This autumn a new network based on the participating members of the International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) in the Baltic Sea region will be launched. Anchoring ICORN in the Baltic Sea Region aims to expand knowledge-sharing platforms starting with the following institutions: Cultural Industries Association (Lviv/Ukraine), the House of Free Speech (Växjö/Sweden), Krakow Festival Office (Krakow/Poland), Publishers’ Forum (Lviv/Ukraine), Villa Decius Association (Krakow/Poland).