Borders and Cross-Border Cooperation

The research activities pertaining to this area focus on (bottom-up) international relations in border areas, with a specific interest on:

  • Monitoring and evaluation of cross-border cooperation;
  • Design of institutions and cross-border services,
  • Training of local authorities to cross-border cooperation;
  • Study and sustainable development of border towns and sister cities;
  • Study and impact assessment of the European Union (EU) enlargement process, European Territorial Cooperation  (ETC),  Adriatic Cross-border Cooperation Programme (IPA), European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI);
  • European Group Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) and legal framework-specific financial;
  • Study and design in the context of European regional policy.

Mission:

  • Identify key structural and relational dynamics that determine the effectiveness and efficiency of cross-border cooperation, institutional design, the evaluation of systems and subsystems, the development of future scenarios, processing and use of specific methods (i.e. SWOT CBC, Euroregional Analysis, Delphi).

Research fields:

  • Enlargement / European Union (EU) Integration
  • Negotiation techniques
  • Peacekeeping / peace building
  • Cross-border cooperation (CBC)
  • European Territorial Cooperation (ETC)  
  • European Group of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) and tools of Cross-border cooperation (CBC) of the Regions Committee (CoR)
  • (CBC) and tools of Council of Europe (CoE)

Portfolio:

Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. Press ESC to cancel.

Back To Top