Representatives of the Gołdap Municipality took part in a conference launching strategic projects under the Interreg VI-A Lithuania–Poland Cross-Border Cooperation Programme 2021–2027, which took place on 15 May in Druskininkai. Over 30 million euros from European Union funds have been allocated for the implementation of five operations of strategic importance.
The Municipality of Gołdap, in collaboration with the Druskininkai Town Administration, the Municipality and Town of Augustów, the Cultural Centre in Gołdap – as well as the municipalities of Supraśl and Birsztany in Lithuania, as associated partners in the project – will be implementing the strategic project ‘Health Resort Partnership for Border Region Development’.
The remaining four so-called strategic operations are being carried out in the following areas:
1) cooperation with the fire service (Lead partner: Kaunas Regional Headquarters of the State Fire Service, part of the Fire and Rescue Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania)
2) road modernisation (Lead partner: Sejny District Office)
3) creating a joint brand for the cross-border area as an attractive destination for sustainable tourism (Lead partners: Giżycko Municipality)
4) cooperation between border guard services (Lead partner: the Lithuanian Border Guard Service, under the Ministry of the Interior).
Information on strategic projects and the Interreg VI-A Lithuania–Poland Programme 2021–2027 is available on the website: https://lietuva-polska.eu/news/4078/
