13:00    Chairing of the seminar & short presentation of STETE’s Pskov-project
MP, STETE’s vice-chair OUTI OJALA

Strengthening the Baltic Sea Co-operation – What will the New                           Neighbourhood Instrument bring?
MP, Chair of the Grand Committee JARI VILÉN

EU border policies
Professor EIKI BERG, Tartu university

Commentary by
Director ESA KOKKONEN, Baltic Institute of Finland

14:15 Coffee break

14:45 – 16:30 Good practises from the concrete cross-border projects

Chair: MP, Vice-chair of STETE ULLA ANTTILA

Euregio Karelia as a model?
Regional Development Manager SISKO KAARTO, Regional Council of                    Northern Karelia
Imatra-Svetogorsk – City twinning project
MP, STETE’s chair SINIKKA HURSKAINEN

Cross-border co-operation around the Peipsi Lake
Director MARGIT SÄRE, Peipsi Centre for Transboundary Co-operation

Experiences & views from the Pskov region
Head of Department ANDREY GAVRILOV, Regional Administration of the                Pskov Region

Cross-border co-operation between the local governments
Member of the local government of the Balvi District JURIS                                   ANNUSKANS, Executive Director of The Project Euroregions, Latvia