BALTICA 2000
 From
20th to 24th September 2000 the Congress
Baltica 2000 took place in the cities of Gdynia, Gdansk,
Sopot, Tczew and Rumia. It was a common undertaking of local
governments, as well as of nongovernmental organisations.
The objective of Baltica 2000 was to revive, strengthen
and expand contacts between twin cities with special emphasis
put on non-governmental organisations, as well as to establish
a common platform for expertise and experience exchange
among them. Moreover, the Congress was aimed at raising
the level of know-how on functioning of the European Union.
It allowed the participants to get acquainted with various
programmes, as well as with the legal acts and standards
being in force in EU countries.
All the participants of the congress were
divided into 5 groups, and each city took care of the representatives
from its own twin cities. In case of Gdynia, arrived about
50 representatives from Aalborg, Kunda and Rakvere, Klaipeda,
Liepaja, Plymouth and Baranovichi. During the Congress Gdynia
was responsible for organising a subject session devoted
to, among others, ecology, tourism, housing and mostly co-operation
of NGOs.
An integration party during which all the
participants had a chance to share their impressions ended
the event.
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