First
Meeting of "Coordination Group Start Route"
Kostrzyn,
Poland - 20th and 21st of April
2007
On 20-21 April, in Kostrzyn (Poland), a
meeting of the Coordination Group Start Route of the international project INTERREG III B "Baltic Fort Route"
(BFR) took place.
A four-route programme and
newspapers issues were heatedly discussed and coordinated. All the four routes will start in the town of
Kostrzyn located on the border between Poland and Germany and will go to the
partners' fortifications located to the south, north, west, and the east of the
town and will include the supplementary tourist objects located along the way.
During the meeting, project coordinator Hartmut Röder and the tour operator in Poland that will coordinate all the
routes, Dr. A. Mikos von Rohrscheidt, presented the latest program of the
routes. The partners were asked to specify the programs of the routes that go
through their towns and fortifications; their proposals were taken into
consideration.
There were long discussions whether to include the Kaliningrad fortification
into the route. There are concerns that the tourists may have problems with
obtaining visas and may incur other problems that may arise on the border with Russia.
After
the meeting, the partners committed to making their programs more specific,
and, in May, these programs will be presented to the tourists. It is expected
that not only the enthusiasts of fortifications will be interested to visit,
but also other tourists, who will want to get acquainted with the cultural
heritage of Germany, Poland, and Lithuania, will be interested in
taking the routes.
During the meeting the
new Fort Gorgast
Information Point was opened, which is located not far away, on the German
side, in the fort located close to the border with Poland. It is expected that by opening
the centre the Fort
Gorgast will attract more
tourists.
12:30
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Registration
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13:00
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Opening
Route
strategy organization tasks and work division
Schedule
planning at the model of the Route North and development of the Organization
Book
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15:00
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Coffee
break
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15:15 - 18:00
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Continuation
of the schedule planning at the model of the Route North and development of
the Organization Book
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19:30
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Dinner
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20:30
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Probably:
meeting with special people
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9:00 - 11:00
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Simultaneous
sessions:
Involved
fortresses of the West Route
Involved
fortresses of the Eastern Route
Involved
fortresses of the South Route
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11:00
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Common
session conclusion and next tasks
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13:00
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14:00
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Opening
of the information point
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14:30
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Common meeting with the British fortress study group in Fort
Gorgast
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15:30
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Free time
during the Historical Military Event
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16:30
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Return to
Kostrzyn or individual return home
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