20 – 25 August 2007, Tartu, Estonia – a summer school “Cross-border cooperation to support environment and sustainable development in the Baltic Sea Region”

took place in Tartu, Estonia. The summer school brought together 40 participants from Estonia, Austria, Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Russia, representing local and regional authorities, NGOs and educational institutions. See the 2007 summer school programme and a list of participants.

Experts in cross-border cooperation shared their knowledge and experiences in planning, preparation and implementation of CBC activities. The summer school included lectures, hands-on training sessions and work in small groups to develop new ideas and proposals for new CBC projects. The social programme included a trip on an ancient barge on the Emajõgi River, an excursion to the Estonian – Russian border and meeting border guards, visiting Setu Open Air museum, a nature reserve and other exciting summer events.

The summer school on cross-border cooperation was held already fifth time since 2002; it has become a real laboratory for the elaboration of cooperative cross-border initiatives in the Eastern Baltic region – young and experienced CBC experts, students, NGOs representatives from different countries work together for a week and develop ideas for the cooperation that can be later transferred into successful cooperative projects.

The summer school 2007 was organized within the support of the EU INTERREG 3B Baltic Euroregional Network project – BEN and the EU TACIS BEN-East project. Additional support is provided by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung through Forum Balticum.

For more information contact Gulnara Roll at Gulnara.Roll@ctc.ee

To see and listen to the presentations go to http://www.nexdo.com/view.do?w=73&page=here

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Summer school program