The Carpathian Days of Neighbourhood Community – Meeting of Carpathian Regions took place for the second time on the Polish-Ukrainian border. This year, alongside partners from Ukraine, other Carpathian regions from Hungary, Slovakia and Romania were also invited to participate in panels. The first part of the conference took place in Muczne in Bieszczady on the Polish side and the second part took place in Ukraine (Zakarpattya Region), which is why the Wołosate-Lubnya tourist crossing point was temporarily open from 8 to 10 August.

The issue of efforts to create a Carpathian Strategy that would considerably speed up the pace of development of the Carpathian regions also featured among the many topics discussed. Marshal Władysław Ortyl, chair of the Carpathian Interregional Group at the European Committee of the Regions and member of the ECR Group Bureau, believes that the eve of the new EU financial perspective is a good time to undertake such an initiative. The Carpathian Strategy is the subject of parliamentary works and diplomatic processes, but governments of EU Member States are also involved in preparations for it. Next year Poland will assume the presidency of the Carpathian Convention and a meeting of its parties will take place in Podkarpackie.