Cultural cooperation in the north of Europe

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the development of the cultural cooperation in the North of Europe, namely in the Barents Euro-Arctic region. It is pointed that during the period after 1993 the cooperation was characterized by the positive dynamics in general, enhancement of the number of contacts and projects, however the presence of certain problems is stated and their reasons are analyzed. Special attention in the article is paid to the analysis of the implementation results of the Programme of cultural cooperation in 2003-2006 years «The Voices of Barents Region». It was concluded in general that the Programme realization contributed to the promotion both of the cultural cooperation and the Barents region itself in the pan-European context. Several proposals are expressed targeted to the further cooperation development in the sphere of culture.