On 9^th February the virtual meeting of the Programming Task Force (PTF) regarding future Lithuania-Poland Cross-border Cooperation Programme members took place. It was first meeting this year and already seventh meeting of the PTF.

 At the meeting, the corrected draft of the needs and potentials analysis of the Lithuanian-Polish border area was presented by contractors – the company JSC Smart Continent LT. The analysis delivers an evidence-based diagnosis for the preparation of the cross-border cooperation programme INTERREG 2021-2027 between Lithuania and Poland and indicates possible advantages, cooperation trends, problems and challenges of the cross-border area. The PTF members provided their comments and shared their views on the draft document. The following three priorities were selected to be discussed more in the future meetings: 

1. A greener, low-carbon Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate adaptation and risk prevention and management(PO2);
2. A more social Europe implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights (PO4),
3. A better cooperation governance (Interreg Specific Objective (ISO).

The next PTF meeting is scheduled for 9^th March.