The results of the Belarusian-Latvian project "Bela Dvina" will be presented at a conference in Polotsk

July 7, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. The results of the Belarusian-Latvian project "Bella Dvina - Crossing Borders, Discovering Culture, Enjoying Nature of the Western Dvina/Daugava Region" will be presented on July 8 at an international conference in Polotsk, the Department of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Polotsk City Executive Committee told a BELTA correspondent. The 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 to the public the results achieved during its implementation. In addition, the significance of the project for the sustainable development of tourism in the Vitebsk region and the border regions 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, and a declaration of cooperation in the tourism sector will be signed. On the same day, a new office of the Polotsk Tourist Information Center will be opened in Polotsk. Together with seven tourist information points created in the regions, it will collect, summarize and provide information about the tourist 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 Program - INTERREG III A - Latvia-Lithuania-Belarus Priority (South)". Its participants include the Polotsk City Executive Committee, Beshenkovichi, Verkhnedvinsk, Vitebsk, Gorodok, Miory, Rossonsky, Sharkovshchinsky 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 "Interaktsiya" institution of the German-Belarusian House in Belarus. -0-