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Nordic-Baltic Conference 2024
The conference ”Cultural Heritage and Cultural Resilience – Nordic-Baltic Conference on Civil Preparedness” was held in Stockholm on 11–12 June 2024.
The purpose was to exchange experiences between the Nordic and Baltic countries on preparedness issues in the cultural sector and to enable increased cooperation between the Nordic countries in these matters, especially regarding the protection of cultural heritage.
Emergency preparedness in the cultural sector is one of the priorities during the 2024 Swedish Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers.
The conference was largely financed through a generous contribution from the Nordic Council of Ministers and was arranged together with the Finnish Heritage Agency and the Directorate of cultural heritage in Norway and in cooperation with the Swedish Arts Council.
Participants from the Nordic and Baltic countries were invited. Parts of the conference were recorded, allowing those unable to attend in person to view the lectures afterward.
Knowledge and experience
Cultural heritage forms a frontline in ongoing conflicts and has done so in numerous wars and disputes. The destruction or looting of collections, buildings and monuments serves as a deliberate tactic to erode the identity of adversaries and undermine their psychological resilience.
Cultural heritage and cultural activities can also be subject to various types of hybrid threats including misinformation and undue influence. Against the backdrop of ongoing conflicts and the increasingly precarious security situation in our surrounding world, we want to gather the Nordic and Baltic countries to a conference for the exchange of knowledge and experience with the aim of learning from and enhancing our collective strength.
Researchers, experts, civil servants and decision-makers from the different countries were able to share their insights and expertise.
You can read the full programme here (pdf)
Documentation from the conference
The lectures and conversations of the first day of the conference are now available to view afterwards (links to YouTube):
Cultural heritage, the inner light
Khazar Fatemi, journalist and documentary filmmaker
Dictatorships and cultural genocide
Lusine Djanyan, artist and activist, member of Pussy Riot
Protecting creative voices
Signe Ihlen Tønsberg, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Always prepared: tomorrow’s leadership today
Rune Todnem By, University of Stavanger, Norway
Preparing for the unforeseen and protecting heritage in a complex emergency
Aparna Tandon, ICCROM
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