Project title
Description of initiative
The Cultural Passport follow-up project continued the work of the Cultural Passport pilot project (9 / 2014-12 / 2015). In the pilot project, the Echo Card operating model was created in Espoo. In the follow-up project, the Echo Card operating model was tested in Kainuu and the model was modified to better reflect the characteristics of less populated areas. The aim of the cultural passport follow- up project (12 / 2014-5 / 2018) was to improve the opportunities for young people, adults and families in financial difficulties to participate in cultural life and engage in the artistic activities. The Echo Card it was intended for customers of social and health professionals involved in Echo Card networks who are in a tight financial situation and are therefore unable to obtain free admission tickets or courses. With the Echo Card, they can get free admission tickets to festivals, concerts, dance performances or theatres, for example. With the card, they can also buy civic places at the Citizens' College free of charge.
Themes: Culture and...
Keywords
Target group
Cultural field
Timeframe
Sources of funding
Results, benefits, impact and lessons learnt
In Espoo, the Echo Card is in permanent use. The City of Espoo has maintained the Kaikukortti network since the beginning of 2016 and the network includes more than 20 social and health actors and more than 20 cultural actors.
In Kainuu, the Echo Card operation continued after the trial period of 2016-2017, maintained by the Kainuu Association of Municipalities for Social and Health Care (Kainuu Sote) and the municipalities of Kainuu. The Kainuu Kaikukortti network has almost 30 cultural actors and more than 40 social and health actors.