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About EU project "Bella Dvina"

NEWS AND EVENTS | PROJECT IN BRIEF | OTHERS ABOUT US

8 July 2010 - Declaration on cooperation signed and tourist information centre in Polotsk opened as a result of final conference of the EU project Bella Dvina. Read more

1 June 2010 - experts of the EU project Bella Dvina tested a new water route down the Dvina river. Read more

11 May 2010 - Cross-border canoe promotional tour along the Zapadnaya Dvina will take place on 25-30 May as part of the EU project Bella Dvina. Read more

10 February 2010 – EU project “Bella Dvina” took part in the international tourist fair BALTTOUR 2010

4 February 2010 – Belarusian-Latvian region “Bella Dvina” enters tourist market

9 November 2009 – tourism development strategy for the Vitebsk region for 2010-2017 was presented in Polotsk

29 October 2009 – tourism development strategy for Polotsk, Vitebsk and Braslav tourist zones will be presented in Polotsk on 3-4 November

10 June 2009 – Bella Dvina presented in the Council of Europe.

3-7 June 2009 – Bella Dvina experts visited German-French PAMINA region.

9 April 2009 – results of the contest for the best tourist route of the Bella Dvina region. Winners: N.O.Sergeenok and N.V.Zhuk from the Polotsk Reserve Museum of History and Culture. Download presentation of the winning route

8-9 April 2009 – 3rd transnational working meeting of the EU-project “Bella Dvina” took place in the Polotsk Reserve Museum.

3 March 2009 – Polotsk City Executive Committee, together with the National Tourism Agency of Belarus, announced a contest for the best tourist route for the Belarusian-Latvian project “Bella Dvina”.

10 November 2008 – Common Belarusian-Latvian EU-funded project “Bella Dvina” will be presented at the international conference “Tourism development in the Bella Dvina space: national and cross-border aspects” in Polotsk.

8-9 October 2008 – 1st working meeting within the Bella Dvina project took place in Polotsk

PROJECT IN BRIEF

Bella Dvina project is implemented within the EU programme “Baltic Sea Region” INTERREG IIIB – Neighbourhood Programme INTERREG IIIA – Priority “South”.

The programme aims to support cross-border cooperation between the border regions of Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania.

External cooperation programmes of the European Commission

Delegation of the European Union to Belarus

Duration of the project: 24 months (21 July 2008 – 20 July 2010)

Budget: €562 372

EU contribution: €486 892

Lead partner: Polotsk City Executive Committee

Partners:

Latgale Region Development Agency (Latvia)
Vitebsk Centre for Regional Research and Development
Verkhnedvinsk district executive committee
Rossony district executive committee
Beshenkovichi district executive committee
Miory district executive committee
Sharkovschina district executive committee
Vitebsk district executive committee
Gorodok district executive committee
Institution for promotion of international dialogue and cooperation “Interakcia” (INTERACTION)

Overall objective of the project: to contribute to development of tourism in the border regions of Belarus and Latvia through creation of a common cross-border tourist space along the Western Dvina / Daugava

Specific objectives:

To improve the system of tourism planning in the Polotsk and Vitebsk tourist zones
To create an effective system of tourist services
To enforce capacities of local authorities in the sphere of tourism
To make the new cross-border tourist space “Bella Dvina” visible for tourists

Expected results:

Effective structure of tourist zone management, development of practical recommendations for implementation of the tourism development strategy in the Vitebsk region, and improved system of tourist information services will enforce tourist capacities of the Vitebsk region and will contribute to its further social and economic development
Latgale Region Development Agency and German-French PAMINA region (Rheinpark PAMINA) will share their experience of tourism development with the Vitebsk region. New equipment and technologies will make it possible to integrate this experience in the Vitebsk and Polotsk tourist zones
Establishment of the cross-border partner network between local authorities of the Bella Dvina region will intensify cross-border cooperation and will create background for further common projects
Information materials and maps, Web portal, new tourist routes, presentation of the Bella Dvina project at international conferences and exhibitions, as well as marketing campaigns will make the Bella Dvina region more visible and popular among tourists and tourist companies

Main activities:

Elaboration of a Tourism Development Strategy for the Polotsk,Vitebsk and Braslav tourist zones
Development of common cross-border tourist products
Development and installation of the common cross-border tourist infrastructure in the border regions (new tourist maps, signboards on the tourist routes, etc.)
Capacity building for the Polotsk tourist information centre
Establishment of tourist information points in seven districts of the Polotsk and Vitebsk tourist zones
Facilitation of cooperation between local authorities of the border regions of Belarus and Latvia along Western Dvina / Daugava
Establishment of the cross-border Bella Dvina network
Training of Belarusian tourism experts in Germany and Latvia
Development of a marketing strategy for the common cross-border Bella Dvina tourist space
Development of the Bella Dvina web portal
Elaboration of maps, marketing and information materials
Participation in the tourist exhibitions in Minsk and Riga
Promotion tours along the new routes developed and equipped within the project

By the end of the project, all planned activities have been successfully conducted:

Opening conference in Polotsk conducted in November 2008
Seven working meetings of the project experts and tourist experts conducted
Information about tourist routes and products of the Polotsk, Vitebsk and Braslav tourist zones collected and systematized
Common cross-border tourist routes and products developed, contest for the best tourist route of the Bella Dvina region conducted
Study visit of the project experts to the German-French PAMINA region conducted
Tourism development strategy for the Polotsk, Vitebsk and Braslav tourist zones developed
Equipment for the Polotsk tourist information centre and tourist information points in seven districts purchased
Communication strategy for the Bella Dvina region developed
Seven cross-border tourist routes and 28 local tourist routes in the Vitebsk region developed
Marketing and information materials published, incl. maps of the Bella Dvina region, image brochure about the region, leaflets with description of five new cross-border tourist routes, leaflet with contacts of tourist information centres of the Bella Dvina region
Bella Dvina took part in the tourist fair BALTTOUR 2010 in Riga
Bella Dvina took part in the tourist fair "LEISURE-2010" in Minsk
Training of Belarusian experts in the Latgale Region Development Agency conducted
Training for the staff of the Polotsk tourist information centre and district tourist information points on administration of the Bella Dvina web portal conducted
Kayak/canoe promo-tour along the new water route down the Dvina/ Daugava river conducted; the route has been developed and equipped with tourist infrastructure as part of the Bella Dvina project
Final conference conducted in Polotsk in July 2010; as part of the conference, Belarusian and Latvian border regions signed a Declaration on cooperation in the sphere of tourism and inaugurated new office of the Polotsk tourist information centre which had also been equipped as part of the project

OTHERS ABOUT US

Here you will find publications in English and German only. To read articles in Russian, please go to the Russian version of the website.

15.07.2010. Weekly project "Postcard from Belarus". Radio station BELARUS (tapescript)

08.07.2010. Belarus, Latvia want to continue Bella Dvina project. BELTA

08.07.2010. Over €500,000 invested in Bella Dvina project. BELTA

07.07.2010. Conference in Polotsk to review results of Bella Dvina project. BELTA

24.06.2010. EU-funded project tests new tourist route across Dvina river. EU Cooperation News: Newsletter of the Delegation of the European Union to Belarus. No. 6.

22.06.2010. Bella Dvina partners to sign declaration on cooperation. BELTA

03.06.2010. Alluring country of Bella Dvina. The Minsk Times

22.04.2010. EU tourist cross-border project promotes itself at the spring tourist fair in Minsk. EU Cooperation news: Newsletter of the Delegation of the European Union to Belarus. No 4

25.02.2010. EU project promotes a joint Belarusian-Latvian tourist region. EU Cooperation News. No.2

10.02.2010. Trans-boundary route to take tourists to natural sites of Belarus, Latvia. Belarusian Telegraph Agency BELTA

05.02.2010. New tourist project offers “to trace ancestors’ steps” along Western Dvina. Belarusian Telegraph Agency BELTA

04.02.2010. Latvia’s diversity and the whole vast world at Balttour 2010, 5–7 February. International Exhibition Company BT1