Events and funding for participatory activities
A selection from across the field, in Lithuania and beyond. Most of these events are organised by others. Where one is ours, it is marked.
Conferences on participatory sciences: open calls, autumn 2026
Eight conference calls open now, from open science and science communication to citizen science and participatory design, plus eleven events to note for later.
8 October 2026
Funding calls to look for: October 2026
Open and upcoming calls that can fund participatory, heritage and civil society work, with deadlines, amounts and links to the call pages.
8 October 2026
Webinar: national nature restoration plans and where citizen science fits in, 20 October
Three partners of the more4nature project look at how citizen science initiatives can get involved in implementing National Restoration Plans and in checking compliance.
8 October 2026 · Organised by the more4nature project
Image: more4nature
Free online RE4GREEN training for citizen scientists, 28 October and 5 November
A free, interactive online training on working fairly and inclusively with communities in environmental projects. In English, on Zoom.
8 October 2026 · Organised by the RE4GREEN project
Image: RE4GREEN
Community Archiving Workshop in Vilnius, 19 October
A one-day workshop at the Meno Avilys Cinematheque where archivists and volunteers inventory the audiovisual collection of film critic Saulius Macaitis together. Free, registration open until 15 October.
5 October 2026 · Organised by Meno Avilys and the Community Archiving Workshop
Image: Meno Avilys
European Partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage starts: joint research calls to come
A ten-year partnership on cultural heritage and climate change held its kick-off in Marseille on 29 September 2026. It will launch transnational joint calls for research projects.
30 September 2026 · Organised by the Fondation des Sciences du Patrimoine and Mucem
"Heritage Management: Between Threats and Opportunities", Kernavė, 8-9 October
A two-day international conference on managing cultural heritage, from law and UNESCO sites to community engagement and sustainable tourism. Free, with interpretation between Lithuanian and English.
29 September 2026 · Organised by the Administration of the State Cultural Reserve of Kernavė
Image: kernave.lt
Linguistic diversity and digital heritage: NPLD and DIGICHer event in Brussels
A conversation in Brussels on the European Day of Languages about how minority languages and heritage find a place in Europe's shared digital memory.
23 September 2026
Image: npld.eu