1. Latvian office or Euroregion “Country of lakes”
April, 2016
Moldova
Cross roads on 5 borders of Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Russia and Estonia
Latvian office or Euroregion “Country of lakes”

2. Euroregion “Country of lakes”
About us
Euroregion “Country of lakes”

5. Euroregion “Country of lakes”
2016
Belarus – 10
Latvia – 15
Lithuania - 8

6. Attracted financing: 1998-2016 13mlj. EUR

7. Strategic priorities 2014-2020
Good public governance
Cultural heritage
Social inclusion
Small and medium entrepreneurship
Capital of nature
Mobility and sustainable transport

8. Co-operation partners
Embassies and consulates
Lithuanian ministry of Interior
Latvian ministry of environment protection and regional governments
NGO "Peipsi project, Pskov" , Russian Federation
Euroregion «Pskov-Livonia»
Euroregion “Belovezskaja Puscha”
Euroregion “Saule”
Krasnogorodskij, Sebezskij, Nevelskij, Kunjinskij, Strugo-Krasnenskij, Usvjatskij districts of Pskov oblast, Rusian Federation

10. Short history I 1998-first meetings 1999-first CBC project
2000-strategy
2001-culture, business development
2003-Culinary heritage
2005-Discover the Baltic Country of lakes

11. Short history and future II
2007-Exciting cycling net
2009-LATLIT TRAFFIC
2010-GREEN MOVEMENTS
2012-CURED BY ANIMALS
ESTLATRUS TRAFFIC, GREEN MAN, NEIGHBOURS ROAD, 3rd STEP
2016-new challenges/ new strategy/ new period for the development

12. 15/10/2009
Where we are?
52 cross border cooperation programmes

13. ENPI CBC Land border, Sea Crossing and Sea Basin Programmes 2007 –2013
15/10/2009
ENPI CBC Land border, Sea Crossing and Sea Basin Programmes 2007 –2013

14. Latvia-Lithuania-Belarus

15. Project example NEIGHBOURS ROAD 4 project partners Lead Partner:
7/12/2009
Project example
Total Project budget:
EUR ,34
ENPI co-financing:
EUR ,80
Project Duration:
?? 07/ /2013
Activities:
Border seminars, 79 info points, reconstructed 2 stages or neighbours’ road in LV and BY, parking place in BY
NEIGHBOURS ROAD
4 project partners
Lead Partner:
Kraslava municipality

16. Latvia-Lithuania Programme
Kurzeme, Zemgale, Latgale
Covers 65% of the total territory of state
Effect on 42% of total state population
Lithuania:
Klaipėda, Telšiai, Šiauliai, Panevėžys, Utena, Kaunas (adjacent region)
Covers 63% of the total territory of state
Effect on 61% of total state population
BUDGET: EUR 60 mln. (2007–2013)
Shares 588 km of the border between two countries
Effect on 3 million people

17. Project example CURED BY ANIMALS 17 project partners Lead Partner:
7/12/2009
Project example
Total Project budget:
EUR ,00
ERDF co-financing:
EUR ,45
Project Duration:
11/ /2011
Direction:
Development of Active and Sustainable Communities
CURED BY ANIMALS
17 project partners
Lead Partner:
Euroregion “Country of lakes”

18. Project example LATLIT TRAFFIC 16 project partners Lead Partner:
7/12/2009
Project example
Approximate total Project budget:
EUR
ERDF co-financing:
EUR
Project Duration:
01/ /2011
Direction:
Improvement of Internal and External Accessibility of the Border Region
EUSBSR:
Priority area 11
To improve internal and external transport links
LATLIT TRAFFIC
16 project partners
Lead Partner:
Euroregion “Country of lakes”

19. Estonia-Latvia-Russia Programme area
Kirde-Eesti, Lõuna-Eesti, Kesk-Eesti;adjoining: Põhja-Eesti
Latvia
Latgale, Vidzeme;
adjoining: Riga City and Pieriga
Russia
Leningrad Region, Pskov Region and Saint Petersburg

20. Project example ESTLATRUS TRAFFIC ~20 project partners Lead Partner:
7/12/2009
Project example
Total Project budget:
1  ,00EUR
ENPI co-financing:
1  ,00 EUR (90%)
Project Duration:
04/ /2014
Activities:
Traffic safety campaigns, improvement of transit road infrastructure
ESTLATRUS TRAFFIC
~20 project partners
Lead Partner:
Latvian office or Euroregion “Country of lakes”

22. Partnership

25. Conclusions I
CBC programmes are the succesful tool for the intergration/co-operation of border regions
CBC projects are bringing neighbours closer
CBC projects strengthenign the EU border because of transparency across the border
Cross border communication helps to understand the neighbours
Intervence across the border contributes to social – economic development in spite of visa regimes, differences in legislations etc.

26. Conclusions II
«Hard» CBC projects contributes to the political intergration/co-operation of border regions at the same time for the sustainable development of border regions atractive for living and visiting
Working on common challenges across the border (both «hard» and «soft») gives a lot of unique common opportunities to solve the problem with cross border aproach
«Soft» CBC projects strengthening the border regions on the people-to people level, increasing the patriotism on local level, strengthening the national border as well

27. Thank You for attention!
Ilze Stabulniece
Manager of Latvian office of Euroregion “Country of lakes”
Latvia-Lithuania-Belarus
Brivibas 13, Kraslava
LV-5601, Latvia
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