The project “Poland and Norway on the European Ceramics Route: inclusion of Bolesławiec and Porsgrunn in the international cooperation network of cities with ceramic traditions” was submitted on the last day of March 2020 in response to the first call for proposals under the “Culture” Program (Action 1. Improving the management of cultural heritage). The application evaluation and selection procedure ended on November 6, 2020. Out of 224 projects submitted for formal evaluation, as many as 189 qualified for the technical stage. In that phase, they were verified by the Committee of Experts. The resulting ranking list was submitted for discussion by the Selection Committee on October 27, 2020, which then presented its recommendations.
By decision of the Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport, 20 projects received funding from the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area and from the Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sport. Among them, five from Lower Silesia, including the project “Poland and Norway on the European Ceramics Route: inclusion of Bolesławiec and Porsgrunn in the international cooperation network of cities with ceramic traditions”. The total value of the project was PLN 19,994,046.98, and the total grant amounted to PLN 15,108,099.97. The implementation of the project began in February 2021, and in April of the same year a contract was signed for the reconstruction of the Pückler Palace as the new headquarters of the Ceramics Museum.
