The participants of the cross-border project "Bela Dvina" intend to sign a cooperation declaration.

June 22, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Belarusian and Latvian participants of the cross-border project "Bella Dvina - Crossing Borders, Discovering Culture, Enjoying Nature of the Western Dvina/Daugava Region" ("Bella Dvina") are going to sign a declaration on cooperation in the tourism sector in Polotsk at an international conference on July 8, the Department of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Polotsk City Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. The international conference "Bella Dvina Tourist Region as an Example of Successful Belarusian-Latvian Cross-border Cooperation" will be the final event of the project and will present the results achieved during its implementation to the public. In addition, the significance of the project for the sustainable development of tourism in the Vitebsk region and the border areas of Latvia, which are part of the Latgale region, will be assessed. The conference will also discuss a plan for further cooperation in realizing the tourism potential of the Belarusian and Latvian regions participating in the "Bella Dvina" cross-border cooperation network. On the same day, in Polotsk, as part of the international conference, the opening of a new office of the Polotsk Tourist Information Center will take place. This center, together with seven tourist information points created in the regions, will collect, summarize and provide information about the tourism resources, products and services of the joint Belarusian-Latvian "Bella Dvina" region. The Belarusian-Latvian project "Bella Dvina" is being implemented within the framework of the EU program "Baltic Sea Region - INTERREG III B - Neighbourhood Programme - INTERREG III A - Priority Latvia - Lithuania - Belarus (South)". Its participants include the Polotsk City Executive Committee, Beshenkovichi, Verkhnedvinsk, Vitebsk, Gorodok, Miory, Rossony, Sharkovshchina districts and 6 districts of Latvia. The project partners also include the Latgale Regional Development Agency (Latvia), the Vitebsk Center for Regional Studies and Development, and the "Interaction" institution of the German-Belarusian House in Belarus. -0-