The apparently unfavourable peripheral location of the region along the Polish border line will turn out to be an advantage for Cottbus within the EU accsession process.
The city will find again its place in the future between the metropolis of Berlin and the cities of Dresden, Leipzig, Poznań und Wrocław and stands up to its attractive location in the heart of Europe.
Cottbus has a lot of chances and opportunities to extend its economy as an integrated city into the European traffic networks.
The best conditions for settlements of companies and investors will be established by the service oriented city administration together with the Land Brandenburg.
Cottbus would like to profile itself as a city with an international flair and focuses on the project work of the city partnerships with other nine local authorities in Europe as well as on the active contribution to the German-Polish Euroregion "Spree-Neiße-Bober/Sprewa-Nysa-Bóbr". (www.euroregion-snb.de)
Areas of responsibility „International relations“
- coordination of the relations to the nine twin cities with main focus on economy, environment, young people's exchange, culture in collaboration with institutions, associations, clubs etc.
- project work in the Euroregion "Spree-Neiße-Bober" as project initiatives, representation of Cottbus' interests, association work etc.
- control and coordination of the urban EU activities/care of the European specialist relations such as INTERREG III B "CADSES" under the title "IdeQua"
- search for support means for EU direct programmes for associations, schools etc. on inquiry
- European politics/European matters in the local leading associations
- organisation and care of visitor programmes of international delegations
- organisation and care of visitor journeys of Cottbus' representatives abroad
- public relations for European subjects
- contact address for international visitors in the city