Small Scale People to People Cooperation

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INTERREG IIIA Conference "United by Borders"
24-25 September 2007 Reval Hotel Latvia, Riga

• Small Scale People to People Cooperation
• Workshop
• Facilitator Vytautas Stankevicius, Kaunas
  University of Technology, certified moderator
• Co-facilitaror Birute Markeviciute, Joint
  Secretariat Riga

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• Goals of the Workshop
• to discuss the experience and results of the
  approved projects
• to develop recommendations/good practice
  solutions for the future cross-border cooperation
  Programmes and projects

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• Agenda
• Short introduction by moderator
• Overview of approved projects
• Work in groups
• Presentation of group results
• Presentations from projects
• Discussions and conclusions.

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Definition of small scale projects

• Small budget
• 5.000 -50.000 EUR ERDF
• 10.000 - 50.000 EUR Tacis
• Duration 18 months
• Applicants additionally NGOs as Lead Partners
• Structure
• soft cooperation projects
• creation of contacts and networks among people
  and institutions

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Definition of small scale projects

• Sectors
• North under all supported co-operation fields
• South Topic 2 projects
• Types of activities
• creation of contacts and networks among people
  and institutions in spheres of culture,
  education, business, social work, recreation,
  heritage, environment, etc
• organisation of joint cross-border events
• training and qualification
• development of strategies, initiatives,
  cooperation structures, exchange of experience
• municipal, local cooperation and provision of
  services etc.

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Some Statistics

• 31 projects out of 99 approved projects are
  small-scale in both Priorities.
• Of these
• 4 support cooperation with Russian partners
• 2 support cooperation with Belarusian partners.
• 1,7 million EUR total budget (620,738 North
  Priority and 1.110,234 South Priority)
• Average 56 000 EUR
• Smallest 9600 EUR
• Largest 105 000 EUR

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97 partners from 5 countries

• 31 in North Priority
• 66 in South Priority

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Lead Partners
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Partners by Type
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Fields of Cooperation
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Projects Achievements on Estonian- Latvian
border ...
PRIORITY NORTH

• Environment management
• gather best available knowledge for mire habitat
  management, protection and restoration
• Tourism development
• establish velo tourism route by the waking routes
  of two important cultural figures Krisjanis
  Barons and Kristjan Jaak Peterson
• Youth education
• establish networks of youth and teenagers in
  rural regions by supporting youth projects
• share art and musical traditions between border
  schools
• develop entrepreneur attitudes and skills among
  young people in border regions

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Projects Achievements on Estonian-LatvianRussian
border ...

• Business development
• expand the established Baltic states business
  network to St. Petersburg and Leningrad oblast
• Environment management
• prepare management plan for protection and
  sustainable use of fish resources at lake Peipsi
• determine transboundary management needs for
  three large wetland areas by Lake Peipsi
• Municipal cooperation
• update Vidzeme and Pechory district development
  strategies, improve planning methodology
• Social services
• - develop centers for disabled people and
  strenghten institutional
  cooperation contacts

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Projects Achievements on Latvian-Lithuanian
border...
PRIORITY SOUTH

• Business development
• create a basis for a balanced joint development
  of horticulture sector
• unite enterprises of Southern Lithuania and East
  Latvia in the created wood enterprises cluster
• establish Daugavpils business information center
  based on Zarasai business center model
• local micro and small entrepreneurs elaborate
  innovative products
• flax industry enterprises establish a cooperation
  network
• Tourism development
• commonly develop tourism between
  Daugavpils-Zarasai (LV-LT)
• Municipal cooperation
• market positive image of euroregion Saule as
  attractive place to live and work
  

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Projects Achievements on Latvian-Lithuanian
border...

• Culture management
• develop a strategy for preserving and developing
  cultural heritage in one of oldest towns of Ludza
  (LV) and Moletai (LT)
• prepare joint musical as a pilot project to test
  the developed cooperation model
• organise amateur artists festivals in rural
  territories
• Social services
• establish network of families having hearing
  impaired children and young deaf people
• Youth education
• promote active sport tourism among youth as
  alternative way of spending free time
• establish a network of libraries and artists and
  prepare a photo exhibition of people and
  their environment in border areas

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Projects Achievements onLatvian-Lithuanian-Belaru
sian border...

• Business development
• - improve finance management capacities of SMEs
  in border regions
• foster cooperation between regional branches of
  Chambers of Commerce and Industry and SMEs
  through creation of joint ventures and
  development strategy
• Environment management
• improve conditions for conservation and
  management of biodiversity in transboundary lake
  of Drukiai
• Municipal cooperation
• involve community in energy saving and promote
  efficient use of energy resources

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Main features of projects

• variety of fields of cooperation
• focus on establishment of contacts and networks
• no or small investments
• focus on environment management, youth education
  in North Priority
• focus on business, culture cooperation, youth
  education in South Priority
• main partners are NGOs and local public
  authorities
• small partnerships simple projects structures