1. Exchange experience on how to use storytelling as a social inclusion tool 2. Learn how to use storytelling to build a sense of place identity and strengthen community involvement in rural regions 3. Learn how to use storytelling to build sustainable link between generations in order to transfer intangible culture heritage 4. Gain knowledge on how to create systematic, sustainable and integrated cooperation in different sectors – municipality, 5. NGO, members of community - to promote storytelling as a tool of social inclusion 6. Get experience about the creation of a successful storytelling route that promotes intangible culture heritage and involves 7. local community 8. Explore the possibilities of digitizing storytelling routes that would make it more accessible and inclusive 9. Train staff of the municipality’s public institutions and local NGOs on how to effectively use storytelling in work with the 10. local community 11. Broaden the perspective of storytelling to differed institutions of municipality that work with people – library, youth center, 12. museum, social services 13. Exchange experience about storytelling traditions in Sweden, Ljungby and Latvia, Kuldiga
Storytelling is a social practice that is sustainable, inclusive and tolerant towards diversity in many ways. Kuldiga region has a strong tradition of its oral culture heritage – storytelling. This heritage has been promoted and practiced by NGO of tradition culture "Kurava" that organized different activities, including training for youth, storytelling performances, storytelling festival Fish soup. Besides, the organization had to build its capacity for Europe Capital of Culture project in 2027. On the other hand, the storytelling as a method and its content was not widely known and recognized among the local institutions and community in Kuldiga district and the full potential was uncovered. A great example of storytelling could be found in the town of Ljungby, Sweden where UNESCO recognized non-profit organization "The Storytelling Network of Kronoberg" for more than 30 years hade worked with storytelling in many different ways. We saw the project as a tool how to transfer knowledge from a well-established and recognized organization to a less experienced organizations and by this it would create platform for mutual developed, culture exchange and collaboration in the field of storytelling as a social inclusion tool.