News from Euroregion Baltic

A ScanBalt Health Region (SBHR) round table took place on 19 March 2010 in Gdansk.

The Committee of the Regions has launched a Europe-wide consultation on EU rules for cross-border cooperation. Organised jointly with the European Commission, the EU Council presidency “trio” and the Interact Programme, the consultation fwill remain open for contributions until 20 July. Its results will feed into the review of the relevant EU legislation, which is […]

On the eve of the sixtieth anniversary of the Schuman Declaration the President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek and the former European Commission President Jacques Delors adopted a declaration calling for the creation of a new European Energy Community (EEC).

The draft report Sustainable Energy Scenarios – Energy perspectives for the Kaliningrad Region as an integrated part of the Baltic Sea Region will be presented at the upcoming BDF Summit in Vilnius.

The 2010 call for proposals for the LIFE+ programme has now opened, with up to €243 million available for co-financing of projects!

The Capacity Building Project is pleased to announce the launch of Rent-an-Expert service. Within the framework of this service, potential beneficiaries of the South Baltic Programme can receive free-of-charge consultations on project development from a pool of experts.

The Office of the Marshal of Warmińsko-Mazurskie Region has launched a special website with information on the celebration of the 600th Anniversary of Grunwald Battle.

Polish and Russian Foreign Ministers Radoslaw Sikorski and Sergei Lavrov have sent a letter to the European Union foreign policy chief, Ms Catherine Ashton asking the European Union to apply small border traffic regulations to the Kaliningrad region and to part of Poland’s Warminsko-Mazurskie region.

The European Commission has communicated its Work Programme for 2010 to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions.

The Youth Board of Euroregion Baltic is saying welcome to the new EU Commissioner for youth affairs, Mrs Vassilliou and letting her know about the Yc3 project.