Challenges and Prospects of Cross Border Co-operation in the Context of EU Enlargement

Obiettivo

This project will investigate the challenges and prospects for cross border co-operation for entrepreneurs in border areas affected by EU enlargement. The project will identify sources of threats and opportunities for entrepreneurship in selected border regions, together with the types of policy response required at the EU, national and regional levels to influence these, as well any implications with respect to a need for new forms of governance. It will investigate the experience of various actors, such as local authorities, business associations, business support organisations, informal network groups, households, as well as enterprises of different sizes, with respect to different forms of formal and informal co-operation across borders.

In analysing the scope and nature of cross-border co-operation, the project will particularly focus on the role of trust, and on individual and collective learning, assessed in relation to other factors, as influences on the success of these cross-border relationships, in terms of their longevity and the benefits that accrue to the respective partners. Following a review of the existing evidence base and of relevant theoretical literature, the methodology employed will involve a combination of secondary data and primary, empirical investigation in selected case study border regions in Finland, Germany, Poland, Greece, Bulgaria and Estonia.

Outputs from the project will include practical policy recommendations to the various stakeholders and a practical guide on cross-border co-operation, including evidence based recommendations aimed at both institutions and entrepreneurs.

Campo scientifico

• scienze sociali › sociologia › governance
• scienze sociali › economia e commercio › economia e gestione aziendale › imprenditorialità

Programma(i)

• FP6-CITIZENS - Citizens and Governance in a knowledge-based society: Thematic Priority 7 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research Programme 2002-2006.

Argomento(i)

• CITIZENS-2004-4.2.1 - New EU borders, new visions of neighbourhood
• CITIZENS - Citizens and governance in a knowledge-based society

Invito a presentare proposte

FP6-2004-CITIZENS-5
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Meccanismo di finanziamento

STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project

Coordinatore

KINGSTON UNIVERSITY.

Indirizzo

River House 53-57 High Street
Kingston-upon-thames
United Kingdom

Collegamenti

Partecipanti (6)

ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT

Polonia

Indirizzo

Sienkiewicza 9
Lodz

Collegamenti

TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Estonia

Indirizzo

Ehitajate Tee 5
Tallinn

TURKU SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Finlandia

Indirizzo

Rehtorinpellonkatu 3
Turku

Collegamenti

UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONAL AND WORLD ECONOMY

Bulgaria

Indirizzo

Students Town 'Hristo Botev', University Of National And World Economy
Sofia

Collegamenti

UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Grecia

Indirizzo

Egnatia Street 156
Thessaloniki

Collegamenti

UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN

Germania

Indirizzo

Herrengarten 3
Siegen

Collegamenti