Euroregion Bug

Euroregion Bug
Formation	29 September 1995
Type	Euroregion
Headquarters	Chełm, Poland
Region served	Upper Bug River
Website	http://euroregionbug.pl

Euroregion Bug is a Euroregion that encompasses cross-border areas of Belarus, Poland and Ukraine. The main aim of the agreement is to develop co-operation in the fields of: regional development, transport, communication, delivery of energy and water, nature protection, industry, trade, agriculture, education, science research, healthcare, culture, art, tourism, recreation and crime and public menace prevention.

History

It was established on September 29, 1995 when the governors of the former Polish voivodships (which were later rehashed by the administration reform of 1999) Lublin Voivodeship (Edward Hunek), Chełm Voivodeship (Marian Cichosz), Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship (Pawel Stawowy), Zamość Voivodeship (Stanislaw Rapa), and the Ukrainian Volyn Oblast (Borys Klymchuk) met in Lutsk to establish the association.

In May 1998 Belarus joined the Euroregion and, accordingly, among the new areas were added: the Polish Biała Podlaska Voivodeship and Belarusian Brest Voblast.^[1] Among the signatories were governors K.Michalski (Lublin Voivodeship), L.Burakowski (Chełm Voivodeship), M.Czarnecki (Biała Podlaska Voivodeship), M.Grzelaczyk (Zamość Voivodeship), W.Stasiak (Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship), V.A.Zalomai (Brest Voblast), B.Klymchuk (Volyn Oblast) and heads of local councils L.A.Lemyeshevski (Brest Voblast), V.Dmytruk (Volyn Oblast).

After the Polish reform of 1999, the Euroregion members representation has simplified including only three Brest Voblast, Volyn Oblast, and Lublin Voivodeship.

On May 12, 2000 two Ukrainian raions of Lviv Oblast Sokal and Zhovkva that are bordering Poland were admitted as new members of the region.^[1]

Geography

Its area is about 80,000 km², population over 5,000,000.^[1] There are three administrative centers in the regions Lublin, Brest, and Lutsk that are also the biggest cities as well.

References

1 2 3 Transboundary Union "Euroregion Bug" (Russian)

External links

(English)/(Polish) Official website

Euroregions

Alphabetically by United Nations European area or Central Europe

Central	Bavarian Forest–Bohemian Forest/Šumava Beskydy (Beskidy) Cieszyn Silesia Dobrava Egrensis Elbe / Labe Glacensis Inn–Salzach Inntal Ister–Granum Neisse / Nisa / Nysa Ore Mountains Pomerania Pomoraví–Záhorie–Weinviertel Praděd (Pradziad) Pro Europa Viadrina Raetia Nova Salzburg–Berchtesgadener Land–Traunstein Silesia Silva Nortica Spree–Neisse–Bober Tatrus Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino Via Salina West Pannonia White Carpathians Zugspitze–Wetterstein–Karwendel

Eastern	Belasica Black Sea Białowieża Forest Biharia Bug Carpathian Danube 21 Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Donbas Eurobalkans (Niš–Sofia–Skopje) Karelia Mesta / Nestos Neman Siret–Prut–Nistru Stara Planina Upper Prut Lower Danube

Northern	Archipelago Arvika / Kongsvinger (ARKO) Baltic Barents Euro-Arctic Bornholm–Southwestern Skåne Cross-Channel East Sussex–Seine-Maritime–Somme Helsinki–Tallinn Karelia Kvarken–MittSkandia Neman North Calotte Østfold–Bohuslän/Dalsland Pomerania Southern Jutland–Schleswig Tornio

Southern	Adriatic Ionian Alps–Mediterranean Belasica Danube–Drava–Sava Drina–Sava–Majevica Eurobalkans (Niš–Sofia–Skopje) Insubria Mesta / Nestos Pyrenees–Mediterranean Sea Alps Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino

Western	Belgian–Dutch border (BENEGO) Benelux–Middengebied Ems Dollart Enschede–Gronau (EUREGIO) Galicia–North Portugal Insubria Meuse–Rhine Pyrenees–Mediterranean Rhine–North Meuse Rhine–Waal SaarLorLux Scheldemond TriRhena

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