Współpraca województwa lubuskiego z niemieckimi krajami związkowymi – Brandenburgią i Saksonią

Due to the solutions of a legal nature, the reform of local self-administration reform of 1998 provided a framework for the activity of provinces on the international arena, including the cooperation with foreign partners. The Lubuskie Province also made use of this opportunity. Therefore, it appears to be justified to present the foundations, aims and forms of the cooperation of the Lubuskie Province with two federal states of Germany: Brandenburg and Saxony, especially, while taking into account the two following elements. The first one are the conditions of the development of historical, political, economic and social relations. The latter element is the role of the accession of Poland to European Union in the process of shaping the bilateral relations. In the light of this, it seems to be advisable to present the role of Community Initiative IINTERREG III A 2004- 2006 and two programmes of cross-border cooperation: Poland (the Lubuskie Province) - Brandenburg and Poland - Saxony ( 2007-2013) in the development of the cooperation on the Polish-German borderland.