DEX

NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS

Programme BSR

Programme Kolarctic

Programme "Karelia"

South-East Finland - Russia Programme

Estonia-Latvia-Russia Programme

Lithuania-Poland-Kaliningrad oblast Programme

NEIGHBORHOOD programs

Neighborhood Programs are the major initiative of the EU, created for financing neighborhood projects along the new Eastern border of the European Union.

Common objectives:

	Promote sustainable economic and social development of cross-border territories;
	Work jointly on solution of common problems, like environmental protection, public health, delinquency prevention and organized crime combating;
	Provide effective and secure protection of borders;
	Promote cooperation at the local level, including social networking

Within the Neighborhood programs regional partners from the two sides of the borderline are able to apply for cross-border projects, aimed to promote regional development in the fields of science, culture, infrastructure, local governance, business cooperation, environment, tourism, health and other spheres.

6 programs for the EU and the North-western borders of Russia are developed on the background of INTERREG III A programs and cross-border cooperation TACIS:

	The Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B Neighborhood Program (11 countries of the region, including Russia and Belorussia)
	Kolarctic neighborhood project, INTERREG III A Priority North (Finland, Norway, Murmansk and Archangelsk Oblast of RF)
	Neighborhood program Our common border 2001-2006 INTERREG – III A –Karelia (Republic of Karelia)
	South-East Finland, St.-Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, INTERREG III A Neighborhood Program (Finland, St.-Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast)
	Estonia – Latvia – Russia, Priority North Neighborhood Program in the Baltic Sea Region (Estonia, Latvia, Russia)
	Lithuania, Poland and Kaliningrad Region of Russian Federation Neighborhood program, INTERREG III A / TACIS (Lithuania, Poland, Kaliningrad Oblast RF)

Neighborhood Programs	Indicative budgets 2004-06, €m
Baltic Sea Region III B	7.5
North (Kolarctic) / Russia	3.5
Karelia / Russia	4.0
South-East Finland / Russia	6.5
Baltic Sea Region III A • Estonia /Latvia /Russia • Latvia/ Lithuania / Belorussia	7.5
Lithuania/ Poland/ Russia (Kaliningrad)	4.5

This project is funded by the EU

A project implemented by Jyväskylä Regional

Development Company Jykes Ltd

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