INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS OF ACTIVIZATION SYNERGY OF CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION AT UKRAINE-EU BORDER

Specific features of the current stage of globalization modify the motivations, influencing the development of cross-border cooperation. This conditions the necessity to re-assess the driving forces of this cooperation and the factors of its performance. In the article has been studied the evolution of institutional factors, that ensure the provision of a positive synergetic effect of cross-border cooperation of regions and communities of Ukraine – at the border with European Union – in the process of evolving globalization and strengthening the real permeability of national borders. Based on the adaptation of the general theory of social systems’ synergy to the analysis of cross-border interaction, the risks and obstacles for the positive emergence have been determined, derived from the institutional insufficiency of Ukrainian partners in cross-border cooperation. Has been stressed upon the implicit change of borders’ perception at the local level due to the spontaneous diffusion of institutions. Has been distinguished the asymmetry of institutional frameworks, where partners from opposite sides of Ukraine-EU border act in. The asymmetry obstructs the formation of synergy and threatens the sustainability of cross-border integration institutions due to “gravitational” resources’ flows towards institutionally more stable economies, providing better factor productivity. The author grounds the importance of integration the development of cross-border cooperation into the national-level strategic documents and the development strategies of border regions and communities. The current situation in this sphere in Ukraine has been studied. The priority directions of institutional changes have been suggested, giving the opportunity to optimize cross-border interaction and to improve the positive impact of cross-border cooperation for the development of border regions and communities. In particular, author stresses upon the measures for institutional improvement of local actors, strengthening its subjectness and capacity for rational decision making in the sphere of cross-border cooperation. The author’s vison has been suggested for the methodology of actual problems’ capable to become the subject of interterritorial interaction identification.

INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS OF ACTIVIZATION SYNERGY OF CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION AT UKRAINE-EU BORDER

Herald UNU. International Economic Relations And World Economy ◽

10.32782/2413-9971/2021-37-6 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Yaroslav Zhalilo

Keyword(s):

Driving Forces ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Local Level ◽

Social Systems ◽

National Level ◽

Synergetic Effect ◽

Border Regions ◽

Cross Border ◽

The Asymmetry ◽

The influence of interethnic relations on cross-border cooperation

Науково-теоретичний альманах Грані ◽

10.15421/172041 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 23 (4) ◽

pp. 57-65

Author(s):

Oleksandr Sokolovskyy

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Ethnic Groups ◽

Positive Impact ◽

The European Union ◽

Interethnic Relations ◽

Border Regions ◽

Cross Border ◽

National Minorities ◽

European Experience ◽

The research is based on the features of the influence of interethnic relations on the development of cross-border cooperation. It is noted that, provided effective ethno-national policies are implemented, multi-ethnic border regions have the advantage that national communities facilitate cross-border cooperation, and they often act as intermediaries in inter-regional relations. It has been proven that interethnic relations have a significant impact on the development of cross-border cooperation, in particular the importance of local authorities and national governments, which have a significant role to play in the issues of inter-ethnic relations in the region. It is argued that in the development of cross-border cooperation, greater emphasis should be placed on programs and projects aimed at improving the coexistence and development of national minorities in the border regions where they are most often living compactly, in particular representatives of national minorities; as a factor of European integration. For the successful development of cross-border cooperation, it is important to understand the needs and interests of the ethnic communities of a particular region, and to take into account historical, cultural factors. It is noted that the integration model is effective in the development of cross-border cooperation, since it enables different ethnic groups and national minorities to maintain their national identity, as well as to participate in regional and inter-state cooperation. Each interethnic community in Europe has its own peculiarities, and therefore the general list of recommendations included in the European Charter does not list the granting of large permits to municipal regions. However, these documents formed the basis for cross-border cooperation in European regions, and the provisions contained therein strengthened activities in this field. An important fact is that most inter-ethnic cooperation activities are within the structures of the European Union. The most common term is "territorial cooperation" or "cross-border cooperation", which are understood as different types of cooperation programs. These programs support the promotion and implementation of joint projects of an international nature throughout the European Union and its neighbors. A specific form of cross-border cooperation is Euroregional. Its characteristic feature is the institutionalization of cross-border cooperation structures. These structures may be: interethnic associations, councils, secretariats, committees, working groups, etc. Euroregional cooperation is carried out within the Euroregion. The Euroregion can be seen as a formal structure of cooperation, adopted on the basis of agreements between interethnic local and regional authorities in order to deepen economic and social cooperation. It is emphasized that the European experience of using the opportunities of cooperation with national minorities in multiethnic regions is of great importance for Ukraine, in particular, the work of the Council of Europe, the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR), the Association of European Border Regions, which receive considerable attention, is useful. national minorities in the development of cross-border cooperation. European experience demonstrates that, with proper organization of state policy and historical experience, the involvement of ethnic groups in cross-border cooperation can have a positive impact. Interethnic cooperation promotes political stability and reduces tensions in border areas, and has a positive impact on economic cooperation, development of education, science and culture. It is proved that cross-border cooperation must take into account the nature of ethno-political relations in the border regions, promote the provision of conditions for the development of ethno-cultural characteristics of national minorities and develop mechanisms of interethnic interaction, cooperation of local authorities and public organizations of national minorities.

DANE Mechanizm i obszary wsparcia rozwoju współpracy transgranicznej oraz ochrony dziedzictwa i krajobrazu kulturowego w ramach programu „Interreg Polska – Słowacja”

Seminare Poszukiwania naukowe ◽

10.21852/sem.2020.3.06 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020(41) (3) ◽

pp. 75-89

Author(s):

Jan Pochwała ◽

Keyword(s):

Border Effect ◽

Natural Heritage ◽

Structural Funds ◽

Border Regions ◽

Cross Border ◽

Eu Structural Funds ◽

The Common ◽

The Eu

In order to support the development of Polish and Slovak border regions, after the accession of both countries to the EU, the “Interreg Poland – Slovakia” Program was implemented. One of the priorities of the Program is the protection and use of the common Polish-Slovak cultural and natural heritage for the development of cross-border cooperation. As part of Interreg since 2004, EU-Structural Funds have co-financed joint Polish-Slovak projects implemented in selected counties/poviat located in the following voivodeships/provinces: Śląskie, Małopolskie, Podkarpackie (on the Polish side) and Žilinskom kraji, Prešovskom kraji and Košickým kraji (on the Slovak side). The next editions of Interreg are becoming increasingly popular in Poland and Slovakia including its recognition by experts as well as the implementation of a cross-border effect.

Social Entrepreneurship as a Form of Cross-Border Cooperation: Complementarity in EU Border Regions

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12208463 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (20) ◽

pp. 8463

Author(s):

Herman T. Wevers ◽

Cosmina L. Voinea ◽

Frank de Langen

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Social Entrepreneurship ◽

Social Enterprises ◽

Border Regions ◽

Cross Border ◽

Commercial Activities ◽

Social And Economic Development ◽

Regional Problems ◽

Insight Into

EU border regions continue to face economic and social disadvantages compared to other regions in the same country. Since 1990, the European Commission has been implementing extensive territorial cooperation programs to support EU border regions in solving regional problems and building social cohesion. This study offers a contribution for decreasing the economic and social disadvantages of EU border regions by investigating the complementarity between institutional EU cross-border cooperation and social entrepreneurship. We argue that both concepts build upon similar drivers and characteristics with the aim of creating impact and bringing about change. We test and improve our initially literature-based framework to provide a better insight into how institutional and entrepreneurial processes could benefit from each other. We conduct interviews with experts operating at different governance levels and in various EU countries and border regions. The complementarity between both concepts is confirmed considering a differentiation between governance levels and fields of expertise. The results show that complementarity between the concepts mainly exists in terms of taking advantage of opportunities for a certain effect. The commercial activities of social enterprises are seen as effective, but it is necessary for social enterprises to establish sustainable EU cross-border cooperation and to improve regional social and economic development.

RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION BETWEEN POLAND AND UKRAINE IN THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC SCOPE

International Journal of Legal Studies ( IJOLS ) ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0014.3109 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 25-40

Author(s):

Iryna Koval ◽

Olha Turchenko ◽

Ella Derkach

Keyword(s):

Innovative Development ◽

Policy Issues ◽

Border Regions ◽

Cross Border ◽

This paper presents an overview of the recent development in cross-border cooperation between Ukraine and Poland in the socio-economic scope and policy issues relating to cross-border regions. The authors focus on the evolution of the framework concerning the formation of Euroregions with particular reference to the issues connected to cross-border projects in such regions. In addition, the recommendations are proposed in order to identify some directions for future actions to be taken to promote the innovative development of such cooperation between Ukraine and Poland, taking into account the economic and political peculiarities of both countries.

Cross-Border Cooperation and Transformation of Regional Identities in the Ukrainian–Russian Borderlands: Towards a Euroregion “Slobozhanshchyna”? Part 1

Nationalities Papers ◽

10.1080/0090599042000186133 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 207-232 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Tatiana Zhurzhenko

Keyword(s):

Cold War ◽

Social Isolation ◽

Post Cold War ◽

Border Regions ◽

Cross Border ◽

Postwar Europe ◽

National Governments ◽

It is well known that the idea and practice of cross-border cooperation have been developed in postwar Europe with the intention of overcoming the economic and social isolation of border regions and reconciling the hostilities between former enemies. But as a precondition for this process the new map of European borders had to be perceived as “final” and “just,” and as such it was legitimized on international and national levels. Moreover, it was the universal acceptance of the principle of the invariability of borders which made it possible for national governments to grant border regions more freedom in their contacts with the neighbours. The same applies in principle to the former socialist countries, where cross-border cooperation is supposed to help overcome the post-Cold-War division of Europe.

European Border Regions in Comparison: The Cross-Border Cooperation in Basque Country – a Good Example for Bihor – Hajdú-Bihar Region?

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3314231 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Mariana Buda

Keyword(s):

Basque Country ◽

Border Regions ◽

Cross Border ◽

The Cross ◽

The changing role of border regions in the regional policies of the EU and Russia

Baltic Region ◽

10.5922/2079-8555-2019-4-4 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 58-75

Author(s):

Alexey V. Kuznetsov ◽

Olga V. Kuznetsova

Keyword(s):

Regional Policy ◽

Regional Distribution ◽

Border Region ◽

Border Regions ◽

Regional Policies ◽

Cross Border ◽

The Crimea ◽

Investment In Fixed Assets ◽

This article analyses how the role of border regions has changed in the regional policies of Russia and European countries since the early 1990s. The study aims to estimate the efficiency of Russia’s regional policy with regard to border regions (its completeness, a focus on actual problems, etc.) and to compare it with that of European counterparts. The article relies on publications on the experience of EU countries, earlier contributions from Russian researchers, federal regulations, and statistics on the regional distribution of federal investment in fixed assets. It is shown that the federal border region policy is largely a reflection of the features and problems of Russia’s regional policy as a whole. Currently, the development of cross-border cooperation is affected more strongly by national security concerns than by economic growth considerations. Cross-border cooperation is no longer part of the regional policy. Border regions, however, have received an increasing proportion of federal investments in recent years, particularly, amid the reunification with the Crimea. The study calls for better coordination between different areas of the federal socio-economic policy on border regions and closer attention to border regions’ foreign economic ties, particularly, within the implementation of the Strategy for the Spatial Development of the Russian Federation.

Border region structures

Analecta Technica Szegedinensia ◽

10.14232/analecta.2013.1-2.64-70 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 7 (1-2) ◽

pp. 64-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Andrea Székely

Keyword(s):

Theoretical Analysis ◽

Spatial Organization ◽

Border Region ◽

Border Zone ◽

Border Line ◽

Border Regions ◽

Cross Border ◽

Labor Power ◽

General Tool

The aim of this analysis is to follow theoretically the way, how a border area becomes an integrated, well-functioning border zone. The definitions and classifications lead up to the concepts of cross-border space generally constructed in the 1990’s, in the works of Ratti, Renard or Sanguin. The spatial organization of cross-border regions is generally represented in schematic maps, including more or less objects (border line, rivers, roads, railroads, canals, cities and other settlements, etc.) and flows (capital, labor-power, tourists, migration, etc.). Maps for different border types and levels of cross-border cooperation use different elements and seem not comparable. We summarize these different maps and suggest some modifications and extensions, offering a more general tool for the theoretical analysis. The IT age partially changed the channels of communication; thereby the update of the models is current.

Regional policy of the European Communities and cross-border cooperation within the South Bohemia Region

Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika) ◽

10.17221/15/2010-agricecon ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 56 (No. 6) ◽

pp. 292-300 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

J. Husák

Keyword(s):

Regional Policy ◽

Positive Impact ◽

The South ◽

Cross Border ◽

Social And Economic Development ◽

The Cross ◽

Programming Period ◽

Financial Allocation ◽

South Bohemia

The paper is focused on the problems of the cross-border cooperation and the regional policy of the European Communities and the implementation of theoretical issues in the South Bohemia Region. The main aim of this paper is to compare the cross-border cooperation and its influence on the regional development of the South Bohemia Region between the 2004–2006 programming period (after the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Communities) and the 2007–2013 programming period. The paper also provides the typology of the realised cross-border projects from the perspectives of the number of projects and also their financial allocation. The results document the increasing importance of the cross-border cooperation and its highly positive impact on the social and economic development of the South Bohemia Region.