Center of Cultural Initiatives of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Karelia (Cultural Network of Karelia Agency)
	Director of the Center: Elena S.Sologub Address: Lenin str. 2a, Petrozavodsk, 185620 Contact telephone: +7-8142-783804 Fax: +7-8142-783596 E-mail: solel@museums.karelia.ru

Structure of the Agency:

• Informational Center
• Publishing Center
• Exhibition and Presentation Center (K.Marx ave. 14, tel. (8142) 761441)

Purposes of activity of the Agency:

Maintenance of information and organizational coordination of interaction of the organizations that accomplish their activity in spheres of culture and tourism with a view of development and realization of consolidated effective policy, directed on formation of attractive cultural, tourist and investment image of Karelia.

Kinds of activity

• Work with information resources - realization of collecting, storing, processing and publishing complex information on both cultural and cultural tourist resources of the Republic of Karelia and new technologies of use of local tourist resources in the interests of territory development;
• social and cultural programming and designing, coordination of design activity in the sphere of culture and cultural tourism;
• assistance in search of partners and adjustment of the system of public relations, as well as interdepartmental, inter-regional and international cooperation in spheres of culture and cultural tourism;
• organization of exhibitions, conferences, seminars etc. on vital topics in the sphere of culture and cultural tourism;
• development and promotion of new cultural tourist routes;
• publishing, including preparation and publication of editions for the sphere of culture and cultural tourism;
• advertising activity, including organization of advertising campaigns on promotion of cultural and cultural tourist resources, production and services in the Republic of Karelia and beyond its bounds;
• presentation of social and cultural programs and projects, subjects and trends of cultural and cultural tourist sphere by means of development of exposition and exhibition activity, including attracting opportunities of the Cultural Center (K.Marx ave. 14).