Twinning is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities or organizations for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. An early example was the concept of

twin towns and sister cities A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of inte ...

. The concept was expanded to other types of international cooperation.

European Union

Within the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...

, "Twinning" is instrument for institutional cooperation between Public Administrations of EU Member States and of beneficiary or partner countries. As of 2023, the beneficiaries are Turkey, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and Ukraine, as well as partner countries and territories covered by the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA).Twinning
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Other

The Twinning agreement is established between the administrations of protected areas of

Dalai Lake National Nature Reserve The Dalai Lake National Nature Reserve is a UNESCO biosphere reserve and a Ramsar site in Inner Mongolia, China. It encompasses the Dalai Lake ( Hulun Lake) and its wetlands. It was established in 1986, and in 1992 it received the status of a na ...

, China, and the Hay-Zama Lakes Wildland Provincial Park, Canada.

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