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EU PROJECT MANAGEMENT HOW TO WORK WITH THE EU Cross-border Co-operation projects with Croatia Baia Mare (Maramures) 29 August 2006 Ágnes Simon, Project Manager Pécs2010 Management Centre (Hungary). EUROPE. HUNGARY. HUNGARY. SOUTH-TRANSDANUBIAN REGION. SOUTH-TRANSDANUBIAN REGION. B ARANYA.
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EU PROJECT MANAGEMENTHOW TO WORK WITH THE EUCross-border Co-operation projects with CroatiaBaia Mare (Maramures)29 August 2006Ágnes Simon, Project ManagerPécs2010 Management Centre (Hungary)
EUROPE HUNGARY
HUNGARY SOUTH-TRANSDANUBIAN REGION
SOUTH-TRANSDANUBIAN REGION BARANYA
BACKGROUND OF THE CROATIA-HUNGARYCROSS-BORDER CO-OPERATION • exemplary relations between the two countries • shifting border region in the Middle Ages, but stable in recent centuries • common history of the two nations • Yugoslav wars – negative effect on transition to market economy in Croatia • accession of Hungary to the EU in 2004 CRO-HUN border as an external Schengen border • Croatia possibly enters the EU in 2009 completely border free transitory region along the Drava in the near future
CHALLANGES OF THEEU ACCESSIONON REGIONAL AND DEPARTMENTAL LEVEL • to spread information on the public level • to support regional actors • to organise the public duties on the basis of projects facilitating cross-border situation
CHALLANGES OF THECROSS-BORDER CO-OPERATION • to explore the unutilised capacities • to revitalize the border region • to explore co-operation opportunities (EU funds), find new forms of co-operation
PHARE CBC„Exploration of economic co-operation opportunities inBaranya County and Osijek-Baranja County” • Aims of development • establishing connections in transportation • developing Human Resources • establishing a competitive structure of economy • a complex development of tourism and creative industry • environment development • rural development • strengthening regional cohesion and regional • co-operation • developing Information Society
PHARE CBC„Exploration of economic co-operation opportunities inBaranya County and Osijek-Baranja County” • Co-operation opportunities • Tastes of Europe • Pictures of Croatia – online photo agency • Bio products – healthy foods • Popular grape types on the wine market of the EU • Honey Route – Honey Tourism • PARTEDU – partnerships in business education • Economic Co-operation for Supporting the Region • Bicycle-road on the embankment of the river Drava • Development connected to the M6-M56 speedway • The Danube-Drava waste-management programme
INTERREG PROJECTS/I • INTERREG III A – concerns cross-border co-operation that is the promotion of integrated regional development between bordering regions • INTERREG III B – concentrates on cross-national co-operation, contributing to an integrated and harmonious territory across the EU • INTERREG III C – aims to reinforce interregional co-operation and by the same token to improve the policies and techniques of interregional economic development
INTERREG PROJECTS/II • INTERREG III A – Complex Co-operation in Cultural Tourism • INTERREG III A – Establishment of the „Three Rivers” Tourist Bicycle Lane • INTERREG III A – Preparation of the realization of highway no 67 between Szigetvár and the state border
INTERREG PROJECTS/III • INTERREG III B Cadses - MATRIOSCA-AAP MAnagement Tools, effective Relations forv new Interregional Organisation aimed at Strengthening the Cooperation among regions in the Adria-Alpe-Pannonia space • INTERREG III C – Cities against social exclusion • INTERREG III C - „VinTour”(wine tourism)
OTHER FORMS OF CO-OPERATION • Alps-Adriatic Working Community • Danube-Drava-Sava Euroregion • Future Region • Co-operation agreements between localities, county councils etc.
Common economic, educational and linguistic space • Interregional accessibility: • - Cohesion Fund, • Domestic resources • Intraregional accessibility: • - Cohesion Fund, • ERDF, • Domestic Resources Drava ecotourism programme CBC PERSPECTIVES 2007-2013 A LIVEABLE BORDER ZONE WITH INTENSE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! simon.agnes@interhouse.hu