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20 September 2013 This passport is the property of the Estonia – Latvia Programme. The holder of this passport is under the protection of the Programme on September 20, 2013. The Monitoring Committee of the Estonia – Latvia Programme requests all those whom it may concern to allow the holder to pass freely without hindrance and to offer assistance and protection as may be necessary. This passport is valid to travel to project sites in Estonia and Latvia*.

*A valid, state-issued travel document is necessary to cross border between Estonia and Latvia. This publication serves only as a communication material for the Estonia – Latvia Programme event, and is not a legal travel document. Name: Name: Surname: Departing from: Favourite word in Estonian: Favourite word in Latvian: Cooperation is: Signature:

1 EUROPEAN COOPERATION DAY Sharing borders, growing closer

Be a part of Estonia – Latvia Road Trip! This year on the week of September 16-22 territorial cooperation programmes across Europe and its neighbouring countries celebrate the second European Cooperation Day – a day designed to appreciate the results of cooperation across borders. Thanks to territorial cooperation, borders in Europe have be- come less visible, and today Europeans are much closer to each other than ever before. Vehicles, people, ideas and inspi- ration now travel freely across borders, just like birds, animals, common problems and common successes have always done.

The stamp hunt has begun! If you are holding this passport and are on one of the busses departing from Tallinn, Rīga, Tartu or Alūksne on September 20, 2013, your main mission is to sit back, relax and enjoy the ride. Did you believe it? Of course not! Your mission is to be competitive and collect... as many stamps as you can in your Road Trip Passport! At each stop you can get one stamp by just showing up. You can earn more stamps, if you are active and participate in quizzes, competitions and do any other extra thing that is rewarded with a stamp.

Be a part of it, and good luck! At your final destination your passport will be checked by Estonia – Latvia first-level con- trol inspectors, who will recognize the most successful of you on this road trip. The win- ners will get to fly home on a jet. Just kidding, of course! But there will be a prize for the most successful ones! 2 Route Map

Tallinn – Sindi – Häädemeeste – Aloja – Zvārtava Rīga – Līgatne – Valga – Polli – Zvārtava Tartu – Valka – Haanja – Ape – Zvārtava Alūksne – Tartu – Valga – Valka – Zvārtava

Tallinn

Sindi Polli Tartu Häädemeeste

Valga Haanja Aloja Valka Ape Rīga Zvārtava Līgatne Alūksne

3 Tallinn Route

Sindi, Estonia Project: Hobby Slot Car Racing Partners: Sindi Town Government (EE) and Limbaži Regional Council (LV). Get ready for a race with model cars! A chance to win and get some extra stamps. Place for Stamps for Place

Häädemeeste, Estonia Project: Beach Hopping Partners: Saulkrasti Regional Council (LV), Audru Municipality (EE), Carnikava Municipality (LV), Häädemeeste Minicipality (EE), Jūrmala City Council (LV) and Salacgrīva Regional Council (LV) Expect to go to a nice beach and see how the project has improved it. Place for Stamps

4 Tallinn Route

Aloja, Latvia Project: Baltorgpotato Partners: Aloja Starkelsen Ltd. (LV), Association of Latvian Organic Agriculture (LV), Estonian Biodynamic Association (EE), Institure of Economics, Latvian Academy of Sciences (LV), Jõgeva Plant Breeding Institute (EE), Potato Growers and Producers Association (LV) and State Plant Breeding Institute in Priekuļi (LV) Get ready to learn everything about organic potatoes, and taste some, too! Place for Stamps for Place

Zvārtava, Latvia Relax and enjoy the evening! Place for Stamps

5 Riga Route

Līgante, Latvia Project: Back to Nature Partners: Tartu Environmental Education Centre (EE), Estonian Environmental Board (EE), Gauja National Park Foundation (LV), Nature Conservation Agency – Ķemeri National Park Administration (LV) and Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation (EE) Get ready to go to the forest school! A perfect chance to earn some extra points in your passport. Place for Stamps for Place

Valga, Estonia Project: Valga – Valka Joint Rescue Capacity Partners: Estonian Rescue Board (EE) and Latvian State Fire and Rescue Service (LV)

Prepare to see how Place for Stamps emergencies are dealt with in a town on the border!

6 Riga Route

Polli, Estonia Project: Good Fruit Partners: Estonian University of Life Sciences (EE), Berry Farming LLC (EE), Farm Lāses (LV), Farm Pīlādži (LV), Partnership of Kandava (LV), and Pūre Horticultural Research Center (LV) Learn how locally grown products are transformed into juices and jams. Some tasting opportunities might arise. Place for Stamps for Place

Zvārtava, Latvia Relax and enjoy the evening! Place for Stamps

7 Tartu Route

Valka, Latvia Project: Art School Walk Partners: Valka Municipality (LV) and Valga Town Government (EE) Get ready to be creative, draw or paint something and get your first stamps in the passport! Place for Stamps for Place Haanja, Estonia Project: Alūksne – Haanja Uplands Partners: Haanja Municipality (EE) and Alūksne Regional Council (LV)

Get ready for autumn Place for Stamps biathlon exercise!

8 Tartu Route

Ape, Latvia Project: Sportsborder and Idea on the Border Partners: Union of Setomaa Rural Municipalities (EE) and Ape Regional Council Learn about what makes life in a border town so exciting! Place for Stamps for Place

Zvārtava, Latvia Relax and enjoy the evening! Place for Stamps

9 Alūksne Route

Tartu, Estonia Projects: ICT DCNet and Protolab Partners: Riga Technical University (LV), Latvian IT Cluster (LV), Tartu Science Park (EE), Ventspils High Technology Park (LV), Ventspils University College (LV) and Ogre Business and Innovation Incubator (LV) Get ready to learn about different technologies and ways to present them to others! Place for Stamps for Place

Valga, Estonia Project: Valga – Valka Joint Rescue Capacity Partners: Estonian Rescue Board (EE) and Latvian State Fire and Rescue Service (LV)

Prepare to see how Place for Stamps emergencies are dealt with in a town on the border!

10 Alūksne Route

Valka, Latvia Project: Art School Walk Partners: Valka Municipality (LV) and Valga Town Government (EE) Get ready to be creative, draw or paint something and get stamps in your passport! Place for Stamps for Place

Zvārtava, Latvia Relax and enjoy the evening! Place for Stamps

11 European Territorial Cooperation European Territorial Cooperation is a tool of the European Un- ion that brings people together, across borders, in order to solve common or similar issues that cannot be easily managed within a single country. By pulling together knowledge and resources, European Territorial Cooperation helps strengthen administration, transport, healthcare, education and so much more. All these actions and projects take place thanks to the involvement of local and regional institutions, universities, companies, research institutes and other organizations. Altogether there are 11 European Territorial Cooperation programmes operating in the Baltic States, and the Estonia – Latvia Programme is one of them. The programmes are financed from the European Re- gional Development Fund, European Neighbourhood and Part- nership Instrument and EU member states’ national budgets.

12 Estonia – Latvia Programme 2007 – 2013 The Estonia – Latvia Programme encourages cooperation between people of Estonia and Latvia through joint projects. The project spectrum is wide – from reconstructing small harbours and roads to creating new food products and learning new technology skills. At the moment there are joint projects working on developing a new Estonian – Latvian dictionary, researching maritime spatial planning, building joint databases for botanical gardens, promoting local cultures and designing new tourism routes in the rivers of Estonia and Latvia. All projects have at least one partner in each country. The smart ones join forces!

13 If you get lost, but still have this passport:

English Estonian Latvian Hi! Tere! Sveiki! Which side of the Kummal pool piiri Kurā robežas pusē border am I? ma olen? es atrodos? Please one more ice Palun veel üks Lūdzu, vēl vienu cream! jäätis! saldējumu! Good luck Jõudu Veiksmi with your work! tööle! darbā! The grass is indeed Rohi on siin tõesti Šeit tiešām zāle ir greener here. rohelisem. zaļāka. The best Parimad Vislabākie neighbours. naabrid. kaimiņi. European Euroopa Eiropas Territorial territoriaalne teritoriālā Cooperation. koostöö. sadarbība. Now is time to Nüüd on aeg Tagad ir laiks to celebrate! tähistada! atzīmēt! European Euroopa Eiropas Cooperation Day. koostöö päev. sadarbības diena. Cheers! Terviseks! Priekā! Life is beautiful! Elu on ilus. Dzīve ir skaista!

14 Mobile App

A mobile application is available for European Cooperation Day, which allows you to see all locations of celebrations, including Estonia – Latvia Road Trip, as well as take nice pictures, put a filter on them and share them on Facebook and Twitter. Application is available for iOS and Android. Let’s show Europe how much fun we are having in celebrating the success of cooperation in Estonia and Latvia, and take & upload as many photos today as we can! The application „European Cooperation Day“ is available free of charge from the Apple Store (iOS) or Google Play (Android).

15 Notes

16 Estonia – Latvia Road Trip Passport Written by Kaspars Rūklis Designed by Heigo Kütt Printed at Ecoprint

When you reach the destination:

17:00 Where are we? 17:30 Radio Classics 18:00 Food Art 19:30 DJ & Music 20:30 Departure