Haanja, Rõuge, Veclaicene, Mārkalne and Ziemeri municipalities are carrying out a range of cultural activities to promote permanent ties and cultural exchanges between the Estonian and Latvian communities in their cross-border region. Each of the participating municipalities is organizing 5 cultural events with local performing artists, as well sharing experience in exchange seminars on common issues and problems in the field of cultural life and development in remote areas. As part of the project, cultural centres will be improved and enabled to host more cross-cultural events and programs in future.