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The Baltic Initiative and Network. "It happened here"

The main objective of the Initiative and the Network is to strengthen the mutual understanding between the countries around the Baltic Sea through an exchange of information about their recent history, not least the understanding as between the former Soviet countries and other countries.

The main idea is that history should be told from historically valuable sites at which events took place - “it happened here”. Relevant sites include, for example: prison camps, partisan bunkers, secret police offices, military bases and installations, cemeteries or just squares or buildings where memorable events took place (demonstrations etc.). The opinion is that recent history can be told, effectively, from these sites.

The Members of the Network are authorities, NGO’s, institutions, private persons or museums with a clear interest in protection and running of sites and in the same time having an interest in promoting or dealing with information activities about recent history, mainly the Cold War period (1945-1991).

The network has today appointed National Contact Persons in all member countries.

The European Capital of Culture 2016

The European Capital of Culture is a prestigious project aiming at integration of continent’s nations through presentation of the reach cultural heritage of Europe.

Gdansk and the Metropolis apply for the prestigious title of The European Capital of Culture in 2016 with the motto of "FREEDOM OF CULTURE, CULTURE OF FREEDOM". This challenge was taken on with the awareness of the uniqueness of Gdansk and the meaning it has had for the whole continent. Contemporary Europe most likely would not be a union of democratic states without the heritage it was given by Gdansk: THE LEGACY OF FREEDOM, DIALOGUE, SOLIDARITY AND CIVIC SOCIETY.