The three-day conference will examine the history of the displaced persons, (homesick) tourists and 'new settlers' in the socialist "brother countries" of the GDR, Czechoslovakia and the People's Republic of Poland up to 1989. Scientists, contemporary witnesses and practitioners from cultural work will gain new insights and talk about the future of understanding.
Previous projects
- Conference: Displaced persons, (homesick) tourists and "new settlers" (2024)
- Active people in the border region (2022)
Together with the Antikomplex association, we have published a book with interviews that portray active people with inspiring ideas in the Saxon-Czech border region and show their activities. This should serve as inspiration and motivation and show that even in the often poorly-reputed border region, many people are committed to shaping their living environment.
- Celebrating 30 years of Euroregion Elbe/Labe (2022)
The Elbe/Labe Euroregion celebrated its 30th anniversary at the Mückentürmchen on June 25, 2022 with a German-Czech festival with many cultural and entertainment offerings from both countries. Over 1,000 people took part despite unfavorable weather conditions.
- COUREG - Have courage and shape our region (2021/2022)
The COUREG project was aimed at students and school classes. The students from Saxony and the Czech Republic gained new knowledge about democratic culture and intercultural skills, e.g. the theory and practice of civil courage, democratic culture, social tension in the border regions and the problem of right-wing radicalism. Together with the project team, they then carried out 10 educational measures on these topics in schools on both sides of the border.
- Sports games of two Euroregions (2016-2020)
Every year, the Euroregions Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří and Elbe/Labe organized a sports festival for children from the Czech Republic and Saxony. The venues alternated annually between the Czech Republic and Saxony and between the two Euroregions. Unfortunately, the event was not possible during and shortly after the Corona pandemic and has not yet been resumed.
- Exposition "We're not alone here" (2020)
In connection with the 22nd Czech-German Cultural Days, an exhibition on national minorities in the Czech Republic is being shown in autumn 2020 in Dresden, Dippoldiswalde, Sebnitz, Ústí nad Labem and Litoměřice The following 12 personalities were portrayed on large panels and in short videos.
The exhibition was designed by the Prague association Post Bellum o.p.s., which manages the contemporary witness archive Pamět Národa. The texts and pictures below were part of the exhibition. The links below the portraits of the individual persons lead you to the Contemporary Witness Archive Pamět Národa. where you can find more information about the biographies, pictures and videos.
- AEBR Annual Conference 2019
The 2019 Annual Conference of the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR) took place in Dresden, in the Euroregion Elbe/Labe. It started with the Cross-Border School on Oct. 23rd, continued with the Executive Committee Meeting, the General Assembly and the actual conference on Oct. 24th and 25th, and concluded on Oct. 26th with a study visit to the Czech part of Euroregion Elbe/Labe.
- Cross-Border Culture Conferences (2017/2018)
Within the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR), several Task Forces are working on different topics, among others also the Task Force Cross-Border Culture (T4CBC). Over the years, the T4CBC has organised several conferences on this topic. Two of them took place in 2017 and 2018 in the Euroregion Elbe/Labe.
- Evaluation of small projects fund (2018)
The Euroregion Elbe / Labe had the small project fund for the years 2007-2013 evaluated in an own project.
- Cross-border axes (2016-2018)
Study přeshraničních rozvojových os územního rozvoje v Euroregionu Elbe / Labe zrelativizovala dojem nedostatečné návaznosti na hranicích v porovnání s grafickým znázorněním. Toto vnímání je ovlivněno rozdílným pohledem na instrument detailních os v regionální plánování.
- CEPRONIV (2016/2017)
CEPRONIV is the (Czech) abbreviation for "Center for the Promotion of German Language Teaching and Intercultural Competence". The project of the same name was carried out by the Elbe/Labe Euroregion together with the University Jana Evangelista Purkyně in Ústí nad Labem (UJEP) and the Goethe-Institut in Prague. The aim was to set up such a center at the UJEP, which would contribute to modernizing and improving the training of German teachers.
- ESPON CPS (2017/2018)
In 2017/2018, the Elbe/Labe Euroregion participated as one of ten model regions in a project of the European Spatial Planning Observation System ESPON and the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR) to improve the provision of cross-border public services (CPS) in border regions. In our case, the aim was to enable the inhabitants of the Schluckenauer Zipfels to access the hospitals in Sebnitz and Ebersbach without complications with their Czech health insurance company.