Ain Jõesalu Euregio Pskov-Livonia Executive director, section Estonia 19.09.2012, Võru

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Ain JõesaluEuregio Pskov-Livonia

Executive director, section Estonia19.09.2012, Võru

28.03.1996. In Karlskrona (Sweden) signed the memorandum of cooperation

20.04.1996. signed a declaration of cooperation in Pskov (Russian)

07.06.1996. was approved the regulation of Council of Cooperation in Border Regions (CCBR)

20.02.1998. introduced the Executive institution (confirmed the Directorate)

25.11.2003. CCBR was reformed as Euregio Pskov – Livonia

ESTONIA4 associations of municipalities in counties - Põlva, Valga,

Viljandi, VõruLATVIA12 municipalities – Aluksne, Ape , Baltinava, Balvi, Cibla,

Karsava, Ludza, Rugaji, Smiltene, Valka, Vilaka, ZilupePSKOV OBLASTPskov city5 rayons – Gdov, Pechory, Pskov, Pytalovo, Sebež

Territory - 26 407 km²Population - 546 000 (01.01.2012)

COUNCIL

Working groups

Presidium of EUREGIO

Directorate

President, 2 vice-presidents

EUREGIO PSKOV-LIVONIASection Pskov

EUREGIO PSKOV-LIVONIASection Latvia

EUREGIO PSKOV-LIVONIA Section Estonia

Co-operation AGREEMENT

Three times a year

Once a year7

7

1

11

x

x

x

Chairmen

3 separately legal entities with their own statutes,

financing and decission making institutions

7

1. Development of Euregio as a strong international organisation

2. Dissemination of information about cross-border co-operation

3. Promotion of youth co-operation ( youth section of Euregio established 14.09.12)

4. Rising the funds for the development of border regions (cross-border co-operation projects)

5. Involving the SMS-s into the cross-border activities (tourism, partneriats etc).

6. Promotion of the contacts between people and organisations in border territories – culture, education, sport

• Expierence of administrative reform in Euregio Pskov – Livonia(TACIS)

• Exchange of information in border regions (PHARE)

• BEN project (INTERREG III B)• BALTIC TANGENT (INTERREG IIIC)• Project for people with special needs (Latvia –

Estonia - Russia)• DLA project (INTERREG IV C)• SDF (Latvia - Estonia),”umbrella project”, 20

small projects, 6000 participants

Euregio Pskov-Livonia is for continuing of EstLatRus programme

Northern part of Latgale in Estonia-Latvia programme (8 municipalities)

Put down Small Projects in Programmes as a measure (up to 10 000 euro)

By decision making the local authorities as representatives of population to be involved

Reduce the eligible territory Pre-financing in Estonia-Latvia programme Creation of job places in border regions, support

of business environment

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