​Dr. Pavel Branda, member of the CoR and the Chairman of the Interregional group on cross-border cooperation, was invited as an expert to the international conference "Intersectoral partnership for border territories development: European experience for Ukraine and Belarus" held on March 17-18, 2017 in Chernihiv, Ukraine.

He shared the experience of his Euroregion during the past 25 years of cooperation with the representatives of local authorities and civil society organisations from Chernihiv and Gomel regions. In his presentation, he focused on involving civil society in the cross-border cooperation between Ukrainian and Belarusian border regions through a small project fund.