The 3^rd edition of the Cross-border Academy organized within 15^th anniversary of Programme Poland-Belarus-Ukraine took place on the 9^th of August in Minsk, Belarus. More than 150 people from three countries gathered to listen to the experts in the field of cultural, historical and natural heritage.

By tradition the Cross-border Academy was opened by Dr.Leszek Buller, director of the Centre for European Projects, who made a point of Academy during the opened 2^nd call for proposals. The Head of the JTS Pawel Slowikowski presented the main achievements of the Programme Poland-Belarus-Ukraine during the three periods of the Programme existence: 2004-2006, 2007-2013, 2014-2020.

Like in the first and second editions, which were held in December 2016 in Janów Podlaski and in September 2017 in Lviv, the independent experts provided the important information for preparation of micro-projects under the ENI Cross-border Cooperation Programme Poland-Belarus-Ukraine 2014-2020. The Polish, Belarusian and Ukrainian experts discussed popular trends and perspectives in regard to preservation of common cultural, historical and natural heritage of three neighbouring countries. Potential applicants could become valuable experts’ recommendations and therefore improve their project ideas for the second call for proposals.

It should be reminded, that the 2^nd call for proposals in the Programme was launched on 1^st August 2018 and will last until 31^st of October 2018. The 2^nd call is dedicated to micro-projects, offering mainly non-investment activities promoting cooperation, such as building of new cross-border contacts and relations, exchange of experiences and social initiatives in connection with local culture and historical and natural heritage.

In the second part of Academy the experts analyzed the effectiveness of the current Programme priorities, discussed the lessons learned, exchanged the experience gained during previous Programme periods and gave their recommendations for the future Programme period.

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