The best projects of cross-border cooperation 2012

The City of Lublin invites you to participate in the Competition for THE BEST PROJECTS OF CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION 2012.

The competition is part of the project “Lublin and Rzeszów – co-operation and using the development chances” co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund under the Operational Programme Development of Eastern Poland, task I.4: Promotion and cooperation, component: Cooperation, area: Creating regional development policy.

The competition is designed for all creative entities without any legal limitations, including non-governmental organizations, informal artistic groups, individuals, local authorities, business entities running artistic activity, both from the EU and Eastern Partnership countries.

The competition includes implemented projects with transboundary impact in five categories:

a) good governance

– the category includes the projects implemented within the last 3 years with significant impact on enhancing the institutional quality of public administration work;

b) civil society

– the category includes the projects implemented within the last 3 years with significant impact on the development of civil society

c) culture

– the category includes the projects implemented within the last 3 years with significant impact on crossing the cultural borders in any possible way (e.g. through artistic projects, exchange and artist-in-residence programs, organizing cultural events, translations, passing on know how, and exchange of ideas),

d) tourism

– the category includes the projects implemented within the last 3 years with significant impact on the development of tourism;

e) education

– the category includes the projects implemented within the last 3 years with significant impact on the development of non-formal, school, and academic education.

The competition participants may submit unrealized (concept) projects in all the competition categories.

In order to enter the Competition, one should complete the application form in Polish, English or Russian via the Congress webpage: www.kongres.lublin.eu/ www.congress.lublin.eu.

The deadline for project submission is August 20, 2012.

A more detailed information about the Congress and the competition can be found at

www.congress.lublin.eu.