INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OF CITIES IN THE PANDEMIC ERA Recently, the mayor of Darlowo, Arkadiusz Klimowicz, met with foreign partners several times while looking for a videoconference in the town hall. A series of meetings from a conversation with Michael Kurz, the mayor of the German Brake, with whom the Royal City of Darlowo has been gradually tightening the multi-area for several months. A meeting – the first since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic – with a foreign partner, not formally a partner city, for the planned breakthrough or intensification of intercity cooperation. This is also confirmed by the participation of Artur Wejnerowski, the manager of the City Promotion Office in Darlowo, who coordinates good partnership relations, in the meeting. Second meeting with a foreign partner with a videoconference with the mayor of the German Gardelegen, Mandy Schumacher. At the end of August, there was a videoconference with representatives of our Swedish friend – the commune of Hassleholm, with which Darlowo has concluded a partnership agreement since 1996. 46
This is the third – after the German-language Brake and Gardelegen – talks devoted to bilateral relations in the era of the coronavirus pandemic. The initial conference has been around for a long time, but its conclusions promise the resumption of fruitful cooperation – especially on the eve of the 25th anniversary of signing the partnership agreement, which falls in 2021.
by Dawid Jasiewicz | d.jasiewicz@darlowo.pl
