Preliminary communication
Crossborder Co-operation as a Tool for Trans-national Integration and Conflict Resolution: The Upper Adriatic Euroregional Experiences
Daniele Del Bianco
; Institute of International Sociology of Gorizia – ISIG, Gorizia, Italy
Abstract
If we portray borders as places for exchange and co-operation instead of barriers, it is straightforward to picture them as resources for re-unification and conflicts' resolution. The development of institutionalised forms of cross-border co-operation, originating from a will of populations and institutions of different states to face common problems, lead to the concept of Euroregion. The enlarged EU has been en¬couraging the creation of such forms of decentralisation of power, in the economic and cultural fields in particular. In the Upper Adriatic area, this experience of cross-border co-operation gave origin to the EureGo province.
Keywords
Upper Adriatic border; region/regionalism; cross-border co-operation; Euroregion
Hrčak ID:
23182
URI
Publication date:
30.6.2006.
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