Lithuania

Deputy director for cultural activities Auksė Kapočiūtė-Vaitkuvienė and curator Vidmantas Kazlauskas participated in the international residency of cultural workers and creators from Ukraine, Poland, Sakartvel and Lithuania in Ukraine "Art in the Time War: Traveling Residency". Three cities Lviv, Kyiv, Chernivtsi have been visited during the traveling residency. With the international residency team (Nino Gunia-Kuznetsova (Sakartvel), Barbara Żarinow (Poland), Bohdan Polishchuk, Oleksandr Manshylin, Oleh Oneshchak, Tetiana Rudenko, Roman Lavrentiy, Svitlana Oleksiuk, Daryna Olshanska - Ukraine) participated in six public discussions on topics such as : "The importance and experience of preserving artistic heritage during the war", "War as a catalyst for revaluation and the birth of a new optic of artistic heritage research", "Theatre during the war - a shelter or an art center?" The Relevance and Relevance of Theater in Wartime", "Drama or Comedy? Searching for suitable topics and methods of communication with the viewer" and others. Participated in two meetings with students studying art majors. Familiarized with five performances created during the war, artists' works at exhibitions and the artists themselves. Visited the Museum of Theater, Music and Cinema of Ukraine in Kyiv.

Ten air danger sirens were heard. There was no need to hide in hiding places, but it was necessary to wait in safe places. Because of this, the performance was delayed an hour in Kyiv, but the theaters adapted to such circumstances. If the performance or other event is delayed due to weather hazards, it starts, depending on the order chosen by the theater, an hour or even much later than scheduled.

The residency was organized and all thanks for the valuable experience and time to the Scenography Gallery Галерея Сценографії (Ukraine).

On July 23-27, a seminar meeting of the Erasmus+ project "Youth in Europe" took place in Jezera, Croatia, with the coordinators of the project partners from Spain, Italy, Lithuania and Ireland. During the seminar held at the Baganelovica Cultural and Pastoral Center, project coordinators and experts in the field of the project presented the activities of the project implemented so far, exchanged examples of good practice, and worked on a proposal for the content of the project.

The online course, which should be completed by the end of this year, will start in early 2024!

In addition to the mentioned project activities, the participants also had the opportunity to meet Matej Matić and Caterina Rende Dominis, who presented the youth work of the EU Youth Association and shared their experiences.

Learn more about the project on the official website https://youtheu.aiij.org/

Project partners: Iniciativa Internacional Joven, Travelogue APS, Development Perspectives, Activists

Project is co-funded by European Union.

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On February 24th in Vilnius, the ALF Lithuanian Network celebrated its annual meeting, in which 31 network members participated. 

The meeting started with a discussion about the ALF situation in brief, followed by an introduction of new members and a lecture on Humanitarian crises of the 21st century: can I change something? by Ina Kiseliova-El Marassy. Then, a co-creation session was held titled World Café, during which participants had the opportunity to move freely between six tables to speak about the six following topics: 

1. ALF values
2. Common priorities
3. Visibility
4. Events
5. Wishes
6. Suggestions

Afterwards, there was an election of the ALF Lithuanian Network Council, during which the following representatives were elected: 

• Jurgita Vilmantė Jazbutytė
• Auksė Kapočiūtė Vaitkuvienė
• Veslava Skusėnienė
• Loreta Kaltauskienė
• Akvilė Kubrečenkaitė

This election was followed by an evaluation of the event and self-evaluation, before the meeting ended with a social dinner.