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Regional Coordination Forum Austria-Hungary

Regional Coordination Forum Austria-Hungary. Evolution of a good practice in Cross-border Governance. Michael Roth Gödöllő, February 2011 Michael.roth@bka.gv.at. Overview. The Region Evolution of the Forum Setting of the Forum Contents of the Forum Governance Challenges.

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Regional Coordination Forum Austria-Hungary

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  1. Regional Coordination Forum Austria-Hungary Evolution of a good practice in Cross-border Governance Michael Roth Gödöllő, February 2011 Michael.roth@bka.gv.at

  2. Overview • The Region • Evolution of the Forum • Setting of the Forum • Contents of the Forum • Governance Challenges

  3. The Border Region between Hungary and Austria • Length of Boder: 366 km • Metropolitan area in the north • Periphery in the south • Involving 4 Austrian and 3 Hungarian regions • Number of official border crossing points: 41. Threreof: • 27 for cars/ bikes/ pedestrians/ equestrians • 13 for trains • 1 for ships

  4. Phase I: Institutionalised Approach (Inter-Governmental) • Cooperation on spatial planning started already in 1985 • Institutionalised Cooperation (Austrian-Hungarian Commission on spatial planning); based on formal interstate agreement • Little demand for regional planning issues in the strict sense of the interstate agreement

  5. Phase II: Practical Cooperation • No Meetings on political level since 1995 (later also no activities on adminsitrational level) • High demand for cooperation on (Sub-)regional level due to new opportunities in the field of regional development • Project related cooperation in the framework of INTERREG/PHARE: „replaces“ strategic cooperation

  6. Phase III: Informal Approach (Governance) • Demand for reinvigoration of the joint commission (HU initiative in 2004), but: • Institutionalised Approach within EU did not seem appropriate any more • Thematic focus too narrow; need for more flexibility • Project related cooperation did not require a formal setting • New „informal“ setting and format: • High Level Coordination Forum on regionaldevelopment in the joint cross-border region

  7. Setting • Objectives: • to exchange on ongoing activities in the field of regional development (on either side and jointly) • To match relevant partners from either side • to give impulses to deadlocked processes and projects • Coordinators: Ministry of Public Administration and Justice (HU), Federal Chancellery (AT) • Rapporteurs: Stakeholders from national, regional and local level + intermediate bodies („whomever it takes“) • Meeting once a year

  8. Content (Examples) • Strategic plans and projects • Border crossings • Water quality • Contradictory land uses • Tourism development • …

  9. Governance Challenges • Role and character of the Forum (political/administrative) • Competencies of involved stakeholders • Content: spatial development and/or broader approach? • Willingness and commitment for cooperation • Limits of the approach

  10. Thank you for your attention! Michael Roth Directorate IV/ Division 4 Ballhausplatz 2 1014 Wien Phone: +43 1 531 15-2936 Michael.roth@bka.gv.at www.bka.gv.at/regionalpolitik

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