, to reach outside the city
and embrace rural culture. Such a multitude of parallel dialogues requires empathy, a sense of respect
for the other, a steady concern, and a will to listen and understand.
• Effectiveness: The principle of effectiveness strives to integrate culture in everyday reality, to promote
a conviction that it can be used to further social change and to influence the city and people-
’s lives. Effective projects will not be transient, one-off events but will offer longer-lasting results
that aim to reap positive social benefits in the future.
• Ecology of culture: This principle concerns the efficient management of cultural resources from
the use of energy-efficient lighting to the efficient management of institutions and projects. Attention
to the environment in which culture is produced is another aspect of such ecology. People living
in the vicinity of culture centres and street stages need a conversation that engages them in
participation. Great cultural projects like the European Capital of Culture are not all good news
– they also mean the burden of large numbers of visitors and increased noise levels at night, which
can only be managed once the principles of ecology of culture are in place.
• Experiment: Lublin has a long tradition of “unruly” art that transcends conventions and presents
alternatives to ossified forms of culture. As the European Capital of Culture, Lublin will rely
on its tradition of experimentation, acquiring open spaces for innovative and alternative cultural
expression.
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Methodologies for ECC project
methodology
THREE GENERAL ASPECTS WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED IN OUR THINKING ABOUT THE
PROJECTS’ DEVELOPMENT:
• Cultural production has been given priority over the mass import of cultural commodities – this
concerns both local artists and famous international practitioners invited to Lublin to cooperate and
partner with local artists and communities.
• Cultural participation is expected to increase but it will also be accompanied by the growth of cultural
competence and knowledge. Ambitious cultural programmes sometimes overestimate the existing
interest and the absorption capacity of local communities. In other cases, cultural producers focus
solely on their own creative processes at the expense of audiences. Hence, we recognise the importance
of cultural education for the public, which will foster the development of cultural competence
and interest in culture.
• Resource activation requires the ongoing training of managers and other culture professionals who
will organise the sale of cultural commodities, foster the development of the art market, cultivate
partnerships with the private sector, develop ambitious cultural tourism, and pursue a strategy
of cultural export.
LTG management
LTG organise their work and select their team independently. The structure or the rules are not imposed
but should be defined and published.
LTG turn projects into programmes developing activities for the years 2011-2015, culmination in 2016,
and continuation after 2020.
The programmes are created in close cooperation with culture operators and individuals (not only from
Lublin and the region)
Special attention should be paid to interdisciplinary projects that merge themes of the application and
require cooperation between LTGs
• participation in projects created by specialists, scholars, and university teachers (Culture of Knowledge
Laboratory)
• international cooperation and exchange (Facing East Laboratory – Eastern Partnership and Russia,
cooperation with Spain)
• interregional cooperation (the region, Eastern Poland, Poland) – participation of cultural operators
from the region; sharing the project, artists and drivers with cities, towns and villages in the region
(City and Region Laboratory)
• remembrance and anticipation in projects of other LTGs
• emphasis placed on cultural education and social communication
• projects addressed to given social groups (senior citizens, disabled, students, discriminated, excluded)
• students’ participation in LTG
• participation of the representatives of business, law, administration, sport, recreation, tourism and
other groups
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Endorsement of the ECC Lublin 2016 project
by business communities
Business
support
While working on the First Application, the ECC team launched talks with business communities in
order to undertake joint promotional actions.
After Lublin’s short-listing, Mariusz Sagan, the mayor’s economic adviser, initiated a workgroup to
create a long-term cooperation strategy. It comprises representatives of culture and entrepreneurs and
its aim is to develop a long-term cooperation strategy. The idea is based on dialogue, the main principle
of the ECC. The workgroup has met a few times during a series of workshop and meeting, for
example with Rose Fenton, in order to create a list of actions that can be jointly implemented.
The four main aims of the activities have been defined as follows:
• getting to know cultural and business communities
• business communities’ participation in creation of culture
• improvement of culture drivers’ competencies in the field of management of cultural projects and
institutions
• appreciation of the involvement
The following projects will be implemented during the first stage:
• joint workshops and debates concerning creativity and enterprise (e.g. NetDay)
• business people be on the advisory bodies of cultural institutions;
• inclusion of a prominent European business person in the European College of Culture;
• honouring of business community members involved in cultural development during the annual
City of Lublin Culture Gala, starting in 2012
• establishment of an award for the most innovative, most enterprising and best-managed cultural institution
in the city and the region;
• business people sitting in committees responsible for commissioning artworks.
In April and May numerous representatives of cultural institutions and organisation of entrepreneurs
and employees will take part in series of talks and workshops. The meetings will aim to find out about
each other’s needs, expectations and competencies.
The meetings will lead to development and implementation of long-term cooperation projects (for instance
through pilot projects). We estimate that we will have these ideas implemented in 8-10 years
and by 2020 we will be able to evaluate whether the relations are solid and the cooperation between
the sectors is real.
If Lublin’s bid for the title of Capital of Culture is successful, the workgroup will:
• promote the idea of the ECC in business communities in Poland and Europe through a network of
ECC Ambassadors (from 2012);
• develop strategies of fund acquisition for the 2016 programme (starting in 2012);
• support the 2016 project with project management know-how (starting 2011).
The principles of empathy, ecology, effectiveness, and experiment already present in the ECC project
will be supplemented by enterprise and social responsibility.
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Members of workgroup on cooperation between
culture and enterprise
Business
support
Initiator
• Mariusz Sagan – Ph.D. in economics, the mayor’s economic adviser, research fellow (for instance
at the Warsaw School of Economics)
Entrepreneurs
• Artur Kawa - co-creator, the president of the board, the chief executive of Emperia Holding S.A.,
board member of the Entrepreneurship Council of the Lublin Region, and a member of the Development
Council with the Mayor of Lublin
• Krzysztof Kozieł – the vice-chairman of Enzo Sp. z o.o., originator and coordinator of eMarketing
Academy and NetDay - Internet Branch Representative’s Meeting, he organises trainings for
student associations and for young entrepreneurs;
• Maciej Maniecki – the President of the Board of Solet Sp. z o.o., the mayor’s investment and business
relations advisor, the president of the Entrepreneurship Council of the Lublin Region
• Wiktor Szyborski - the president of the board of Broker Plus Sp. z o.o., a member of the Entrepreneurship
Council of the Lublin Region
Culture
• Karolina Rozwód – the head of the Old Theatre, member of Applicatorium, coordinator of workgroup
on cooperation between culture and enterprise;
• Marcin Skrzypek – associated with NN Theatre and the Saint Nicholas Orchestra, member of the
Applicatorium
• Agnieszka Wojciechowska – PR and Marketing specialist at Workshops of Culture, member of the
ECC project’s Social Communication team
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LUBLIN 2020 - Cultural Development Strategy
Cultural Development
Strategy
INTRODUCTION /THE PAST; FUTURE HOPES/
Lublin is a historic city, yet full of youth. In 2017, Lublin’s 100,000 students will celebrate the 700th
anniversary of the city’s foundation charter. The future of the city depends on connecting its heritage
with the energy and new ideas of its inhabitants.
Lublin is an ancient city with an ambitious vision of the future. The 20th century Lublin was overshadowed
by two deadly regimes. The 21st will see the city resume its place as a vital gateway between
central and Eastern Europe, promoting dialogue, cultural exchange and creative renewal.
Present-day Lublin oscillates between memory and hope, but is confident of its vision, unified in its
commitment, and optimistic for its future. The creation of a prosperous, healthy and happy city, with
a strong offer to its citizens, its country and the continent, is underway.
It will require investment in the infrastructure and environment, in housing, health services and education,
in industry and trade and much more besides. In this Lublin has much in common with other
cities in the region and in post-communist Europe.
But Lublin also understands that the measures taken to implement these changes are no less important
that the aims themselves. Speaking of measures, the City Council has decided to place culture at the
heart of the city transformation, understanding culture in its broadest sense: as a process of creating
and sharing values, and involving every citizen.
The manifestations of cultural life: theatre plays, festivals, exhibitions and the facilities in which they
are shown, but also the historic fabric of the city, make Lublin an attractive city and create a good ambience
for prolific artists and writers. There is also the underwater part of the iceberg: vigorous common
culture, generated on a daily basis by the variety of people and groups, building a congenial atmosphere
of everyday life: in the streets, in outer districts and throughout the city.
Finally, building on the foundation of culture also means acting with empathy and imagination, such
acting being sensitive to symbols and metaphors, permitting of dreaming and finding new answers to
old problems, making it easier to face the complex aspects of urban development.
Residents and their quality of life is what makes cities unique places to live in. Lublin will never forget
that.
VISION /A HAPPIER CITY/
Our vision is to make Lublin a better place to live in and a happier city.
EXPLANATION /FIVE WAYS TO WELLBEING/
We see cultural development as essential in working towards our vision of making Lublin a better place
for everyone to live in.
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Activities that help people feel well, fit and happy have been identified in a research commissioned by
the British government (Foresight Mental Capital and Well-Being, UK Government Office for Science
2008). The results of this research are mirrored in Five Ways to Well-Being.
• Connect. With people around you. With family, friends, colleagues and neighbours. At home, work,
school or in your local community. Think of these as the cornerstones of your life and invest time
in developing them. Building these connections will support and enrich your every day.
• Be active. Go for a walk or run. Step outside. Cycle. Play a game. Garden. Dance. Exercising makes
you feel good. Most importantly, discover a physical activity you enjoy and that suits your level
of mobility and fitness.
• Take notice. Be curious. Catch sight of the beautiful. Remark on the unusual. Notice the changing
seasons. Savour the moment, whether you are walking to work, eating lunch or talking to friends.
Be aware of the world around you and what you are feeling. Reflecting on your experiences will
help you appreciate what matters to you.
• Keep learning. Try something new. Rediscover an old interest. Sign up for that course. Take on a
different responsibility at work. Fix a bike. Learn to play an instrument or how to cook your favourite
food. Set a challenge you will enjoy achieving. Learning new things will make you more confident
as well as being fun.
• Be generous. Do something nice for a friend, or a stranger. Thank someone. Smile. Give your time
to someone else. Join a group. Take notice of other people’s needs just as you notice yours. Seeing
your own happiness within a greater whole can give you an unbelievable satisfaction and build relationships
around you.
Cultural Development
Strategy
International medical, public health and sociological research shows that people who observe these rules
feel better and live longer. These rules seem easy to follow and their significance lies in the fact that
they have been scientifically proven to be of fundamental value for quality of life and life expectancy.
Participation in culture enables anyone to implement these recommendations in the easiest and most
stimulating way.
• Connect. Culture is a social activity. From the shared interests that bring people together to sports
clubs or a drama group to the collective experience of audiences in performances and festivals. Culture
furnishes sensations, tales and images that we can share, talk about and argue about.
• Be active. Sport is an obvious and very important way to promote healthy lifestyle; dance is even
more popular: from nightclubs to weddings, from folk dances to ballroom dancing; dance is always
an art form. But also walking through a city or a gallery, going out to concerts and taking part in
local celebrations - all these keep us fit and active.
• Take notice. Art observes - and questions - the world: it is all about noticing things, producing
experiences and sharing that with others. We capture special moments through poetry, photography,
and stories (and share them on Facebook and Flickr). We take part in private and public rituals
to mark symbolically the times that matter.
• Keep learning. Culture makes learning a pleasure, whether it’s the discovery of a new book that
you just have to share with a friend, fascination with new music, or learning the steps of a new dance.
To express yourself in culture, we constantly and almost involuntarily improve our soft and hard
skills that, if taken as a theory or an educational program, would not be that appealing.
• Be generous. Culture is both priceless and worthless. A picture, book or a music album have little
usefulness compared with a loaf of bread or piece of clothing, although they can be traded (thus developing
the creative economy sector). Pieces of art are only carriers or traces of what really matters
- the human experience of art, shared with others, unique and unrepeatable and, in a profound
sense, as much a gift as life itself.
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We will reaffirm the importance of culture for the inhabitants and local communities and encourage
the widest possible participation by advancing the cultural life of the city, showing the best works during
memorable events, or supporting diverse neighbourhood culture. Since Lublin aspires to grow in
prosperity and fitness, and be a better place to live, we make culture the underpinning factor of these
ambitions by giving all attention to cultural life, by encouraging people to build social ties, be active,
develop sensitivity, gain new skills, be generous, simply to live a healthier and happier life.
Cultural Development
Strategy
VALUES /EMPATHY, EXPERIMENT, ECOLOGY, EFFICIENCY/
Four critical values underpin our cultural strategy; they are also our proposals for the European Capital
of Culture year, 2016. These are:
• Empathy. Culture is the best instrument for fostering mutual understanding between people while
respecting their diversity. Human progress depends on the extension of empathy to others so as
to understand our common humanity between the surface differences. As a city of diverse cultures
and groups, it is essential that empathy is a guiding value of our cultural life.
• Experiment. Culture keeps renewing itself and through that renewal renews humanity’s imaginary
life. Unless we can dream of other ways of being, doing and living, we are condemned to live with
the failures of the past. Even in conserving heritage or in recreating the great works of the past, we
need to find new ways of expression that are true to ourselves today.
• Ecology. Culture reflects and shapes how we see ourselves in the world. Humanity has grown too
numerous and too powerful to neglect the needs of other species and of the environment as a whole.
Our culture must consist in less wasteful and less damaging ways of life. The planet will always
keep a balance: the question is whether our life on it is properly balanced.
• Effectiveness. Culture is complex and has multiple effects. A great festival can benefit the economy,
social cohesion and education, especially if it produces experiences that will be remembered
for decades. We are not a rich city, compared with Western European standards. We need to make
our resources produce as much benefit as possible, every time.
These are the decisive criteria determining the quality of programs and initiatives that the cultural
strategy needs to support. At the least, we should be doing nothing which opposes them and takes us
in an opposite direction.
These values ​also define the criteria for sustainable development of Lublin: preservation of the natural
environment, empathy-driven interaction with the region and other cities in country and Europe-wide,
innovation and ever greater efficiency in all provinces of the city life. Stimulating this development
by cultural activity, we generate a lasting energy for the complex, multi-directional and sustainable
transformation of the entire city, while maintaining due proportion between the economic
growth and quality of life.
Hence, taking care of personal satisfaction from participation in culture, we create a better climate for
people’s involvement in carrying out their ambitious plans. In this way, we offer brighter prospects of
development of the whole city in all other areas. Culture benefits its every participant, while transforming
the entire city for better.
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THEME /CULTURES IN DIALOGUE/
The idea of ​Cultures in Dialogue will be a central theme of cultural development in the decade of 2010-
2020. It is closely related to our proposals for 2016 when a Polish city will host the European Capital of
Culture. It reflects the diversity of Lublin, its geographic position at a crossroads of cultures and our belief
that the dialogue of all the cultures converging here is essential to the city’s search for a better life.
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AIM /TO MAKE CULTURE PART OF EVERYONE’S LIFE/
The aim of the cultural strategy is that culture - understood in its broadest sense - should be a valued
part of everyone’s life.
PROGRAME FRAMEWORK /CITY IN DIALOGUE/
The thematic pillars of European Capital of Culture 2016 we see as perfectly mirroring our cultural
specificity, as well as corresponding to the universal challenges of today and tomorrow. These pillars
further branch into the fundamental programming axes of this strategy. And thus:
City and Region - we see as a challenge arising from the fact that a considerable portion of the urban
community maintains strong family and cultural links with the whole Lublin region, which abounds
in different historical, ethnic, religious and environmental traditions nurtured in the villages, former
country estates and noble manor houses, in small towns and cities. We want all these people to have
their say in culture, while still cherishing their identity and being able to take pride in it, and enriching
the urban cultural landscape by integrating it with the region.
At the same time we recognise a universal need for the city to restore its position of a bona fide region’s
leader, serving the surrounding region and its people. We want to overcome the creeping egocentricity
of large cities by building transparent and partner relations with the neighbouring region’s
communities. We believe that this is also a way to establish and enhance the cultural identity of Lublin
and Lubelskie.
Remembrance and Anticipation - we see as tools for the reviving of multi-generation memory and
the rebuilding of historical awareness, both of them inspiring courage and provoking future-oriented
thinking. It helps bring back a living memory of the past city grandness; reconcile ourselves with the
disasters and tragedies of our history; understand the sources of our culture, in order to respect cultural
heritage and be able to continue it and hand it down to our successors. This is a creative form of
opposition to amnesia resulting from the funnelling of human needs to mere consumption.
We want the celebration of the 700th anniversary of city rights to be not only an invitation to pondering
upon the local history but also the opening of a new era, a breakthrough stimulus boosting the
city and its further urban development.
Facing East - is understood as the need for re-discovering the cultural values of eastern Europe and
their inclusion in the domain of the European culture. This is a challenge of our times ensuing from
the transformation of the early 1990s that enabled us to re-establish the ties broken by the many decades
of the post-Yalta political order. This is a chance for two rich cultural zones to come together so
that Europe is able to „breathe with both lungs” again.
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Lublin, whose growth was always dependent on East-West contacts, has great hopes for this process.
Transformation in Russia and the Eastern Partnership countries needs time; therefore, we believe that
cultural cooperation, by building mutual understanding and respect for distinctness, provides the most
desirable foundation for the idea of common Europe, and opens the doors to genuine partnership in
many other fields.
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We want for the bilateral relations between East and West nurtured in Lublin to coincide with rapprochement
between the North and South of Europe, between affluent and severe Scandinavia and the
Baltic region and poorer yet effervescent cultures of the Black Sea. We believe that Lublin, as it was
the case in the past, can bring together and integrate these diverse influences; it can also be a junction
for the movement of cultures and provide space for their creative dialogue, thus remedying the effects
of many decades of mutual isolation.
Culture of Knowledge - means a cultural challenge resulting from both the development of new technologies
and a cognitive crisis arising from excessively „sectoral” focus of today’s science and too narrow
scholarly specialisations that increasingly stifle creativity. We believe that culture, when created
by means of new tools, can provide a platform for the integration of different areas and provinces of
knowledge, at the same time offering the environment that promotes innovation in the approach to satisfying
individual and collective needs that respect ecology.
Lublin is a large university centre of comparatively traditional nature. The symbiosis of science and
culture opens new windows of opportunity for successful outcomes in both these fields. This, in parallel,
strengthens the city’s offer in terms of „creative industries”.
In order to achieve such ambitious objectives, we accept six interdependent operational AREAS of
the cultural development strategy:
Participation
Financing
Availability
Governance
Offer
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1. Space for culture,
that is, providing space for a Dialogue of Cultures, is for us both the room for cultural activity and the
cultural values of the urban space - the meanings inherent in this space. At the same time, we acknowledge
that the universal qualities of this space should be: public security, cleanliness and aesthetics.
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The operational objectives set out in this area are:
1.1 To improve the working conditions and quality of space for cultural institutions - this includes
investment in new facilities, also the provision by the municipality of vacant public locations
and sites for cultural activity; further, there is the gradual renovating and equipping of cultural sites
coupled with their proper maintenance and care for artistic expression
1.2 Qualitative development of the historic part of Lublin- this will not only contribute to the protection
and preservation of historical monuments, but also ensure its vitality and attractiveness of
function; it will harmoniously supplement the missing urban tissue, improve public spaces and
make their history come into view; on top of that, it will help take care of the greenery and ecological
conditions
1.3 To improve the visual integrity of the city and its cultural landscape - this goal aims to enhance
the aesthetics of public spaces, protect the urban skylines and their exposure, expose the natural
lie of the land through wise development and reclamation of green areas, particularly in river
valleys and ravines meandering through the city and shaping its positive ecological conditions
1.4 To introduce art in the public urban space - it will facilitate regular, common and almost involuntary
contact with culture, while pursuing other routines. This goal also covers the establishment
of small enclaves of retreat (inspired by the projects such as “oxygenation”), permitting
short breaks and momentary relaxation, which is particularly important in the vicinity of the busiest
parts of the city, but also near one’s home.
1.5 To furnish the conditions for recreation and outdoor activity - this can be done in river valleys
and ravines taken over for social and artistic activities; local residents will be involved in shaping
their own surroundings under a long-term Green Connection programme. It is also important
here to create space for the so-called “backyard recreation”, which is safe and integrates residents
in different age near their own place.
1.6 To improve the spatial quality of visitors’ “first contact” sites in Lublin - this relates to railway
stations, transit routes, bus stops; if some artistic values were added there, this would alter
the image of Lublin
1.7 To create a culture of dialogue around the shaping of space - such a goal can be achieved by
making the spatial planning process a citizens’ issue and by opening to civic initiatives when deciding
on changes within the urban setting (social consultation of both investments and ideas for
the management of shared spaces)
2. Participation in culture,
is understood as the shaping of needs and development of skills in cultural reception to the widest extent
possible, including individuals and communities threatened by exclusion; this goal also aims to increase
artists’ and cultural operators’ competence. Broad participation in culture is particularly important
for the success of the ECC 2016 bid, considering the fact that its programme is hinged on dialogue.
The operational objectives set out in this area are:
2.1 To develop cultural participation habits - this is particularly vital for children and young people,
especially the large community of the Lublin students, but also groups and communities at
risk of social exclusion, including a sizeable group of senior citizens; such citizens have a lot of
free time and their life experience (so often ignored) should be particularly valued and shared.
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2.2 Cultural education - this will cover not only school programmes, but also any forms of lifelong
learning, projects, events and publications promoting cultural knowledge and intended for different
age groups and environments, and aligned with their needs and capabilities. It is advisable
that such measures are long-term. Also “involuntary” forms of education should not be neglected;
they occur when individuals are exposed to culture in public spaces, in the voluntary work,
during social and environmental projects (“learning by doing”).
2.3 To include individuals and communities at risk of exclusion - this objective covers action taken
for the galvanizing of the disabled, inhabitants of decayed districts, people living in confinement
(hospitals, nursing homes, refugee centres, boarding houses, or prisons), impoverished individuals
and families, and seniors, especially those suffering from the retirement crisis. It also
serves the growing community of immigrants; for them, the combination of cultural, linguistic,
mental and material barriers hider integration into the urban community life. Of key importance
for this objective is the truth that participation in culture helps lift the barriers and limitations
caused by age, health condition, nationality and ethnic tradition, material and social status; it promotes
autonomy and self-reliance despite many hindrances; it promotes social inclusion and pursuit
of creative solutions in life, particularly challenging when suffering from exclusion. For these
reasons, it is pivotal that projects in this area are of long-term character, permitting the establishment
of lasting social relationships.
2.4 To support talented people aspiring to an artistic career - this objective addresses both talent
search and talent forging and assisting in making an artistic début; this is particularly relevant for
low-earning individuals or those experiencing other limitations.
2.5 To develop competence in culture - intended for creators, culture operators and organizers of
cultural life and enabling the experiencing of new solutions, trends and cultural phenomena, the
establishing of artistic contacts and the broadening of the context of the Lublin culture to include
the experience of other groups; it will also facilitate understanding for distinct cultural codes.
2.6 To promote active lifestyle and participation in culture - this goal is seen as leading to well-being
and getting out of the habit of passive leisure.
2.7 To develop voluntary movement - as a form active participation in culture and social life; this
form is crucial, since it serves as a civic “adjustment” or response to the established forms of activity,
and is a tool in socializing and moulding civic attitudes. For the youth, students and seniors, it
offers an opportunity for shared education and collaboration between generations and fraternities.
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3. Cultural offer,
arranged thematically in the adopted programming axes (see above); it needs some tailoring to the needs
and preferences of its participants, their lifestyles and capabilities. Due to the organisation of ECC
2016, the 700th anniversary of city rights and the centenary of Poland’s independence, this offer this
will be adequately extended in the years 2016, 2017 and 2018. These three years that will see the climax
of cultural events and are expected to entrench the position of the Lublin’s cultural offer.
The operational objectives set out in this area are:
3.1 To expand and improve the offer of local culture centres and community centres - this goal
covers “first contact” culture centres scattered all over the city (Availability), whose objective should
be to enable different groups (by age, interest) to take part in a broader encounter with “everyday”
culture and cultural education, and promote social activity. This offer should be customized
to the local needs, in line with the dynamics in the existing social situation. Their offer should
balance the local needs, funding opportunities and management capacity. It is vital for such
places to become real local centres, permanently integrating the local community. Also schools,
libraries, or parishes may serve a similar function.
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3.2 To broaden the “imported” offer - this objective focuses on the development of artistic management
(impresariat), as well as opening up of all other cultural institutions to allow the exchange
of artistic events and festivals. This goal is particularly important for the ECC 2016 celebration,
but it is equally vital for the broadening of cultural competence (2.5) and for encouragement
of external networking (4.5).
3.3 To optimize the offer of the Lublin cultural institutions - this goal covers the need for upgrading
and strengthening the character of the local offer complying with social expectations and
capable of implementing the adopted vision and programming axes. The assessment of this offer
- through an on-going debate led by the SPOKO, and in the analysis of the Cultural Observatory
(Governance) - should help those institutions flexibly adapt their programs to current needs.
Thanks to the socializing of cultural governance, more favourable conditions will be created for
improved cooperation between cultural institutions, the building of complementary programs and
the broadening of cultural contexts (cultural background) for their offers.
3.4 To develop the offer of “involuntary” contact with arts - this objective covers events and exhibitions
held in public spaces, commercial facilities and centres, offices, hospitals, schools and other
places open to various “clientèle”; their aim will be to slip in artistic impressions among other types
of activities.
3.5 To expand and improve recreational and sports offer- seen as an essential supplement to cultural
action; promoting physical activity as vital for a healthy lifestyle. It is important that this offer
is tailored to the recipients’ capabilities in terms of age, physical condition and preferences. It
should also open up the opportunity for social integration and contact with arts (3.4).
3.6 To develop the outdoor offer - located in public and green areas (1.5); it is of key importance for
the use and exposure of city’s spatial features and promotion of an active lifestyle. It is not enough
for Lublin surrounded by landscape and national parks to merely provide well cared-for green
spots; more importantly, such places should be filled with visual art, events and attractions encouraging
outdoor leisure within the city boundaries.
3.7 To develop an offer for foreigners - available in foreign languages and respecting distinct cultural
codes. This offer will be intended for foreign students (currently about 3,000 people), immigrants
(also from the refugee centre), foreign tourists and foreign business people. Their opinion
about Lublin influences the city’s image worldwide. This offer will also be a preliminary step in
the integration of immigrants.
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4. Availability of culture
means favourable conditions for participation in culture, both in time and space, also owing to wise
organization (Participation and Governance).
The operational objectives set out in this area are:
4.1 To develop a network of “first contact” cultural establishments - this objective aims to maintain
the existing small district community centres and libraries and broaden their offer (3.1); at
the same time, this network should grow to include new establishments or sites, so that ultimately
such cultural locations were no farther than within a walking distance (15 minutes) for any resident.
Their opening hours should take account of the daily and weekly rhythm of the local community.
This network should be further built up by locations occupied by NGOs involved in cultural
activity (5.7).
4.2 To build a “system of cultural logistics” - an indispensable tool in view of the expanding cultural
offer; this system will collect and distribute information on cultural events; it will enable
event synchronization and timing and will be an ample resource for publications of event schedules
and calendars - all aligned with the audiences’ needs and preferences. Information - up-to-date
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and freely available, arranged thematically and tailored to target groups - is a prerequisite for the
awakening of potential “consumers’” interest in the cultural offer. This system should be open to
all operators and organizers of cultural, social and sports events, etc., and allow efficient scheduling.
It should also facilitate access to information in general and the purchase of event tickets in
several much frequented city locations (stations, airport, city centre, shopping centres). The on-line
support for this system should coincide with traditional solutions, expanding the availability of
information and facilitating the use of the offer.
4.3 To offer child care in cultural establishments - to enable parents of small children to participate
in culture; child care may occur simultaneously with artistic education of children.
4.4 To provide support to impecunious persons wishing to participate in culture, or deserving
assistance for other reasons - this objective will address, besides promoting free cultural offer, a
ticket subsidy scheme, or reimbursements for other charges related to participation in culture. In
addition to public support (limited by law), it is possible to launch or develop private sponsorship.
4.5 To facilitate access to culture to persons and groups from outside Lublin - this objective aims
to synch bus timetables with cultural events for audiences from the region and from locations within
three hours’ drive from Lublin. It will also apply to organized trips, tourist stays, conferences
and symposia that would include cultural events in their programmes and itineraries. What
follows, foreign language tourist information and signage should also be put in place.
4.6 To eliminate architectural barriers in cultural sites, historic buildings and sports and recreational
facilities.
4.7 To develop a system of tourist information - including the information signs and signage indicating
ways of access to historical and cultural locations and public toilets, as well as guides and
printed material about historic monuments (including multimedia). This system should not overlook
multilingual media and Internet communication and promotion of Lublin outside the city.
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5. Cultural governance
this area needs urgent improvements. The existing management structures established for much less
extensive cultural activity have spared no effort in recent years to handle this constantly growing scope
of responsibilities. In order to implement the programming and operational objectives, it is mandatory
to pioneer more efficient methods of cultural management, capable of supporting more cultural
operators and culture participants. This will entail the simplification of procedures in culture organization
undertaken by such operators. Openness and transparency of governance are mandatory in socializing
participation in culture and developing civic attitudes. Besides the governance ideas described
below, due to the evolving management quality standards, it will be necessary to gradually integrate
cultural governance with other “sectors” such as education, restoration and revitalisation of historic
sites, development of green areas, sport and recreation, urban ecology and regional policy. All these
provinces of human activity are interdependent and together determine the quality of life in the city.
The operational objectives set out in this area are:
5.1 To ensure comprehensive monitoring and evaluation of cultural phenomena - this goal will be
pursued by the Lublin Cultural Observatory (Pol. LOK) established under an agreement between
the municipal authorities and local universities as an independent research structure; it will guarantee
an objective approach and reliability of gathered data, as well as sharing expert opinions
with all entities involved in cultural management; in parallel, the LOK will be developing its original
cultural research methodology (2.5), as appropriate. The establishment of the LOK with a
well-devised research programme will ensure adequate monitoring of the progress, implementation
and impact of ECC 2016 for at least 10 years, with the option of tracking relevant outcomes
in the short, medium and long term. One of the LOK’s tasks will be to propose programmes and
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ecommendations resulting from conducted research. The monitoring of current cultural activity
is also a credibility-building tool for all actively participating in the cultural offer, and will also
promise responsiveness to changes and needs.
5.2 To socialize cultural governance - this will consist in the implementation of participatory management
methods based on civic activity platforms, such as the existing SPOKO group, or the
Cultural Space Forum, or slowly integrating sports groups. Such platforms, evolving throughout
the ECC 2016 preparation process, are chiefly open to accept different groups and circles, thus
creating an excellent hub for the flow of information, opinion and initiative. Though being flexible
and open, they need operational groups or task forces that would be capable of cooperating with
the city administration and other players in a systematic way. Such groups would be: the Council
of Culture and Council of Culture of Space, or the Council of Sports, operating as permanent,
small advisory and consultative bodies to the city mayor and related municipal departments. A
similar structure should be forged through the implementation of the Integrated Cultural Heritage
Management Plan for Lublin; it will represent different entities having influence on the functioning
of the historical part of the city and will help working toward solutions that would reconcile
their interests. Culture - in a broad sense - should be a proving ground for pilot implementations
of participatory governance methods aimed at socializing the decision-making and generating
partner initiatives.
5.3 To coordinate the management of the municipal and regional authorities - made under an
agreement laying down the principles of interaction between the municipal and regional administration,
setting joint goals and aligning the coordination of cultural policies at both these local
administration levels. Under this agreement, both entities would benefit from the cultural monitoring
(5.1. LOK) and advisory services of the participating structures. This cooperation has already
been initiated by entering an agreement concerning tourist traffic - this should be broadened
to include other areas of culture.
5.4 To build the Lublin cultural offer - particularly important for the ECC 2016 celebration and the 700th
anniversary of city foundation - it will be supervised by an independent institution in charge of the programme
and coordinating the activities of urban and regional cultural institutions and other parties involved
in the programme realisation. The role of this structure will be to enter into the defining of programme
guidelines and evaluation criteria for the proposed projects and cultural activities, as well as participating
in the project selection procedure. The offer-makers will take advantage of consultancy and grassroots
initiatives arising at the level of social participation and cultural activity, and also of studies and
analysis prepared by the Cultural Observatory.
5.5 To implement the municipal cultural policy - this will be a sole responsibility of the municipal
Culture Department and will particularly concern the organization and management of public
funds allocated to the maintenance of cultural institutions and cultural activities in line with the
designed policy. It also covers supervision in terms of the organization, finance and content of
activities undertaken by the municipal cultural operators, let alone the evaluation of the effects of
their actions. Any relevant decisions made and rested on data, opinions and research generated at
the social participation levels, by studies and analysis (LOK) should be transparent and tailored
to current circumstances. Calls for proposals, gradually extended in line with the programming
guidelines, should be the essential means of apportioning public finance earmarked for cultural
activities. When it comes to the regional authorities and their culture-focused bodies, the responsible
unit will be the Culture Department of the Marshal’s Office.
5.6 The management of the municipal cultural institutions - this objective aims to retain or even
broaden those institutions’ autonomy, while at the same time insisting on their collaboration with
other local players and on maintaining transparency of operation. It covers the implementation of
cultural programmes and parallel activities; the provision of data on their effects to facilitate the
monitoring by the LOK; the management of entrusted space and available financial resources; the
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seeking of additional sources of finance; reporting in accordance with the standards of transparency
required of public institutions. A substantive support for the directors of such institutions
will be the data from the LOK and opinions of the Cultural Council, SPOKO and other groups,
and also the recommendations of their own Programming Boards, which would foster unbiased
approach and offer criteria for efficient decision-making.
5.7 To support non-governmental organizations - through grants and subsidies allocated to activities compatible
with the strategic and programming guidelines and securing the implementation of projects, but
also a long-term operation. The support through subsidies or loans for own financial contribution to projects
will extend their ability to raise additional funds for social and cultural activities. Public funds supporting
such entities will be allocated through calls for proposals or/and cooperation agreements. The establishment
within the Municipal Office of the Support Centre for Non-Governmental Organizations should
not only make financial support attainable, but will also improve the organizations’ management (accounting,
consultancy) and provide locations for cultural activities (4.1.)
5.8 To aid other parties undertaking cultural challenges and projects - it covers assistance in the organization,
content-planning and financing (within existing regulations) of projects aligned with the strategy
and programme. The leading beneficiary of this support will be district clubs, culture and community
centres, and other similar establishments ensuring wider participation in culture.
5.9 To implement a code of environmental standards - which intends to promote, on a regular basis, environmentally
friendly practices in all activities and spatial arrangements related to cultural activity. The
anticipated effect will be energy and water saving, waste recycling, conservation of landscape and natural
values, protecting biologically active sites.
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The financing of culture,
was for decades assigned exclusively to the public sector and was its secondary priority. It was no sooner
than with the concept of sustainable development and post-industrial visions of civilisation when
the role of culture was highlighted as one of a catalyst of economic development and innovation. Our
aspirations to the ECC 2016 contributed to the upping figures in the city cultural budget and have already
caused positive changes in the evaluation of city’s allure. Therefore, this trend should be maintained,
regardless of the final decision of the ECC selection panel, especially in view of the celebration
of the 700th anniversary of city rights. But it is necessary to amend the rules of financing culture, in
accordance with the contemporary requirements and standards.
The operational objectives set out in this area are:
6.1 To set the parity of cultural expenditure in the city budget - at a level ensuring an adequate
growth, along with the improving economic condition of the local self-government. This parity,
ultimately 4% of the city budget, should be seen as a needed minimum that will be adequately
scaled up for special events such as ECC 2016 and the 700th anniversary of city foundation.
Such a budgetary provision will offer predictability of the financial condition of all urban cultural
institutions, and will thus make an advance planning of any cultural activity feasible. Having
that in place, calls for proposals will be held in the year before the co-financed cultural projects,
which should optimize the effects of such support.
6.2 The financing of urban cultural institutions - regulated through a scheme of earmarked subsidies
that should cover the current maintenance costs, operating costs and the expenses related to
the adopted cultural programme, which is considered obligatory. Simultaneously, time these institutions
should be incentivized to stretch their cultural offer by means of a bonus system; such
a system will encourage efficiency and additional fund-raising for planned activities.
6.3 The financing of NGOs and other cultural institutions should follow the framework of calls for
proposals for cultural activities (with a typology adapted to specific needs). If such an entity ta-
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kes long-term action (year-long and longer) and carries it out successfully for the period of three
consecutive years, it will be invited to enter a solid budgetary financing agreement with the municipality.
The agreement will rely on the entity’s results, the evaluation from the LOK and recommendation
from the city offer supervising body; the size of financing will be decided after the
entity’s budget analysis spanning the period of three years. Such an arrangement is particularly
justified for establishments conducting educational activities and working with persons at risk of
exclusion. A separate pool of resources, available as subsidies or loans (thus renewable) for own
contribution to NGO projects, will supplement the spectrum of third sector support and will considerably
strengthen the sector’s position in fund-raising outside the town budget.
6.4 The implementation of task-based budgets - as a principle of financial management promoting
transparency and efficiency in apportioning funds. Such a budget structure is now being implemented
at the Municipal Office, but soon it should embrace all cultural institutions and NGOs
cooperating with the municipality. It will put on view the expenditure for individual projects and
programmes and will help compare and balance the costs (also operational) with produced effects.
This will enable a coherent and comparatively similar financial policy across the cultural
sector and will provide justification for public spending. What is needed for a successful implementation
of this goal is proper training for the financial personnel responsible for finance in the
cultural structures. Some teething problems are initially expected, yet the task-based budget should
successively lead to a significant simplification of financial procedures.
6.5 The implementation of on-line financial settlements - along with the improvement of deployed
IT solutions, financial settlements should be expedited; this is absolutely necessary, given the
growing number of entities relying on the municipal financing. This goal also necessitates additional
training. Before the launch of the new IT system, it is advisable to streamline the existing
conventional settlements, speaking both of procedures and forms.
6.6 To increase the influence of municipal cultural institutions - this objective will promise a number
of opportunities that strengthen the financial position, and thus increase the pool of resources
for the mission-related activity. These include:
• Viability of ticket prices and other fees - this should concur with a system of subsidies and
concessions, thus preventing low attendance at paid events and programmes. Growths in revenue
should be encouraged by annual awards. This process may be accelerated by encouraging
VIPs to join a VIP tickets scheme before most prestigious events.
• The development of private sponsorship - it is both an economic must and a sign of recognition
for cultural activity. The sponsor’s advertisement, now obtrusive and dominant, should be
reduced to a discreet indication of its logo in the prospectus or information material. On the
other hand, it would be a good idea to throw an annual “Gala of Sponsors of Culture” (e.g. during
the carnival period), where sponsors’ role in the development of culture would be mentioned
and some prestigious awards and distinctions handed out (as statuettes and diplomas).
• Earning revenue from associated activities - for example, child care (4.3.) photography, copying
and recording or offering space to catering businesses; these can also boost the attractiveness
of cultural institutions. The balance between the mission-related activity and associated
activities should be determined through the assistance of Programming Boards, so as to
prevent over-commercialization of cultural institutions.
• Obtaining grants from outside the city budget - from the EU funds, ministry programmes,
or foundations - may be beneficial in enhancing the capacity of municipal cultural institutions,
especially that they are often associated with the broadening of the regular offer. An active involvement
in this area should be stimulated by the bonus system mentioned above.
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Implementation of the strategy
The above operational axes of the strategies are interdependent and require almost parallel implementation.
Yet, in view of the current needs, the strategy team proposes that in the opening stage of implementation
(in the years 2011-2012) absolute priority should be given to: Space and Governance, as
calling for the most urgent action and enabling the advancement of further axes; in the same period,
Availability will also be an important factor furthering other priority axes. In the subsequent years
(2013-2015), the priority axes will be Participation, Offer and Financing. In the years 2016-2017, all
the axes should be fully operational for the celebration of 2016 and 2017 - (the 700th anniversary of
city rights). The period between 2018 and 2020 should see the continuation of the activities from all
the axes, after the necessary adjustments on the basis of their evaluation in the preceding periods. At
that time Governance will again become a priority, given the need for reviewing the results of the former,
key periods for the Lublin culture; conclusions will be drawn and will underlie new strategy development
for the following decade.
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Irrespective of the above-said, the strategy of cultural development provides that the following regulations
and programme and strategic arrangements with serve as integral supplementing components:
• Integrated Plan of Cultural Heritage Management in Lublin, drawn up under the HerO project
(URBACT II)
• Long-Term Investment Plan for the City of Lublin (2008-2015)
• The social problem-solving and social exclusion programme.
• Study of the Conditions and Directions of Development for the City of Lublin, drawn up by the
Planning Department, Municipal Office
• local spatial plans, especially those to be drawn up for the centre of Lublin (Podzamcze area and
the railway station) by the Planning Department of the Municipal Office.
• concept of development for the Bystrzyca River valley (created for urban investment and the Green
Connection programme) and other valleys
• Lublin Revitalisation Programme in the version adopted by the City Council in 2008 with
amendments.
• long-term programme of cooperation with NGOs
• Lubelskie Voivodeship Development Strategy and the Regional Operational Programme - Lubelskie
Voivodeship for the years 2007 to 2013, and for the following programming period (2014-2020)
• programmes of the Ministry of Culture intended for the support of cultural activities
Considering the final shape of the strategy of cultural development, the strategy team submits a list
of tasks/objectives to bring them up for discussion and requests comments and supplementary notes
with proper justification:
Space
• to finish renovation of the Old Theatre, St Brigit Order convent (municipal Culture Centre) and other
scheduled urban investments in 2011 and 2012; working out the “target’ working frames till 2014,
and the programme for 2016 and 2017 (recommendations to governance)
• to improve the “looks” of the Old Town and the surroundings (including Castle Square) as cultural
space: managing the advertising and shop-signs policy, façade renovations (at the minimum), extra
amenities in public spaces (benches, toilets, bus stops, etc.)
• to prepare for the inscription of the historic part of Lublin on the UNESCO World Heritage List
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• to establish the Cultural Council as a social consultative and evaluating body with the City Mayor
• to participate in international thematic networks in line with the ECC programme (culture, sustainable
development, ecology, heritage, development of science, etc.)
• to promote the cooperation of structures responsible for raising and distributing funds for culture
from various sources (foundations, public benefit organizations, associations, institutional sponsorship)
Cultural Development
Strategy
Availability
• to launch a weekly informative cultural magazine distributed for free at hotels, restaurants, museums,
libraries and cultural establishments
• to organize away-from-home language schools for artists and cultural operators due to the need for
contact-building with foreign institutions
• to launch a programme of promoting the presence of arts in public spaces
Participation
• to launch a school programme of education for participation in culture
• to support district community centres as cultural education hubs
• the implementation of the Green Connection programme as a locally set social project promoting
participation in culture
Offer
• to build up a reputation for the Old Theatre, Culture Centre, Centre for the Encounter of Cultures
as key drivers of “cultural import”
• to create an offer of outdoor activities involving schools and district community centres (also with
Green Connection)
• to develop the offer for the disabled in all local cultural institutions and schools
Financing
• to cooperation with business in order to promote VIP participation in culture
• to develop sponsorship (institutional facilitation of private donations, lists of sponsors made public,
media campaigns for sponsorship, “added value” motivation - the municipality topping up the event
budget after sponsors have provided their fair share)
• to implement the on-line system of financial settlements for NGOs and institutions benefiting from
the municipal funds
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Lublin, for some commentators from the beginning a dark horse in the competition, did not rest on its laurels
after the successful first round. It continues its hard battle for victory, what is well reflected by the city’s
highest media exposure in the analysed time period. Lublin had also the highest number of positive
articles published in the media.
“COOLTURAL CITIES European Capital of Culture 2016.
The Image of the Candidates present in the Media from December 2010 to February 2011”
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In the final stage of the competition for the title of the European Capital of Culture Lublin has proven
that it can maintain not only the high interest of the media, but also the professional level of the debate.
The city has the highest number of press articles concerning ECOC (what was confirmed by the reports
prepared by the PRESS-SERVICE “COOLTURAL CITIES European Capital of Culture 2016”)
and enjoyed the biggest interest of the media (according to the research conducted by the Institute of
Media Monitoring called “Competition for ECOC 2016, what Happened in the Media after the Announcement
of the Short List. Analysis of the Candidates’ Media Exposure on the Basis of Press, Radio
and TV Publications”).
Interest of Lublin media was reflected not only in the high number of both informative and analytical articles
that were published. Journalist played an important role in the creation of Lublin’s application for
the title of ECOC by encouraging their readers to take part in the discussion, quoting the comments that
were posted on websites and initiating public debate. Lublin editorial team of Gazeta Wyborcza organized
a series of open debates concerning the most important points of the city’s application: Remembering
and Anticipation, City and its Region, Towards the East, Culture of Knowledge, Civic Lublin, inviting
both members of the Culture 2020 Team and independent experts, some of whom are: Tomasz Pietrasiewicz
(The “Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” Centre, leader of the theme Remembering and Anticipation),
prof. Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska (Head of the Department of Jewish Culture and History
of MCSU), Grzegorz Kuprianowicz (President of Lublin Ukrainian Association), Tomasz Dostatni
OP, Marcin Wroński (writer of retro detective novels about Lublin) and rev. Dariusz Chwastek (parish
priest of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Lublin), dr Irina Lappo (expert in the
field of theatre, MSCU), Ewa Kozdraj (President of the Association “For Earth” which conducts workshops
for refugees), rev. Stefan Batruch (parish priest of the Greek Catholic Church in Lublin, organizer
of the European Days of Neighbours), Andrzej Kokowski (archaeologist, MSCU), Jan Bernad (Artistic
Director of the “Crossroads” Centre), Tadeusz Pałka (film director) Piotr Franaszek (Representative
of the Local Self-government).
“Afisz” Cultural TV Programme of the local public television used a similar format. Once a month the
programme became a platform for discussions about the future of Lublin culture in the context of our
participation in the competition for ECOC title. Some of the guests who took part in the TV discussion
panels are: Jerzy Onuch (curator, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, New York), Roman Hankiewicz (art historian,
Lviv Art Council “Dialogue”), Grzegorz Rzepecki (leader of the theme Towards the East, Director
of the Workshops of Culture), Grzegorz Józefczuk (journalist, writes about cuture for Gazeta Wyborcza
Lublin), Magdalena Kawa (political scientist, MSCU), Piotr Celiński (media theoretician, leader of the
Culture of Knowledge studio), Andrzej Kokowski (archaeologist, MSCU), Włodzimierz Wysocki (Deputy
Major of Lublin, Major’s Plenipotentiary for European Capital of Culture), Krzysztof Czyżewski
(Artistic Director of the European Capital of Culture Lublin 2016 project, Karolina Rozwód (Director
of the Stary Theatre), Anna Machocka (The Municipality of Lublin City), Janusz Opryński (theatre director,
Provisorium Theatre), Piotr Choroś (Homo Faber Association). Numerous programmes and reports
on the state of our preparations, interviews conducted with Leon Tarasewicz, Robert Kuśmirow-
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ski, Tomek Bielak, Norman Davies, Paweł Passini, Jerzy Kłoczowski, bishop Mieczysław Cisło, Jerzy
Onuch, Alicja Kapuścińska, Krzysztof Czyżewski, Wacław Oszajca, Andrzej Rusin, Łukasz Witt-Michałowski,
among others, made the media debate has been made even more attractive. Our participation
in the competition for the European Capital of Culture became one the most popular themes raised
by Lublin cultural magazines, Lublin Cultural Guide ZOOM and an online Magazine for the Exchange
of Ideas - kulturaenter.pl.
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Below is a list of chosen press articles:
Paweł Franczak. Lublin bliżej Europejskiej Stolicy Kultury. Kurier Lubelski, 13.10.2010
http://www.kurierlubelski.pl/esk2016/319602,lublin-blizej-europejskiej-stolicy-kultury-wideo-i-zdjecia,id,t.html
Paweł Franczak, Lublin wyda na ESK 112 mln zł. Zobacz naszą aplikację. Kurier Lubelski, 14.10.2010
http://www.kurierlubelski.pl/esk2016/320103,lublin-wyda-na-esk-112-mln-zl-zobacz-nasza-aplikacje,id,t.html
To był ten moment. Ogłoszenie krótkiej listy. biel. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin,14.10.2010
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,8509746,To_byl_ten_moment__Ogloszenie_krotkiej_listy_WIDEO.html
Paweł Laufer. O fundamencie lubelskiej aplikacji do tytułu ESK 2016. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 18.10.2010
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,8524355,O_fundamencie_lubelskiej_aplikacji_do_tytulu_ESK_2016.html
Jacek Szydłowski. Lublin będzie ESK 2016? Dużo obietnic do spełnienia. Dziennik Wschodni, 23.10.2010
http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101023/MAGAZYN/252463278
Małgorzata Szlachetka. Nasza walka o ESK. Od tego zależy wszystko. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 04.11.2010
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,8615355,Nasza_walka_o_ESK__Od_tego_zalezy_wszystko.html
Debata o Lublinie i ESK. Co jeszcze musimy zrobić? Grj. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 07.11.2010
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,8626996,Debata_o_Lublinie_i_ESK__Co_jeszcze_musimy_zrobic_.html
Paweł Franczak. ESK 2016: eksperci chwalą Lublin. Kurier Lubelski, 16.11.2010
http://www.kurierlubelski.pl/esk2016/333153,esk-2016-eksperci-chwala-lublin,id,t.html
Dominik Smaga. ESK 2016: Lublin czeka na Wasze oryginalne pomysły. Dziennik Wschodni, 12.12.2010
http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101212/LUBLIN/404715427
Lublin: masz pomysł na ESK 2016? Podziel się nim. Kurier Lubelski, 12.12.2010
http://www.kurierlubelski.pl/esk2016/344400,lublin-masz-pomysl-na-esk-2016-podziel-sie-nim,id,t.html
ESK. Czym zapunktował Lublin? Cały raport. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 15.11.2010
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,8665769,ESK__Czym_zapunktowal_Lublin__Caly_raport_.html
ESK. Historia, Wschód... Sprawdź czym zapunktowaliśmy. pr, md.Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 15.11.2010
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,8665536,ESK__Historia__Wschod____Sprawdz_czym_zapunktowalismy.html
Małgorzata Szlachetka. Kultura procentuje. Zawsze. Relacja z debaty „Gazety.” Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin,
16.11.2010
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,8671353,Kultura_procentuje__Zawsze__Relacja_z_debaty__Gazety_.html
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Marcin Skrzypek. Jak Lublin ma zostać ESK? Do roboty! Ale co to znaczy? Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin,
19.11.2010
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,8690082,Jak_Lublin_ma_zostac_ESK__Do_roboty__Ale_co_to_znaczy_.html
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Grzegorz Józefczuk. ESK 2016. François Matarasso w Europejskim Kolegium Kultury. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin,
26.11.2010
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,8726856,ESK_2016__François_Matarasso_w_Europejskim_Kolegium.html
Małgorzata Szlachetka. ESK. Na razie dużo dyskutujemy. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 16.12.2010
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,8831098,ESK__Na_razie_duzo_dyskutujemy.html
Krzysztof Czyżewski: Zadziw Europę i pomóż miastu wygrać ESK 2016. Rozmawiała: Agnieszka Mazuś.
Dziennik Wschodni, 26.12.2010
http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101226/MAGAZYN/469629757
Dominik Smaga. Lublin. Pomysły na zdobycie tytułu Europejskiej Stolicy Kultury 2016. Dziennik Wschodni,
3.01.2011
http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110103/LUBLIN/815808734
Lublin, tutaj zaczyna się mistycyzm. Rozmowa z Leonem Tarasewiczem. Rozmawiała: Małgorzata Szlachetka.
Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 21.01.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,8986665,Lublin__tutaj_zaczyna_sie_mistycyzm__Rozmowa_z_Leonem.html
Paweł Franczak. Starania Lublina o Stolicę Kultury mają dobrą prasę. Kurier Lubelski, 24.01.2011
http://www.kurierlubelski.pl/esk2016/360503,starania-lublina-o-stolice-kultury-maja-dobra-prase,id,t.html
Projekty dla ESK są i jeszcze będą. Grj. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 25.01.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9002403,Projekty_dla_ESK_sa_i_jeszcze_beda.html
Paweł Franczak. Europejska Stolica Kultury: czy Lublin wygra górę złota? Kurier Lubelski, 01.02.2011
http://www.kurierlubelski.pl/esk2016/216309,europejska-stolica-kultury-czy-lublin-wygra-gore-zlota,id,t.html
Przedwojenny policjant skuteczniejszy niż billboard? Rozmawiała: Magda Opoka. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin,
03.02.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9047958,Przedwojenny_policjant_skuteczniejszy_niz_billboard_.html
Grzegorz Józefczuk. Stolica Kultury – jeśli w Lublinie, to i we Lwowie. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 03.02.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9051890,Stolica_Kultury___jesli_w_Lublinie__to_i_we_Lwowie.html
Małgorzata Szlachetka. Mocne DNA Lublina. Jak nas widzą inni? 07.02.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9069119,Mocne_DNA_Lublina__Jak_nas_widza_inni_.html
Lublin był enklawą wolności. Rozmowa z o. Oszajcą. Rozmawiała: Małgorzata Szlachetka. Gazeta Wyborcza
Lublin, 08.02.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9074482,Lublin_byl_enklawa_wolnosci__Rozmowa_z_o__Oszajca.html
Norman Davies: Lublin nie stoi na straconej pozycji Rozmawiał Marcin Bielesz.. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin,
25.02.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9160360,Norman_Davies__Lublin_nie_stoi_na_straconej_pozycji.html
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Grzegorz Józefczuk. J. Onuch o Lublinie i ESK: myśleć, nie mitologizować. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 09.02.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9081275,J__Onuch_o_Lublinie_i_ESK__myslec__nie_mitologizowac.html
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ESK. Sztuka w przestrzeni publicznej ma znaczenie. ms. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 09.02.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9082137,ESK__Sztuka_w_przestrzeni_publicznej_ma_znaczenie.html
Prof. Kłoczowski: Lublin był od początku europejski. not. pr. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 13.02.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9100073,Prof__Kloczowski__Lublin_byl_od_poczatku_europejski.html
Bizancjum i Hollywood – jakie mamy szanse na ESK 2016. Rozmawiał Paweł Laufer. 16.02.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9116191,Bizancjum_i_Hollywood___jakie_mamy_szanse_na_ESK_2016.html
Wokół ESK. Robert Kuśmirowski: Lublin to ludzie. Rozmawiała: Małgorzata Szlachetka. Gazeta Wyborcza
Lublin, 17.02.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9127333,Wokol_ESK__Robert_Kusmirowski__Lublin_to_ludzie.html
Małgorzata Szlachetka. Hiszpanie chętni do współpracy z lubelską kulturą. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 18.02.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9132981,Hiszpanie_chetni_do_wspolpracy_z_lubelska_kultura.html
Rady dzielnic są SPOKO, czyli kultura od podstaw. ms. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 24.02.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9161756,Rady_dzielnic_sa_SPOKO__czyli_kultura_od_podstaw.html
Małgorzata Bielecka-Hołda: ESK 2016. Poczujmy się Stolicą Kultury. Mamy podstawy. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin,
28.02.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,48724,9173521,ESK_2016__Poczujmy_sie_Stolica_Kultury__Mamy_podstawy.html;
Prezydent Żuk o ESK: Bądźmy z siebie dumni! Rozmawiali: Marcin Bielesz i Małgorzata Domagała. Gazeta
Wyborcza Lublin, 01.03.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9180288,Prezydent_Zuk_o_ESK__Badzmy_z_siebie_dumni_.html
Krzysztof Cugowski: Ścianie wschodniej coś się należy. Dziennik Wschodni, 03.03.2011
http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110324/ESK2016/934743425
Grzegorz Józefczuk: Stolica Kultury – jeśli w Lublinie, to i we Lwowie. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 03.02.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9051890,Stolica_Kultury___jesli_w_Lublinie__to_i_we_Lwowie.html
Radny PO o ESK: Kultura to inwestycja, zwróci się nam. Rozmawiał Marcin Bielesz. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin,
03.03.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9191551,Radny_PO_o_ESK__Kultura_to_inwestycja__zwroci_sie.html
Grzegorz Józefczuk: ESK 2016. Cały kulturalny Wschód spotka się w Lublinie. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 03.03.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9191347,ESK_2016__Caly_kulturalny_Wschod_spotka_sie_w_Lublinie.html
Marcin Bielesz. Europejska Stolica Kultury 2016 to dla nas czysty zysk. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 04.03.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,48724,9199096,Europejska_Stolica_Kultury_2016_to_dla_nas_czysty.html;
Wokół ESK. Lublin jest czarnym koniem konkursu. Rozmawiała: Małgorzata Szlachetka. Gazeta Wyborcza
Lublin, 10.03.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9234109,Wokol_ESK__Lublin_jest_czarnym_koniem_konkursu.html
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O Lublinie i ESK posłuchaj w ogólnopolskim radiu! ms. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 11.03.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9241915,O_Lublinie_i_ESK_posluchaj_w_ogolnopolskim_radiu_.html
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Alicja Kapuścińska o Lublinie: zasłużył na ESK. Rozmawiała: Magda Opoka. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin,
16.03.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9264903,Alicja_Kapuscinska_o_Lublinie__zasluzyl_na_ESK.html
Rozmowa z Jerzym Pomianowskim. W Lublinie o Ukrainie. Rozmawiał: Grzegorz Józefczuk. 17.03.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9274543,Rozmowa_z_Jerzym_Pomianowskim__W_Lublinie_o_Ukrainie.html
Paweł Romańczuk: Kibicuję Lublinowi. Dziennik Wschodni, 21.03.2011
http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110328/ESK2016/958718127
Lublin liderem konkursu o ESK 2016. Na razie w mediach. Marcin Bielesz. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 21.03.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9296196,Lublin_liderem_konkursu_o_ESK_2016__Na_razie_w_mediach.html
Tak bardzo chcemy być ESK! Finał akcji „Za-loguj.” md. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 21.03.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9290531,Tak_bardzo_chcemy_byc_ESK__Final_akcji__Za_loguj_.html
Debata „Gazety”. ESK 2016 i lubelski mistycyzm Wschodu. ms. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 22.03.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9298664,Debata__Gazety___ESK_2016_i_lubelski_mistycyzm_Wschodu.html
Wokół ESK. Lublin to miasto gościnne. Rozmawiała: Małgorzata Szlachetka. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 22.03.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9303212,Wokol_ESK__Lublin_to_miasto_goscinne.html
Rozmowy wokół ESK. Wschodniość jest naszym atutem. Rozmawiała: Małgorzata Szlachetka
Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 23.03.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9310950,Rozmowy_wokol_ESK__Wschodniosc_jest_naszym_atutem.html
Karolina Rozwód: Bo to fanatystyczne miasto! 24.03.2011
http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110324/ESK2016/389670023
ESK 2016: Lublin przygotowuje aplikację. Jaxa. Kurier Lubelski, 26.03.2011
http://www.kurierlubelski.pl/esk2016/384593,esk-2016-lublin-przygotowuje-aplikacje,id,t.html
Alicja Kapuścińska: Trzymam kciuki. Dziennik Wschodni, 27.03.2011
http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110327/ESK2016/947683412
ESK. Relacja z debaty „Gazety”. Docenić Wschód. ms. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 29.03.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9343699,ESK__Relacja_z_debaty__Gazety___Docenic_Wschod_WIDEO.html
Lublin potrzebuje „pozytywnie zakręconych.” Rozmawiała: Magda Opoka. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 29.03.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9343820,Lublin_potrzebuje__pozytywnie_zakreconych_.html
Paweł Franczak, Lublin najbardziej medialnym kandydatem do ESK 2016, Kurier Lubelski, 05.04.2011
http://www.kurierlubelski.pl/esk2016/382758,lublin-najbardziej-medialnym-kandydatem-do-esk-2016,id,t.html
Małgorzata Szlachetka. Lublin, Białystok i Rzeszów wspólnie walczą o ESK. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 05.04.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9382180,Lublin__Bialystok_i_Rzeszow_wspolnie_walcza_o_ESK.html
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Jarosław Koziara: Lublin bardzo się stara. I coś z tego wynika. kmo. Dziennik Wschodni, 8.04.2011
http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110408/ESK2016/277496927
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Wokół ESK. „W Lublinie jest dobry klimat do pracy.” Rozmawiała: Małgorzata Szlachetka. Gazeta Wyborcza
Lublin, 08.04.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9403593,Wokol_ESK___W_Lublinie_jest_dobry_klimat_do_pracy_.html
Łukasz Witt-Michałowski: Oby nie podzieliły nas pieniądze. Dziennik Wschodni, 11.04.2011
http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110411/ESK2016/376853521
Piotr Kotowski: Wygrzebujemy się z zaścianka wschodniego. Dziennik Wschodni, 12.04.2011
http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110412/ESK2016/34059548
Lublin i ESK 2016. Stolicą już jesteśmy. Folku. Rozmawiała: Magda Opoka. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 13.04.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9429092,Lublin_i_ESK_2016__Stolica_juz_jestesmy__Folku.html
Mirosław Haponiuk: Mamy atut – kulturę alternatywną. Dziennik Wschodni, 15.04.2011
http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110415/ESK2016/790484961
Wokół ESK. Każdy zakątek Kazimierza ma swój urok. Rozmawiała: Małgorzata Szlachetka. Gazeta Wyborcza
Lublin, 19.04.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9466896,Wokol_ESK__Kazdy_zakatek_Kazimierza_ma_swoj_urok.html
Dariusz Jeż: W Lublinie ciężko żyć, łatwo tworzyć. Dziennik Wschodni, 19.04.20011
http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110419/ESK2016/51063493
Małgorzata Szlachetka. Lubelszczyzna to Kresy Europy. Relacja z debaty „Gazety”. 20.04.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9474107,Lubelszczyzna_to_Kresy_Europy__Relacja_z_debaty__Gazety_.html
Małgorzata Szlachetka. Wokół ESK. Przedwojenny Lublin Stanisława Magierskiego. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin,
22.04.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9487487,Wokol_ESK__Przedwojenny_Lublin_Stanislawa_Magierskiego.html
ESK. Co Ślązak widzi w Lublinie? Miasto z potencjałem. Rozmawiała: Małgorzata Szlachetka. Gazeta Wyborcza
Lublin, 25.04.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9487907,ESK__Co_Slazak_widzi_w_Lublinie__Miasto_z_potencjalem.html
ESK. Reflektory na kulturę dostępną dla każdego. ms. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 26.04.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9497101,ESK__Reflektory_na_kulture_dostepna_dla_kazdego.html
Franciszek Maśluszczak: Musimy patrzeć pod nogi. Dziennik Wschodni, 26.04.2011
http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110426/ESK2016/918319104
Klimat prawie jak z Chorwacji. W Lublinie. ms. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 27.04.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9504291,Klimat_prawie_jak_z_Chorwacji__W_Lublinie_WIDEO.html
Anna Żak: Lublin miastem Ludzi, Dziennik Wschodni, 27.04.2011
http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110427/ESK2016/692823478]
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Rektor Politechniki: ESK da nam skok do przodu. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 27.04.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9505105,Rektor_Politechniki__ESK_da_nam_skok_do_przodu.html
eCC 2016
in locAL MEDIA
Wokół ESK 2016. Kultura to nie tylko gablotki w muzeach. Rozmawiała: Małgorzata Szlachetka. Gazeta Wyborcza
Lublin, 28.04.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9511028,Wokol_ESK_2016__Kultura_to_nie_tylko_gablotki_w_muzeach.html
Grzegorz Józefczuk. Lwów. Dyskusje o wspólnym z Lublinem udziale w ESK 2016. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin,
29.04.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9518101,Lwow__Dyskusje_o_wspolnym_z_Lublinem_udziale_w_ESK.html
Wokół ESK 2016. Łukasz Witt-Michałowski: Lublin to miasto niepowtarzalnych teatrów. Rozmawiała: Małgorzata
Szlachetka, Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 03.05.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9533715,Wokol_ESK_2016__Lublin_to_miasto_niepowtarzalnych.html
Kulturę robimy wszędzie, gdzie się da. I nie tylko tam. Ms. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 03.05.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9527892,Kulture_robimy_wszedzie__gdzie_sie_da__I_nie_tylko.html
Paweł Franczak. Rzeszów i Białystok popierają starania Lublina o ESK 2016. Kurier Lubelski, 04.05.2011
http://www.kurierlubelski.pl/esk2016/388637,rzeszow-i-bialystok-popieraja-starania-lublina-o-esk-2016,id,t.html
Wokół ESK 2016. Kiedy Mądzikowi zapiera dech z zachwytu. Rozmawiała: Małgorzata Szlachetka. Gazeta
Wyborcza Lublin, 05.05.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9547051,Wokol_ESK_2016__Kiedy_Madzikowi_zapiera_dech_z_zachwytu.html
Ziółkowska-Kurczuk: Za biedni na wewnętrzną konkurencję. Dziennik Wschodni, 05.05.2011
http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110505/ESK2016/924713689
Włodzimierz Wysocki: Lublin będzie jak Liverpool. Rozmawiał: Dominik Smaga. Dziennik Wschodni, 05.05.2011
http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110505/LUBLIN/828217520
Biskup Mieczysław Cisło: Oto moje wezwanie za ESK. Rozmawiał Marcin Bielesz. Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin,
06.05.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9547824,Biskup_Mieczyslaw_Cislo__Oto_moje_wezwanie_za_ESK.html
ESK 2016. Marszałek Hetman: Jurek pewnie napisze wiersz. Rozmawiał Sławomir Skomra. Gazeta Wyborcza
Lublin, 08.05.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9559656,ESK_2016__Marszalek_Hetman__Jurek_pewnie_napisze_wiersz.html
Andrzej Mathiasz: Skuśmy Europę lubelską Nocą Kultury. Rozmawiała: Małgorzata Szlachetka. Gazeta Wyborcza
Lublin, 10.05.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9572770,Andrzej_Mathiasz__Skusmy_Europe_lubelska_Noca_Kultury.html
Rozmowy wokół ESK 2016. Lublin to miasto z energią. Rozmawiała: Małgorzata Szlachetka. Gazeta Wyborcza
Lublin, Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin, 11.05.2011
http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,69005,9579539,Rozmowy_wokol_ESK_2016__Lublin_to_miasto_z_energia.html
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Lublin – New Opening
We treat the European Capital of Culture as an open project and, therefore, we announced a call for
projects, programs and ideas in December 2010. It turned out to be extremely popular and we received
over 500 applications from Lublin, the region and Ukraine. They contribute to a real image of
cultural needs of the citizens, present their vision of culture, and offer ideas and suggestions concerning
cultural development in the next years. The applications inspired while we were working on the
Capital of Culture program, themes, interdisciplinary projects, and educational paths for the years
2011-2017. In order to properly use the great potential, Lublin 2016 Organization will establish Cultural
Incubator that will support the cultural civil initiatives. The Festival of Civil Society comprising
completed projects will be the culmination of the ECC event.
Projects
designed for
particular
target groups
(young people,
minorities, etc.)
Art
projects
Educational
projects
List of received open call applications (in alphabetical order).
Animation and
promotion of
culture projects
P ROJ EC T S
AU T H O R S
“ArtYes” Dynów Festival Magdalena Miklasz
“Dnepr-Rock-Energy” – Rock Music Festival
“Don Quixote” – A Music Story Based on the Novel
by Miguel de Cervantesa
“Dziesiąta” (the 10 th ) Neighbourhood
“Everyone Is An Artist, But They Don’t Know That” – Open
Air Workshop for Non-professionals
“Learn about Jewish Lublin” – educational and cultural
programme
“Lubliners”– Internet Website
Iryna Kondratenko Ukrainian Regions
Youth Association
Małgorzata Józwik
Szymon Furmaniak
Pepe Piasecki
Beata Kowalska (coordinator of Culture and Education
of the Jewish Municipality), Iwona Kryczka
Jarosław Wójcik
“Marcelo Project” – Music Concert
Marcelo Project, Marta Jabłońska
“Recycling – Arts Campaign”
Radziewicz Family Artistic Crew “R-Art”
“The Three Neighbours” Festival
Ewelina Kliza, Michał Olszowy, Igor Lisin
700 th – Anniversary of Location of Lublin Park Zbigniew Jelonek
A Little Light In My Town
Małgorzata Krauze
A May Weekend with An Inhabitant of Biała Podlaska
Local Community Centre Biała Podlaska
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A New Way – A New History
A Play With…
Juriy Moklycia Department of Tourism
of the Lutsk Town Council
Renata Kiełbińska
A Postcard for Lublin
Anna Laskowska
A Raisin in a Crown, Festival: Meeting of Continents
Sebastian Buczek
A Supplement to “Lublin Courier” (“Kurier Lubelski”)
“Kurier Lubelski Newspaper”
A Virtual Building
A Virtual internet TV Studio for Lublin
A Virtual Map of Lublin Region Galleries
Jacek Szymona
Michał Wójcik, Magdalena Gnyp,
“Nowy Staw” Foundation
Barbara Joanna Kwas
A Virtual Walk Around Lublin Sights Jan Grochowski
A Vivid Picture. Union of Lublin. Jan Matejko
Dariusz Boruch
A Week of Lublin Cuisine
Arkadiusz Majewski
A-Z Art
Academy of Art
Academy of Folk Art
Juriy Hnatkovskyj; head of the Lviv Palace of Art
Paulina Kempisty, Magdalena Linkowska,
Waldemar Tatarczuk
Katarzyna Kraczoń, Nina Kłujszo
Academy of Jugglers XXL
Academy of Violin Playing in Radzyń
Across the skyline – Internationality in Local Community
Centres
Admiration. Fiery Wonder Of Violent Danger
Monika Kalinowska
Teresa Księska-Falger (the head of the Henryk
Weniawski’s Music Association in Lublin)
Ewelina Jurasz, Małgorzata Panasiuk
Anna Nowicka-Struska Polish Philology Institute
MCSU; Adam Świć Cmmunity Centre in Kock
Ahoy Lublin! Joanna Żytkowska
Air. Merger of Cultures
Waldemar Tatarczuk, Marta Ryczkowska
Ambassador of Taste
Kamil Kotarski
An Evening with Dostoyevsky
Anna Aleksandra Mścichowska

An Idea For A Literary Scholarship
Marcin Czyż
Appreciate Świdnik
Paweł Basznianin
Art As A Medium: Traditions, Relevance, Future
Ryszard Kasperowicz
Art Centre for Seniors
Renata Kiełbińska
Art Closer to Students/People
Szymon Furmaniak
Art Festival – A Night in the Lusk Castle
Municipality of Lutsk
Art Freiki Mieczysława Goś, Grzegorz J. Nowicki
Art in Public Space
Małgorzata Kitowska-Łysiak, Marcin Lachowski
Art Jazz Cooperation
Andrzej Końko, Serhiy Gemberg (“OS Unicordis”)
ARt Nomad Culture Tour
Community Centre “Cublo” (Uzhhorod)
Art Tower – the First Skyscraper in Lublin Artur Popek
Art Triennial
Barbara Kwas
ART-N Gallery
Maria Pietrusza-Budzyńska
Arté Most “the Barrier”
Sports Hall Bystrzyca
Artistic Cauldron
ARTmedium
Arts – the Language of spiritual development and Cultiral
Unification of the Nations of the World
Audiobooks for Adults and Childre with Tales and Stories
about Lublin
AudioLogies
Paulinę Rzeszut
Jurij Bakaj, Oleksa Furdiak, Anatolij Zwiżynskij
(Ivano-Frankivsk)
Konstanty Sheverdin Artist-Craftsman Association
in Luhansk
Adam Stępniak
Konrad Chyl
Aviation Peak, Theme Park
Piotr Wolszczak
Axis Mundi
Paweł Basznianin
Babel Garage Festival
Marcin Czyż

Backyard TV
Dana Wynnytska, (“Wirmenska-35”)
Beating Guiness Record Playing Table Football
Paweł Basznianin
Bicycle Tour
Natasza Ziółkowska-Kurczuk
Big-city Romanticism
Mikołaj Jabłoński
Bio-object – A Mobile Vehicle of Artistic Activities
Pietrasiewicz Szymon
Blind and Deaf Artists
Bogusław Marek, Andrzej Antoszek
Blues Project
Adam Bartoś
Borderland All Souls’ Day in Lublin
Tomasz Rodziewicz
Borderland Meetings of Iconographers
Bogusław Podleśny
Bus & Breakfast
Krystyna Radzik
By Hand of Ordinary People
Michał Łozicki
Calling the Parish
Paweł Basznianin
Careful, It Burns
Catalogue of Lublin Region Architecture – Architectural
Contest
Central Europe Centre for Visual Arts, got to no. 135
Changes: photo-video project Lublin–Stanisławów
Cheerful Europe. Festiwal of Stage Comedy in the Art Of
Central and Eastern Europe
Children’s and Teenagers’ Song Festival
“Singing Nightingale”
Children’s Choir Festival in Poland and the Ukraine
Children’s Everyday Art – An Old Lublin Craft
in the Hands Of Children
Cinema-Mania
Circus Pedagogy At Universities
Oliwia Beszczyńska, Alicja Kupiec
Joanna Porębska
Piotr Majewski, Marcin Lachowski,
Magdalena Linkowska, Paulina Zarębska
Vsevolod Bażaluk, Jarosław, Janowski
(Ivano-Frankivsk)
Taras Woźniak, magazine “Ji”
Organisers: Province Community Centre, Brunon
Schulz Arts Foundation
Municipality of Lutsk
Karolina Dejneko
Juriy Hnatkovskyj
(the head of the Lviv Palace of Art)
Mirosław Urban

Civic Bank Of Ideas
Emilia Chomowa
Claribel Festival
Dariusz Dąbrowski
Clublin No. 6
Marcin Murawski, Daniel Grzeszczuk
CODES
Ihor Mamus, Artisitc Association “Koza”, Tarnopol
College of Oddity
Colourful Autumn of Life – Mobilisation and Development
of Seniors – Cyclical Open Meetings
Community Centre for Public Transport
Paweł Basznianin
Mobilisation and Development Of Seniors Centre,
Municipal Family Support Centre, Branch nr 5
Paweł Basznianin
Computer Game “Solidarity”
Przemysław Dziedzic
Contious Works
Katarzyna Hołda
Controvertial Way of Limiting Vandalism
Paweł Basznianin
Cool’Tular Lublin Rock – Blues – Hip-hop
Olga Gumieniak, Bartosz Łuczyński, Mikołaj Krüger
Cooperation With Universities
Mirosław Urban
Cooperative – THEATRE
Coordination of the Opening Ceremony of the Community
Centre Meetings
Courier (“Lublin Courier”)
Szymon Pietrasiewicz
Krzysztof Kutarski
Adam Kobus
Creating With Imagination
Creation and Strenghtening the Cooperation Between
Institutions of Culture of A Similar Profile
Creative Teacher Club
Aleksandra Zińczuk
Krzysztof Kutarski
Olga Buzluk (Municipality of Lutsk)
Cultural Map of Europe
Natasza Ziółkowska-Kurczuk
Cultural Meetings of the Disabled Europeans in Lublin
Cultural Mobilization of Local Youth – A Review of Youth
Informal Theatres
Cultural Volunteering 1–2–3 or “A Lace”
Jan Ondra
Jarosław Figura
Marta Kurowska

Culture – Let’s Go in Front of the Block of Flats
Ewa Małek
Culture – Nature – Lublin – 2016
Culture Bridges – Dialogue Between the Polish and the
Ukrainians
Culture Carnival in Kraśnik
Culture Changes
Adam Kalbarczyk
Volodymyr Razumcev, Municipality of Luhansk
Social, Culture and Sport initiative Association
“Ultimate Art”
Karolina Rozwód
Culture of Space – Renewal of Lublin Space
Culture Park of “Lublin Green Belt”
Culture Without Discrimination
Current Art Centre
Current Art Centre
Jan Kamiński, Ewa Kipta
Paweł Kosior, Izabela Krasińska, Łukasz Pietrykowski,
Anna Sieromska
Piotr Lisiecki, Jacek Gintowt
Piotr Majewski, Marcin Lachowski,
Magdalena Linkowska, Paulina Zarębska
Anna Nawrot and Jan Gryka
Declamation Workshops
Regional Centre of Culture
Dialogue? Check!
Roman Pukar
Digs – Meetings with Folklore
Magdalena Wójtowicz
Diplomas of the Art Department of the MCSU
Discovering and Polishing Diamonds
Disseminating Culture in the Lublin Region
Ilona Oszust
Lublin Forum of the Diabled Organisations –
Voivodeship sejmik
Anna Kistelska, Mieczysław Kankowski
Distribution of the Lubelski Informator Kulturalny “Zoom”
Does a Stone Look the Same As It Feels? Before Blind
Child Becomes Recipient
Domino: International Premiere of the Disabled Plays
Krzysztof Jakubowski
Bogusław Marek, Andrzej Antoszek
Maria Pietrusza-Budzyńska
Download Yourself A Star
Paweł Basznianin
Drama Competition
Arkadiusz Grochot
Drum Festival
Agnieszka Kołczewska

Dusted Off To Be Remembered
Aleksandra Chojnacka
Duty Free Art
Markiyan Ivashchyshyn Artisitc Association “Dzyga”
e-poster
East–West – Open Space
East European Contemporary Dance Forum
Paweł Basznianin
Nino Pavliashvili
“News & information Service” Association
Ryszard Kalinowski
East or West?
Marta Shvets Łeś Kurbas Theatre in Lviv
East Side Bass
Grzegorz Hiller
East–west Culture Blog Platform
Grzegorz Kondrasiuk
Eastern Bridge of Theatres
Robert Drobniuch, Tomasz Gilewicz
Eastern Poster Biennale
Echo of Chernobyl
Educational Centres for Adults
Lech Mazurek, Sebastian Smit
Oleksandr Alfiorov, Civic Organisation “Spałach-Art”
(Organizacja Obywatelska “Spałach-ART”)
Katarzyna Hołda
Educational Exhibition about an Old Household
Katarzyna Hołda
Educational-Bus Stop
Paweł Basznianin
EKG of Culture
Iryna Mahdysh
Electric Nights Lublin – Musical Festival
Kuba Majsiej, “Electric Nights”
ElectroGoat Festival
Tomasz Kwiatkowski
Empathy Laboratory
Euro Impro Festival 2012; Championships Of Theatrical
Improvisation As Theatresports
Eurokids
Paweł Basznianin
Barbara Wybacz
Agata Koss-Dybała
Europe (World) in Lublin
Michał Stanowski
Europe in the eye of Lutsk citizens
Oleksandr Alforov

Europe Seen Through Folklore
Community Centre of Hrubieszów
Europe: Unity of Diversity and interactions with Others
Ihor Prokopiuk (Association “Oslomysly”)
European Capital of Culture – the Culture of Motherland
Bogusław Tużnik
European Capital of Culture 2016 No Secrets
Bogusław Marek, Andrzej Antoszek
European Capital of Culture Ambassador
European Congress of Lublin inhabitants and Lublin
Lovers 2016
European Footsteps of Wieniawski
European Forum of Arts Performance
Marta Kurowska
Piotr Semeniuk
Teresa Księska-Falger (the head of the Henryk
Weniawski’s Music Association in Lublin)
Paulina Kempisty, Waldemar Tatarczuk
European Juggling Convention EJC Lublin 2012
Rafał Sadownik
European Strategic and Economical Games Convention
Paweł Basznianin
European Success
Exchange of Knowledge, Experiences,
Opportunities in Culture
Expressis verbis
Modest Lewicki Middle School no. 4 in Lutsk
Krzysztof Kutarski
Arkadiusz Misztal
F3 – Frozen Forms Festival or Beautiful People
Faces of Towns
Facilitating Organization and Communication During 2016
Fantasy in Lublin, Development Plan for years
2011 – 2015 – 2016 – 2020
Fasfood invites you for a Lublin onion-topped roll
Wojciech Czeronko
Roman Ros “Vytoky” Foundation
(Ivano-Frankiwsk)
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences;
institute of Landscape Architecture)
Krzysztof Księski
Paweł Basznianin
Feedback
Regional Centre of Culture; Foundation Mindeware
Festival “Ad hoc”
Weronika Misiuk, Katarzyna Kozielewicz
Festival 5X5X5
Lali Vashadze (Municipality of Chiatura – Georgia)
Festival I Can Do This Too!
Lali Vashadze (Municipality of Chiatura – Georgia)

Festival of Isreal – Palestine.
Cultire, Society, Human Rights
Festival of Steet Bands
Jacek Rachwald
Community Centre in Łęczna
Festival Of the Most interesting Shows
Henryk Kowalczyk
Festival of the Sky
Natasza Ziółkowska-Kurczuk
Film and Theatre For Everyone
Bogusław Marek, Andrzej Antoszek
Film Lublin Festiwal or ProFilm Lublin Festiwal
Grażyna Stankiewicz
Flying Workshops, Handcrafts
Folk Music Beyond Borders
Folklore. Chopin’s inspirations – Two Versions
Following the Footsteps of Joined History
Lublin–Kostiuchnówka
Following the Pathways of Traditional Crafts
Katarzyna Hołda
Hryhoryj Burbeza, the Agency of Cultural initiatives
“the Pyramid”
Ewa Małek
European Found “Futurus XXI”
Iryna Mahdysh
Football Fan Scene
Paweł Basznianin
Four Seasons with a Writer – Kraszewski in Excercises
Local Community Centre Biała Podlaska
From A Town To A Town – Białystok and Lublin
Robert Drobniuch, Tomasz Gilewicz
From Theory into Practice
Michał Łozicki
From Villages and Small Towns to Metropolies
Mieczysław Kseniak
Ghosts and The Soulless
Joanna Lewicka
Give Me Your Hand
Aleksandra Chojnacka
Green and Orange Capital of Culture
Marcin Czyż
Green Energy for the Lublin Region
Małgorzata Gałczyńska
Grodzka Route
Agnieszka Budzyńska
Heathen Remains
Krystian Drozd

Historical Legacy of The Republic Of Poland – Tarnopol
Hospitality of European Outskirts – Against Stereotypes
Hryhoryj Burbeza, the Agency of Cultural initiatives
“the Pyramid”
Ewa Kipta
Hospitality of Lublin
Paweł Basznianin
How Does Lublin Smell?
Paweł Basznianin
HURDY-GURDY – Synergy of East and West
Bartłomiej Drozd
I. Wachowiak International Folklore Meetings in Lublin Wanda Kaniorowa Song and Dance Ensemble
I’m Going To My Grave Already – At the Meeting Of
Cultures, At the Meeting Of the Worlds
I’m Going With You
Paweł Grochocki
Maria Pietrusza-Budzyńska
I’m Gonna Tell You Something…
Idea and Art Of Eastern Towns Festival – East Side
Panopticum Days
Ignacy Jan Paderewski International Music Contest for the
Blind
iLLUSTRE – the Most Interesting Contemporary Book
Ilustration
Images of Places
Michał Łozicki
Robert Drobniuch, Tomasz Gilewicz
Teresa Księska-Falger, Ryszard Heliasz
Beata Urniaż-Księska
Jacek Szymona
in CRUDO 2016
Krzysztof Gorczyca
In Pieces of A Mirror…
Małgorzata Kitowska-Łysiak
In the Temple To Art (or) the Core in Art
Magdalena Gajowiak
Interacitve Calendar Of Event Planning
Intercultural Cooperation Centre in the Region of
Podkarpacie
Interest of the Young and Talented in Lublin
International Anthropological Festival
International Artisitc Contests “A Family Portrait”
Nadia Tkaczyk
Roman Ros “Vytoky” Foundation
(Ivano-Frankiwsk)
Paweł Basznianin
Agnieszka Tarasiuk, Joanna Wichowska,
Antoni Beksiak, Remigiusz Mazur-Hanaj
Teresa Świerbutowicz, Anna Łoś
International Artisitc Meetings “ ......” / Festival ......
Maria Lisek Zięba

International Artisitc Sculpture Workshops
Krzysztof Dąbek, Waldemar Arbaczewski
International Concerts
Jarosław Nowosadzki
International Festival of All Arts
Community Centre of Hrubieszów
International Festival of Ancient Culture “Gotania”
Anna Sydoruk
International Festival of Independent Cinema “KinoLev”
Oleś Dzyndra Museum of Idea
International Festival of Spiritual Songs “Sumy”, Ukraine)
International Festival of Video-Art and
Short Films “VUA Fest”
International Forum of Political and Engaged Theatre
International Open Air Painting Workshop
International Project “Literature. Children. Time.”
International School of Jazz “Dialogues”
The Department of Culture and Tourism of Sumy
Iryna Kondratenko Ukrainian Regions
Youth Association
Arkadiusz Ziętek (interkunst e.V., Berliner
Compagnie), Anna Mazur (Workshops of Culture)
Community Centre in Łęczna
Uliana Hnidec Centre of Children and
Teenage Literature Examination
Markiyan Ivashchyshyn Artisitc Association “Dzyga”
International Sejmik of the Polish Village Theatres
Renata Ćwik
International Theatre Festival “Mould from Eyes”
International Young Artists and Students
Contest “the Castle Group”
Internet Animation
Karol Grabiec
Anna Nawrot and Jan Gryka
Paweł Basznianin
Internet List of Lublin Street Name Givers
Radosław Skuła
Invitation to Lublin – European Capital of Culture
Paweł Basznianin
Issuing the Quarterly “Twórczość Ludowa” (“Folk Work”)
Paweł Onochin
Itiswoven
Violetta Dryło
Jan Kochanowski And Jakub Montana
Emilia Chomowa
Jan Kochanowski in Lublin
Emilia Chomowa
Jan Pocek Polish Literary Contest
Katarzyna Kraczoń

Jazz Workshops
Jacek Steinbrich
Jizhaczok
Jurko Olchowycz
John From Lublin – a 16 th Century Culture Manager
John From Lublina and Europe
John Paul II in Lublin
Witold and Danuta Danielewicz
Teresa Księska-Falger (the head of the Henryk
Weniawski’s Music Association in Lublin)
Emilia Chomowa
Józef Łobodowski in Poland and the Ukraine
Aneta Antonenko
Juggler’s Library / Circus Pedagogy Library
Mirosław Urban
Juggling Convention (Carnaval Sztuk-mistrzów)
Juggling Town – strategy of Development of
Circus Pedagody and New Circus
Juliusz Łuciuk
Rafał Sadownik
Mirosław Urban, Monika Kalinowska, Rafał Sadownik
Dariusz Dąbrowski
Kazimierz Górski Oratorian and Cantata Music Festival
L camino – VIA REGIA
LA BELLE EPOQUE
Sylwia Daniewska
Jevhen Chudzyk, Marta Shvets;
Les Kurbas Theatre in Lviv
Czesława Borowik, Ewa Pieczykolan
Laboratory of Arts Engaged Socially
Szymon Pietrasiewicz
Ladder
Oksana Dudko
Land art – Art On the Border
Barbara Luszawska
Landscape Watchover
Bogusław Hajda
LATERNA POETICA – Józef Czechowicz Film Festival
Stanisław Krusiński
LeoPoltvis
Oleś Dzyndra Museum of Idea
Let Them See
Michał Łozicki
Library Window Overlooking Lublin Twin Towns
Piotr Tokarczuk, Renata Filipiak, Jerzy Jacek Bojarski
Lip Dup Lublin
Adam Stępniak

Lipiński and Weniawski Internartional Contest of Young
Violonists in Lublin
Literary intuition of Europe
Teresa Księska-Falger; Ryszard Heliasz
Easter Foundation of Culture “Accent”
Liturgical Tradition and Church Music Festival
LOCALILU, Lessons Of Completely Alien Languages in Lublin
Lost Days
Agata Witkowska
Wojtek Czeronko
Joanna Kulik
Lubelskie Święto Rybistowskie
Lublin – A Town of Many Religions. Minority Christian Faiths
(Book)
Lublin – at the Meeting of Times
Lublin – Eueopean Capital of Culture 2016 –
Available To Everyone
Lublin – For Lublin Festival Of Folklore
Lublin – Lviv: Space of Reading and Creating
Arkadiusz Ryszard Dul
Mariusz Orłowski
Maciej Pałka, Anna Szamruchiewicz-Pałka
Lublin Forum of the Diabled Organisations –
Voivodeship sejmik
Jan Twardowski, Wanda Kaniorowa Song
and Dance Ensemble
Aleksandra Kowal, Publishers’ Forum, Lviv
Lublin – Sewastopol: Spiritual Pictures
Lublin – The Capital Of Nations – We Are In Places Others
Do Not Know About
Lublin – The Capital Of Reggae
Lublin – the European Capital of Bicycle Culture
Lublin – Time Vehicle (or) Lublin – Time Travel
Marcin Sudziński, Roman Krawczenko
Stanisław Piłat
Grzegorz Hiller
Marcin Pastuła “Lublin by Bike” foundation,
Michał Przepiórka “Velo Tour” Association
Paweł Kosior
Lublin – Town of Adventure
Bogusław Marek, Andrzej Antoszek
Lublin – Town Of Jacek Kamiński
Emilia Chomowa
Lublin – Town of Light
Bartosz Margul
Lublin – Town With A Thrill
Marcin Wroński
Lublin – “My Town” Competition
Lublin – Colourful Cafe in the Gate of Europe – A Window
On the World!
Katarzyna Pierzchalska-Kmieć, Iwona Kryczka
Mirek Sokołowski

Lublin – European Capital Of Unusual Artists
Michał Stanowski
Lublin – Town of Gardens
Paweł Kosior
Lublin 2.0
Lublin and Its Region in the Esperanto Version of
Wikipedia
Lublin and Its Region in the Polish and European Culture
Joanna Zętar, Tadeusz Przystojecki
Krzysztof Śliwiński
Kamila Węglarska
Lublin As the European Capital of Culture – Talent 2016
Monika Różycka-Górska
Lublin Audiovisual Culture Event
Katarzyna Redas-Bartosik, Grzegorz Bartosik
LUBLIN AVAILABLE
Alicja Morena
Lublin Cuisine
Krystyna Radzik
Lublin Cultural Passport For A Weekend
Radosław Skuła
Lublin Gigapan
Łukasz Jabłoński
Lublin Graffiti Festival 2011
Łukasz Kuzioła
Lublin Hall of Fame
Andrzej Danilkiewicz
Lublin Has Atmosphere
Paweł Basznianin
Lublin Honey Collecting
Joanna Kawałek
Lublin In A Comic Strip
Lublin in Flowers
Lublin in the Golden Age – A non-provinsional Town
Lublin Jazz Festival – Summer Academy of Jazz
Lublin Mirrors. International Literary Contest of Memories
of Lublin
Lublin Mysteries in A Comic Strip
Mateusz Nowak
Scientific and Technical Association of Engineers
and Technicians of Gardening, Province Branch
Dariusz Chemperek, Anna Nowicka-Struska
(Polish Philology Institute MCSU)
Barbara Luszawska
Urszula Gierszon
Jakub Kijuc
Lublin Night of Freem Comic Strip
Jakub Kijuc

Lublin On the Set / Cinema-Lublin
Marek Woliński
Lublin Organ Days
Natalia Zanni-Lewandowska
Lublin Parody Festival
Paweł Basznianin
Lublin Portfolio
Jacek Maj, Collegium Artium
Lublin Region Architecture Canon
Andrzej Danilkiewicz
Lublin Shares Culture
Małgorzata Józwik
Lublin Suite
Friends of Dancing Association – Social Ballet Centre
Lublin Synagogue Festival
Wojciech Czeronko
Lublin Throughout Centuries
Rafał Niedźwiadek
Lublin To the Children – They Are Our Future
Łukasz Olszak
Lublin Urban Games
Lublin Within Kindness. International Day of Kindness in
Lublin
Lublin, Poland, Europe for the Asking
Rafał Hordyjewski
Sylwia Pyzik
Bogusław Marek, Andrzej Antoszek
Lublin/Lublin Region Knowledge Competition
Paweł Basznianin
LUBUNTU Cheap Idea To Promote Lublin
Andrzej Danilkiewicz
Ludomir Rogowski Festival
Dariusz Dąbrowski
Lviv-Klezfest. Annual Klezmer Music Festival in Lviv
Iryna Mahdysh
Machiery of Inspirations
Majdanek – European Lieu De Mémoire – Towards Glocalisation
of Commemorating This Place
Manifestation of the Disabled in Culture and Arts of Lublin
– the European Capital of Culture
Marina Zakharova Project
Match
Wojciech Czeronko
State Museum At Majdanek
Maria Pietrusza-Budzyńska
Borys Zakharov, the head of Community
Centre “India”
Filip Romanowski

Meeting of Styles 2011 Łukasz Kuzioła
Merry-Go-Round / Rolller-coaster
Paulina Rzeszut
MezzoDrom
Misteria. Gra miz ... Gra mez
Momunent
Oleś Dzyndra Museum of Idea
Ostap Kostiuk, (“Wirmenska 35”,
Artisitc Association “Dzyga”)
Piotr Nanowski
Monthly Popular Science Meetings
Adam Kobus
Mulitculured Lublin
Anna Krawczyk, Joanna Kolstrung
Multicultured Lublin Region
Anna Dąbrowska
Murals and graffiti
Kacper Sulowski
Museum of Regional Sport in Lublin
Andrzej Kwiek
Museum of Rock Music
Andrzej Danilkiewicz
Museum of Women
Katarzyna Hołda
Museums and Galleries for Everyone
Bogusław Marek, Andrzej Antoszek
Music instead of Agression
Szymon Pietrasiewicz
Musical Affirmations – Therapy of Sound Festival
Musical and Vocal Event “I Love You Mommy, I Love You
Daddy”
Musical Mesalliance
Monika Kalińska
Jadwiga Kwiatkowska
Beata Solis, Przemysław Raczek
Narration Of Culture
Mateusz Nowak
National Song – Province National Song Contest
Monika Kalińska
Neighbourhood Contest
Paweł Basznianin
Nice Festival “Colours of Culture”
Iwona Kornet
NO – indifference
Andriy Artym

Not Better Or Worse – Just Different
Middle School no. 18 in Lutsk, Euro-club “Discovery”
Not Yet Excluded
Old Cementaries – European Heritage of Ukrainian Galicia
On Different Sides (From Different Sides)
On Waves of Memory
One LOVElin – Express Yourself
Dariusz Jeż
Hryhoryj Burbeza, the Agency of Cultural initiatives
“the Pyramid”
Wiktor Piwowarski
Hryhoryj Burbeza, the Agency of Cultural initiatives
“the Pyramid”
Jarosław Czajka
Open Air Gallery e.g. Famous Lublin inhabitants
Elżbieta Gralewska
Open Artistic Stage OAS
Alicja Morena
Open Gardens
Magdalena Prosinska
Open Homestead
Magdalena Prosinska
Open Juggling Workshops
Rafał Sadownik
Open Yourself to Others
Przemysław Buksiński
Opera in the Old Theatre
Dariusz Dąbrowski
Organize a Convention in Lublin
Orientalia Festival Of Arts By Young Artists From Central
And Eastern Europe
Orthodox Music Concerts
Paweł Basznianin
Piotr Majewski
Andrzej Boublej
Our Amazing Idea
Barbara Wikło, Dariusz Łobejko
Our Roots – Euro-club
Middle School no. 18 in Lutsk, Euro-club “Discovery”
Outdoor Screen of Culture
Painting Competion Regarding A Particular Subject /
Cyclic Art Exhibition
Painting Graffiti On Plac Litewski
Paweł Basznianin
Helena Jankowska-Paluch
Adam Stępniak
Panorama of Cultures – the Europe Less Known
Emil Majuk

Pathetic – Cheerful: Good-bye to Net Makers
Maryla Olejko
People on Camera
Michał Łozicki
Peretyn
Photographic Open Air Workshop “Nature – the Culture of
Borderland”
PhotoUkraine
Physical Works Study
Natalia Kosmolinska the Lviv Palace of Art
Karol Karwowski, Anna Klimowicz
Iryna Kondratenko Ukrainian Regions Youth
Association (Związek Młodzieży Regionów Ukrainy)
Rafał Sadownik
PI LL Procreativies
Maciej Knap
Play “Chess” based on J. Kochanowski’s Poem
Małgorzata Wojcieszuk
Playing Streets
Wojtek Czeronko
Plays, Games and Urban Sports
Rafał Sadownik
Poetry and Music Meetings
Edyta Madej
Poets’ Time
Henryk Kowalczyk, Ad van Rijsewijk
Pograjka – Dancem, Music, Tradition
Krzysztof Butryn
Polish Ballroom Dance Competition
Local Community Centre Biała Podlaska
Polish Festival of Folklore Bands and Singers
Andrzej Sar, Province Community Centre
Polish Games and Traditional Sports Championships
Rafał Sadownik
Polish Meeting of Puppet-Makers in Puławy
Józef Obroślak, Regional Centre of Culture
Polish Meetings With Folklore Agnieszka Kawęcka
Polish-Ukrainian Meetings of Word Masters
Anna Krawczyk, Joanna Kolstrung
Political Critisism Club in Lublin
Rafał Czekaj, Jacek Zalewski
Porttraits of East
Ryszard Karczmarski
Praise Lublin!
Marek Rybołowicz

Presentations of Street Theatres in Krasnystaw
Project “Memory The Source Of Creation”
Damian Kozyrski, Agnieszka Kawęcka, Stanisław
Kliszcz, Community Centre in Krasnystaw
Leszek Mądzik
Project “Sumno”– International Cultural Platform
Project “Water Nymph”
Project CONTRACTS
Bogdan Loghvychenko
Institute of Landscape Architecture KUL,
Town District Council of Śródmieście
Wojciech Krukowski
Project Gorge, Bicycle Lane, Folk Park
Anna Nawrot and Jan Gryka
Project Homo Ludens
Project Of Polish And Spanish Univeristy
Theatres Exchange
Project POINT
Rafał Sadownik
Daniel Adamczyk
Wojciech Krukowski
Project TECHNE
Province Review of Craftsmanship and Artisitc Works of
Seniors and the Disabled
Province Young Instrumentalists Contest
Wojciech Krukowski
Aleksandra Chojnacka
Monika Kalińska
Pythonalia – Monty Python themed Festival of Absurd
Rainbow
RE-anima
Marcin Garbowski
Lublin Forum of the Diabled Organisations –
Voivodeship sejmik
Olga Krawczenko
Realisation of CINEMA
Karol Piestrowski
Reborn Lublin – the Renaissance
Małgorzata Wojcieszuk
Recycling
Katarzyna Hołda
Regionalist’s Day
Magda Parzyszek
Relaxation of City Spaces
Paweł Basznianin
Renaissance Lublin
Jacek Urbaniak
Respect the Driver, Respect the Pedestrian
Elżbieta Gralewska

Restoration, Granting Space TOWOT SQUAT
No BUDGET SHOW
Revived Tenements Tell Their Stories
Robert Kuśmirowski
Michał Łozicki
Reviving People’s Stories (Vivid History of Culture)
Volodymyr Vorobej (PPV Knowledge Networks)
Roads To Culture
Marta Kurowska
Rock Concerts
Natan
Run Towards You – Shining
Hanna Brulińska
Sail With Us – Lublin in European Ports!
Joanna Żytkowska, Andrzej Mazur
Sailing Ship Full of Culture
Ryszard Karczmarski
Saint Archangel Michael’s Day (Days)
Konrad Koperwas
San Sebastian – Lublin Partnership 2011–2016
Jan Bernad
Sanctity Retrieved
School of My Grandparents – Museum of School from
1950s
School of Polish and Ukrainian Cooperation
Henryk Kuś
Elżbieta Gralewska
Iwona Kryczka
Schulz’s Marginalia
Małgorzata Kitowska-Łysiak
Scraps of the Past
Katarzyna Tur-Marciszuk, Ireneusz Marciszuk
Screen of Social Communications
Anna Nawrot and Jan Gryka
Search and You Shall Find
Stawicki Piotr
SELF
Wojciech Czeronko
Seminare “Development of information infrustructure”
The Department of Culture and Tourism of Sumy
Seniors’ Art Works Autumn Review
Barbara Kwas
Shared Paths
Jarosław Wach, Łukasz Janicki, Aleksandra Zińczuk
Small Theatres Festival
Henryk Kowalczyk

SOC Town = Good Town
Grażyna Stankiewicz
Song
Ewa Beata Sawicka
Soundtrack of Lublin
Jan Bernad
Special Concert To Celebrate the End Of Polish Presidency
Special Concert To Celebrate the inaguration of Polish
Presidency
Spiral On-Site Visit
Sport Has So Much Power,
It May Change the World For the Better
St Kolbe’s Meeting With Music
Stanisław Serwaczyński International Young Violonist
Contest
Street Battle vol. 2
Dariusz Dąbrowski
Dariusz Dąbrowski
Bartosz Sobala
Volodymyr Razumcev (Urząd Miasta Ługańsk)
Anna Malec
Teresa Księska-Falger; Ryszard Heliasz
Paweł Dobrowolski
Street stART
Strenghtening, Archiving and Popularising Folk Culture
Heritage
String Stories
Suggestion to modification of www.niepelnosprawni.
kultura.lublin.eu
Summer Of Concerts – Lublin 2011 – Plac Zamkowy
Marcel Wandas, Kacper Sulowski
Paweł Onochin
Agnieszka Soszyńska
Maria Pietrusza-Budzyńska
Mateusz Wrona
Summer With Films in Theatretherapy
Maria Pietrusza-Budzyńska
Sumy’s Palette
The Department of Culture and Tourism of Sumy
Talents of Lublin
Joanna Kawałek
Talents of Lublin – the European Capital of Culture 2016
Teaching Folklore to Children, Teenagers and Animators of
Culture – Singing and Dancing
Teaching Juggling in Different Environments
Robert Rycąbel
Jan Twardowski, Wanda Kaniorowa Song
and Dance Ensemble
Mirosław Urban
Tenement of Wonders
Michał Mroczka, Kosma Ostrowski, Dawid Jurek

Terykonfest – Music From Underground To Peaks
That Crazed Girl
The 13 th Children’s Song and Dancing Festival in Lublin
“Rhytm and Melody”
The 16 th International Festival of Patriotic and Religious
Songs of the Polish Army
the 19 th International Course of Chamber Music Poland –
Italy – Germany
The 20 th Drama Autumn in Podlasie
Wolodymyr Oros Non-governmental Organization –
Youth Centre “Good”
Anna Archipowa
Maria Dmowska
Community Centre of Hrubieszów
Karolina Błędowska
Local Community Centre
The 23 rd Sung Poetry and Stage Songs Event in Biłgoraj
Maryla Olejko
the 33 rd International Open Air Painting Workshop
Community Centre of Hrubieszów
The 4 th Congress of Urban Planning
Elżbieta Kraszewska
The 5 th Good Films Festival
Grzegorz Smędek
The 6 th Anniversary of the Death of John Paul II
The Activity of the Academic Climbing Club “Boiler Room”
The Art of Chess Festival
the Art of Tolerance
The Baroque Orchestra Concert
Dariusz Dąbrowski
Tomasz Burdzanowski,
Magdalena Mandecka-Zderkiewicz (AKW)
Włodzimierz Wysocki
Borys Zakharov, the head of Community
Centre “India”
Aleksandra Rybak
the Blind and Visually Impaired Event, the 1stt Edition
Mateusz Szymański
The Code of Lublin
Mariusz Stryjecki
The Door That Are Real!
Solomiya Chubay (“Virmenska-35” Association)
The First International Stage Song Festival “In The Centre”
Kacper Sulowski
the institute of industrial Design
The Juliusz Osterwa Theatre – From Big Tradition To A
Small Stage
The Memory Space – the Last Road of Lublin Jews
Andrzej Danilkiewicz
The Juliusz Osterwa Theatre in Lublin
“the Well of Memory” Association

the Monument of Grouchy Smurf
The Old Town Harmony
the Pathways of Rest
The Second Life Of Things
Paweł Basznianin
Teresa Księska-Falger (the head of the Henryk
Weniawski’s Music Association in Lublin)
Mykoła Łukjanczenko the Ivan Franko University in
Drohobycz (Uniwersytet Ivana Franki w Drohobyczu)
Elżbieta Gralewska
the Stairs Shall Speak
Mariusz Jaroszek
The Third Sector – A Chance For Lublin
Michał Łozicki
The Town As Views
Natalia Bielczenko
The Town in a Comic Strip
Paweł Basznianin
The Town in Dialogue “Between East and West”
Anna Nawrot and Jan Gryka
the World Seen Through the Eyes of Lutsk inhabitants
Oleksandr Alfiorov, Civic Organisation “Spałach-Art”
the Youth in the European Capital of Culture
Małgorzata Józwik
Theatre Agon In Lublin
Theatrical Uplands
Then Here Now (or) Former – Close
Elżbieta Rzewuska, Irina Lappo, Jarosław Cymerman
Henryk Kowalczyk, Przemysław Więczkowski,
Marcin Woszczewski
Magdalena Gajowiak
Together
Michał Łozicki
Tourist Card
Adam Stępniak
Tourist Cards
Konrad Kubecki
Town of Music
Paweł Basznianin
Traditional Games Park
Rafał Sadownik
Trans-european Festival
Szymon Pietrasiewicz
Trans-Slavic Express
Grzegorz J. Nowicki, Aneta Nowicka
Travelling Theatre
Adam Kobus

Trybu-now (Tribunal)
Natalia Skoczylas
Ukraine in A Nutshell
Ukrainian and Polish Transgenic Touristic Cluster
Ukrainian Culture Vademecum
Ukrainian Folk Songs in the Latin Alphabet
Urban Centre of Arts
Nadia Tkaczyk
Bogdan Kyszakewycz, Svyatoslav Mykhats,
Myron Czernec
Nadia Tkaczyk
Hryhoryj Burbeza, the Agency of Cultural initiatives
“the Pyramid”
Anna Nawrot and Jan Gryka
Urban Highline
Rafał Sadownik
Urban Legends
Paweł Basznianin
UrbsCabaret
Various Music Review “Staś”. Stanisław Staszic
Secondary School
Verticale
Paweł Basznianin
Jacek Niećko
Wojtek Czeronko
Via Carpatia
Ewa Kipta
Vilnius Festival
Tomasz Rodziewicz
Vistula Gorge Oases
Łukasz Kossowski
Volunteering
Natalia Skoczylas
Volunteering Event, the 1st edition in Lublin
Małgorzata Szadkowska
Water Sports Centre
Andrzej Mazur
Waterwall
Jakub Jeremicz
We were, are and will be
Luba Matraszek
Welcome To Lublin
Anna Dąbrowska
Welcome to Lublin – the European Capital of Culture 2016
Marta Kurowska
Weniawski’s Jukebox
Paweł Basznianin

West Flanders and Bruges
Western and Eastern Opera. Concert – Piotr Beczała’s
recital
Whispering Lublin
Lublin Regional Tourist Organisation
Rafał Jarosz
“Homo Faber” Association
Wishes (What Biała Gallery wants to do more)
Works of European and Lublin Artists Inspire
Contemporary Photography
Workshops for the Youth, Creators and Animators
of Culture
World Art and Public Art Exhibition
Anna Nawrot and Jan Gryka
Edyta Sosnowska
Krzysztof Kutarski
Anna Nawrot and Jan Gryka
Writing to Grandchildren
Ewa Kipta
www.sport.lublin.eu
Yentl – Those People, Those Times
You about Me and I about You. Neighbourly look. Mututal
inflitration.
Young Regionalist
Paweł Basznianin
Arkadiusz Klucznik, Joanna Wojciechowska,
Krzysztof Kutarski, Tomasz Janczak, Paweł Majsiej
Ruszana Porycka (the “Harmyder”, Lutsk)
Magda Parzyszek
Youth Journalism Workshops
Beata Brożek
Ziniol
Dominik Szcześniak
We want to thank all of you for the responses
we've received in ouropen call for programmes,
projects and ideas.
Włodzimierz Wysocki
Deputy Major for Education,
Culture and Sport
Culture 2020 Team
Krzysztof Czyżewski
Artistic Director of the Lublin
2016 ECC Candidate programme
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EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF CULTURE - PAST MEETINGS
ECC
programme
The series of lectures and presentation of the best cultural practices in Europe have transformed
into workshops and debates focusing on key issues of the Lublin’s application. These were,
among others: Lublin 2.0, European networks of cooperation, partnership with Russia,
organization of a key cultural event, and critical culture. The lectures have been delivered by
renowned European experts in the field of cultural policy, culture management, culture and
education, and a strategy for multilateral artistic cooperation.
• Dragan Klaic - lecture: European Capital of Culture - Aspirations, Achievements, Unfulfilled
Hopes: A Critical Analysis of the Program in the Years 1985-2010; workshops: Models and Strategies
of International Cultural Cooperation.
• Krzysztof Czyżewski - lecture: Magician of the East. Lublin as the European Capital of Culture.
• John Tusa - lecture: Developing the Role of Arts Centres Today.
• Shewach Weiss - lecture: Multicultural Lublin. Tradition and a Chance.
• Julia Rowntree - lecture: Building Civic Partnerships for the Arts; workshops: Changing the
Performance: Building Collaboration to Unlock Support and Funds for the Arts.
• Steve Austen lecture: The Changing Environment for Arts and Cultural Organizations in Europe;
workshops: Models for Innovative Entrepreneurship in Arts and Culture.
• John Ashford – lecture and workshops: Why Dance?
• Dennis Rodwell - lecture: Visual Integrity in Historic Cities Versus Economic Development.
• Rose Fenton - lecture: Key Cultural Events as Crucial Elements of Cultural Strategy Development
• François Matarasso - lecture: The Parliament of Dreams: Why Everything Depends on Culture
• Hedwig Fijen - lecture: Presenting Manifesta, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art
• Jörg Haspel and Bogusław Szmygin - lecture: Berlin on the World Heritage List. Lublin on the
World Heritage List?
• Jean Pierre Deru - lecture: Cultural Cooperation Networking, Partnership and Internationalization.
• Jerzy Onuch – meeting: Artistic Life in the Eastern Europe – At Close and From Afar
• Paul Collard - lecture: Developing Children’s Creativity - Luxury or Economic Imperative?
• Piotr Piotrowski – lecture: Museum: From Institution’s Criticism to Critical Institution.
• Mark Borkowski - lecture: Everything You Know Is Wrong
• Marina Tsekou – lecture: Contemporary Art and Youth
• Tomas Venclova – meeting: Lublin and Vilnius: Multicultural Cities
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What is the “Thinkery”?
Tomas Venclova has recently published an article that points to the fact that our democracies lack Aristophanes’
“thinkeries,” places for private and direct conversations that may inspire important projects.
I have experienced this lack especially when I was working on the European Capital of Culture
2016 project.
the “Thinkery”
programme
I am delighted that ECC team, Culture 2020 (the name points to the fact that our work will continue
after 2016), has been developing a longer perspective for Lublin, a long-term thinking strategy. Open
and casual conversations generating new thoughts and ideas greatly support our efforts. We do not
have a ready-made concept, we are open to fresh and bold ideas.
The Thinkery that we have initiated in Lublin is a place open to people from different fields, generations,
locations and communities. It invites artists, scholars, drivers, politicians, and businessmen who
care about Lublin.
The aim of the European Capital of Culture program is to transform Lublin, a city of rich heritage, interesting
initiatives concerning cultural remembrance, into a city that cares about the future. The focus
on the future is even more interesting now, since it is time to think about our dreams connected with
the European Capital of Culture. Referring to the Seer of Lublin, we have in mind the Seeing Lublin, a
city of future-oriented debates, a city where visionaries meet and anticipate things to come, where they
talk about the future. Those matters are important to us and we are curious to see what will happen.
This is how the Thinkery came into being.
Krzysztof Czyżewski
Initiator: Krzysztof Czyżewski
Host: Tomasz Dostatni OP.
Debates taking place in the Thinkery
1 Fear of the Future
• Paweł Frelik (MCSU)
• Sabina Magierska (MCSU)
• Janusz Opryński (Provisorium Theater)
• Ewa Solska (MSCU)
2 Towards Russia
• Special guest: Jerzy Pomianowski (Novaya Polsha)
• A. Hauke-Ligowski OP. (Dominican Order)
• Professor Michał Łesiow (KUL, MCSU)
• Janusz Opryński (Provisorium Theater)
• Grzegorz Rzepecki (Workshops of Culture)
• Andrzej Peciak (Book Institute)
• Rev. Mieczysław Puzewicz
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3 Sacred and Culture
• Special guest: Professor Jerzy Kłoczowski
• Dobrosław Bagiński (MCSU),
• Małgorzata Bielecka-Hołda (“Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin”)
• Robert Glubisz OP. (Dominican Order)
• Professor Hubert Łaszkiewicz (KUL)
• Leszek Mądzik (Visual Stage of the Catholic University of Lublin)
• Wojciech Samoliński (journalist, legend of Lublin’s Solidarity)
the “Thinkery”
programme
4 Turning the Lublin Myth into Reality, or the Cooperation with Eastern Neighbors
• Rev. Stefan Batruch, PhD (Spiritual Culture of the Borderlands Foundation),
• Marta Kawa (District Public Prosecutor’s Office),
• Artur Kawa (businessman, Emperia Holding S.A.),
• Professor Andrzej Kokowski (MCSU),
• Grzegorz Kondrasiuk (kulturaenter.pl magazine),
• Grzegorz Kuprianowicz (Ukrainian Association),
• Professor Hubert Łaszkiewicz (KUL)
• Krzysztof Łątka (City of Lublin),
• Paweł Prokop (Managerial Initiatives Foundation)
• Grzegorz Rzepecki (Workshops of Culture)
5 Critical Culture
• Special guest: Rev. Adam Boniecki
• Małgorzata Bielecka-Hołda (“Gazeta Wyborcza Lublin”)
• Paweł Bytniewski (MCSU)
• Tomasz Kitliński (MCSU)
• Sławomir Marzec (MCSU)
• Michał Wolny (Tektura)
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wszechnica ECC Lublin 2016
In November 2010, SPOKO Committee proposed its own experts’ programme, named Wszechnica
Miejska [City Open University]. Thanks to the support of the City Office, the group invites specialists
presenting good practices in the sphere grassroots and cultural activities. Given communities invite
the guests and organize their visits, and the City has launched a special program to finance the
City Open University.
wszechnica
programme
The aim of the Open City University is to promote good practices, effective solutions, to integrate different
communities, as well as motivate them to succeed. In the future, also the residents of Lublin
and the region willing to share their experience and achievements, will have a chance to deliver lectures
at the City University.
Similar meetings concerning city-resident relations, an informal “open university,” have been taking
place for a long time. However, it is worth to identify them as a separate, independent program for the
citizens, to support it financially and invite everyone who is interested in taking part. The Open City
University will go on as a City of Lublin programme, regardless of the results of ECC bid, as a project
supporting cultural development strategy and the city’s development.
The following guests have already gave lectures at the CIty
University:
• Antoni Porczak - professor, head of the Studio of Media Activities (Media Department, Faculty of
Sculpture, the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow)
• Melinda Sipos – the programme director of Media Lab Kitchen BudaPest (Budapest);
• Beata Urbanowicz – architect, city artist (Wrocław)
• Marcin Jasiński - The Head of the Unit for Cooperation with NGOs at the Culture Department
of the City of Warsaw
• Marek Sołtys – social activist, supporter of the disabled-friendly city (Warsaw)
• Agata Etmanowicz – manager, specialist in the fields of EU cultural policy, financing and implementation
of international cultural projects (Łódź)
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Intercultural Lublin
Our first application mentioned Lublin’s model of intercultural dialogue. Taking into account geography
of the 2016 programme, we would like develop and popularize it with our European partners. The
work on the Second Application led to creation of the Lublin Charter of Intercultural Dialogue that,
over the next few years, will be further elaborated, consulted with European communities, and systematically
implemented in the ECC program. A formal signing of the Charter by all Lublin’s partners
that have agreed to abide by its rules concerning development and nurturing of intercultural dialogue
will take place in the Crown Tribunal in 2016. At that time Lublin will be involved in the Areopagus
of the Art of Dialogue and Intercultural Education project.
Intercultural
Lublin
Lublin Charter of Intercultural Dialogue.
1. Limited Citizenship Rule - intercultural dialogue relies only partly on spectacular festivals and other
large-scale events. Its main current can be found in everyday organic activities within communities,
with a strong grassroots component that crosses national, religious and cultural borders. The
authorities and grant giving organizations should support the main current, not individual events.
2. Permanence Rule - cultural dialogue can be real and efficient only if it takes place over many years;
the activities in this field should be long-term and continuos.
3. Critical Culture Rule - intercultural dialogue cannot be based on cultivation of own memory and
protection of own culture, but it should lead to creation of a critical culture that teaches self-distance,
critical patriotism and empathy towards the Other.
4. Good Memory Rule - intercultural dialogue, although is critical and needs to deal with painful,
and often traumatic past, is also an art of excavating good memory, positive energy, and the need
to approach the Other that are hidden in every person and nation.
5. Dialogue as Craft Rule - intercultural dialogue is not innate, but has to be practiced like any other
craft.
6. Knowledge and Understanding Rule - intercultural dialogue is based on gaining knowledge about
Others and on willingness to understand them; it cannot depend on whether Others do the same.
7. The Reclaimed Past rule - the biggest obstacle to intercultural dialogue is not the past that is mythologized
and full of conflicts, but the future taken away from people and societies; integration of
multicultural community can be successful only if the members of a given community share the
vision of the future.
European Civil Society
The challenges of today connected with multiculturalism and complicated borderlands in Lublin and
the region have been undertaken mostly by active members of the civil society. If we take a close look
at the initiatives that introduce real changes to Polish-Ukrainian relations or overcome the “memory
wounds” between Jews and Poles, we will find out that most of those projects are not carried out by
central authorities or European institutions. The driving force behind them are little municipalities,
different parishes, associations, foundations, and schools. Reverend Stefan Bartuch and Marek Bem,
the first people to overcome historical and cultural divisions, are representatives of such communities.
Similar situation concerns intercultural dialogue that is becoming more and more important in the city.
New competencies are being elaborated every day through work with local communities. They include
such initiatives as Grodzka Gate Centre NN Theater that follows the tradition of alternative culture,
or Homo Faber - a non-governmental organization. In Lublin activities and programs connected
with multiculturalism and borderlands were not implemented by a formed and developed civil socie-
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ty. On the contrary, the forming of civil society in Lublin and the region has been influenced by the
opposition to distorted and forgotten history, and by looking for ways to solve conflicts and to introduce
new forms of coexistence.
Intercultural
Lublin
If one considers the fact that similar initiatives have been launched also outside Schengen, in Ukraine
and Belarus, one will acknowledge that the activities undertaken by cultural and social movers and
representatives of local government have contributed to creation of the European civil society. It originates
from thousands of small, but rooted in the everyday life, bold and long-term transborder projects,
bi- and trilateral partnerships, and interpersonal relations. The borderlands and establishment of
intercultural dialogue create an European identity that is open to community, abides by human rights,
and is able to oppose cultural unification.
Other examples of implementation and promotion of Lublin Charter of Intercultural Dialogue:
• movers of the European civil society, mentioned in the First or Second Application, have become
part of the ECC team and co-creators of 2016 programme;
• municipal and regional authorities will support activities in the field of multiculturalism according
to the Charter, and they will focus on financing of grassroots and long-term projects;
• the Centre for the Encounter of Cultures, dedicated to intercultural dialoge in art, education and
science, will be open in Lublin;
• European College of Cultural Studies that is being created as part of ECC program will conduct research
and teach intercultural dialogue, one of the key competencies of a culture driver;
• “Generation 2016” project that prepares young generation to participate in the ECC programme is
mostly based on getting to know the cultures of the borderlands, meetings with their representatives,
travels, and integration projects;
• multithreaded Critical Culture programme will reestablish space lost in the times of self-promotion
and populism designated for thought and critical art;
• The Seeing Lublin project will construct a platform for reclaiming, taming and getting to know the
past in the city of remembrance; it will be a unique forum of visionaries whose debates will be accompanied
by presentations of visionary art and markets of utopian social programmes.
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Additional information
Additional
information
The Organizing Committee
• Krzysztof Żuk – Mayor of Lublin
• Piotr Kowalczyk – Chairman of the City Council
• Arkadiusz Tomasz Bratkowski – President of the Regional Assembly of Lubelskie Voivideship
• Krzysztof Hetman – Marshal of Lubelskie Voivodeship
• Prof. Lena Kolarska-Bobińska – Member of the European Parliament
• Prof. Mirosław Piotrowski – Member of the European Parliament
• Adam Abramowicz – Member of the Polish Parliament
• Magdalena Gąsior-Marek – Member of the Polish Parliament
• Włodzimierz Karpiński – Member of the Polish Parliament
• Elżbieta Kruk – Member of the Polish Parliament
• Jan Łopata – Member of the Polish Parliament
• Gabriela Masłowska – Member of the Polish Parliament
• Beata Mazurek – Member of the Polish Parliament
• Krzysztof Michałkiewicz – Member of the Polish Parliament
• Henryk Młynarczyk – Member of the Polish Parliament
• Joanna Mucha – Member of the Polish Parliament
• Małgorzata Sadurska – Member of the Polish Parliament
• Izabella Sierakowska – Member of the Polish Parliament
• Tadeusz Sławecki – Member of the Polish Parliament
• Lech Sprawka – Member of the Polish Parliament
• Marian Starownik – Member of the Polish Parliament
• Jarosław Stawiarski – Member of the Polish Parliament
• Franciszek Stefaniuk – Member of the Polish Parliament
• Wojciech Wilk – Member of the Polish Parliament
• Zbigniew Wojciechowski – Member of the Polish Parliament
• Sławomir Zawiślak – Member of the Polish Parliament
• Jarosław Żaczek – Member of the Polish Parliament
• Prof. Ryszard Bender – Member of the Polish Senate
• Józef Bergier – Member of the Polish Senate
• Grzegorz Czelej – Member of the Polish Senate
• Jerzy Chróścikowski – Member of the Polish Senate
• Lucjan Cichosz – Member of the Polish Senate
• Stanisław Gogacz – Member of the Polish Senate
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The Honorary Committee
• Abel – Orthodox Archbishop of Lublin and Chełm
• Daniel Beauvois – French historian and writer
• Zbigniew Brzeziński – Honorary Doctor of KUL
• Zdzisław Czarnecki – Rector of the College of Enterprise and Administration
• Norman Davies – historian, Honorary Citizen of Lublin
• Andrzej Dąbrowski – Rector of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
• Krzesimir Dębski – composer
• Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz – Honorary Doctor of KUL
• Rita Gombrowicz – Honorary Citizen of Lublin
• Natalia Gorbaniewska – Russian poet, journalist and translator of Polish literature
• Julia Hartwig – poetess and essayist, Honorary Citizen of Lublin
• Grigorij Kanowicz – Jewish writer connected with Lublin
• Alicja Kapuścińska – wife of Ryszard Kapuściński
• Tomasz Kawiak – artist
• Jerzy Kornowicz – composer
• István Kovács – Hungarian historian and poet
• Andrzej Książek – Rector of the Lublin Medical University
• Wiesław Myśliwski – writer
• Andrzej Nikodemowicz – composer, pianist and educator, Honorary Citizen of Lublin
• Marek Opielak – Rector of the Lublin University of Technology
• Rev. Wacław Oszajca – theologian, journalist and poet
• Arvo Pärt– Estonian composer of choral and instrumental music
• Jean-Yves Potel – French journalist, diplomat and political scientist
• Henryk Samsonowicz – historian, Honorary Doctor of MSCU
• Irina Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg – patron of the arts and literature
• Leon Tarasewicz – painter
• Tomas Venclova – Lithuanian poet and writer
• Shewach Weiss – Israeli politician, former ambassador of Israel to Poland
• Marian Wesołowski – Rector of the University of Life Sciences
• Stanisław Wilk – Rector of John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
• Marek Żmigrodzki – Rector of the Higher School of Economics and Innovation in Lublin
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The Artistic Committee
• Krzysztof Babicki – artistic director of Juliusz Osterwa Theatre
• Tomasz Bazan – actor, theatre director
• Jan Bernad – artistic and programming director of the Centre for Intercultural
• Creative Initiatives ‘Crossroads’
• Piotr Choroś – member of the board of the Homo Faber Association
• Krzysztof Cugowski – lead singer in the Budka Suflera music band
• Ewa Jabłońska – director of ‘Chatka Żaka’ Academic Culture Centre MCSU
• Rev. Tomasz Dostatni – president of the St. Jacek Odrowąż Beyond Borders Foundation
• Rev. Robert Głubisz – president of the Restaurare Basilicam Foundation
• Jan Gryka – White Gallery, Centre for Culture
• Mirosław Haponiuk – director of the Crossroads Centre for Intercultural Creative Initiatives
• Ryszard Kalinowski – choreographer, Lublin Dance Theatre
• Arkadiusz Klucznik – director of Hans Christian Andersen Theatre
• Jan Kondrak – lyricist, composer, performer, member of the Federacja music band
• Jarosław Koziara – artist
• Beata Kozidrak – lead singer in the Bajm music band
• Rafał Koziński – culture animator, Workshops of Culture
• Tomasz Kranz – director of State Museum at Majdanek
• Mieczysław Kseniak – director of the Open-Air Village Museum
• Teresa Księska-Falger – impresario of classical music, president of the Henryk Wieniawski
Association
• Robert Kuśmirowski – artist
• Krzysztof Kutarski – director of the Music Theatre
• Grzegorz Linkowski – film director, advisor to the Mayor of Lublin for the Lublin Film Fund
• Romuald Lipko – member of the Budka Suflera music band
• Piotr Majewski – member of the Lublin Fine Arts Associations
• Witold Mazurkiewicz – actor, director of the Neighbours Festival
• Leszek Mądzik – artistic director of the Scena Plastyczna KUL
• Zygmunt Nasalski – director of the Lublin Museum
• Janusz Opryński – artistic and programming director of the Centre for Culture in Lublin
• Paweł Passini – artist, theatre director, neTTheatre
• Szymon Pietrasiewicz – culture animator, Space of Creative Action Tektura
• Tomasz Pietrasiewicz – director of the ‘Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre’ Centre
• Grzegorz Rzepecki – director of the Workshops of Culture, a branch of the Centre for Culture
in Lublin
• Marcin Skrzypek – culture animator, the ‘Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre’ Centre
• Włodzimierz Staniewski – director of the Gardzienice Centre for Theatre Practices
• Waldemar Tatarczuk – director of the Labirynt Gallery
• Jan Twardowski – director of Folk Song & Dance Company ‘LUBLIN’
• Waldemar Wilkołek – member of the Ani Mru Mru cabaret group
• Łukasz Witt-Michałowski – theatre director, Scena Prapremier InVitro Theatre
• Marcin Wójcik – member of the Ani Mru Mru cabaret group
• Bogusław Wróblewski – president of the ‘Akcent’ Eastern Culture Foundation
• Tomasz Zeliszewski – member of the Budka Suflera music band
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Lublin 2020 Development Council
• Stanisław Adamiak – Zomar S.A.
• Prof. dr hab. Maciej Bałtowski – UMCS
• Prof. dr hab. Ewa Bojar – Politechnika Lubelska
• Teresa Bogacka – Polska Fundacja Ośrodków Wspomagania Rozwoju Gospodarczego „OIC Poland”
• Irmina Bubałło-Wojciechowska – COK TP SA
• Stefan Czerwiński – Stowarzyszenie Księgowych w Polsce
• Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Dąbrowski – UMCS
• Grzegorz Dębiec – Lubelskie Forum Pracodawców
• Piotr Fałek – Syntea S.A.
• Agnieszka Gąsior-Mazur – Lubelski Klub Biznesu
• Roman Górny – Herbapol
• Płk. Jerzy Gryz
• Prof. dr hab. Marian Harasimiuk – UMCS
• Marek Jaszczak – Stella Pack
• Dr Andrzej Juros – KUL
• Dariusz Jodłowski – ZPPL Lewiatan
• Dr Bartosz Jóźwik – KUL
• Artur Kawa – Emperia
• Zbigniew Kędzierski
• Jan Kidaj – Aliplast
• Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Kidyba – Lubelska Fundacja Rozwoju
• Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Kokowski – UMCS
• Jan Kotarski
• Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Książek – Uniwersytet Medyczny
• Prof. dr hab. n. med. Bożena Leszczyńska-Gorzelak – Uniwersytet Medyczny
• Maciej Maniecki – Rada Przedsiębiorczości Lubelszczyzny
• Tomasz Maciejak – Genpact
• Marek Maj – Zakłady Tytoniowe
• Witold Matacz – Interbud-Lublin S.A.
• Dr Krzysztof Markowski – Dyrektor Urzędu Statystycznego w Lublinie
• Leszek Mądzik – kurator wystaw, reżyser teatralny, scenograf
• Prof. dr hab. Stanisław Michałowski – UMCS
• Jerzy Miszczak – Lubelska Izba Rzemieślnicza
• Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Miszczuk – UMCS
• Ryszard Nowak – Elizówka
• Prof. dr hab. inż. Marek Opielak – Politechnika Lubelska
• Janusz Opryński – Centrum Kultury w Lublinie
• Dr hab. Zbigniew Pastuszak – UMCS
• Zdzisław Jerzy Paszkowski – Tehand
• Dariusz Piątek – Hanesco
• Tomasz Pietrasiewicz – Ośrodek „Brama Grodzka – Teatr NN”
• Zbigniew Piłat
• Henryk Polak – Henpol
• Marian Przylepa
• Prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Sitko-Lutek – UMCS
• Prof. dr hab. inż. Włodzimierz Sitko – Politechnika Lubelska
• Ilona Skibińska-Fabrowska – NBP Oddział Lublin
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Additional
information

• Dr Marian Stefański, prof. WSEI – Wydziału Ekonomii WSEI
• Mirosław Taras – Lubelski Węgiel „Bogdanka” S.A.
• Grzegorz Turski – Centrum ZANA
• Marek Wagner – Regionalna Izba Gospodarcza w Lublinie
• Piotr Waszak – ZUS
• Prof. dr hab. Marian Wesołowski – Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy
• Prof. dr hab. Jerzy Węcławski – UMCS
• Jan Wielgus – Pol-Mot
• Ks. prof. dr hab. Stanisław Wilk – KUL
• Mariusz Zawisza – PGE
• Leszek Żelazny – Wojewódzki Inspektor Ochrony Środowiska
• Prof. dr hab. Marian Żukowski – KUL
Additional
information
The Lublin Municipality Task Force for the European Capital
of Culture
• Włodzimierz Wysocki – Deputy Mayor for Education, Culture and Sport – Head of the team
• Andrzej Wojewódzki – City Secretary
• Irena Szumlak – City Treasurer
• Krzysztof Łątka – director of the Department of non-investment projects
• Anna Pajdosz – director of the Culture Department
• Michał Karapuda – vice director in the Culture Department
• Juliusz Szajnocha – director of the Department of Sport and Tourism
• Ewa Dumkiewicz-Sprawka – director of the Education Department
• Iwona Haponiuk – vice director of the Department Sports and Tourism
• Paweł Markiewicz – director of the Mayor’s Office for the City Marketing
• Joanna Szeląg – head of the Office for International Cooperation in the Mayor’s Office
• Mirosław Kalinowski – head of the Press Office in the Mayor’s Office
• Bernadeta Krzysztofik – director of the Department of European Funds
• Ewa Kipta – chief specialist in the Culture Department
• Marzena Jodłowska – director of the Investment Department
• Jacek Gurbiel – director of the Department of Architecture and Construction
• Małgorzata Zdunek– director of the Department of Property Management
• Monika Madejska – director of the Organisation Department
• Maciej Paschke – head of the Monument Conservation Municipal Office
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Cultural Institutions in Lublin Supporting Lublin 2016 Bid
Cultural Institutions
• Bronowice District Culture Centre
• ‘Chatka Żaka’ Academic Culture Centre MCSU
• Centre for Culture in Lublin
• Centre for Intercultural Creative Initiatives ‘Crossroads’
• Czechów District Culture Centre
• Folk Song & Dance Company Lublin
• Gardzienice Centre for Theatre Practices
• The ‘Grodzka Gate – Theatre NN’ Centre
• Hans Christian Andersen Theatre
• Henryk Wieniawski Lublin Philharmonic
• Hieronim Łopaciński Municipal Public Library (with 31 branches)
• Hieronim Łopaciński Regional Public Library
• Józef Czechowicz Literary Museum
• Juliusz Osterwa Theatre
• Kolejarz Culture Centre
• LSM Culture Centre
• Lublin Museum in the Castle
• Lublin Open-Air Village Museum
• Martyrs Museum Under the Clock
• Museum of the History of the City of Lublin
• Music Theatre
• Office of Art Exhibitions Labyrinth Gallery
• Old Theatre in the Old Town
• Pod Akacją Youth Culture Centre
• Regional Culture Centre
• State Museum at Majdanek
• Węglin Culture Centre
• Wincenty Pol Manor House Museum
• Workshops of Culture, a branch of the Centre for Culture in Lublin
• Youth Culture Centre No 2
Additional
information
New Institutions under Construction
• Biblio Library
• Centre for Encounter of Cultures
Community Centres with Cultural Activities
• Błonie Community Club
• Łęgi Community Club
• Między Nami Community Club
• Miniatura Community Club
• Niepodległości Community Club
• Odeon Community Club
• Przyjaźni Community Club
• Ruta Community Club
• Źródło Community Club
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Universities and Colleges Invited to the Lublin 2016 Project
• European College of Polish and Ukrainian Universities
• European Polish-Ukrainian University (in organisation)
• Higher School of Economics and Innovation
• Higher School of Enterprise and Administration
• Higher School of Pedagogy of the Society of Public Knowledge in Warsaw, Branch
• Faculty in Lublin
• Higher School of Social Sciences
• John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
• King Władysław Jagiełło College in Lublin
• Lublin Technical University
• Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
• Medical University
• Melchior Wańkowicz Intercollegiate Institute of Social Sciences and Journalism
• in Lublin
• University of Life Sciences
• Vincent Pol University
Additional
information
Business Organizations Invited to the Lublin 2016 Project
• Business Centre Club
• Chamber of Crafts and Entrepreneurship
• Foundation for Lubelskie Development
• Lublin Development Foundation
• Lublin Chamber of Crafts
• Lublin Confederation of Private Employers Lewiatan
• Lublin Economic Assembly
• Lublin Employers’ Association
• Lublin Employers’ Forum
• Lubelskie Economic Council
• Polish Foundation of Opportunities Industrialization Centres OIC Poland
• Regional Chamber of Commerce
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The Towns and Cities of the Lublin Region that Offered Formal
Endorsement to the Lublin 2016 Project
• Biała Podlaska
• Biłgoraj
• Chełm
• Hrubieszów
• Janów Lubelski
• Kazimierz Dolny
• Krasnystaw
• Lubartów
• Łęczna
• Nałęczów
• Opole Lubelskie
• Puławy
• Radzyń Podlaski
• Świdnik
• Tomaszów Lubelski
• Włodawa
• Zamość
• Zwierzyniec
Additional
information
Twin and Partner Cities that Offered Formal Endorsement
to the Lublin 2016 Project
• Dnietropietrovsk (Ukraine)
• Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine)
• Lugansk (Ukraine)
• Lutsk (Ukraine)
• Lviv (Ukraine)
• Rivne (Ukraine)
• Starobilsk (Ukraine)
• Sumy (Ukraine)
• Tarnopol (Ukraine)
• Brest (Belarus)
• Tver (Russia)
• Gori (Georgia)
• Nancy (France)
• Panevezys (Lithuania)
• Pernik (Bulgaria)
• Münster (Germany)
• Debrecen (Hungary)
• Delmenhorst (Germany)
• Alcalá de Henares (Spain)
• Viseu (Portugal)
• Erie (USA)
• Windsor (Canada)
• Tilburg (Netherlands)
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Members of the Lublin Regional Tourist Organization that
Offered Formal Endorsement to the Lublin 2016 Project
• Local Government of Lubelskie Voivodeship
• City of Lublin
• City of Chełm
• City of Terespol
• City of Biała Podlaska
• City of Zamość
• City of Włodawa
• Włodawa Municipal Commune
• Wola Uhruska Commune
• Janów Lubelski Municipal Commune
• Józefów Commune
• Sosnowica Commune
• Świdnik Poviat in Świdnik
• Łęczna Poviat in Łęczna
• University of Life Sciences in Lublin
• Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin
• Vincenty Pol University in Lublin
• Lublin Tourist Information Centre
• LUBLIN AIRPORT JSC
• Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Agat Trade and Service Agency
• Almatur Lublin Travel and Tourism Agency
• Almatur Recreation Center
• Anas Travel Agency Ltd.
• Animal Amusement Park Mariusz Siejko
• Association for the Activation of the Inhabitants of the Lublin Polesie
• Association of Polish Journalists House of Creative Work
• Astur Tourism and Recreation Office
• Bakota Consulting & Management
• Bankowy Boarding House Educator Non-Public School Facility
• Best–Harctur & Watra Travel Agency
• BEZETA Holiday Health Centre Lucyna Parol
• Celiński Trade and Service Company
• DALIMEX Ltd.
• Dolphin-Travel Tourist Agency
• DUO Training and Leisure Centre
• Forest Fish Recreation Centre in Jedlanka Stara
• FS-Holding JSC
• Gala – Travel Tourism Bureau
• Globetrotter Tourist Services Agency Ltd.
• Guliver Travel Agency
• Kaleidoscope Travel Agency
• Karolinka Training and Recreation Centre
• Kartpol Partnership
• Koliber Travel Centre
• Land of Loess Gorges Local Tourist Organisation
• Lazur Multi-Trade Company Bożena Choina
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Additional
information

• Logostur Tourist Agency
• Lublin Local Tourist Organization
• Lublin Union of Eco-tourism Associations
• Malta Travel Agency
• Medekar Ltd. Health Recreation Center
• MS Consulting Group Partnership M. Sobczak, M. Sobczak-Solarska
• P.H.U. M-Si Monika Sawicka
• P.W. STAMAR–TUR
• Piotrawin Boarding House Hubert Niedziałek
• PTTK Lublin Hotels Ltd.
• Quand Tourist Office
• Roztocze Farm
• Roztocze Local Tourist Organisation
• Rudnik-Tumay Travel Agency
• School Tourism Agency Mariusz Łuczyński
• SPA Orkana Ltd.
• Tourist Cooperative
• Tourist Service Office PTTK OM
• Trade and Service Company KDM Mirosław Płanda
• Trade and Service Company Piotr Wężyk
• TUI Travel Centre
• WABA, L. Wachowiec, D. Bartoszewski
• Zacisze Partnership, Robert Czerniewicz, Grzegorz Czerniewicz
• Zamość and Roztocze Local Tourist Organisation
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Open Lviv
Lviv’s extraordinary history begins in 13th c. Thanks to its unique location on the East-West trails
the city became a centre of East European trade. Exposed to European culture for half a millenium
Lviv became a pearl of architecture, vivid centre of literature, handcraft and art. With the population
of million citizens contemporary Lviv is regarded as a cultural and tourist capital of Ukraine. And it
lies only 70 km from EU border.
Inviting Lviv to contribute to the European Capital of Culture programme is not only the consequence
of a long and multi-stranded policy of cooperation between both cities’ local governments, non-governmental
organizations and artists, but also a model example of how the Eastern Partnership should work.
open
lviv
For centuries, Lublin has been a gateway between west and east. Nowadays, thanks to the Eastern
Partnership, it has become an active ambassador of the European Union beyond its eastern borders and
also a representative of eastern European countries in the European Union. Lublin’s and Lviv’s ECC
celebration will remind everyone that the countries of eastern Europe never really left the European
community. This is why we have invited Lviv’s vibrant cultural community to join in our long-term
preparations. Our joint 2016 programme encompasses artistic, educational and social initiatives which
will take place simultaneously in Lublin and in Lviv. “Open Lviv” showcases the city’s offering while
“L 2 : Empowering the Culture of Lublin and Lviv,” Lviv’s artistic invasion of Lublin, is described in
“Europa’s Journey to the East.”
The “Open Lviv” project is the outcome of long and intense cooperation between Lviv’s and Lublin’s
cultural communities, which has so far resulted in such projects as “L2: Empowering the Culture of
Lublin and Lviv,” “The Power of Art,” “Ukrainian Zriz,” “The Current Art Week,” and “Fortmission.”
They have all created a space of authentic dialogue between creative communities,
institutions, and residents of both cities, while in the process changing the two nations’ perception of
each other. Lviv is Lublin’s strategic partner in the programming work and the process of preparation
for the ECC. The training of culture and EU cultural policy managers has been an integral part of the
cultural exchange. Roman Hankewicz and Iryna Magdysz, Ukrainian managers and producers invited
for long-term residencies, have observed the work of Lublin’s Culture 2020 team and relayed the ECC
knowhow to Lviv’s cultural institutions.
To prepare a project meeting European standards and to engage their residents, the Lviv community
has founded a consortium of key culture operators: the local government, cultural institutions,
non-governmental organizations, and private individuals. The consortium has analysed the current
situation of Lviv’s institutional and noninstitutional culture and, on the basis of the ECC criteria and
guidelines, has prepared a cultura development strategy for the city. The process has been dynamic,
with unprecedented interest from cultural communities. The consortium has elected the “Dialogue”
Lviv Artistic Council with 60 members. The council continues to work on the cultural development
and communication strategy, support the growth of civil society, and monitor the process of change
through culture. No earlier project in Lviv has resonated socially with such force or so consolidated
the cultural community around shared goals. Once initiated, these changes cannot be undone.
In response to the problems identified, the “Dialogue” Lviv Artistic Council has inspired numerous
artistic, educational and social projects, focusing on showcasing contemporary culture, which by
dissociating itself from the totalitarian heritage seeks to show Ukraine’s new face and its European
aspirations. Three key project types planned for September 2016 have been identified: framework,
strategic and individual projects.
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Open Lviv 2016
Despite the fact the Open Lviv 2016 project is considered to be only a sort of a “facultative
rehearsal” to try the readiness of the city’s participation in the European Capital of Culture 2020
contest, the organizers apprehended it seriously and tried to develop an accomplished program of
events that could cover not only one month but the whole year.
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The Open Lviv 2016 program was elaborated in accordance with the basic slogan “Lviv - The City of
Dialogue”. Our goal is to create an integrated program of events to reflect the ideas and goals identified
in the Chapter 1 and to interrelate all events according to the determined slogan.
A Dialog shall be a fundamental concept of the project Open Lviv 2016.
On the assumption of our main aims, ie., to initiate, to develop and to create conditions for an advanced
European dialogue in art, education and society at local, regional and international levels – the program
highlights the events and actions promoting debates and discussions, exchange of opinions and experiences.
The city of Lviv is a perfect place for such discourses.
The Open Lviv 2016 is a topical moment to launch the initiation of new models, processes and solutions
in the field of culture. We consider the notion of a Dialogue as:
• search for new social innovations;
• implementation of projects related to the encouragement of social dialogue as an effective means
for the successful development of Ukrainian civil society able to participate in discussions;
• -creation of friendly medium for communication and socio-cultural platform to exchange views
and ideas.
Dialogue: Art
Lviv is a city that always has been promoting avant-garde, experimental and innovative directions of
visual, theatrical, literature and musical arts. Our city is recognized as a cradle of an unique schools of
abstract painting, performances, installations, contemporary drama and contemporary classical music.
It is the place where first jazz and rock bands evolved. Lviv citizens are open to accept new trends and
experiments in art. The Dialogue in arts is based on the projects that represent new model of participation
in culture concentrated on active participation in cultural consumption. And in the same time it
is based on projects that present new communication model and actively involve consumers/recipients
of cultural product.
Dialogue: Society
On the assumption of the statement that culture is a component and a means of identification, our
program is going to include local socio-cultural events focused on the presentation of succession of
traditions inherent in multicultural community. Some projects are aimed at building confidence and
constructive cooperation between both traditional and new ethnic, religious communities, as far as they
are modeling an image of a modern multicultural city in the context of the unique established traditions
of tolerant coexistence of different peoples and cultures in our city and the region.
Dialogue: Education
We do realize that art has considerable potency to develop the ability of critical and analytical thinking,
therefore we emphasize the importance of educational projects. The important aspect in the implementation
of these projects is the conduction of master classes, workshops, thematic conferences, lectures
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and seminars. To our mind, the process of implementation itself should intensify local community (civil
society). We consider cultural and art projects involved in public life to be those factors that foster its
openness and democratization. Thus, we could achieve main goals – to reveal the importance of culture
in civil society/culture of public field; to intensify cultural environment.
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Dialogue: Local Level
City for its citizens. The projects involved in the context of that dialogue set the goal to refine the quality
of cultural life in the city environment and at the same time, to provoke the depressurization of sociocultural
institutions and their initiatives. One more urgent task is the decentralization and reforming
of cultural governance and management at the municipal level. We anticipate more public initiatives
and less impact of specialized structures.
Dialogue: Regional Level
We regard the projects carried at the level of a regional dialogue to be joint projects of collaboration
between districts, regions and cities of Ukraine. These projects are related to multiculturalism and
integration of local communities in the cultural abundance of their regions, as well as the presentation
of their own cultural acquisitions. These are projects that on one hand, determine our own self-identity
and on the other - emphasize the common models of the development of culture strategy in Ukraine.
Dialogue: European Dimension
Our aim is to enforce cooperation between Ukraine and EU countries, as well as with the world community
in all fields of culture. Thus, most frame and individual projects focused on international cooperation
and involve partners from international networks and cultural associations and institutions.
We consider ourselves to be the Europeans and seek to highlight the common European values for our
neighbors - countries of the Eastern Partnership. Within the Open Lviv 20162016 in Lviv project we
intend to implement projects based on intercultural dialogue and promotion of liberal and democratic
ideas.
Main events of the Open Lviv 2016.
The structure of the Open Lviv 2016 consists of three main types of projects:
• - framework projects;
• - strategic projects of local self-government and government authorities;
• - individual projects.
FRAMEWORK PROJECTS
We regard as framework projects as wide-ranging, annual events and festivals that correspond to proposed
structure of cultural dialogues in art, society and education. Speaking of framework projects,
for instance in art, we mean the whole stratum of cultural and artistic activities, ie.: visual arts, music,
literature, theater, media art etc. The same concerns other types of dialogues. Social dialogue is defined
by framework projects aimed at one of two priority criteria - “City and Citizens”. These shall be
the projects engaging the city’s community in the process of implementation of the events within the
Open Lviv 2016 events. There is a list of some special framework projects of key importance below,
in holding the Open Lviv 2016.
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Tyzhden / Week of Contemporary Art
Type of Dialogue: art, community, education
Dates: September, 2 - 11
Place: Lviv area and its suburbs
Tyzhden/Week of Contemporary Art is one of the most important and most anticipated events in the
field of contemporary art in Ukraine. From the very start its initiative was set up to develop some special
space for creating, generating and searching for innovative tendencies in art and to present them to the
Ukrainian audience. The Tyzhden is an attempt to bring together the artists of different countries and
different generations involved in contemporary art in one area and at one time. The offer of the Festival
includes numerous presentations of art projects, exhibitions, installations, performances, happenings,
media art, contemporary theater dance shown all over the city. An important integral education-directed
part of the event includes master classes conducted by prominent European artists, lectures, presentations,
discussions on the history, theory, analysis of contemporary art.
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The Projects conducted within the Tyzhden/Week of Contemporary Art:
The MediaDepo Media Art Festiaval
The MediaDepo project was launched in 2008 as an integral part of the Tyzhden and at the same time,
as a quite self-sufficient event. Each year the festival presents the best works of leading international
media art festivals - video art and artistic animation, short films and hybrid or interactive media,
experimental electronic music, etc. The MediaDepo is a virtual platform for the development of contemporary
art and culture.
Days of Performance Art and the School of Performance.
The project was established in 2006 by the Polish Institute in Kyiv and in 2008 it was joined by two
Lviv institutions, the Dzyga Art Association and the Institute of Contemporary Art. Since then, it is a
cogent block within the Tyzhden/Week of Contemporary Art. Nowadays the Days of Performance Art
is an annual festival including the School of Performance, meetings with artists, lectures, video screenings
and, of course, performances represented by prominent and well-known masters and younger
generation of performers. The artists from Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Israel, Austria and
Switzerland were invited to take part in The Days of Performance Art in Lviv. The School of Performance
was introduced in 2008 as an educational part of the Days of Performance Art. The head and
brains behind it - Janusz Baldyga, one of the most authoritative Polish performers. The School offer
includes lectures given by known European theorists of performance. The School is of great interest
among the students from all over the country, because performance as a artistic education discipline
is not included into Ukrainian art education institutions’ programs. The School is free of charge for
all willing to participate. The School graduates are assisted and encouraged to demonstrate their own
performance projects. It is attended annually by over 40 students from different cities of Ukraine: Lviv,
Uzhgorod, Odessa, Kharkiv, Kyiv.
Funland, Funartia - Festival of Subcultures
Type of Dialogue: art, society
Date: September, 1 - 11
Place: Lviv and its suburbs, city of Zhovkva
Funland/Fanland is a symbolic country inhabited by “fun/fan-ethnos” and united by “fun/
fan artia” idea. The project is going to be launched in 2012 during the European Football Championship
2012. The project goal is to build the European Cultural Stadium with the aim to involve
football buffs into cultural “matches”. Currently the project is elaborating its own myth
including history, geography, “ideology and theology”, bestiary, fonts, slogans, emblems, etc. The
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project will also involve master classes, round tables and plein-airs to define the common points
of contact between subcultures and art community. As a result, we expect unordinary “joint”
projects to be presented within the Euro 2012, and then – as a festival within the Open Lviv 2016
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Type of Dialogue: art, society, education
Period: September, 11 - 18
Venue: Lviv
The International Book Publishers’ Forum in Lviv was founded in 1994. Nowadays it is the most
important intellectual and cultural event in Ukraine. According to the Decree of President of Ukraine
it was granted national status for a significant contribution into the development of Ukrainian culture
and education. At the turn of 1994 – 2010 the Forum has been attended by over 600 000 visitors, it has
held 2535 cultural actions and events and has issued over 4800 publications. Main events of the Forum
are the Lviv Book Fair (since 1994), the Ukrainian Competition for Best Book (since 1994), Business
Forum (since 2007) and Library Forum (since 2010). Its main goal is the development of libraries and
their transformation into cultural and information centers.
The Projects conducted within the Forum of Publishers.
International Literary Festival
The International Literary Festival is an annual cultural event started in 1997. Since 2001 the festival
has been involving foreign participants and since 2006 it has become an integral and indispensable part
of the Forum of Publishers in Lviv. It is the largest and unique international literary festival in Ukraine.
The Festival attracts writers, poets, artists, cultural figures, scientists, journalists, translators, literary
and art critics from Ukraine and from abroad. Totally, it has involved 454 participants from Ukraine
and 30 countries around the world.
International Theatre Festival
Type of Dialogue: art, society
Period: September, 17 - 25
Venue: Lviv, Lviv region
The Projects conducted within the International Theatre Festival
Zolotyj Lev/Golden Lion International Theatre Festival
The Zolotyj Lev Festival is not just a festival but an European theatrical tradition and one of the most
prestigious theatre forums of Ukraine. The slogan of the Festival is “Classics through the eyes of experiment!”
It was founded in our city back in 1989. The festival’s traditional venue is the Lviv Academic
Spiritual Theater Voskresinnia but it traditionally also slips over onto the streets and squares and reigns
there, turning the whole city into a masquerade and creating a feeling of a true carnival. The Festival
has a national status. Besides, it is a member of the IETM and the Association of International Festivals
(IFEA). It has involved over 2500 actors, directors, theatre critics frоm Austria, Belgium, Belarus,
Bulgaria, Netherlands, Georgia, Great Britain, Estonia, Turkmenistan, Latvia, Lithuania, Kyrgyzstan,
Moldova, Germany, Poland, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, USA, Hungary, France, and Ukraine.
Improteatr Project
The Improteatr is an innovative and extremely important project addressed mainly to children and
teenagers. The lack of an adequate repertoire to meet their interests and demands leads to the situation
when theater today is gradually losing its young audience. The last one will inevitably cause the decline
of theatrical and literary traditions/culture within teens and children. The Improteatr is an interactive
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communication with a reader/listener/viewer that involves talented young actors, poets, writers addressing
their narratives towards children and youth. The playwrights will be attracted to performances
as well. The project is intended to carry on its educational mission through literary contests, meetings
with authors, illustrators, psychologists and mobile theater teams, thus able to create “theatre” within
the territory/area of teenagers (schools, streets, parks, clubs).
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International Festival of Contemporary Classical Music
“Kontrasty/Contrasts”
Type of Dialogue: art, society, education
Date: September, 23 - 30
Place: Lviv
An annual event established in 1994, the International Festival of Contemporary Classical Music Kontrasty/Contrasts
started in 1995. The Festival is organized by the Lviv Branch of National Union of
Composers of Ukraine and the Centre for International Cultural Initiatives in Lviv, in cooperation with
the Lviv Philharmonic Society and the State Music Academy of M. Lysenko in Lviv. Festival always
has been supported by Lviv regional administration, embassies of foreign countries and various cultural
foundations in Ukraine and EU. The concept of the Festival is based on the aspiration to representthe
contemporary Ukrainian music in the context of world culture. The program includes compositions by
several generations of Ukrainian composers. The music of Eastern and Central Europe is the focus of
attention. An important part of the Festival’s program includes the classical masterpieces of the 20 th
century. Each year many compositions are premiered (either in Ukraine or worldwide) at the concerts
of the Festival.
Projects within the International Festival of Contemporary Classical Music Kontrasty/Contrasts.
• Born in Lviv project (in collaboration with the Center for Urban History of Central and Eastern
Europe). This project means the search for composers and musicians/performers who at different
times and in different ways were connected with Lviv or Galicia.
• New Generation and New Music project (in collaboration with the State Music Academy of M.
Lysenko in Lviv). The project is aimed to breed and cherish a new generation of composers, performers
and listeners of contemporary music through improvement of curricula, promotion of
contemporary music, creating a sort of “fashion” to perform and to listen to music reflecting the
latest trends of the world and European classical music.
• In Touch With World Community project. The project is designated to include International Festival
of Contemporary Classical Music Kontrasty/Contrasts into common musical projects, shared
information space of European and global contemporary music festivals network by means of joint
music projects and information space.
KinoLev - International Independent Film Festival
Type of Dialogue: art, society
Date: September, 23 - 30
Place: Lviv
This project brings together film fans and filmmakers from different countries to Lviv - a multicultural
capital with established traditions. The KinoLev offer an open, independent competition programs, presentations
and meetings, premiers and retrospective shows and exhibitions. Traditional festival themes
are “Young Cinema”, “Opinions of Ukraine and Ukrainians in the World”, “The Festival of Festivals”,
“Silent Movie Classics”, and “The Best Ukrainian Movie Translation”. The main criterion of the film
selection for the festival is an independent view of young film makers’ upon the world challenges. Each
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year the Festival used to “elect” its symbolic patron, one of the renown classics of European cinema
(e.g., Federico Fellini, Francois Trufo, Sergei Paradjanov, Krzysztof Kislovskyy etc.).
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LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT AND STATE GOVERNMENT PROJECTS
These are state regional programs supported by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine, Ministry
of Education, Youth and Sports of Ukraine and local authorities with the aid of international grant
programs. Within the program of the Open Lviv 2016 we intend to implement three strategic projects,
which are necessary for qualitative changes in the cultural field of the city and region.
Library 2017 Project
Type of Dialogue: society, education
Date: Winter 2012 - Autumn 2017
Place: Lviv, Lviv region
The project aims to transform public libraries into the key basis of regional culture infrastructure. We
believe libraries have to become information and communication centers, important cores to enhance
cultural development of local communities. The urgent tasks are: to update and upgrade human resources,
financial and technical positions of libraries. There are over 1000 libraries in Lviv region, most
of them are located in rural areas. Thus, the problem becomes particularly complex and expensive and
requires the involvement of both local and state budgets and international funds and organizations. To
meet these needs we are determined to introduce within the context of the Open Lviv 2016 project special
state regional program “Library-2017”. The program is open for any municipal or regional library.
It will be coordinated by a non-profit institution, specially created for that purposes. The problem of
expansion and upgrading library facilities, as well as the restructuring of the library system is of the
local authorities competence.
Museum and Pedagogy
Type of Dialogue: society, education
Date: Winter 2012 - Autumn 2017.
Place: Lviv, Lviv region
The Lviv city and regional museums have hard-crusted problems that are based on their conservative
style of activity that keeps visitors and especially children at a critically unacceptable distance from art.
The project is striving for the revitalization of museums as living and attractive places/areas for young
people to get knowledge and to entertain. In our mind one of the museum’s mission is to complement
emotionally and aesthetically the education processes. The project is addressed to preschool children,
seniors and people with disabilities.
Distance Learning - Culture & Art History
Type of Dialogue: society, education
Date: Winter 2012 - Autumn 2017.
Place: Lviv, Lviv region
School education in Ukraine is lopsidedly focused on physical sciences, ie., computer science, mathematics,
physics, chemistry and social sciences at the expense of art, ethics, aesthetics, in short everything
that is related to culture. As a result young people, already generations of them, are unable
to perceive art, neither classical nor contemporary one. One of the urgent problems is also the lack of
adequately trained teachers able to teach the history of culture and art at a proper level using interesting
methodology and modern technology.
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INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS
The Open Lviv 2016 program is based on multidimensional initiatives - not only art, but also educational,
business, tourism or even sports ones, ie those that can disclose any level of the Dialogue.
Therefore during the selection process, we pay particular attention to innovative, multidimensional and
interdisciplinary projects. We collected more than 70 various individual projects and 40 of them were
selected to be included into the program of the event. There is a list of the most important individual
projects which will play important role.
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Preserving Human Stories as Cultural Heritage (Transforming
human stories into cultural and historical heritage)
Type of Dialogue: Society, Education
Date: 2013 - 2017
Place: Lviv, Lublin, ECoC candidates in Spain
Creating evolving, collaborative and sustainable movements translating human stories into historical,
cultural and learning materials for exhibitions, research repositories, archives and online objects will
enable to transform recent history into material heritage. Combing collaborative technologies, intelligent
systems, methodologies for analysis of rich media materials, off- and on-line tools, the project will
aim to create multi-modal blended environment system for transforming human stories into cultural
and historical heritage and explore ways in exploiting such heritage in cultural tourism development
efforts. The project has potential to create jobs locally in most needed places in Europe, build upon
rich cultural heritage that is not tangible (not based on material artifacts). Results of the project could
be integrated into local and national tourism services inviting prospective tourists to check the stories
and immerse into the region before coming there (could be combined with the cheap paid-by-creditcard
service). Very vague for 1 million price tag
EL Camino - VIA REGIA
Type of Dialogue: Art, Society
Date: 2012 - 2016
Place: Lviv, Lublin, ECoC candidates in Spain
Via Regia - it’s a road from Kyiv to Paris and then to Santiago, known to European history as the
Royal Road, a trade route of vital importance during medieval times. It was considered as the basis for
political, economic and cultural unity between East and West. In the 20 th century that union had been
neglected in the whirlpool of political and ideological conflicts. In the 21 st century the VIA REGIA
is recognized to be the symbol of unity and integration of Europe. Therefore, the purpose of the L
Camino - Via Regia project is also the actualization of spiritual principles of that unity. The initiative to
hold that project in collaboration with three cultural capitals, Lublin, Lviv and one of the Spanish cities,
seems to be symbolic. The project is going to involve artists, musicians, actors of different nationalities
to hold common actions, thus laying a solid foundation for the further development of cooperation.
The Doors that Do Really Exist
Type of Dialogue: Art, Society
Date: 2012 - 2016
Place: Lviv, Lublin, ECoC candidates in Spain
Its a long-term project uniting artists from Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Russia, Poland, Germany, Austria,
Spain and other European countries, and displaying different views concerning contemporary
Europe and attitudes to the visa system between Eastern and Western Europe by means of poetry,
music, paintings and short films. The conduction of plein airs, presentations, master classes and art
workshops will involve small border towns, railway stations and airports of Ukraine, Poland and Spain.
Art means not only a reflection of the world but it’s a self-cognition as well. The Project will result
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in the releasing of the East-West: Open Doors, Open Border an impressive multimedia compilation.
Art is the best path to get knowledge of other nations and art is various. That’s why by means of art
we are trying to open the door to Europe and in the same time Europe can open the door to us. Those
doors that do really exist between Western and Eastern Europe. Let’s open them and see our eternal
endeavor: we are in Europe and Europe is within us.
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PROJect / DAY OF THE MONTH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Week of Contemporary Art
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Days of performance
MediaDepo
Theater Festival
International Theatre Festival
Contrasts
Funland/Funartia
KinoLev
LeoPoltvis
MezzoDrom
L Camino - VIA REGIA
Re-Anima
Jazz School
Duty Free Art
Etno-Eko
Live History of Culture
The Door That Are Real
Art of Tolerance
Nie-Obojętność
Handcraft Trial
Crossroads
Az-Art
KinoMania
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PROJect / DAY OF THE MONTH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Happy Europe
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West or East
Europa — Unity and Diversity
Sumno.com
East-West Blog Platform
ECG of Culture
LvivKlezFest
City Faces
Codes
Ladder
Lublin - Lviv. Space for reading
and creativity
АRT-NOMAD
Yard TV
ART Medium
Web Magazine EKSCES
Literature, Children, Time.
Little Hedgehog – New Ukrainian
Fairytale
Аrt-Key
Discusion Club
Library 2017
e-Learning ІКМ
Museum Education
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Statute`
1. GENERAL STATEMENTS.
1.1. Lviv Municipal Public Organization “Art Council ‘Dialogue’”, is a local, unprofitable, independent,
voluntarily public organization, that carries out the activity on democratic principles in accordance with
Constitution of Ukraine, Law of Ukraine “About the associations of citizens”, other laws of Ukraine
and on the basis of this charter.
Organization operates on principles of voluntarily, mutual interests, equality of rights, mutual respect
of its members, self-government, collectivity, legality and informative openness.
1.2. The Organization acquires status of legal entity from the moment of registration in order set by
the current legislation, owns its private property, has independent balance and accounts in banks; has
printing layouts, stamps, letter forms with the name, logos and other own symbolics, the standards of
that become firmly established in this Charter.
1.3. Official name of the Organization:
Complete name in English: Lviv Municipal Рublіс Organization “Art Council ‘Dialogue’”.
Short name in English: LMPO “Art Council ‘Dialogue’”.
Territory of activity of the Organization is city of Lviv, Ukraine.
2. AIMS, TASKS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION
2.1. The aim of creation and activity of the Organization is an association of citizens on a voluntary basis
to protect social, economic and cultural interests of its members, realization of educational, cultural
and enlightening activity to establish the democratic civil society in Ukraine, realization of activities
in the field of development of culture and education in Lviv, Lviv region and in Ukraine.
2.2. Tasks of the Organization and realizations of activities are directed toward such basic directions:
• development of culture and education in Lviv and in Ukraine ;
• activation of cultural and artistic environment of Lviv;
• assistance to cross-cultural communication and informing of Lviv about the most actual tendencies
of modern art and culture in the world;
• realization of the project “European Capital of Culture Lublin/Ukraine 2016”;
• realization of the project “Lviv - City of Dialogue 2011-2020”;
• development of education and culture, enlightening activity, implementation of the programs related
to the increase of social, economic and legal status of members and other unprofitable organizations;
• increase of professional qualification of the members and other unprofitable organizations;
• development of publishing business, mass and informative infrastructure medias;
• providing services, consultations, realization of the seminars, conferences and symposiums, related
to the basic problems of the development of culture and education in Lviv and in Ukraine;
• charitable and financial support of other unprofitable organizations, that participate in projects and
programs related to the development of democratic civil society;
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2.3. The Organization shall achieve its tasks and fulfill its activities through the following means:
• organization and realization of art projects in public environment of the city: festivals, forums,
exhibitions and other forms of representation of the modern culture;
• organization of the educational seminars, discussions, conferences, round tables, lectures related to
the questions of development of culture, education and society;
• engagement of the public into the process of creation of culture and art in Lviv and in Ukraine.
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LEGAL STATUS OF THE ORGANIZATION
3.1. Organization has local status, and its activity covers territory of Lviv and its suburbs.
3.2. Organization is created for general realization of the rights and freedoms of the the citizens, does
not have the aim of commercial or profit activity and operates on the basis of voluntarily, equality of
rights of its members, self-government, legality, self-sustainability and publicity.
3.3. The state is not liable for obligations undertaken by the Organization, nor is the Organization liable
for obligations undertaken by the state, nor by its own members, nor by corporations founded by
the Organization.
3.4. The Organization may enter freely into relations with other community organizations and may
draw up agreements of co-operation and mutual assistance with them.
3.5. Organization uses rights and privileges of public organization, foreseen by the current legislation
of Ukraine.
List of members of NGO “Artistic council Dialog” (Lviv)
• Oles Dzyndra - Muzeum of Ideas
• Roman Hankewytcz - Institute of Actual Art”
• Markijan Iwaszczyszyn - Artistic Association “Dzyga”
• Ulana Hnidec - Ukrainian Research Center for children and youth literature
• Oksana Dudko - NGO “Drabyna” (theatre festival)
• Wlodko Kaufman - Artistic Association “Dzyga”
• Oleksandra Kowal - NGO “ Forum of Publishers”
• Natalija Kosmolinska - Palace of Art
• Iryna Magdysz - Cultural magazine “Ji”
• Zynowij Mazuryk - Muzeum Association, Chairman of „Artistic council Dialog”
• Iryna Podolak - City Council of Lviv
• Ihor Sawczak - Center of cultural management
• Wolodymyr Sywochip - Ukrainian Composers Association
• Marta Szwec - Theater of Les Kurbas
• Bogdan Szumylowytcz - Center for urban history of Central East Europe
• Kostiantyn Smolaninow - Photoclub “B/W 5x5”
• Solomija Czubaj - NGO “Virmenska 35”
• Bogdan Lytwynenko - NGO “Sumno”
• Jurij Bakaj - NGO “ART medium”
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• Oleksa Furdijak - NGO “Еkscesus”
• Eduard Skrypnyk - NGO “Еkscesus”
• Ihor Prokopjuk - NGO “Osmomysly”
• Olga Krawczenko - Artist, group “Re-anima”
• Marta Krawczenko - Artist, group “Re-anima”
• Bogdana Wynnycka - Project “Yard TV”
• Ostap Lozynskyj - Lviv National Muzeum, grup “Re-anima”
• Bogdan Segin - Composer, director of Orchestra Nostri Temporis
• Borys Zacharow - Project “Art of Tolerance”
• Anastasija Lytwyniuk - Project “Jazz School”
• Ihor Hnydyn - Project “Duty Free ART”
• Iryna Kryworuczka - Museum of Solomia Kruszelnycka
• Oksana Romaniw-Triska - Art foundation “Artes”, Institute of collecting
• Serhij Proskurnia - Proskurnya Production Ltd.
• Wolodymyr Worobej - PPV Knowledge Networks
• Julija Chomczyn - Institute of Actual Art”
• Lada Sawczenko-Duda - Artistic Association “Dzyga”
• Jurij Kuczeriawyj - NGO “Kabi.net”
• Wolodymyr Pawliw - Galychyna Discussion Club “Mytusa”
• Wolodymyr Rozbyckyj - Artistic Association “Dzyga”
• Ostap Kostiuk Ethnoclub - “Nabutky”
• Roman Ros - Project “City Face”
• Wiktor Lawnyj - Cultural center “Kublo”
• Jaroslaw Derzko - Project “DJ school”
• Ihor Mamus - Artistic association “Koza”
• Grygoryj Burbeza - Artistic association “Koza”
• Oleh Makohon - Artistic association “Koza”
• Ulana Nyszczuk-Borysiak
• Iryna Lepska - NGO “Forum of Publishers”
• Walentyna Synenka - NGO “RetroPron”, magazine “А Zart”
• Jurij Hnatkowskyj - “Palace of Art”
• Anna Riabcewa - NGO “Osmomysly”
• Olga Szwed - “Palace of Art”
• Chrytyna Bojko - Educational project
• Kateryna Slipczenko - Film Festival “Kinolew”
• Zoja Hosudarska - Projects “Tango Klub”, “Peoples of streets”
• Jurij Bakaj - Center for Development of Culture, Education and Tourism “Ramena”
• Roman Sawczyk - TV Theater for Children “Juraszki”
• Chrystyna Pitus - Museum of Ideas. Project “LeoPoltvis”
• Anna Jehorenkowa - Museum of Ideas
• Lida Melnyk - journalist, newspaper “Lvivska Poszta”
• Marjana Sawka - writer, “Old Lion Publishing House”
• Solomija Tymo - Artistic Association “Art-Klucz”
• Ulana Horbaczewska - NGO “Majsternia pisni”
• Lida Liszczynska - NGO “Lviv-the Capital of Crafts”
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