Euroregion Dniester

[1] On a meeting held in capital of Ukraine Kyiv on 2 February 2012, representatives of Vinnytsia region from Ukraine and the six districts of the Republic of Moldova have consolidated official agreement on the establishment of the Euroregion "Dniester".

The official place of the registration of the Euroregion "Dniester" is Vinnytsia (Ukraine) where the Coordinating Centre will be located, and its Mission office - in Soroca (the Republic of Moldova).

Territory – 34 218 km2 Population – 2 050 thousand people Euroregion "Dniester" is created as a body of cross-border cooperation, as an association of local administrative-territorial units of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova.

The parties will cooperate, within their competence, to implement the following objectives: - organization, coordination and developing relations in the sphere of economy, science, education, culture, tourism, sport; - implementation of joint projects concerning environmental protection, ecological improvement of Dniester river basin; - realization of common cross-border investment projects; - implementation of regional projects (programs) for reducing unemployment among the population of border areas by increasing the economic potential; - organization of contacts with international organizations, funds, institutes, agencies and other organizations.

In November 2012 parties set as their priorities for cooperation construction of a bridge over the Dniester in Yampil district and water purification systems in the towns of Soroca and Mohyliv-Podilsky.

Dniester in Soroca