The Belgrade based BalkanKult Foundation, reports that a Culture Ministers from South East Europe Culture have signed a charter to form a new council. The signing ocured at a special conference in Copenhagen on March 31 this year. The Nordic Council of Ministers, founded in 1952 to faciliate and promote cultural co-operation, initiated the conference. The objectives of the newly formed Council of Ministers of Culture of South East Europe (SEE) are to:

promote a prevailing spirit of dialogue, peace, understanding, integration and comprehensive cultural policies in the South East Europe;

assemble efforts towards exploring and using the potential of culture for the purposes of sustainable development in the region; and

to create a new forum for dialogue and interaction between the Ministers of Culture and other government and non-government structures to construct joint cultural strategies, opportunities and projects, and exchange information and experiences. The Council president will be reappointed on an annual basis, Albania being first to take the role. To download the charter as a PDF document, CLICK HERE. For further information, visit www.norden.org