The paper aims at presenting to answer: can cooperation within local border traffic (LBT) be a platform for cross-border relationships in rural areas? Rural areas located in the border zone were subjected to analysis, limiting the study area to the Polish Warmia-Masuria Province and the Kaliningrad Oblast of the Russian Federation. For the needs of the present task, survey studies were designed and carried out, targeting rural governments of Warmia-Masuria Province (rural areas) covered by the Agreement on LBT on the Polish side, as well as respondents residing in the Kaliningrad Oblast on the Russian side. Individual interviews represented the basic research method in data collection. The interview questionnaire was the research tool applied. As results from the carried out surveys: crossborder relationships on rural areas within LBT expand economic innovation, infiltrate social and cultural influences, overcome negative stereotypes, and reinforce cooperative habits. Furthermore, they support the development of additional cross-border cooperation area.
Motivation: cooperation and partnership as an important tool that promotes cross-border integrations and stimulates the development of less developed border regions. Aim: to determine the importance of partnership and cooperation in border areas. The theoretical part will define the role of borders and co-determination in the context of cross-border cooperation and integration. The empirical part-concentrates on examples of cross-border cooperation, distinguishing two main situations: borders between member states of the EU and borders between the EU and neighbouring countries. Results: establishing transnational relations, and as a result partnership and cross-border integration, enables the flow and exchange of experience, knowledge and cooperation, thus affecting the economic development of cooperating regions.
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