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Studies presented in this publication were aimed at provide data necessary for the conducting of local government and citizenship dimension of the enlarged Polish foreign policy in Podlaskie region. The main objective was to investigate the diagnosis, as the local government units, non-governmental organizations, businesses and universities alluded cross-border cooperation with partners in Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia (Kaliningrad). The publication indicated areas of the greatest potential, as well as barriers to such cooperation in the region. Particular attention was paid to the cooperation of these entities, combining their potentials and create joint projects.

This publication contains the results of the research of enterprises in subregion Bialystok-Suwalki and expert analysis on the possible use of cross-border cooperation to strengthen the competitiveness of companies and strengthen development processes in peripheral regions. Presentation of studies was preceded by the description of business contacts in subregion Bialystok-Suwalki.

"Niniejsza monografia naukowa jest pierwszą w literaturze polskiej, która przedstawia kompleksową analizę podjętego tematu, tym samym poszerza naszą wiedzę o współczesnej polityce zagranicznej Federacji Rosyjskiej i jej obecności na płaszczyźnie bilateralnej i multilateralnej w Azji Południowo-Wschodniej. Zawiera także informacje o próbach rosyjskich polityków w zakresie realizacji Projektu Wielkiego Partnerstwa Euroazjatyckiego. Temat pracy nie doczekał się w polskiej literaturze naukowej kompleksowej analizy. Zwrot Federacji Rosyjskiej ku Azji, w tym Azji Południowo-Wschodniej, podyktowany był i jest względami polityki zagranicznej, tzw. wektorem wschodnim, szczególnie od czasu aneksji Krymu. Ponadto ASEAN odgrywa istotną rolę w umacnianiu poczucia podmiotowości Federacji Rosyjskiej i równowagi na międzynarodowej arenie azjatyckiej, szczególnie wobec partnera chińskiego. Temat jest jak najbardziej aktualny, ponieważ analizowana polityka zagraniczna Federacji Rosyjskiej wobec Azji Południowo-Wschodniej najprawdopodobniej będzie intensywnie ewoluowała w kolejnych latach, szczególnie w kontekście pogarszających się relacji Rosji z szeroko pojmowanym Zachodem."--

This publication contains the results of the research companies and expert analysis on the impact of cross-border cooperation on the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises, thereby strengthening development processes in the peripheral regions. The research was conducted within the framework of the project "Development of cross-border economic co-operation subregion Bialystok-Suwalki and Grodno region of Belarus and subregion Przemysl and Krosno with Transcarpathian Oblast in Ukraine" co-financed by the European Union under the Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Poland-Belarus-Ukraine 2007-2013. Bialystok Personnel Training Foundation implemented the project in cooperation with a partner from Belarus State University in Grodno and partner of Ukraine, Foundation for the Development of Cross-Border Cooperation of Uzhhorod.

The aim of this paper is to present the theoretical basis of public diplomacy and the characteristics of methods and areas of cross-border cooperation conducted by local governments in Podlaskie Voivodship. Report, in particular, draws attention to the civic and local government dimension of Polish foreign policy. Undertaken analysis was targeted to recognition of existing practices in this area, as well as to identify conclusions and recommendations for further development of decentralized foreign policy.
This report first discusses the basic theoretical concepts related to citizenship and local government cross-border cooperation. Attention was drawn to priorities of Polish decentralized foreign policy and sectoral diversification of cross-border cooperation actors in the Podlaskie Voivodship. Next the existing and planned cross-border cooperation initiatives present in the public programs and strategies of local governments and districts were discussed. Later in the report an attempt to summarize the areas and methods of cooperation were undertaken as well as some main conclusions and recommendations were pointed out.