Sihtasutus Tartu 2024

Foundation Tartu 2024 (sihtasutus Tartu 2024 or SA Tartu 2024 in Estonian) was established by the City of Tartu in December 2019 after Tartu together with Southern Estonia was awarded the title of European Capital of Culture 2024. The aim of Foundation Tartu 2024 is to be the leader and overseer of a successful European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024. The statutory objectives of the organisation are: 1) to prepare the City of Tartu to be the European Capital of Culture in 2024; 2) to develop and implement, in cooperation with other cultural operators, Tartu 2024 cultural programme; 3) to manage and implement the Capital of Culture marketing and communication programme; 4) to keep an overview of the funding of the activities of the Capital of Culture and coordinate the activities of the various participants in the activities of the Capital of Culture; 5) to act as a fundraiser, custodian and mediator for the Tartu 2024 European Capital of Culture finances; 6) to consolidate the reporting on the implementation of the European Capital of Culture and to retrospectively assess what has been done after the events have taken place. In order to meet its objectives, Tartu 2024 is going to address a wide range of target groups, some of the main ones are: 1) the population of Tartu and Southern Estonia as cultural audiences and participants (including marginalised groups who so far have limited participation in culture); 2) cultural managers, artists and producers of Tartu and Southern Estonia; 3) tourists and cultural audiences from the Baltic states, Scandinavia, Russia, Germany, also from other Central and Eastern Europen states, and, by definition, from all over Europe. In addition to managing finances and coordinating marketing-communication programmes, Tartu 2024's regular activities include developing and implementing European Capital of Culture cultural programme which also includes social or educational projects and activites, such as capacity building programme, involving the youth and the elderly. This strand of our work is the