Tripartite Cross Border Cooperation

Bornholm, Kaliningrad and Warmia-Mazury regions

Background

1995: Bilateral cooperation between Bornholm and Kaliningrad

1998: Establishment of ERB1999: Bilateral cooperation

between Bornholm and Warmia-Mazury

2001: Bornholm delegation to Kaliningrad

June 2002: Bornholm delegation to Olsztyn

12 September 2002: Tripartite Conference on Bornholm, signing of Letter of Intent

Structure

Political leaders of the three regions

Monitoring Group

Business Council Rural District Council

Social & Health care coordinators

Culture & Media coordinators

3 project coordinators2 in Kaliningrad and 1 in Olsztyn

Status 2002-2006

35 projects implemented

More than 100 project partners actively involved

More than 1 000 participants actively involved in the projects

At least 6 000 citizens have participated in the events organised

Financing

DK Foreign Ministry: 450 000 €

DK/Baltic Educational Island: 500 000 €

DK/Baltic Sea Project Facility: 160 000 €

EU, Prince programme: 25 000 €

DK, EU information: 6 000 €

Totally: 1 141 000 € + own financing

Achievements, business development

Flower Festival in Sowetsk

Integration into European Tourism networks

Training in international accounting

Joint Transport company established (PL/RUS)

Joint Consulting company established (PL/RUS)

Training of young entrepreneurs

Creation of a joint SME consulting website

Tourism development seminars

Achievements, rural development

Spatial Planning, introduction of DK and PL practices

Development of Rural Tourism in Bagrationovsk

Development of rehabilitation tourism I + II

Youth Initiatives Fair

Cultural events based on Napoleonic routes

Development of Agribusiness advisory service

Seminar for young farmers

Achievements, social and health care

Handicap institutions, training of staff etc.

School, Social authorities and Police cooperation to prevent crime etc. I + II

’Golden Autumn’ conference and traineeship

’LOTUS’ camp for mentally handicapped people and their staff

Social Partnership buildingFamily aid, young lonely mothersBaltic Newsletter for Handicap

area I + II

Achievements, Culture and Media

Training of librarians, use of internet etc.

Media cooperation– Journalist training seminars– Bagrationovsk/Bartoszyce local media

Radio reportages about EU enlargement influencing

Experiences

Driving force: • Political anchoring• Enthusiasm and personal ownership feeling

Four main obstacles:• Lack of project development and management

skills• Communication, language and cultures• Lack of understanding of a partnership to be

both give and take• Financing and resources to apply it