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The LEADER Transnational Cooperation Awards collected 60 applications from participating countries.

The first selection of the nominated Nordic-Baltic Leader transnational cooperation projects is now done!

The finalists of the five categories were chosen out of 60 nominees in Roskilde, Denmark on the 6th June 2013. The evaluation committee included the representatives of Estonia, Lithuanian, Latvia, Swedish, Finnish and Danish rural networks.

CULTURE - Ecomuseum - from Memories to Future
		In the Ecomuseum –project the most important thoughts are communality and future based on traditions by involving youngsters and elderly people in village development. Despite its name, ecomuseum is not an ecological museum, neither any other ordinary museum. The term refers to objects that bring out history, traditions and everyday life of ordinary people. The communality has been implemented based on things (places, stories or objects) which are important in life of people living in the villages. This kind of approach would raise the self-esteem of the area and will be formed an operational model for using between villages and cooperating partners. In the future the “ecomuseum-thinking” will be utilized in product developing in the field of tourism, in other businesses and in adult education. More info HERE
Leading partner: LAG Piceno (Italy)		Partners: LAG Sibilla (Italy), LAG Oulujärvi Leader (Finland)
CULTURE - Handicraft
		The general objective of the project was to develop a network of partners and entrepreneurs of handicraft makers; to change know-how of handicraft culture between regions; to change know-how of ideas, making and selling handicrafts; to spread handicraft culture to public. The project aims at giving the local handicraft makers possibility to find contacts that will last long after the project is finished. Each project partner had its own project. The joint transnational actions in the Handicraft project were incorporated in each partner’s project plan. The main action in each project was to gather a group of local handicraft makers, who will also be main beneficiaries of the project. The activities of the project were executed mainly by the handicraft makers’ groups, who prepared their production for exhibitions and selling markets, participated in handicraft workshops and handicraft conference, created a fashion show of combined traditional and modern costumes. More info HERE
Leading partner: LAG Karhuseutu (Finland)		Partners: Jõgevamaa Koostöökoda (Estonia), LAG Darišim paši! (Latvia)
CULTURE - Medieval Festivals
		LAGs of 6 European countries are working together communicating their cultural heritage through emerging field of interest for many European people – Middle Ages. Preparing for, participating in, visiting Medieval Festivals in partner regions are the most important activities. Local heritage and history research, seminar presentations, practical exchange of experience in organising large cultural events are also important outcomes. Medieval cultural heritage as a tool for developing tourism in partner regions is investigated, as well as involvement of young people in handicraft, event management, musical, theatre and other practical self-expression opportunities – with possible source of future income as a perspective. More info HERE
Leading partner: LAG Pärnu Bay Partnership (Estonia)		Partners: LAG Karhuseutu (Finland), LAG “Darīsim paši!” (Latvia), LAG Pays Ruthénois (France), LAG ADRITEM (Portugal), LAG ADIRN (Portugal)
CULTURE - Traditions on the Market Square
		Traditions on the Market place –is a project focusing of recuperation of old rural traditions and rural fair events also through modernizing them and enabling the intercultural and entrepreneurial exchanges between Finland and Italy. In this project are involved specially senior citizens and youngsters but also the persons in their best working age. In this project has been implemented really many actions thanks to volunteering work which demand normally a budget far more big. The project is not targeted to a one single focus as culture, but it’s meaning is to give different developing possibilities and cultural interchange possibilities for many different sectors operating in rural areas. The methodology of “positive vicious circle of culture” gathers together different things, persons, opportunities creating a real snowball effect in both participating territories in many different modes. The rural tourism, enterprise education, cultural education, recupery of traditions, making known the enterprises of both territories and developing of connections between every level of local actors (single persons, schools, municipality, associations, local enterprises, regional level and even the Embassies of both countries).More info HERE
Leading partner: LAG Aktiivinen Pohjois-Satakunta (Finland)		Partner: LAG Valle Umbra e Sibillini (Italy)

Date of nomination:	(20) 2013-05-16
Nomination country:	Finland
Title:	Rising YOUTH BANDS
Nominees:	Participant
Category:	Culture
Countries:	Finland, Scotland, Italy
Leading partner:	Finland
Documents:	http://maainfo.ee/public/files/20%20APPLICATION%20Rising%20YOUTH%20BANDS.doc
Photos link:	http://maainfo.ee/index.php?b=339&page=3538&action=pic_list&
Summary:	The project is a true art exhibition showing how many dimensioned cultural themes and different actors can come together in different areas and create a continually working co-operative for the good of all. Themes: youth music and dance, culture and cultural events, volunteerism and creating a sense of community, encouragement of youth culture, tradition and building with wood and stone Everything is interconnected by art and information exchange through local cultural events. All themes join together to form a cultural event open to a wide audience where youngsters present their cultural performances and the adults act as volunteers and a willing audience.

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