Projekt jest finansowany ze środków 6. Programu Ramowego Unii Europejskiej

Põlvamaa county

• Põlvamaa county is located in the South-East part of Estonia, common border with Russian Federation.
• 13 municipalities and 1 townArea 2 164 sqkm
• Population 32 000 (2006)
  • Mostly Estonians
  • 73% resides in rural settlements, 27% in towns
• Setomaa is a cultural-historical area in the county.
• This area consists of six municipalities: Meremäe, Misso, Orava, Mikitamäe, Vastse-Liina and Värska; on the map, 5 of these are marked with green rectangles, Vastse-Liina has white backgrou
• Industry
  • Agriculture: cattle rearing, vegetables and other garden products
  • forestry and timber processing
  • Estonian branch of the Danish farmacy concern Nycomed SEFA
  • Rural tourism, recreation
• In future, more profit should be gained from the transit between Russia and the EU and develop products related to the transit
• Rather intense contacts with Segeberg county in Schleswig-Holstein (Germany): social, cultural and entrepreneurship affairs. The county has also contacts with Kulikova raion in Ukraine, Vargarda in Sweden and Lestijoe in Finla

Pskov oblast

Pskov oblast (district) is the western border of Russia, it has a 247 km long common border with Estonia

• Area 55 300 sqkm
• Population 789 400 inhabitants (2000)
• Industry
  • Agriculture; metal, engineering and building material industries, provision and light industries, production of electrical appliances and machines, fishing near Lake Peipsi

Pechory raion

Pechory raion is a administrative-geographical sub-area in the Pskov Oblast, located in immediate proximity to Estonia, Põlvamaa

• Area 1 200 sqkm
• Population 26 900 inhabitants (2000)
• Industry: processing of raw materials and fish products, cattle rearing and grain growing, growing of flax