scholarly journals CROSS-BORDER REGION GORA TREASURE BETWEEN THE THREE STATES

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Behije Ibrahimi
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Work ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Open Door ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Private Entrepreneurs ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

The development of cross-border tourism has been done increasingly popular in recent decades and especially within the European Union through various programs and projects. This study focuses on the challenges and advantages that are directly related to cross-border and prospective visitor co-operation and private entrepreneurs in this region. It will also analyze the attitudes of public actors towards the development of cross-border tourism and the challenges they face in cross-border cooperation. The main task of the scientific work is to recognize tourist potentials and their assessment as well as the current tourism development including prospects and problems which accompanies this development. Because of the importance that Tourism brings to the economy has become a priority of many states, being transformed in a global phenomenon, a key to integrating into the global mark. Tourism is also called the open door for international cooperation. Therefore our study will aim for the Gora Province to have positions in the regional and global market and be provided with a suitable brand. This region is distinguished for a rich and special culture and art. However there is a lack of research and studies as far as the role of local institutions and government is concerned with cross-border cooperation. For a qualitative approach, interviews with residents and surveys were used for tourists and locals with focus on current developments and challenges related to the development of cross-border tourism. Their analysis shows that there is significant interest how much is it to the development of tourism and the recognition of the area in the global markets.

scholarly journals Cross-Border Cultural Cooperation in European Border Regions

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-162
Author(s):  
Giada Laganà ◽  
Timothy J. White
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Border Region ◽  
The European Union ◽  
International Organisations ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Border Regions ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Local Cultures

The growing interaction between local cultures and international organisations suggests the need for peacebuilders to act strategically when trying to overcome cultural differences and build trust in societies long divided by bloody conflicts. This task is more difficult because the mental barriers that divide people and cultures are exacerbated by borders and walls. Through an analysis of the evolving role of the European Union (EU) in peacebuilding in the border region of Ireland, this forum contribution examines the potential of international organisations to enhance reconciliation by creating new cultural opportunities for cooperation. Existing scholarship focuses mainly on policy initiatives, strategies, directives and funding bodies, often failing to mention how theories are deployed by practitioners especially in the realm of cultural programmes.

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

Baltic Region ◽  
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 ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

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.

scholarly journals The development of a Russian-Polish cross-border region: the role of the Kaliningrad agglomeration and the Tri-City (Gdansk—Gdynia—Sopot)

Baltic Region ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 6-19
Author(s):  
Tadeusz Palmowski ◽  
Gennady M. Fedorov
Keyword(s):  
Immanuel Kant ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Border Region ◽  
The West ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Administrative Units ◽  
The University ◽  
Geographical Economic ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

Until 1991 ties between entities located on either side of the Russian-Polish border were virtually non-existent. There were, however, favourable physical, geographical, economic, social, and ekistical conditions for the development of a cross-border region. Since the early 1990s, cooperation between administrative units and municipalities, businesses, and non-governmental organisations has been developing on an institutional basis. Euroregions and cross-border cooperation programmes have become major contributors to cross-border region-building. On either side of the border, there are socio-economic nodes between which axes of cross-border interaction are emerging. The most powerful axis is the Tri-City (Gdansk-Gdynia-Sopot) — the Kaliningrad agglomeration. A systemic approach is used to analyse a variety of relationships, reflected in a map showing the diversity of geographical areas of cooperation. The University of Gdansk and the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University are playing an important role in the development of Russian—Polish relations. Although the intensity of cross-border ties has decreased in recent years amid tensions between Russia and the West, there is hope that bilateral socio-economic benefits will encourage the restoration and development of collaborations and the Russian—Polish cross-border region will continue to evolve.

scholarly journals Are you ready for a tender project? – Analysis of organisational project management maturity in the Austrian-Hungarian border region

2016 ◽  
pp. 19-30
Author(s):  
Nikoletta Tóth-Kaszás ◽  
Beáta Fehérvölgyi
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Organisational Structure ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Professional Background ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Project Analysis ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

Are you ready for a tender project? – Analysis of organisational project management maturity in the Austrian- Hungarian border region. Since the 1990s the European Union has paid more and more attention to subsidising cross-border development. It is understandable that different funding from proposal sources is particularly important for the border area, especially to those of utmost importance that support co-operation and rural development. Therefore, they could become a driving force for development. The authors’ research analyses the organisational project management maturity of the projects implemented in the frame of the Austria-Hungary Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013 (AT-HU). Analysing this kind of organisation is an important issue, since the new call for proposals are open in 2016 and the results of this study may provide a self-evaluation opportunity to organisations that need to know if they are ready or mature enough for a new tender project. The aim of this study was twofold. First of all, those indicators that could be used to analyse the project management maturity of implementing organisations in the AT-HU programme were identified. Based on the empirical research these are the project experience accumulated by the organisation, the internal processes operating at the institution and the professional background. Secondly, factors that can affect this project management maturity were explored and we determined five influencing area: the organisational structure, culture, project managers motivation and the typical and important competences.

scholarly journals Regionalisation in Northern Europe and the Northern Dimension in Russian political discourse

Baltic Region ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 76-92
Author(s):  
Vladimir A. Kolosov ◽  
Alexander B. Sebentso
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Border Regions ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Functional Relations ◽  
Political Decisions ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation ◽  
The Eu

The progress and sustainability of international cross-border region formation is a major concern for Russia, a country bordering sixteen states. In the early 2000s, the development of regions with Russian participation was at its height in northwestern Europe. Cross-border regions arise both naturally, stemming from various functional relations, and as a result of political decisions. In the latter case, political discourse is an important factor in successful region-building. The Northern Dimension (ND) programme, which was launched in 1997, embodied the principle of depoliticised cooperation — Europe’s ‘new regionalism’. This article aims to evaluate the role of the ND in the federal and regional political discourse of 1997—2016, to determine its place among other cross-border cooperation projects, and to follow changes in the understanding of its goals. The study relies on data from the Integrum agency, which has built up the most comprehensive digital archive of federal and regional printed and online media. The federal discourse on the ND reflected the whole set of relations between Russia and the EU. The idea about the crisis of the programme came from the discrepancy between the expectations aroused by political discourse and the actual results of cooperation. The study shows the ND-related discourse changed over the study period and stresses profound differences between federal and regional discourses.

scholarly journals Иновациите в регионите като стимул за интегрираните транспортни системи (Innovation in the Regions as a Stimulus for Integrated Transport Systems)

2020 ◽  
pp. 45-52
Keyword(s):  
Transport Systems ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Intelligent Transport Systems ◽  
Intelligent Transport ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Transport Connectivity ◽  
Danube Region ◽  
Regional Projects ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

The article focuses on the role of innovation as a precondition for using integrated transport systems and introducing intelligent transport systems to achieve greater efficiency and sustainable development in regions. Several examples of regional projects for the deployment of intelligent transport systems and the use of intermodal transport in the European Union have been examined. On the basis of the conducted comparisons and analyses, a proposal has been made for the construction of an intermodal hub on the territory of the Vidin region and the establishment of a unified information system within the Danube region, which will strengthen transport connectivity, cross-border cooperation and the integration of the less developed regions of the eastern part of the Danube region.

scholarly journals CROSS-BORDER CLUSTERS IN THE SYSTEM OF EUROREGIONAL COOPERATION UKRAINE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor Tsekhanovich
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Cluster Model ◽  
Subsequent Development ◽  
Border Region ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Business Associations ◽  
Joint Decision ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Model Of Management ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

In Ukraine, another, new form of cooperation is cross-border clusters. The cluster model of management is extremely popular in the European Union, because it is due to a favorable combination of regional factors and the subsequent development of links between enterprises within the cluster. Cross-border cooperation in the form of clusters contributes to ensuring the appropriate level of domestic production, attracting investment and increasing the efficiency and development of the region itself. At the same time, the cluster model of cross-border cooperation has not become widespread in Ukraine. The main feature of this form is that the cluster members are located in different tax, customs, legislative environments, but can have joint ventures, use common infrastructure and operate in cross-border markets. At the same time, the intensity of cooperation is limited by the presence of borders, which create additional barriers to the free movement of goods, labor, capital, as well as differences in mentalities, traditions, language, etc., which can reduce the effectiveness of cooperation without clear mechanisms to avoid or reduce these barriers. Analysis of all aspects of the concept of a cross-border cluster in euroregions allows us to interpret it as a form of integration of independent companies and associated institutions, geographically they are concentrated in a cross-border region, specialize in various industries related to common technologies and skills and complement each other, which is based on availability of an agreed development strategy for cluster participants aimed at implementing interests of each of them and the territory of cluster localization. However, it should be noted that an important stimulus euroregional development has the development of clusters that have high prospects and, as foreign experience shows, allow join the joint decision socio-economic problems of the territories, business associations, science, education and government to create a new one efficient economy of the euroregion

TERRITORIAL COHESION POLICY IN THE CONTEXT OF EU REGIONAL SECURITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (Vol 18, No 4 (2019)) ◽  
pp. 439-453
Author(s):  
Ihor LISHCHYNSKYY
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Cohesion Policy ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Territorial Cohesion ◽  
Interregional Cooperation ◽  
The Eu

The article is devoted to the study of the implementation of territorial cohesion policy in the European Union in order to achieve a secure regional coexistence. In particular, the regulatory and institutional origins of territorial cohesion policy in the EU are considered. The evolution of ontological models of cohesion policy has been outlined. Specifically, the emphasis is placed on the key objective of political geography – effectively combining the need for "territorialization" and the growing importance of networking. The role of urbanization processes in the context of cohesion policy is highlighted. Cross-border dimensions of cohesion policy in the context of interregional cooperation are explored. Particular emphasis is placed on the features of integrated sustainable development strategies.

scholarly journals Examining Cross-Border Cultural Tourism as an Indicator of Territorial Integration across the Slovak–Hungarian Border

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7225
Author(s):  
Tamás Hardi ◽  
Marcell Kupi ◽  
Gyula Ocskay ◽  
Eszter Szemerédi
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Border Region ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Empirical Survey ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Territorial Integration

There are numerous examples of cross-border regions in Europe, which are regions not properly demarcated by national borders. One of the main driving forces of the European Union is to turn the dividing borders into connecting borders by strengthening the cohesion between states and regions, thus, encouraging regions to remedy the existing ethnic and cultural fragmentation by increasing the intensity and number of cross-border contacts. Our research focuses on proving that, in symbolic places, such as the cross-border area of Komárom and Komárno, the cultural values, monuments, and heritage sites are the strongest attraction factors for nationality-based cultural tourism. To support our hypothesis, we conducted an empirical survey within the framework of the H2020 SPOT (Social and Innovative Platform on Cultural Tourism and its potential towards deepening Europeanisation) in the cross-border region of Komárom and Komárno. The evaluation concentrated on four aspects of cultural tourism: the nature of cultural tourism in the area, the resident and visitor perceptions of the cultural tourism offerings, opportunities to increase cross-border collaboration, and options to improve the cultural tourism offerings of the area. Our results show that, although there is a great potential in the cross-border tourist destination of Komárom–Komárno, the integration of the (once united) two towns is advancing very slowly, which can be witnessed in the weaknesses of tourism integration as well.

scholarly journals Identifying User Requirements for an Integrated E-Health Unit for Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-76
Author(s):  
Maria Tzilini ◽  
Dimitris Folinas ◽  
Kyriakos Kazakos
Keyword(s):  
Continuity Of Care ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
Metabolic Diseases ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Border Region ◽  
User Requirements ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Software Application ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Patients With Diabetes

“Continuity of Care” is the main prerequisite for the unhindered movement of people across borders within the European Union (EU). The COntinuity of care in MEtabolic diseases through modern TECHnology (COMETECH) project aims to address the problem of inadequate access to health system services to people who live in isolated communities in Greece and North Macedonia cross-border areas. As the project is almost completed, 4 e-health units—2 in each country—have been established in isolated and deprived communities, aiming at introducing “Continuity of Care” for patients with diabetes in the border region between those countries. The establishment of the e-health units allows affordable access to medical services within Greece-North Macedonia cross-border area. These units (equipped with state-of-the-art medical devices, supported by an advanced software application and medical staff) record data of local people and offer valuable and high-quality medical care services. The records of the EU citizens using the COMETECH services are safely and easily accessible by their physicians. This paper presents the user requirements of e-health units and the medical devices that are set up for the COMETECH Project for helping people with diabetes in the targeted countries.

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