Krakowskie Przedmieście 59/3A
20-076 Lublin
Poland
- Arts
- Democracy and community development
- International/Cultural relations
- Media
- Others
- Research
- Youth and education
Open Culture – opening to culture, opening through culture. Change through culture. For us, culture is a tool of quiet, peaceful social revolution. It is especially important with regard to the post-Soviet countries within our area of interest. The aim of the Foundation is cultural, media, scientific, and educational activity including: 1. activities for the development of civil society; 2. activities for social change, as well as the democratization of the former USSR countries through culture, art, science, the media, education, and tourism; 3. supporting activities for European integration as well as the development of relations and enhancing cooperation between societies; 4. activities for bringing closer nations; 5. supporting international cultural, media, artistic, scientific cooperation; 6. supporting international economic cooperation and the development of entrepreneurship; 7. aiding enterprises stimulating the increase in the participation in social life as well as activity in the fields of culture, art, the media, education, and tourism; 8. promoting the development of culture and science; 9. the popularization of fine arts; 10. scientific and research activity; 11. endorsing initiatives for cultural heritage preservation.
Outstanding projects completed recently by the Foundation team: - Publishing two (Belarus, Ukraine) out of the series of seven reports diagnosing the situation of culture and NGOs in the Eastern Partnership countries (Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia) and Russia within the project “A Report on the Condition of Culture and NGOs in the Eastern Partnership Countries and Russia.” Founded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland - Three joint issues of the magazines “Partizan” (Belarus, Minsk) and „Kultura Enter” (Poland, Lublin), in electronic and paper versions, discussing art in contemporary Poland and Belarus in 2011. Founded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland - Literary translation workshops for Poles and Ukrainians in Kiev. Founded by the Book Institute.