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The lead benicifiary organisation is Boryslav city council and other partner is Community of Sanok. To Boryslav city council also belongs Skhidnytsya village. Partners share mutual cultural and historical heritage linked to the extraction of crude oil dating back to 16th century. The region remains the cradle of European oil industry. On the turn of 19th and 20th centuries its production in Borysłav and Sanok areas was ranked 3rd in the world. The potential of this heritage is not sufficiently protected, promoted and used. The reason for it is the insufficient degree of Polish-Ukrainian cooperation. The overall objective of the project is to improve cultural bounds and cooperation between partners, leading to upgrade attractiveness of Polish-Ukrainian borderland and in exploitation of historical potentials. Key project activities: – expert services – scientific, historical. The services will be ordered for historical and tourist research related to the domestic oil industry. – study of archival collections of oil and gas extraction. – an analysis of the use of historical oil and gas exploration facilities for touristic purpose. – creation and installation of a monument to Jan Zeh – the co-inventor of the kerosene, the researcher and the pioneer of oil refining. – creation and installation of a monument to Ignacy Lukasiewicz – the co-inventor of the kerosene, the researcher and the pioneer of oil refining. – development of a common logo design. – creation of a common project website with e-catalog of historical oil and gas industry sites – publishing of a bilingual album about the history of oil industry in Boryslav and District Sanok – conferences Oil cradle of Europe: the forgotten history of Poland and Ukraine. The project target groups and final beneficiaries: tourists, members of local comunities working in tourism sector (guides, B&B owners), local inhabitants.