Pulling from any other URL is not guaranteed to be supported. Balticlab is an innovation programme by the Council of the Baltic Sea States and the Swedish Institute for creatives and entrepreneurs in the Baltic Sea Region. That is the fly yoga wroclaw to describe the ethos behind Balticlab. In 2012 we had an idea, an idea of a community bringing together cultural operators, entrepreneurs, artists and tech creatives from across our region.

4 years later, with 300 alumni, Balticlab has become a network connecting talent from 11 countries, all of whom are drivers in their respective communities and fields. THERE IS NO ONE PATHWAY TO DO ANYTHING. It’s not where you come from or even what you do, it’s how you use those experiences to shape something new, reinventing past norms and practices. Balticlab is a space to re-imagine. Balticlab is an innovation and leadership programme, run in partnership by the Council of the Baltic Sea States and the Swedish Institute.

The programme brings entrepreneurs and creatives in the Baltic Sea region together to explore new perspectives and sources of inspiration and to prototype the future. The aim of the programme is to the create a community and network of entrepreneurs and creatives, who know each other, can collaborate and empower each other. Balticlab is a way to provide talented individuals with mentorship and coaching for achieving their ideas and furthering their careers, but also to see a rise in their engagement in matters of importance for the development of the Baltic Sea Region. Our region has become a hub for entrepreneurship and creativity and we believe this holds the key to increasing the prosperity of the region, creating a common cultural scene and providing innovation and inspiration for our joint future. The programme is divided into two parts: an annual curated Networking Weekend of around 60 participants, and a three module Balticlab Ideation programme, which takes place in the spring and consists of a smaller group of around 30 people from the Network. The countries currently participating in the programme are Sweden, Norway, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland and Germany.