19-02-2024
Cooperation continues with South Korean experts in the development of ArtTech sector in Lithuania
On 19–22 February, South Korean experts from the Korea Development Institute are visiting Lithuania. On Monday they visited the Ministry of Culture and met with the Vice-Minister of Culture Vygintas Gasparavičius.
This is the second visit of South Korean experts following the first meetings in Lithuania last autumn while implementing the 2023–2024 Knowledge Sharing Programme’s project “The Development of ArtTech Ecosystem in Cultural and Creative Industries in Lithuania”.
During this visit, South Korean experts will meet with the representatives of the projects Creative Europe and European Horizon in Lithuania, as well as representatives of the Infobalt association, Innovation Agency, Invegos, the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, which is implementing the eKultūra project, and the project ELVIS; the representatives of the latter will share the experience of the digitising of cultural resources and digitisation projects and plans. The South Korean experts will be introduced to the possibilities of European funding and innovations dedicated to promoting development of the ArtTech sector.
The guests will also get acquainted with the conversion of the Lukiškės Prison as well as its adoption for the needs of culture and creative industries and will visit the Vilnius Book Fair.
“The benefits of this project are already becoming clear: it accumulates representatives of culture, research, education, management and other fields who are working in various institutions and organisations for a shared goal – to create a lively ecosystem of innovations in the field of ArtTech in Lithuania. We understand that, while striving for this goal, it is necessary to continue developing the competencies of our specialists while consulting experts from South Korea, which has achieved a lot in this field. Moreover, it is highly important to appropriately make use of the growing possibilities of the latest technologies, including artificial intelligence”, the Vice-Minister for Culture Vygintas Gasparavičius says.
The partners of the project in Lithuania are Baltic Film&Creative Tech Cluster, the Lithuanian Innovation Centre, Innovation Agency, AGATA, and the art, residency and education centre Rupert.
ArtTech is a developing ecosystem of innovations in the sector of cultural and creative industries in which creators, culture and art organisations, start-ups, small and medium businesses develop innovative solutions based on cutting-edge tech dedicated to solving the challenges of the culture sector or integrate technologies into creative processes.
The Knowledge Sharing Programme is managed by the Ministry of Economy and Finance of South Korea.
Photo by Gintarė Grigėnaitė
Last updated: 13-03-2024
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