Riga, 31.08.2021.
Anneli Ott, Minister for Culture of the Republic of Estonia
Nauris Puntulis, Minister for Culture of the Republic of Latvia
Simonas Kairys, Minister for Culture of the Republic of Lithuania
On the Localising the Sustainable Development Goals through Baltic museums and
libraries international conference, 23-24 September 2021
In order to strengthen the role of museums and libraries in the implementation of the
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), an online international conference – Localising
the Sustainable Development Goals through Baltic museums and libraries – will take place
on 23-24 September. It is being organised by the Latvian Museum Association, the National
Library of Latvia and the Latvian Librarians’ Association, in cooperation with the Estonian
and Lithuanian Museum and Librarians’ Associations and the Latvian National Commission
for UNESCO.
The aim of the conference is to jointly ascertain the challenges and directions for
sustainable development in the Baltic States, share experience, as well as promote
transnational and inter-sectoral cooperation in achieving the SDGs. The conference will not
only further the education of librarians and museum specialists about the SDGs and their
place in the work of memory institutions, but will also encourage practical activities and the
evaluation of achievements, which are not possible without extensive cooperation and state-
level support. Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian museum and library specialists have been
invited to participate in the conference. The conference will take place online and will be
streamed on the National Library of Latvia YouTube channel, as well as on the Facebook
pages of the National Library of Latvia, the Latvian Museum Association and the Latvian
Librarians’ Association. The conference programme and participants are listed at:
https://baltic-museums-libraries-sdg.lnb.lv/
We invite all three Baltic States’ Ministers for Culture to address the participants of
the conference, expressing their vision of the library and museum sectors’ activities in the
sphere of sustainable development. We will be grateful if the speech were prepared in
English and recorded in video format, the preferred duration of the speech is three minutes.
The videos will be shown at the opening of the conference on 23 September, between 09:40
and 10:00.
Please send your video file to
[email protected] by 13 September.
If you require any additional information, please contact conference project manager
Inga Surgunte at
[email protected].
Yours sincerely,
Baiba Moļņika
Secretary General, Latvian National Commission for UNESCO
Māra Jēkabsone
President, Latvian Librarians’ Association
Zane Grīnvalde
Board Chair, Latvian Museum Association