Digital meeting of the Education, Science and Culture Committee of the Baltic Assembly

On 28 May 2021, the digital meeting of the Education, Science and Culture Committee of the Baltic Assembly will be held. During the meeting, parliamentarians will discuss such topics as cross-border cultural cooperation of the Baltic states and the way ahead, including discussions on having a common information network (web-based platform) about the cultural events in the Baltic states, culture in times of COVID-19 and the implementation of the Baltic Culture Fund 2019 to 2021. The meeting will also cover the topic of Baltic cooperation in space and the joint development of space systems and space-based technologies, as well as joint activities of the Baltic states in space research.

Programme

Cross-border cultural cooperation of the Baltic states – the way ahead  

1. Promoting and supporting cross-border cultural cooperation of the Baltic states
2. Common information network (web-based platform) about the cultural events in the Baltic states: ideas on how to move forward
3. Culture in times of COVID-19: joint efforts of the Baltic states to mitigate the impact of the crisis on the culture sector
4. Implementation of the Baltic Culture Fund 2019 to 2021 (endowment of Estonia)

• Introductory reports by Kertu Saks, Chairwoman of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, and Asta Pakarklytė, Director of the Music Information Centre Lithuania
• Uldis Zariņš, Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Latvia
• Kalmar Kurs, Head of International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Culture, Estonia
• Daiva Parulskienė, Senior Adviser of the Department of Creative Sectors and International Culture Policy of the Ministry of Culture, Lithuania

Baltic cooperation in space: joint development of space systems and space-based technologies

1. Baltic cooperation in space: joint activities of the Baltic states in space research
2. Prospects for the cooperation of the Baltic states in the development of space systems and space-based technologies
3. Building strong capacity of the Baltic states in space-related areas
4. Joint activities to promote the Baltic cooperation in space

• Gintautas Jakštas, Vice Minister of Education, Science and Sport, Lithuania
• Ričardas Valančiauskas, Director of the Innovation and Industry Department, Ministry of the Economy and Innovation, Lithuania
• Eglė Elena Šataitė, Chief Officer, Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA), Lithuania
• Jānis Paiders, Deputy Director of Science, Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Ministry of Education and Science, Latvia
• Madis Võõras, Head of Estonian Space Office, Enterprise Estonia