Commission
on Tourism Met in Palanga
The Municipality of Palanga, Lithuania, is
inhabited by 17 000 people. Every summer, between June and
August, this beautiful resort welcomes almost 2 000 000
tourists! By the end of August there were even more visitors
- delegates from the member cities of the UBC, taking part
in the annual meeting of the Commission on Tourism.
 On
the 28th - 30th of August about 25
delegates from the member cities from 5 countries met in
Palanga. The meeting was opened by the mayor of Palanga,
Mr Pranas Zeimys who held interesting speech about the work
in the tourist field in Palanga. The group left Palanga,
knowing what to work with and what to expect from the co-operation
in the Commission on Tourism.
One of the goals of the Commission on Tourism
is education. Therefore the secretariat invited the Head
of the Council of Nordic Ministers in Vilnius, Mr Knut Hjort-Johansen,
to inform about the work of the Council and its possibilities
for the member cities of the UBC. This information was very
much appreciated by the delegates and as a result of the
meeting it was decided to proceed with the development of
a common partner search platform through the secretariat
for the Civil Servants Exchange Programme of the Council
of Nordic Ministers. Several member cities already decided
to apply for the Exchange programme.
The meeting also informed about possibilities
in applying for funding from the EU (Interreg IIIB) and
presented some examples of success in doing this.
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