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Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Public Administration Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Estonia [email protected] 31.03.2026 nr 12-5/379-1 Recommendation Letter The Estonian Centre of Folk Culture is state owned public agency under the Ministry of Culture, which among other tasks provides trainings for professionals in the field of culture for more than 25 years. One important target group for the Centre are the leaders of the cultural policy of local governments. To better fulfil their tasks and to answer to the needs of residents, this target group needs the knowledge on the lessons learned on international level to have necessary skills and knowledge to better cope with the challenges facing local government stemming from the global trends, changing needs of the local communities and regional disparities. In the co-operation with the Ministry of Culture the Centre has launched the training program addressing particularly needs of the local government cultural leaders to improve the necessary skills. To achieve the aims of the program there is planned a study visit to Scandinavian countries – Finland and Norway - as role models in order to gain new knowledge and exchange best practices on the fields of cultural governance, strategic planning and cross-sectoral co-operation between different policy areas. The Ministry of Culture of Republic of Estonia therefore recommends supporting the project „Management models, cooperation practices and strategic planning in the cultural sector of local governments based on the experience of Finland and Norway“ submitted by the Estonian Centre of Folk Culture to the Public Administration Mobility Programme. Yours sincerely (allkirjastatud digitaalselt) Merilin Piipuu Secretary General Karin Närep 6282230 [email protected] Suur-Karja 23 / 15076 Tallinn / 628 2222 / [email protected] / www.kul.ee / Registrikood 70000941