Prospects of Cross-Border Cooperation in Europe: Capacity-Building and the Operating Principle of “Horizontal Subsidiarity”

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim Beck
Keyword(s):  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Operating Principle ◽  
Interest Representation ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Future ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

Based on a reflection of the seven central challenges which all cross- border territories in Europe are facing in practice, the article analyses how cross-border cooperation in Europe could be improved in the future. Two central fields are interpreted in this regard: training/facilitating and applied interdisciplinary research. The article suggests that a more effective cross-border policymaking of the future depends on a systemic capacity-building, based on the new operating principle of »horizontal subsidiarity«. For the moment being, cross-border cooperation is only a functional sub-system, created by and largely depending on contributions coming from the states involved. Horizontal subsidiarity, combined with new approaches such as territorial impact assessment, multi-level governance or joint interest representation would allow for a better development of an integrated cross-border policymaking, based on the real challenges and potentialities of a 360° perspective on the cross-border territory.

Deadlock or new opening? Current state and prospects for development of Lithuanian-Belarusian relations

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 121-141
Author(s):  
Justyna Olędzka
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Bilateral Relations ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Future ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Eu

The purpose of this article is to discuss the trajectory of Belarusian-Lithuanian relations with a particular focus on the period after the 2020 Belarusian presidential election, which resulted in a change in international relations in the region. This was the moment that redefined the Lithuanian-Belarusian relations, which until 2020 were satisfactory for both sides (especially in the economic aspect). However, Lithuania began to pursue a reactive policy of promoting the democratisation of Belarus and provided multi-level support to Belarusian opposition forces. The current problems in bilateral relations (e.g., the future of Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant located in Astravyets) have been put on the agenda for discussion at the EU level, while the instruments of a hybrid conflict in the form of an influx of immigrants into Lithuania, controlled by the Belarusian regime, have become a key issue for the future prospects of relations between Belarus and Lithuania.

scholarly journals OPPORTUNITIES FOR CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION BETWEEN BULGARIA AND ROMANIA: THE CASE OF THE INTERREG PROGRAME

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (Suppl.1) ◽  
pp. 471-479
Author(s):  
Teodora Turlakova ◽  
Gergana Slavova ◽  
Tania Georgieva
Keyword(s):  
Future Development ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Inclusive Growth ◽  
Joint Activities ◽  
Border Regions ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Europe 2020 ◽  
The Future ◽  
Territorial Cohesion ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

European Territorial Cooperation Programs, better known as INTERREG, support the European Strategy for Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth for Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion (Europe 2020). The purpose of this paper is to analyze the economic and social problems together with some opportunities in initiating joint activities between participating border regions of Romania and Bulgaria under the Interreg V-A Romania-Bulgaria Programme 2014-2020. Research implications that we draw from our results suggest potential improvements in cross-border partnership and projects. From the conclusions drawn, the generalizations appropriate for the future development of the cross-border cooperation between Bulgaria and Romania covering the period after 2020 can be summarized.

scholarly journals Mechanisms for capacity building of border regions through cross-border cooperation

2021 ◽  
Vol 885 (1) ◽  
pp. 012011
Author(s):  
B B Sharaldaev ◽  
V G Belomestnov ◽  
I A Sharaldaeva ◽  
I A Belomestnova ◽  
I V Romanova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Social Mechanisms ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Border Regions ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Federal Districts ◽  
Border Areas ◽  
Land Holdings ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

Abstract In this study we address the problem of finding mechanisms for capacity building of border areas. We have identified the obstacles to their development: prohibitions on economic activities in border areas, relatively large military forest and land holdings, and potential economic pressure from neighbouring states on businesses and population. The main preferences for their development: interests of neighbouring states in resources and markets formation of transport corridors; intermunicipal, socio-cultural and ethno-religious cooperation. We considered the processes of administrative reassignment of regions between federal districts as a mechanism of problem-based management for regional spatial development by grouping the regions with similar problems. We also discussed the examples of such mechanisms (and their limitations) to increase the economic and social attractiveness of border areas -including territories of priority development and preferential mortgages. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the use of an integrated approach to capacity building of border areas through consistent administrative, organizational economic and social mechanisms. This approach can be applied to the design of strategic planning programmes for the spatial and socio-economic development of border areas, including through cross-border cooperation.

The role of territoriality in the European Union multi-level governmental cooperation framework of Finnish–Russian cross-border cooperation

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharina Koch
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Ukrainian Crisis ◽  
Governmental Cooperation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

The economic sanctions in the wake of the Ukrainian crisis threatened external cross-border cooperation (CBC) funded by the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) in the summer of 2014. The European Union considered several of the ENI CBC programmes that Finland and Russia participate in for the sanctions list. These programmes are implemented by a multiplicity of actors that include supra-national, national and regional authorities and form a dense actor-network with vertical and horizontal relations. The political relations between the actors are influenced by geopolitical discourses, bordering effects and power imbalances that are conceptualised in this paper as practices of territoriality. Previous research has insufficiently addressed the territoriality of actor relations within the multi-level governance (MLG) structures of CBC. Territoriality is present in MLG in the sense that CBC actors from various political levels significantly contribute to the territorial logic of political power by promoting their own interests towards cooperation practices. The research problem in this paper stems from the alleged non-hierarchical organisation of actors in CBC and argues that MLG policy structures do not render equality among the different actors and that they fail to consider the impact of territoriality. The paper investigates how territoriality influences the actor relations in the MLG structure of ENI CBC and how the actors cope with the frictions that emerge out of territoriality. Qualitative interviews reveal a conflicting system of governance in Finnish–Russian ENI CBC that fluctuates between state centrality and region-based initiatives to address frictions of various territorialit(ies) produced by actors.

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