Inclusive Wellbeing Through Arts and Culture in the Baltics
- Project No.: 2024-1-LV01-KA220-HED-000253345
- Project acronym: WITAC
- Principal investigator (LSMU): Assoc. prof. dr. P. Šedienė
- Project coordinator: Latvian Academy of Culture, Latvia
- Project duration: from 2024-11-01 to 2026-10-31
- Total project value: 250 000,00 Euro
- Part of the project value allocated to the LSMU: 49 850,00 Euro
- Funding programme: Erasmus+
- Project partners: Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture Secretariat, Ryga Stradins Univerisity
Inclusive Wellbeing Through Arts and Culture in the Baltics (WITAC) is a strategic partnership project aimed at developing and testing a new interdisciplinary collaboration model between culture and health in higher education institutions (HEIs) in the Baltic States. The project will strengthen the role of HEIs in fostering an equitable and inclusive society by offering an innovative lifelong learning programme for professionals in the fields of culture, health, and social work. This programme will focus on promoting inclusive wellbeing for vulnerable groups in society through the use of culture and the arts.
The main results:
– Report and policy recommendations resulting from mapping of the existing situation regarding cultural and health interventions for vulnerable groups in the Baltic countries.
– Curriculum of the interdisciplinary blended LLL programme developed for health, culture and social sector professionals who wish to upskill.
– Implemented blended LLL programme, including the practical components – 3 real-life inclusive wellbeing initiatives for vulnerable groups in the Baltic countries.
