Kirsi Mustalahti

Founder & Chairwoman
ACCAC Global

Kirsi Mustalahti is the Founder and Chairperson of the ACCAC (Accessible Arts and Culture) Global network and community, which consists of 14 ACCAC member organizations in Europe, Asia, and Africa. ACCAC aims to develop inclusion, equity, and accessibility by using art and culture as a tool for change via inclusive festivals, seminars, and global cooperation projects since 2011. ACCAC Member Organizations in Belgium, France, Croatia, Greece, Nepal, Korea, Morocco, Algeria, Tanzania, Egypt, Japan, Cameroon, and Zambia are working on for a better life and the possibility to participate in social and leisure activities for everyone.

Kirsi's interest and expertise in accessibility and services started in 2006 as a pioneer in Finland, improving the inclusion of people with and without disabilities in arts, culture, and social life, by offering services to festivals, companies, culture providers, and various artists and artists groups.

She strongly believes that culture and art is the best way to communicate and naturally face new things and that the first step is an accessible mind.