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Cooperation may be defined as the collaboration between two or more parties which fuels initiatives that have shared, or converging interests and objectives. In the European Union territorial cohesion has recently been included in the draft of the European Constitution and is complementary to the EU drive towards economic and social cohesion. This adds a new dimension to European integration which clearly recognises that considering things from a territorial dimension is a tool for reducing the territorial disparity currently present in the EU. In fact, well before its enlargement, significant disparities in prosperity levels existed both between and within member states: prosperity levels in the ten most dynamic regions of the EU, based on GDP per capita, were nearly three times higher than that of the ten least developed regions and regional differences have widened with enlargement. In this context, the territorial cooperation objective aims to: improve cross-border cooperation through joint, local and regional initiatives; strengthen trans-national cooperation by means of actions conducive to integrated territorial development linked to Community priorities as well as to strengthen interregional cooperation and the exchange of experience at the appropriate territorial level. Three different typologies of territorial cooperation have been identified with the European territory: cross-border cooperation, trans-national cooperation and Interregional cooperation. The paper focuses on the territorial cooperation objective and presents a case study with large and strong economic, social and environmental disparities. It includes EU members and non EU members. More specifically, the IPA (Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance) Adriatic Cross Border Cooperation (CBC) Program, which includes three EU Member States, one Candidate Country, and three Potential Candidates Countries.
Cooperation may be defined as the collaboration between two or more parties which fuels initiatives that have shared, or converging interests and objectives. In the European Union territorial cohesion has recently been included in the draft of the European Constitution and is complementary to the EU drive towards economic and social cohesion. This adds a new dimension to European integration which clearly recognises that considering things from a territorial dimension is a tool for reducing the territorial disparity currently present in the EU. In fact, well before its enlargement, significant disparities in prosperity levels existed both between and within member states: prosperity levels in the ten most dynamic regions of the EU, based on GDP per capita, were nearly three times higher than that of the ten least developed regions and regional differences have widened with enlargement. In this context, the territorial cooperation objective aims to: improve cross-border cooperation through joint, local and regional initiatives; strengthen trans-national cooperation by means of actions conducive to integrated territorial development linked to Community priorities as well as to strengthen interregional cooperation and the exchange of experience at the appropriate territorial level. Three different typologies of territorial cooperation have been identified with the European territory: cross-border cooperation, trans-national cooperation and Interregional cooperation. The paper focuses on the territorial cooperation objective and presents a case study with large and strong economic, social and environmental disparities. It includes EU members and non EU members. More specifically, the IPA (Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance) Adriatic Cross Border Cooperation (CBC) Program, which includes three EU Member States, one Candidate Country, and three Potential Candidates Countries.
The author's approach to the development of a conceptual model of the financial mechanism of a cross-border region’s development is substantiated. The financial mechanism is suggested to be interpreted as a set of elements of financial support of the cross-border region, the combination of which ensures achievement of targets, synergies, and cross-border effect based on monitoring, audit, and control over the use of funds. The developed approach to forming the financial mechanism of the development of the cross-border region combines target and financial parameters and reflects the sources, tools, forms, and leverages of financial support. The main sources of financial support of the Ukrainian-Polish cross-border region are 1) Ukrainian and Polish national public funds, which may come from the State Budget, as well as from state trust funds and other public entities of the public finance sector; 2) foreign public funds: from the EU budget within the framework of European Territorial Cooperation; 3) private funds (investments), which are used to co-finance projects within the system of public-private partnership. The development of cross-border cooperation is based on the use of specific forms and tools that are differentiated depending on the hierarchical level of management (European, national, regional), forms of provision, functional orientation, methods of administration, control, monitoring, and forecasting. The following main tools for implementation of the CBC program are identified: grants, projects, and large infrastructural projects. Funding in the EU, in addition to these types, can be carried out using: budget support, contributions to trust funds, mixed forms of financing, debt relief under an internationally agreed program, financial assistance, paid external expertise, etc. It is noted that monitoring is a tool of introductory (ex-ante), intermediate (ex-mid), and final (ex-post) evaluation of the implementation of the program and development projects of the cross-border region. It is stated that funding in the EU is based on the use of budget support, contributions to trust funds, mixed forms of financing, debt relief under an internationally agreed program, financial assistance, paid external expertise, etc.
Disasters on the border of our abilities Disasters do not take into account geopolitical boundaries. Each country has its own structures and legislation to deal with. When a disaster occurs at or around national borders and cooperation is necessary, the existing structures and legislation of the countries involved must be able to reconcile. In this article, the current situation between neighboring countries Belgium and the Netherlands is discussed. The legislation and structures for disaster management per country, as well as the possible obstacles in case of cooperation are described. Several agreements have already been made at a regional, provincial and national level. A legal framework has also been created at European level to facilitate international aid. However, there are still several obstacles to overcome. The disaster management of neighboring countries does not seem to be well known to aid workers, the communication between countries is not yet optimal and international exercises are hardly carried out. Therefore, a couple of recommendations to improve international cooperation in the border areas are given.
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