NETWORK MAKES STRONGER

The Pori Centre for Children's Culture functions as an umbrella organisation for the existing actors in the Pori region – cultural establishments, educational institutions, universities and academies, other organisations, etc. – by integrating, developing and redirecting their activities and cooperation in the field of children's culture. The centre has a steering group that defines and plans its activities, and a project team with representation from relevant actors, in charge of implementing the steering group's decisions. The fundamental principle in the centre's operations is the right of children and young people to their own culture.

Children's culture is a generic concept that covers a great many areas. The network of children culture produces programmes, performances and exhibitions for children, as well as activities implemented by the children themselves. Other topics covered by the network include research on children's culture, funding, multicultural education, etc. The network membership includes not only actors in the field of children's culture, but also expert bodies from the economy, social affairs, education, multicultural affairs and society at large.

The work done at the centre aims at building and developing the identity of youth and children. The centre's key areas of operation are: to create and develop cooperation networks; develop working methods based on culture and art as well as on art pedagogy; promote research into children's culture and facilitate the utilisation of its results; and to promote children's culture in general.