Culture makers and subscribers meet at the Cultural Bank
The Cultural Bank brings together art and culture makers and the services they provide on a single online platform. They are easy to find and can be ordered by everyone.
If you are a professional artist and cultural worker, you can create your own profile and add your services to the Cultural Bank.
If you are looking for content for your municipality, community or company, events, seminars, school workshops or even a nursing home, you can browse the service offering, register as a subscriber and place orders. The service is free of charge for both parties.
The content of the Cultural Bank is gradually increasing and diversifying.
In Northern Ostrobothnia, the service is provided by the Regional Assembly of Oulu Region and the City of Oulu.
Deploy the Cultural Bank Service from its own website.
Let's make acquaintances with the Cultural Bank: Participate in the communication campaign from 21 September to 9 October.
Let's raise the Culture Bank and order cultural and art services to a wide awareness throughout Finland!
– Client: Register and become a subscriber. Talk about the Cultural Bank in your own organisation, get to know the offerings and come up with ideas on how to use the services. Tell us about the use of the bank and its services in your communications: “We also use the Cultural Bank!”
– Author: Register as an author, design your own services and save them to the Cultural Bank. Tell us in your communication: ‘I can also be found at the Cultural Bank!’
In 2026, Oulu will be the European Capital of Culture and the whole of Northern Ostrobothnia will celebrate the superyear of culture. One way to participate and do cultural and climate change is to order art and artists' services for the needs of your organisation, community or even your own family. At the Cultural Bank, authors and content can be found easily.
Press releases
- The Cultural Bank opens in Northern Ostrobothnia: Press release 27.10.2025 .
- The Cultural Bank will expand to Northern Ostrobothnia - the service will open in autumn 2025: Press release 6.6.2025.
Contact information
Regional Assembly of Oulu Region: Auli Suorsa, Senior Cultural Affairs Specialist (auli.suorsa@pohjois-pohjanmaa.fi, tel. +358 50 386 8443).
City of Oulu: Leena Pälli, Senior Specialist (leena.palli@ouka.fi, tel. +358 44 703 7210).
Project facts
The first phase of the expansion of the Bank of Culture will be implemented in cooperation in cooperation with funding from the Ministry of Education and Culture. The project implements the task defined in Section 3 of the Act on Cultural Activities for municipalities, i.e. it creates conditions for professional artistic work and activities. It also increases artists' competence in the productisation of services, openness of procurement and equality of artists in job offers, procurement cooperation between municipalities, welfare regions and other buyers, and strengthens the accessibility and versatile use of culture.
Name of the project: Promoting the employment of artists and cultural workers through the Culture Bank online service.
Principal implementer: City of Tampere.
Project partners: City of Espoo (responsible for the Uusimaa region in cooperation in cooperation in cooperation with the Regional Assembly of Helsinki, Vantaa and Uusimaa), City of Turku and Regional Assembly of Southwest Finland, City of Lappeenranta and Regional Assembly of South Karelia, City of Kuopio and Regional Assembly of North Savo, Regional Assembly of Ostrobothnia, Regional Assembly of North Karelia and City of Joensuu, City of Mikkeli and Regional Assembly of South Savo, City of Oulu and Regional Assembly of Northern Ostrobothnia.
Execution period: From 1 August 2024 to 30 October 2025. Operations will continue after the project period in cooperation in cooperation with other funding.
Funded by: Okm, RRF/Next Generation EU program.
