Close contacts between partners and especially to bearers of knowledge, institutions and networks beyond the project partnership are the main objective of this work package, that acts like an "umbrella". Written and internet sources will be exploited, and current research as well as experiences from the other four WPs and from partners' daily work will be evaluated to generate well-founded conclusions and recommendations for transnational policy-making.  

• Link project partners, external stakeholders and bearers of knowledge beyond the project area
• Promote cross-sectoral exchange
• Improve the institutional capacities of project partners
• Make municipalities use international experience
• Improve transnational policy-making

The objectives will be achieved by activities like:  

• Conferences, meetings and discussion papers
• Dissemination of material for all four WP, newsletter, website
• Agreeing on follow-up projects

• Other projects dealing with the potential of small and medium sized towns
• 13/14.11.07: Final Conference in Schwerin/Germany
• 19/20.04.07: Next project meeting in Gdynia/ Poland
• 7/8.09.06: Project meeting in Jelgava/Latvia
• 08/06: the project website is launched
• 01/06 kick-off seminar in Greifswald/ Germany

All partners  

Ministry for Transport, Building and Regional Development Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Ministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Landesentwicklung Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) (DE)  

DE-19048 Schwerin  

Contact Person: Mr. Karl Schmude  

Phone: +49 3855883831  

Fax: +49 3855883082  

E-Mail: karl.schmude@vm.mv-regierung.de  

Website: http://www.vm.mv-regierung.de (only in German)  

• Final Brochure with project results (PDF 1,6 MB)
• Policy paper with transnational recommendations: Strategic paper: "Medium-sized towns, strategic planning and creative governance in the South Baltic Arc. - Discussion paper, updated 12/11/2007" by Klaus Kunzmann (PDF 479KB), Strategic paper: "SEBco - The role of medium-sized towns for spatial development. - Discussion paper, updated 16/12/2007" by Nordregio (PDF 1,5MB), recommendations by Karl Schmude (PDF 58KB)
• "Medium-sized towns as motors for the South Baltic Arc Region - European perspectives and policy options" held by Peter Schmitt, Nordregio at the Final Conference in Schwerin (PDF 1,4 MB)
• Minutes of the Panel Discussion at the Gdynia Conference in April 2007 (PDF 45KB)