FVG crossborder best practices

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FVG crossborder best practices

• Austria
• Slovenia
• Croatia

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AUSTRIA(51 Interreg projects -40 with Carinthia)

• Cooperation in biologic agriculture
• Tourist. Holidays without borders
• Sismologic network without border
• International health cooperation
• (Trilateral cooperation IT-SLO-AUT)
• Health International Academy (education, training
  health personnel implementing phase)

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AUSTRIA

• 1 Cooperation in biologic agriculture (Jan 02-dec
  05)
• Bio-products in the big distribution since 2000,
  bio-milk
• Know how exchange/tec.training to conventional
  companies, meeting/workshop, visit of pilot
  companies, TV show in Slovenia
• Promotion (envir. education, consumer
  involvement, school refectory, leaflets,www.bio.al
  peadria.at, expositions-Villach)
• Marketing (feasibility studies for selling
  network, contact producer/customer, fairs 2003
  biosymposium Graz, Officinalia Belgioioso, Sana
  Bologna, Longarone, Codroipo 2004 Biosymposium
  Lubiana, Biofach Norinberga, Biofest Klagenfurt,
  2005 exposalud Barcelona, Bio in città
  Pordenone, Biosymposium Villa Manin, Biofest
  Klagenfurt, Ecostaffetta Tarvisio, Biolife
  Bolzano)

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AUSTRIA

• 2 Holidays without borders (Jan02-dec05)
• (Slovenia, call to be a continuation, AUT
  coop.very good)
• Catalogue Holidays without border (62.000
  copies, 3 languages)
• Web site www.agriturismosenzaconfini.it (4
  languages)
• Packets for naturalist tourism (malga)
• Promotion in schools
• Promotion of the project (tourist operators,
  institutions, media, journalists)
• Partnership among farm holidays centres
• Feasibility study for a joint reservation system
• Fairs (borsa internazionale del turismo-Milano,
  Fiera Alimenta Udine, Friuli-doc)

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AUSTRIA

• 3 Seismologic network without border
  (Nov02-06)-ZAMG Wien, ARSO Lubiana
• Experimentation new systems of real time data
  transmission (GSM, Satellite, Greek provider
  Neuron)
• time-reduction systems for earthquake-localisation
  
• Alert system implementation (sms, email)
• Infrastructural restoration for radio
  communication
• Joint document (3 languages)
• Presentation in Santiago del Chile oct 05

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AUSTRIA

• 4 International health cooperation
• Joint training (gynaecology, burnt) Villach-Udine
• Common information platform
• International agreement on crossborder emergency
• Training school, personnel exchange
• Education harmonisation
• Health International Academy (education, training
  health personnel implementing phase)

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SLOVENIA (249 Interreg projects)best practice
projects

• HIGH IMPACT ON SMEs (though only 4 projects)
• HiCo (Hi-tech cooperation for SME
  competitiveness, b2S partnership, innovation,
  territorial marketing increasing attractiveness.
  ---2 new companies in AreaSP, 1 joint research
  project VI Framework Programme, acquisition of EU
  (Ireland) best practices)
• _at_-cubis (innovative chambers cooperation,
  economic animation , sustain to ICT)
• artisan areas along the border (3 suitable areas,
  54 interested companies)
• PACKETS FOR TOURISM
• FARM HOLIDAYS OFFERS

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SLOVENIA (249 Interreg projects)best practice
projects

• CROSSBORDER PLANNING STRATEGY
• Mapsharing (Chart of the hared territorial
  know-how, application of Strategic Environmental
  Assessment)
• Distretto del Carso (joint planningmanagementof
  natural heritage, round table of local entities,
  feasibility study for office)
• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, SEA SAFEGUARD
• Palpisju (partecipative planning of natural parks
  P.GiulieTriglav, areas Nature 2000, protected
  areas)
• Distretto del Carso
• COOPERATION BETWEEN HOSPITALS

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SLOVENIA (249 Interreg projects)still to be done

• Measure 1.1. integrated management of wastes,
  Restoration of degraded areas
• Measure 1.2. limited infrastructure facilities,
  railway network, airports, urban transport
• Measure 2.1. innovative financial services,
  access to credit, private sector involvement
• Mesure 3.1. work market cooperation, recognition
  of professional training
• Measure 3.2. less academic research, more
  economic oriented
• GENERAL Language, juridical, administrative
  barriers

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SLOVENIA(other than Interreg)

• Cooperation between minorities (e.g. Symposium on
  economic role of minorities)
• Creation of bilateral commission and technical WG
  (2001) round tables minorities, health,
  transports, science RD, euroregio, etc.
• Cross border pact
• Reconciliation project Gorizia-Nova Gorica
• Association I migliori vicini (border
  municipalities Natisone/Tolmino)
• Judrio river project

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CROATIA

• Cooperation protocols (Istria, Primorsko
  Goranska, Vukovar, Osijek, Raguseo-Neretvana)
  MAE funds-support to regional system,
  institutional link with regional economic actors
  abroad
• Twinning Gorski Kotar Microregion local
  development plan
• Interreg Adriatic cross border (Mahlde.net, local
  democracy network, Adriamet, Adriblu, ROOTS,
  NSDL, SISA, ANSER, SVILMA)
• Operative protocol training of nurses (Primorsko
  Goranska county)
• Adriatic Euregio (no-profit association
  It-Slo-Hr-BE-SM-Al, draft statute APR 05)

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CROATIAInterreg Adriatic cross border

• SVILMA - Development of labour market (all)
• ADRIAMET joint system of monitoring
  weatherwaters (HR-S)
• ADRIBLU Sustainable management of fishery
  (HR-B)
• ROOTS and NSDL Nei suoni e nei Luoghi music and
  culture (HR)
• SISA (Adriatic Road System Information) all
• ANSER ConservationManagement of natural marine
  heritage (HR, A)
• MaHlDeNet Local democracy crossborder network
  (all)

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GENERAL REMARKS

• PROBLEMS
• Overlap of ideas/waste of funds/bureaucracy/no
  scale economies
• High management costs for EU projects
• Better coordination and clearer regional strategy
• Language, administrative systems, lack of common
  objectives, scarce knowledge
• BEST PRACTICES
• Territorial intervention plans and projects
  database
• Simplification and regional management, effective
  first level control
• Joint draft of projects
• Info-days and vademecum, clear and exhaustive web
  sites
• FURTHER PROPOSALS
• Attention to projects results rather than broader
  cooperation
• Training courses for administrators
• RDA (coordination, strategic, TA)

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References

• www.regione.fvg.it/progcom/progcom.htm
• References per Programme
• Interreg IIIC Change on Borders sub-project
  REGBOUR