□ Training and employment;
□ Support of trade organizations, professional associations in cooperation
between borders;
□ Roads;
□ Cooperation in higher education;
□ Development planning.
The EU support in cross border cooperation field can be evaluated by implemented
projects in tourism field in Latvia because great part of all funded projects in cross
border cooperation is related to tourism (see table 2). Unfortunately, author could not
fill full information from 1994 till 2003 about EU funded projects in cross border
cooperation because responsible institutions are changed during this time and
information was not available.
Table 2. EU funded projects in Latvia in cross border cooperation
Programme, year |
Total number of |
Number of projects related to |
Phare 2000. Economic and |
Travel around Latgale by IT | |
Phare 2000 programme |
Business directory of Euroregion | |
Phare CBC Small projects, |
14 |
1 |
Phare CBC 2001 Small |
^6 |
1 |
Phare CBC 2000________ |
13 projects_________ |
8 projects_________________________ |
Phare CREDO, 1997 |
Tourism in Selija________________ | |
Phare CREDO, 1998 |
Environmentally friendly | |
Phare BSPF, 1998 |
Tourism Information Centres in | |
Phare Access |
Landscape project in South East |
Everybody travelling around country and around Baltic States can easily notice the
implemented projects in tourism sector. There are two hard outcomes: maps and signs
on the roads, written information materials - editions. The total impact of tourism
development projects could not evaluate according restricted information, but