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April was marked with signing six Grant Contracts with Projects supported within 2nd Call for Proposals. For the first time in the history of the Programme, Joint Monitoring Committee approved 5 projects with an aim to encourage business and entrepreneurship in the near border areas within the Measure 1.1. Project "Logistics and Overland Transport Network for Training ‘Blue Collars’" has been countersigned in Riga on 29 April 2013 by  Mr  Laur Speek, Director of the Valga County Vocational Training Centre (Estonia) and can begin planned activities in Estonia, Latvia and Russia. Projects within this measure will improve business environment and facilitate preconditions for investments, reduce risks for start ups and provide consultancy, exchange of know-how and will strengthen networks of entrepreneurs. Read more

Information Managers of the Joint Technical Secretariat have been consulting Projects on Communication and Visibility issues already for 1,5 year and out of the experience gained few changes were proposed into Communication and Visibility Guidelines and approved by the Joint Monitoring Committee on 10 April 2013. Updated Guidelines are renamed as Guidelines for Calls for Proposals and aplly now to Projects of both Calls for Proposals. Updated Russian version of these Guidelines is published here. Relevant changes have been made also in the Communication and Visibility Guidelines for Large Scale Projects.
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Based on the decision of the 7th meeting of the Joint Monitoring Committee on the changes of the staff of the Joint Technical Secretariat and in order to ensure effective implementation of the approved Projects, new position of the Project Manager is going to be established in the Main Office of the Joint Technical Secretariat in Riga. Please find the announcement and job description for the Project Manager. Read more

On 10 – 11 June 2013 in Sigulda, Latvia Estonia-Latvia-Russia Cross Border Cooperation Programme will hold it’s Annual Event, which this year is devoted to support the tourism development in Programme’s territory. 8 Tourism Projects are supported within the Programme and are well advanced in implementation.
Please see the Invitation and Draft Agenda of the Annual Event. Read more

On 12 April 2013 the first Grant Contract within the 2nd Call for Proposals for 198 000 euro of the Programme co-financing has been countersigned by the JMA of the Programme and Valga Town Government, Estonia by the Mayor of Valga Mr Kalev Hark in Riga, Latvia. Cross-border people to people sports project „Be good at sports through three countries” was accepted under the Priority 3 – promoting of people to people cooperation, Measure 3.2. – Cooperation in spheres of culture, sport, education, social and health. Read more

On 10-11 April 2013 in Kuressaare, Estonia 7th Joint Monitoring Committee meeting took place. Members of the Joint Monitoring Committee representing National and Regional Authorities from Estonia, Latvia and Russia took a decision to establish two Joint Programming Committees in order to begin preparations of two future European Neighbourhood Instrument Programmes - ENI Estonia – Russia CBC and ENI Latvia – Russia CBC. Meeting was chaired by Ms Silja Sorgus, Advisor within Regional Development Department of the European Territorial Cooperation Bureau at the Estonian Ministry of the Interior.


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Based on the decision of the Joint Monitoring Committee the new position of Financial Manager at the JTS is established from 2 April 2013 and Estonia - Latvia - Russia Cross Border Cooperation Programme within European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument 2007-2013 is looking for Financial Manager. Please find the detailed announcement and task description for the Financial Manager. Read more

On 10 – 11 April the Joint Monitoring Committee of the Estonia-Latvia-Russia Cross Border Cooperation Programme will hold its 7th meeting in Kuressaare, Estonia. Representatives from the National and Regional Authorities from Estonia, Latvia and Russia will discuss the next steps for the programming for 2014-2020. Programme implementation will be presented by the Joint Technical Secretariat. The Programme representative from the European Commission, Mr Alejandro Eggenschwiler, will participate in the meeting. Read more

Latest changes in the national legislation related to procurements in Latvia were presented in the thematic seminar for Project Managers and procurement specialists of the Programme by Ms Agnese Briška, Director of Methodology Department of the Bureau of Procurement Monitoring. Ms Inta Vingre, Director of Control Department focused on the experience gathered by the Bureau dealing with procurements in EU funded projects. Around 55 participants from Latvia attended the seminar held on 4 April 2013 in Riga, Latvia. Read more

Open tender for mid-term evaluation of the ENPI Estonia-Latvia-Russia CBC Programme has been announced on the website of the State Regional Development Agency of the Republic of Latvia on 28 March 2013 here. The deadline for submitting proposals is 7 May 2013. Read more