Cultural heritage and close people-topeoplecontacts between the neighboursin Lithuania and Latvia create environment,which is favourable for intensive cooperationlinks on non-governmental level.The project develops sustainable crossborderinstitutional and people-to-peoplecooperation model in the field of culturebetween Latvia and Lithuania, Jelgava andŠiauliai cities in particular.The results of the project are: institutionalmodel for organisation of joint culturalactivities; a joint cultural project – a musical –as a pilot project to test the developedcooperation model implemented andthe inhabitants of both partner cities wellinformed about cooperation in the field ofculture with the neighbours.