Współpraca międzynarodowa gminy miejsko-wiejskiej. Przypadek Olecka
International cooperation of urban-rural borough. Olecko case study

Summary/Abstract: The article is a case study which depicts the international cooperation of Olecko, which is the capital of Mazury Garbate and one of over six hundred urban-rural boroughs in Poland. It shows the beginnings of this activity, dating back to the communist times in Poland, expressed through cooperation with the French municipality of Marly. The main part of the text, however, discusses the evolution and evaluation of contemporary international cooperation of Olecko, which consists in developing relations with Belarusian (Szczuczyn), Lithuanian (Wilkowyszki, Kozlov Ore), Ukrainian (Drohobych), Russian (Gusev), Austrian (Guessing), and Estonian (Johvi) partners. A characteristic feature of Olecko’s international activity is closely linked with its geographical position and the origin of its inhabitants. These factors largely determine with whom and on what terms the city cooperates with, using a significant amount of EU funding. This international activity of the capital of Mazury Garbate has been internationally recognized. In 2014, Olecko was awarded the prestigious prize and the European City of Sport title.

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