The Institute for Cultural Programs coordinates and promotes local and international projects aimed at strengthening the role of arts and culture in the economic development of St. Petersburg. The Institute also takes an active role in advancing projects related to the 300 year anniversary of St. Petersburg. The goal of these projects is to use the upcoming jubilee for marketing the city and drawing international attention to St. Petersburg.

Major Projects of the Institute for Cultural Programs in 1999

Annual edition "St. Petersburg. Calendar of Events" (recent issues):
• Booklet "St. Petersburg' 1999. Calendar of Events"
• Booklet "St. Petersburg' 2000. Calendar of Events"

Jubilee website entitled "St. Petersburg: 1703-2003"
(http://www.300.spb.ru) with financial support from the Open Society Institute, St. Petersburg Branch and in cooperation with the Leontief Center

International conference "Internet. Society. Personality" in cooperation with the Open Society Institute, St. Petersburg Branch
February 1-5
• Round-table "Internet and Cultural Torism"
February 3

International School "The Art of Playing the Accordion and the Bayan"
April 6-10

Program "Investment in Culture: the Role of Strategic Planning and Partnership in Preparing St. Petersburg's Tercentenary" in cooperation with the Leontief Center, and the Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum (Great Britain)
• Seminar "St Petersburg 2003: Marketing the City"
May 12-13

Program "World Without Drugs" in cooperation with the International Paint Pals and with the support from UN and the St. Petersburg City Administration
• International exhibition of children's art "World Without Drugs" in St. Petersburg
May 18-25

"Organizing Cultural Festivals" round-table discussion for the US and St. Petersburg representatives of cultural institutions and universities in cooperation with CEC International Partners (USA)
May 28

Seminar "History, Culture, Ecology" in the framework of the ECHO International Ecological and Educational program, organized by the US Department of Education and the St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast State Committee on Preservation of the Environment
July 26 - August 1

Information support for the 1st International Winter Festival "Arts Square", organized by the St. Petersburg Academic Shostakovich Philharmonia, the State Russian Museum, and the Grand Hotel Europe with the support from the St. Petersburg City Administration
December 23-28

Information support for the St. Petersburg Tercentenary Jubilee Committee

"Arts Management Towards the Year 2003 - A Training Program for Arts Institutions in St. Petersburg" in cooperation with the Helsinki Institute (Finland) and the Sibelius Academy (Finland)

Ongoing seminar "Living Culture" for St. Petersburg arts and culture organizations

International project "Literature Express - 2000" in cooperation with the LiteraturWERKstatt (Berlin)

Preparation of the St. Petersburg section to the 6th International Council for Central and East European Studies World Congress in Tampere, Finland (year 2000), in cooperation with the European University in St. Petersburg.

Information support for the expert team on tourism of the Tacis program "Enhancing Synergy: Integration of Strategic Policies of the City of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast in the context of the Northwest region of Russia"

Organizational support for the St. Petersburg City Administration's Commission on Toponymy. Creation of "St. Petersburg Toponymy" computer data base

Program "Great Cultural Embassy" (April 10-12, 2000, USA) in cooperation with the American Committee for St. Petersburg 2003, the St. Petersburg Tercentenary Jubilee Committee, CEC International Partners (USA), and the American Tourism Society

UN international program "Visual Voices of Youth" in cooperation with the International Paint Pals

For more information contact the Institute for Cultural Programs:
8 Rubinstein st., St. Petersburg, Russia 191025
Telephone/fax: (7-812) 312-95-72
Fax: (7-812) 318-65-98
E-mail: root@artchain.spb.su
Internet: http://www.300.spb.ru