New Horizons 2012-2014 (KO482)
Funded by Kolarctic ENPI 2007-2013
Objective of the project
The aim of the project is to promote intensified cultural cross border cooperation: cultural management /entrepreneurship and artistic co-production between North West Russia and the northern scandinavia, in order to strengthen people-to-people contacts, mutual events and cultural identity building
Main activities
The project contained five sub-projects, all attempting to strengthen people-to-people contacts and intensify cross-border cooperation in their fields. - Barents Forum of Strategic Cultural Planning and Policy Implementation - Young Entrepreneurs for culture and the creative sector - Museum, cultural heritage and northern identity - X-Border 2013 (visual arts project) - Sound of Barents (musical sub-project)
Achievements
All of the major outputs of the different sub-projects, exhibitions, seminars, work-shops, concerts, training programs etc have given successful outputs: they have provided a more vivid cross border cooperation, proven significant to the target groups and increased knowledge of cultural identities on the region.

Basic information
Acronym
Duration
2013-02-01 - 2015-08-31Total Budget / Programme funding
3 154 885 € / 2 839 397 €Lead partner
County Council of NorrbottenLead partner web-site
Partners
The Committee on Culture and Arts of the Murmansk RegionMinistry of Culture of the Republic of Karelia
Ministry of Culture of the Arkhangelsk region
Nordland County Council, Culture and Environmental Affairs
Troms County Council , Dept. of Culture and Sports Affairs
Finnmark County Council
Region Västerbotten
Arts Council of Lapland / Taiteen edistämiskeskus Lapin aluetoimisto
Arts Council of Oulu Province / Taiteen edistämiskeskus Oulun toimipiste
Västerbotten Museum
The Provincial museum of Lapland
University of Lapland
Centre of Socio-cultural technologies Severodmorsk
Sensus Norra Norrland
Haparanda Församling
Luleå Stift
Evangelian Lutheran Church in Murmansk
Kilen Art Group
Norrbotten Regional Museum
Pudasjärven seurakunta
Tornion seurakunta
Pellon seurakunta
Oulun evankelis-luterilainen seurakuntayhtymä (Oulo Parish Union)
Oulun hiippakunta
Inarin seurakunta