The CoC's Board met in Rezekne

The board of the Commission on Culture gathered together on 17 - 19 April in Rezekne to discuss ideas and current activities. Rëzekne has formulated its vision as the centre of culture and education of East Latvia, so it was a very interesting place to discuss about cultural affairs.

Among other things the Commission discusses about how to support the workshop 3 "How to make the Baltic Sea Region a more accessible and attractive" during the forthcoming X UBC General Conference in Kristiansand. The moderator of the workshop is the Commission on Tourism.

The Commission is very pleased to be able to promote the international festival of the Baltic Cities. It will be held for the fourth time in Daugavpils, Latvia, on 22 - 24 May. There are groups from St. Petersburg and Kaunas taking part in the festival. The festival is organized every second year in St. Petersburg and in the years between in some other UBC member. For the first time the festival was held in 2006 in St. Petersburg. In 2007 it was held in Kaunas and in 2008 again in St. Petersburg. For more information about the festival and participation please contact the general director Sergei Shub, e-mail: fc@baltichouse.spb.ru.

The CoC met Ms. Magdalena Zakrzewska-Duda, Ars Baltica PR and Communication Specialist, during the working session in Bergen last November. There is a very strong wish in both organizations to have a deeper and closer collaboration. There are some preliminary plans to have a joint meeting in autumn before the UBC GC.