The Municipality of Ełk is implementing the project "Water is wealth: improving the condition of water reservoirs". We wrote about the details of the project here – click to go.

Today (October 6, 2026), workshops were held at the Environmental Education Center as part of this project. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Druskininkai Municipality and the City of Ełk.

The aim of the meeting was to present project activities, exchange experiences and discuss the challenges related to the maintenance and reclamation of water reservoirs, increasing biodiversity and presenting good practices.

The project prepared by the Municipality of Ełk and the Municipality of Druskininkai - "Water is Wealth: Improving the Condition of Water Reservoirs" received funding as part of the partnership cooperation between Poland and Lithuania. The project is co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund under the "European Territorial Cooperation for 2021-2027" objective of the Cross-Border Cooperation Programme INTERREG VI-A Lithuania – Poland 2021-2027 in the amount of up to EUR 1,205,615.57. The amount of co-financing from the ERDF is EUR 964,492.45 (80%).

The total cost of the project for the Municipality of the City of Ełk is EUR 393,177.99 (PLN 1,694,597.13). The amount of funding is EUR 314,542.39 (PLN 1,355,677.70) - 80% of the project budget and comes from the European Regional Development Fund.

Implementation: August 1, 2025 – July 31, 2027.

The project partners are:

Administration of the Municipality of Druskininkai – Project Leader

Municipality of Ełk – Project Partner