As part of the INTERREG Saxony-Poland project "Kommando", about 70 German and Polish children and teenagers, between the age of 8 and 15, met for a joint exercise of the youth fire brigades. At several stations, they practised various fire brigade skills, e.g. lifting heavy loads with hydraulic pumps, as well as performing first aid. Afterwards,... read more
Topic: Civic protection
Partners of the Saxon-Polish project MineLife have visited the legacy of uranium mining in the surroundings of Bad Schlema on September 4 and 5, 2019. In the Ore Mountains, uranium was mined on military order of the Soviet Union between 1946 and 1990, often without consideration of the environmental impact. Participants of the event learned on... read more
Topic: Urban and rural development
The Federal Ministry for the Interior, Construction and Homeland and the Ministry for Investments and Economic Development of the Polish Republic are jointly realizing a competition to identify flagship projects for the concept of a joint future between the neighbouring countries. During this year’s award ceremony, the project Smart... read more
Topic: Institutional capacities
Partners of the Saxon-Polish cross-border project "Smart Integration" met on 30 and 31 January 2019 in Dresden. The participants evaluated the realised activities and coordinated those foreseen in upcoming months. One of the central outcomes of the project is a study analysing the border area that will be finalised by summer 2019.... read more
Topic: Institutional capacities
As part of the project „Smart Integration“ with the Saxony State Ministry as Lead Partner a German-Polish excursion for professionals on the issues structure and construction of administration took place from 22.11.2018 to 23.11.2018. Representatives of the Ministry and of polish administration exchanged their experience in that field.... read more
Topic: Education
Experts from the Polish and Saxon authorities responsible for the administration of mining activities met on 12 and 13 November 2018 in Bautzen to discuss strategies to avoid and solve conflicts of interest in context of mining. The workshop addressed both the differences of the authorities’ competencies and legal frameworks as well as case... read more
Topic: Institutional capacities, Urban and rural development
The travelling exhibition about the development of mining in the Saxon-Polish border area has been inaugurated in Nochten on 18 October 2018. The exhibition was produced in the framework of the MineLife project and will be shown at different locations in Saxony until April 2019 before travelling to Lower Silesia for presentations until March 2020.... read more
Topic: Institutional capacities, Urban and rural development
The first team meeting of the project 'Science as Adventure' took place on 12/09/2018 in the Lusatian Museum in Zgorzelec. All three partners of the project, the Museum of West Lusatia Kamenz, the Ceramics Museum Bolesławiec and the Lusatian Museum in Zgorzelec participated. The main purpose of the meeting was signing of the partnership... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage, Education
The joint German-Polish training exercise of the fire brigades was organized on 15th September 2018, which involved about 100 Polish and German firefighters and the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB). On the grounds of the "Ostsächsischen Eisenbahnfreunde in Löbau an accident was simulated with a tanker, which derailed due to heavy rain. The main... read more
Topic: Civic protection
Representatives of municipalities and interest groups were invited to participate in a forum presenting the intermediate results of a study for the border area between Saxony and Lower Silesia to discuss approaches for spatial planning and regional development of the border area. The event was also used to launch the consultation phase of the... read more
Topic: Demographic change, Institutional capacities, Urban and rural development