BRIDGE - Cultural and tourism education as a bridge for cross-border cooperation, networking and developing relationships with new partners

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-A Poland-Denmark-Germany-Lithuania-Sweden (South Baltic)

Date of latest update: 2026-05-07

Description

Description (EN):

The idea of the project partnership is a response to the current situation faced by many Polish organisations/institutions conducting cooperation with Russia, which was severed after the aggression against Ukraine. LP, as the lead partner in 2004-2021, has actively cooperated with Russia in the framework of several cross-border projects, to which it has also invited PP1, Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodeship, and the Municipality of Olsztyn. The concept of setting up the LP stemmed from the firm belief shared by the founding communes that promoting a single castle or a single town would never be as successful as promoting many castles located on a common Trail (about 750 km) leading through: Bytów, Lębork, Człuchów, Malbork, Sztum, Gniew, Kwidzyn, Nowe, Ostróda, Nidzica, Działdowo, Olsztyn, Lidzbark Warmiński, Kętrzyn, Giżycko. The Gothic Castles Trail was awarded Certificate of the Polish Tourist Organization in the competition for the Best Tourist Product 2022. LP and PP1 are organisations affected by the suspension of cross-border cooperation programmes with Russia and are therefore looking for new partners from the South Baltic area (SBA) in the field of regional, historical education of children and young people. LP intends to pass its experience and knowledge gained in Polish-Russian relations (e.g. live history lessons/knowledge competitions for pupils) to new partnerships from the Interreg South Baltic Programme countries. For the first time, the LP will cooperate with PP2 known for Hovdala Castle (100,000 visitors per year) and surrounding areas in the region - Wanås Castle, Bäckaskog Castle. The Partner also has a rich offer of history lessons in the castle. For the first time, the LP will also cooperate with PP3 dealing with, among other things, cultural education and tradition. The Cultural and Historical Museum in Rietavas, Giliogiris Manor, Cold War Museum in Plunge, among others, are located in the PP3 area. The project will be a test of new partnerships and a training platform for all PPs. The project will also respond to the need to define the goods and culture of the SBA as attractive, worth knowing and recommending by young people using means and tools used by this age group. The project will aim to: a. building cross-border cooperation and finding cross-border partners for local entities affected by the suspension of cross-border cooperation programmes with Russia, including partners from the Olsztyński subregion; b. to increase the capacity and skills for international cooperation among diverse partners and stakeholders to address common cross-border issues; c. to build up cooperation networks and empower children and young people as creators and consumers of cultural heritage of the SBA. It includes the following WP1: strengthening the cross-border cooperation in cultural education of young people and new Partners with activities: 6 study visits of young bloggers/influencers to Partners countries (2 visits to each country) with the results: articles/films/posts/rolls on blog/social media; 1 history and landscape knowledge digital competition for pupils in PL, LT, SE, - the competition will culminate in the presentation of at least 50 best works on a shared interactive map produced by LP with links to the websites of the PPs; 3 meetings of employees engaged in the culture/education/tourism industries in PL, LT, SE on topics how to alive sites to attract young inhabitants of the SBA. A novelty will be the use of LP’s organisational and content-related potential acquired in Polish-Russian projects for the benefit of PP2, PP 3. The implementation of the project activities will be based on the experience and expectations of youth and young people as creators and recipients. The results of the project will be made available to Polish municipalities in the Olsztyński subregion, which have no partner in the Interreg South Baltic Programme countries e.g. Olsztyn, Nidzica, Lidzbark Warmiński, Kętrzyn.

Thematic information

Institutional cooperation and cooperation networks Cultural heritage and arts Education and training

Priority: (VI-A_SB_4) Active South Baltic - improving cooperation governance

Priority specific objective: ISO6.1. Enhance the institutional capacity of public authorities, in particular those mandated to manage a specific territory, and of stakeholders (all strands)

Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO6 (ISO1) A better cooperation governance

Type of intervention: 171 Enhancing cooperation with partners both within and outside the Member State

Partners (4)

Lead Partner: Association of Communes 'Polish Gothic Castles'

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 7392774058

Address: Seweryna Pieniężnego, 10-006 Olsztyn, Poland

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Interest groups including NGOs

Total budget: EUR 38 920.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 31 136.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 7 784.00

Rietavas Tourism and Business Information Centre

Name: Rietavas Tourism and Business Information Centre

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 171675271

Address: Parko, 90311 Rietavas, Lithuania

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Other

Total budget: EUR 63 560.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 50 848.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 12 712.00

Hovdala Castle, Hässleholm Municipality

Name: Hovdala Castle, Hässleholm Municipality

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SE212000098501

Address: Hovdala slott, 28192 Hässleholm, Sweden

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Total budget: EUR 54 897.50

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 43 918.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 10 979.50

Varmian-Masurian Regional Tourism Organization

Name: Varmian-Masurian Regional Tourism Organization

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 7393345833

Address: Staromiejska, 10-017 Olsztyn, Poland

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Interest groups including NGOs

Total budget: EUR 41 650.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 33 320.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 8 330.00

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Rietavas Tourism and Business Information Centre

BRIDGE - Cultural and tourism education as a bridge for cross-border cooperation, networking and developing relationships with new partners

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Hovdala Castle, Hässleholm Municipality

BRIDGE - Cultural and tourism education as a bridge for cross-border cooperation, networking and developing relationships with new partners

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Varmian-Masurian Regional Tourism Organization

BRIDGE - Cultural and tourism education as a bridge for cross-border cooperation, networking and developing relationships with new partners

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Association of Communes 'Polish Gothic Castles'

BRIDGE - Cultural and tourism education as a bridge for cross-border cooperation, networking and developing relationships with new partners

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Summary

Project name (EN): BRIDGE - Cultural and tourism education as a bridge for cross-border cooperation, networking and developing relationships with new partners

Project acronym: BRIDGE - Cultural and tourism education as a bridge for cross-border cooperation, networking and developing relationships with new partners

Project ID: STHB.04.01-IP.01-0001/25

Project start date: 2025-09-01

Project end date: 2027-02-28

Project status: ongoing

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 199 027.50

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 159 222.00

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 80.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 159 222.00. Co-financing rate, 80.00%.

Investments, deliverables, policy contributions

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Programme Common Output Indicator:

RCO 087 - Organisations cooperating across borders, Measurement unit:
RCO 001 - Enterprises supported (of which: micro, small, medium, large), Measurement unit:

Delivered output indicator(s):

(RCO087) Organisations cooperating across borders: 9.0

Programme Common Result Indicator:

RCR 084 - Organisations cooperating across borders after project completion, Measurement unit:

Delivered result indicator(s):

(RCR84) Organisations cooperating across borders after project completion: 9.0

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-A Poland-Denmark-Germany-Lithuania-Sweden (South Baltic)

Latest month of project-partner-call data publication

2026-05

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

55 / 55 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

408 / 408 (100%)

Notes on the data

There are discrepancies in this programme's financial data in keep.eu. Namely, in one or more cases, the sum of the project partners' budgets exceeds the total budget of the respective project. Interact is working with the Programme to correct those figures.

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BRIDGE - Cultural and tourism education as a bridge for cross-border cooperation, networking and developing relationships with new partners

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