Tallinn Department of Culture 2016 EUROCITIES Culture Forum Tallinn, Estonia Lennart Sundja
Estonia • Area 45.339 km2 • In 2017, Estonia will take over the • Population 1,311,759 Presidency of the • Language Estonian Council of the • Member on NATO European Union since 2004 • In 2018, the Republic • Member state of EU of Estonia will be 100 since 2004 years old • Belongs to Schengen Area since 2007 • New president from October 10th – Mrs. Kersti Kaljulaid
Tallinn – capital of Estonia • First mention in 1154 , • Tallinn Old Town is Lübeck city law 1248; included on the UNESCO World • Area 159 km 2 ; Heritage List. • Population 441 961 (33% of Estonia’s population); • The population of Tallinn is multi-ethnic : 53% of the population are Estonians, almost 38% Russians;
Tech-savvy Tallinn • Over 94% of the Estonian • 99.9% of bank transfers population use ID cards . are made electronically. 98% of the income • 66% of the population declarations for 2015 participated in the 2012 were submitted through census electronically. the e-Tax Board. • Electronic voting • Tallinn has been included 2015 parliamentary among the top ten cities election: around the world for 30,5% e-voting (12% Wi-Fi convenience. mobile voting) from 116 countries. • Since 2013 free public transpor t is provided to • E-citizen program Tallinn’s registered residents.
Tallinn Department of Culture Municipal cultural institutions Operational support to cultural organizations Support to NGOs and projects City events and projects International cultural cooperation
Department of Culture Budget (17,1m €) 500,000 € Zoo 669,770 € Libraries 725,225 € Museums 874,537 € Theater 4,897,982 € City Events 927,524 € Philharmonics 2 culture centres 1,325,190 € NGO and project support Administration 3,657,081 € Tallinn Creative Hub 1,873,347 € Lifelong learning Other 2,152,599 €
Tallinn Zoo 385 000 visitors 362 guided tours Courses for 700 children 21 lectures 100 events
Tallinn Central Library (&18 branch libraries) 1,5m visits 1,7m books borrowed Computer workstations used 70 000 hours 6000 events
Tallinn City Museum 180 800 items 230 000 visitors 3500 guided tours 1800 events
Tallinn City Theatre 7 new productions 24 active productions 445 performances 73 000 visitors
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra 60 concerts 25 000 visitors 18 cooperation projects 4 international projects
Cultural centres: 7 centres in city districts, Russian Culture Centre
Tallinn School of Lifelong Learning 3500 participants 4700 hours of lectures 190 courses 125 events
Tallinn Creative Hub (city foundation)
Operational support to arts organisations in Tallinn National culture unions’ centre Lüüra (57 000€) Festival Mustonenfest Tallinn – Tel Aviv (50 000€) Jazzkaar festival (40 000€) Golden Mask (Russian performing arts festival) (35 000€) Tallinn Art Hall (28 000€) Support to independent theatres ...
Support to NGOs (projects) • Housing; • Different city departments cover different areas • Entrepreneurship; • Same program • Education; • Similar regulations • Culture; • Sports and youth; • Environment; • Social welfare; • Health; • Security; • ‘peaceful home’ programme
Support to cultural projects Decisions: 4 times a year Budget: ca 400 000 EUR Applications: ca 300-350 Supported projects: ca 200
Support to cultural projects Priorities: activities that are not covered by Tallinn Department of Culture groups taking part in the Estonian Song and Dance Celebration supporting national culture sustainability of traditional cultural events cultural activities of minorities innovative initiatives that diversify cultural calendar
Events: Chinese New Year Events
Events: Tallinn Day (May 15)
Events: Tallinn Maritime Days (July) Over 120 000 visitors 4 ports Boats and ships, small • and big Boat rides • Rescue demonstrations • Sailing regatta • Competitions • Concerts & • performances Activities for children • Night song festival •
Events: Culture Night (August)
EUROCITIES Culture Forum in Tallinn Better partnerships for culture Governance and networking challenges Audience development Financial and organizational challanges We are looking for best practices: • Supporting traditional events vs new initiatives; • Curating vs listening; • Democratisation and new ways of funding
Welcome to Tallinn! 29 March – 1 April, 2017! EUROCITIES Culture Forum in Tallinn will include: • Reception in the last surviving Gothic Town Hall in Northern Europe; • Visits to Tallinn Creative City and Tallinn Creative Hub; • Meetings and sessions in ancient locations of Tallinn Medieval Old Town and in industrial sites of modern capital; • Music, food and site-seeing; • Events in cooperation with Tallinn Music Week
Creative City Telliskivi Loomelinnak (Creative City) is the largest creative centre in Estonia consisting of ateliers, studios, creative companies and offices of artists and NGOs.
Creative City – Telliskivi loomelinnak
Tallinn Music Week • Music • Food & Drink An international line-up of nearly A handpicked selection of Tallinn’s 200 acts of various music genres in best restaurants and eateries Tallinn’s best concert venues as well offering carefully crafted chef’s as free pop-up concerts in menus and special offers to festival unexpected locations around town. guests. • City Free pop-up concerts and installations in unexpected locations around town. • Arts & Design Cutting-edge contemporary art • Talks across Tallinn’s galleries and a two- Free public interviews, discussions, day Design market in Kultuurikatel and experiments on everything we helping you to discover the most find interesting – from music to exciting Nordic/Baltic design. science. • Conference International music industry conference with talks, panels, networking, and inspiration for all.
Tallinn Music Week
Eurocities Culture Forum 29 March – 1 April 2017 Tallinn, Estonia Welcome!
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