POLOTSK, 8 July (BelTA) – The Belarus-Latvia Bella Dvina project may have a continuation. The participants of the Belarus-Latvia project submitted an application to take part in a new EU border cooperation program “Belarus-Lithuania-Latvia”, Deputy Chairman of the Polotsk Town Executive Committee Nikolai Ilyushonok said at the international conference, Tourist region Bella Dvina as an example of Belarus-Latvia successful cross-border cooperation, BelTA has learnt.
He informed that the application to take part in a new EU program had already passed the first stage of evaluations.
Commenting on the first Bella Dvina project, Nikolai Ilyushonok said that the project gave the local authorities an opportunity to work with the European Commission and European grants. The participants of the project came up with a strategy to develop tourism in the Polotsk and Vitebsk regions, promote it on the foreign market, and improve the tourism infrastructure.
The Belarusian-Latvian project Bella Dvina was launched two years ago. Over ?560,000 was allocated to implement the project, including over ?480,000 granted by the European Union.
The Belarusian-Latvian project Bella Dvina is co-financed with assistance of the European Commission as part of the programme “Baltic Sea region – INTERREG IIIB — Good Neighbourly Programme – INTERREG IIIA – Priority Latvia - Lithuania-Belarus (South)”. Its participants are the Polotsk town hall, the Beshenkovichi, Verkhnedvinsk, Vitebsk, Gorodok, Miory, Rossony, Sharkovshchina regions and six regions of Latvia. The partners of the project are Latgale Agency for Regional Development (Latvia), the Vitebsk Center for Regional Research and Development, others.
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