Cross-border cooperation in selected Carpathian countries
Cross-border cooperation in selected Carpathian countries

Summary/Abstract: Cross-border cooperation helps to mitigate the negative effectsof the border and overcome the consequences of the location of border areas.The article aims to identify the ways of using the cultural and natural potential in EU Cross-border Cooperation Programmes implemented in the Polish,Slovak, and Ukrainian areas of the Carpathians. The analysis covers the existingdata using the method of examining strategic documents of the Programmes:Poland-Slovakia, Poland-Belarus-Ukraine, Hungary-Slovakia-Ukraine, and Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine, implemented in three programming periods(2004-2020). A quantitative analysis of the projects concerning the use of cultural and natural heritage, which was implemented under the presented Programmes, was also carried out. The research was used to answer the following questions: (1) what kinds of projects with the use of cultural and naturalheritage are carried out, (2) are there differences in the ways of using cultural and natural heritage, (3) are there differences between the Programmesimplemented in internal and external border regions of the EU. The studymade it possible to establish that in the case of all the Programmes, culturaland natural values are considered a strength of the regions and are associated with significant expectations in terms of their use in the developmentof these areas. At the same time, it is noticed that they are used insufficiently.Activities related to the use of cultural and natural heritage were supportedin all the Programmes; however, it was the method of financing that largelydetermined the taking of action. Traditional (typical) ways of using natural andcultural resources are still dominant

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