Today, Narva submitts its bid for the European Capital of Culture competition, which includes an expanded artistic concept, a detailed overview of the events planned in view of the title year, as well as plans for enhansing cultural cooperation between Europe and Russia. Narva’s ECoC bid is supported by the whole of Virumaa.

On Friday, 14th June partners from European culture sector gathered at Narva Art Residency for an international collaboration workshop focusing on the city’s bid to become the European Capital of Culture in 2024 and its candidacy programme.

In view of preparing Narva’s bid to become the European Capital of Culture in 2024, an open call for programme ideas has been announced. Deadline for submitting proposals is June 23rd 2019.

The northeast Estonian border city Narva will continue to vie for the title of European Capital of Culture 2024 with the new team developing the programme and drafting the final bidbook.

Narva has been shortlisted for the main competition for the title of European Capital of Culture 2024 by the international expert panel after hearings in Tallinn, Estonia. The panel has published a report with recommendations.

Here some excerpts of the comments:

The poll by Norstat found that 75% of respondents in Ida- and Lääne-Virumaa counties know of and 85% support the bid of Narva and Virumaa region for the European Capital of Culture 2024 title. 500 people in both counties in the North East of Estonia were polled in August.

On 27 April, the signing of a protocol of goodwill signed by the City of Narva and the Association of Local Authorities of Ida-Virumaa in the Narva City Hall Conference Room will be held in preparation for the European Capital of Culture 2024. The signatures were signed by Mayor of Narva Tarmo Tammiste, mayor of Toila Eve East, chairman of the Sillamäe City Council Jelena Koršunova, mayor of Kohtla-Järve, Liudmila Jantsenko, Jõhvi rural municipality mayor Aleksei Naumkin and the chairman of the Narva-Jõesuu city council Veikko Luhalaid.