On 17 September 2025, the first online meeting was held to launch the BRIDGE project – Cultural and tourism education as a bridge for cross-border cooperation, networking and developing relationships with new partners, co-financed by the Interreg South Baltic Programme 2021- 2027 in the 2nd small-scale call projects. The aim of the project is to create a network connecting partners from Poland, Sweden and Lithuania, cooperating in activities aimed at strengthening the role of young people as creators and recipients of cultural heritage in the South Baltic area.
The meeting was attended by representatives of four partners and five associated partners:
from Poland:
- Association of Communes Polish Gothic Castles (Lead Partner)
- Varmian-Masurian Regional Tourism Organization
- Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodeship
- Pomorskie Voivodeship
- Warmia and Masuria Teacher Training Centre in Olsztyn
from Sweden:
from Lithuania:
- Rietavas Tourism and Business Information Centre
- PI On the Samogitian Roads
- Public Institution Samogitia Tourism Information Center
The BRIDGE project officer, present at the meeting on behalf of the Joint Secretariat of the Interreg South Baltic Programme 2021-2027 , presented the partners with the Programme’s rules for project implementation, reporting and progress monitoring.
