On 11 December, the Cultural Heritage Centre and the Central Project Management Agency signed a contract for the funding of the state planning project FIXUS.

The European Commission has published a report, “From Social Inclusion to Social Cohesion. The Role of Culture Policy”.

On Thursday, Mindaugas Kvietkauskas took part in a discussion of the ministers of culture of the European Union (EU) in Brussels about the strengths of the European cultural, creative and audiovisual industry, and the potential and global competitiveness of its innovations.

On 19 November, the Forum of Ministers of Culture of UNESCO member states was held in Paris, where discussions took place on the role of culture in the pursuit of sustainable development goals and on culture and cultural heritage as the driving force of change.

The Minister of Culture Mindaugas Kvietkauskas will make a working visit to Paris and Brussels this week.

Minister of Culture Mindaugas Kvietkauskas awarded the painter, graphic artist and illustrator Stasys Eidrigevičius today with the top prize presented by the Ministry of Culture: the honorary badge “Nešk Savo Šviesą Ir Tikėk”.

On 30–31 October, the 31st General Assembly of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) took place in Rome.

A discussion about theatre and politics served as the finale of the five-event series “Tarp Eilučių” by the Ministry of Culture, which invited everyone to examine various fields of culture and arts from the perspective of media and information literacy.

Minister of Culture Mindaugas Kvietkauskas met with the new Ambassador of Israel Yossef Levy. The meeting focused on the matters of preservation of historical memory and the promotion of the modern art of Israel.

The two-day bilateral meeting of the Polish-Lithuanian Expert Group on the Preservation of Cultural Heritage will conclude on Friday in Warsaw. The meeting concerns cooperation in the areas of the protection of mutually significant cultural heritage, preservation of historical memory, museums, libraries, and archives.

During his visit in Kraków, Minister of Culture Mindaugas Kvietkauskas attended the festive ceremony of the opening of stairs named after the poet, Nobel Prize Winner Czesław Miłosz and a conference entitled Czesław Miłosz and the 21 st Century .

The General Assemblies of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have started in Geneva.