COMMISSION ON SPORT
MET IN PANEVËZYS

The city surprised us with a great number of sports facilities, and no wonder that among its inhabitants there have been so many Olympic Games champions. And it was the topic of a photograph exhibition of famous champions which could be seen by participants of the meeting. 
After an eventful day, the Commission members together with the city and regional authorities, sports club managers, sportsmen could have a go at a bowling game (the team consisting of Commission members won!). 
See you next year in Karlskrona where we plan to organise a conference devoted, among others: to sports seniors and that of the disabled as well as to the issue of construction and management of huge sports buildings

On the 29 th of April 2000 the Annual Meeting of UBC Commission on Sport was held in Panevëzys, Lithuania. 8 cities from Denmark, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania took part in the meeting. Despite hot weather, which welcomed us in summery Panevëzys, participants of the meeting discussed the UBC steering documents and the budget for the year 2000. The Commission on Sport has decided to support the following sports events in member

Władyslaw Kozakiewicz visiting a photograph exhibition devoted to Olympic Games champions

cities this year:
- Klaipëda, UBC Sports Games (29-30 July) 
- Gdynia, Road Running Race (28 May) 
- Panevëzys, International Female Cycling Competition (29 June -3 July) International Football Tournament (26-28 May 2000; 17-18 June 2000 and 15-18 September 2000). 
During the Annual Meeting of the Commission a project proposal regarding senior sport put forward by Aalborg was discussed and was met with great interest. Furthermore, members of the Commission suggested creating on the UBC website a data base of sports clubs in our cities interested in international co-operation and exchange as well as establishing a mini stock of sports equipment that could be presented by western cities. These two things will appear on www pages of the Commission on Sport this year. 

UBC EU CO-ORDINATORS NETWORK

In September 1999 the UBC EU Co-ordinator Network received economic support from the EU-programme Swebaltcop for carrying out three seminars and constructing a homepage for the network -called the EU Co-ordinator Project. The aim with the project is to create a forum for exchange of knowledge, information and experiences between EU co-ordinators in the UBC member cities and thereby build a platform for a long-term co-operation within the network. 
The first seminar within the project was carried out in Tartu, Estonia on the 16-17 of January this year. 34 participants representing 25 UBC member cities attended the seminar. The second seminar was arranged in Vilnius, Lithuania on the 19-20 of May with 20 paricipants from 17 cities. 
At the first day of the Tartu seminar we focused on The role of the EU co-ordinator in local authorities. Representatives from Aalborg, 

Malmö and Turku presented their practical knowledge and experiences from working with EUrelated issues in their cities. During the second day we worked with Techniques for presentation. The lecturer for the day was Mrs Ann-Christin Bayard from IKL - Institut Kreatives Lernen. 
During the Vilnius seminar we concentrated on The integration process to the European Union, with emphasis on the local authority level. The seminar treated issues like how to influence the European Union, how to find relevant information and the accession process. Lecturer was Mr Hakan Gustafsson, senior adviser from Sweden. In a workshop the participants exchanged experiences from working with EUrelated issues on the local level and presented the possibilities and problems that they face. In another workshop we worked with finding relevant 

EUinformation on the Internet. During the seminar we also discussed about the continuation of the co-operation within the network. 
The next seminar will be arranged on the 29-30 September. It is not decided yet in what member city the seminar will take place, but information will be sent out on the UBC contact list and the EU Coordinators mailinglist as soon as we know. Our next seminar will deal with concrete planning of projects and the application process to the EU. 
If you want to join the EU Co-ordinator Network and/or if you want the documentation from the Tartu and Vilnius seminars please contact the project leader.