The SAARC Cultural Capital for the year 2015/2016 was in Bamyan, Afghanistan, and during this period several local and other programmes involving all 8 SAARC Member States were successfully carried out. The SAARC Artist Camp was one such successful program. Programmes were conducted in collaboration with the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Government of Afghanistan. The closing ceremony of the SAARC Cultural Capital will take place on the 3rd of August 2016. At this ceremony all official cultural activities in Bamyan will come to and end, and the Cultural Capital will be handed over to Bangladesh, where the city Bogra will be named the SAARC Cultural Capital for the year 2016/2017