Polish cities express interest in joining Baltic Sea Waterfront Project

Five Polish cities are said to be interested in joining Waterfront, a European Union project aimed at economic cooperation between cities bordering the Baltic Sea. The five, namely Gdynia, Gdansk, Szczecin, Elblag and Tczew, are likely to be joined in the project by eight EU cities, among them Berlin and Goethenbourg. Additionally, three other Polish cities, Warsaw, Poznan and Bydgoszcz, have expressed an interest in the project. The EU will consider enlarging the scheme at its upcoming conference in Berlin. Cities involved in the Waterfront Project can expect to receive funding from PHARE, as well as the Interreg III B fund. Currently, consortia are being formed of land owners, business people and planning authorities, to take advantage of grants being offered in public and private partnerships. (Puls Biznesu, p. 9) A.Z.