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Adventures of the Lithuanian Beneficiaries in Mikolajki Issue 10 08-11-2013

“Sharing borders, growing closer” was the motto for the celebration of Main features European Cooperation day 2013 on the 14 th of September, 2013, in Mikolajki. Two organisations from •News about the Programming Lithuania were presented during of the 2014-2020 Lithuania- “Project Fair”. Representatives of Russia Programme Administration of Pag ėgiai municipali- •Lithuanian winners of the ty (projects 040 and 186) were photo competition dressed in traditional national cos- •Adventures of the Lithuanian tume and offered guests cheese and Beneficiaries in Mikolajki tea. They demonstrated popular •Children sports in games and led a playful quiz on stage. Very popular was the game of Winning photos : darts organised by Marijampole Branch Office of Kaunas Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts and Kaliningrad Chamber of Com- merce and Industry (project 120 “Create4Compete”).

Lithuanian winners of the photo competition On 24 of September, 2013, the winners of the competition “Amazing picture of the project implemented under the Lithuania-Poland- Russia Programme” were chosen. Adequacy of images for cross- border cooperation, artistic value of the pictures and the general idea I place. R ūta Bunikyt ė of the pictures were evaluated. 5 prizes were awarded to the pictures of Lithuanian beneficiaries and partners ( pictures can be seen on the right ). See all winning photos: www.lt-pl-ru.eu.

Programming of 2014-2020 Lithuania-Russia Programme

The programming of the 2014-2020 Lithuania-Russia Cross-border cooperation Programme has already started. 2 meetings of the Lithu- anian and Russian delegations and the representative of the Europe- II place. Sergej Patiuka an Commission have been organised in Moscow and Vilnius. It has already been decided that the functions of the Managing Authority of the new programme will be performed by the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania.

Projects Children sport festival in Smalininkai More than 120 of children from Jurbarkas III place. Olga Bulanova (Lithuania), Gizycko (Poland) and (Russia, Kaliningrad dis- trict) will gather in Sma- lininkai, Jurbarkas district on 7-8 and 9-10 of No- vember 2013 to participate in the common sport festival which is organized under the project “Infrastructure Development and Cooperation in Health Educa- Special prize. Diana Liaugminait ė tion” (LPR1/010/037) implemented by the Administration of Jurbarkas District Municipality together with partners – Administration of Neman Municipal District (Kaliningrad Region, Russia) and District Authority for the Management of Schools and Educational Institutions from Gizycko (Poland). Children will compete in various competitions and participate in get-together evenings. During the implementation of the project also sport stadium in Jurbarkas and sport camp facilities in Neman will be renovated. Special prize. Rimantas Žirgulis

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