Four Estonia-Latvia-Russia Projects of Narva and Ivangorod united for the ECday lecture

On September 26 public lecture “Cross-border cooperation: Narva-Ivangorod” was held jointly by three projects: "River Promenades II", "EstRusFortTour-2" and LSP "Narva-Ivangorod". Information about Narva and Ivangorod common projects in development of tourism, entrepreneurship and youth work was presented to wider public in the Narva College of Tartu University.

The event took place in the framework of European Cooperation Day. The main objective of the campaign, joined by Narva-Ivangorod projects, is to celebrate achievements of European cooperation and lay stress on changes for the better that have been achieved thanks to local projects. More detailed information about European Cooperation Day can be found on www.ecday.eu.

Representatives of Narva City Government, Administration of Municipal Formation “City Ivangorod” and speakers from other organisations involved in common projects, presented information about the projects’ implementation.

Reconstruction of the Castle Park in Narva and construction of a convenient access road to Ivangorod fortress is carried out in the framework of the project «Unique Estonian-Russian fortresses ensemble development as a single tourist product. Stage II». Project “Development of historical riverside protection area in Narva/Estonia and Ivangorod/ Russia II stage” is directed to reconstruction of the upper level of the promenade (in Dark Garden) in Narva and construction of the northern part of the river promenade in Ivangorod. The project is in its final stage. Main activities of the Project „Development of the unique Narva-Ivangorod trans-border fortresses ensemble as a single cultural and tourist object” are concentrated on restoration and opening for visitors of Victoria bastion in Narva and the Small Powder Granary in Ivangorod.

The audience was also acquainted with information about the Project “Regions are to attract the investors». Its overall objective is to improve competitiveness of the cooperating regions in order to attract the principal foreign investors. Foundation Ida-Virumaa Industrial Areas Development implements the project.