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Integrated Regional Strategy CarinthiaandTerri
torial Co-operation Co-ordination
meetingKlagenfurt, 31.03.2005
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Territorial Co-operation Co-ordination meeting
01 SLO-ITA-A 31.03.2005 Agenda

• Objective of meeting
• Presentation of delegations
• Exchange of experiences in the current INTERREG
  III-period (positivecritical aspects)
• Status of nationalregional strategies for
  Territorial Co-operation after 2006 (crossborder,
  transnational, interregional)
• Organisation
• Themes
• Next steps (follow-up-meeting, etc.)

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Territorial Co-operation Co-ordination meeting
01 SLO-ITA-A 31.03.2005 Integrated Regional
Strategy Carinthia I

• aim and status of strategy
• first draft covering all main themes for economic
  regional development
• approval of regional government
• focus on economy and employment (Lisboa,
  Barcelona, Göteborg, etc.)
• Organisational background
• Mandate to KWF
• Details up to autumn
• 6 main strategic areas with crossborder aspects

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Territorial Co-operation Co-ordination meeting
01 SLO-ITA-A 31.03.2005 Integrated Regional
Strategy Carinthia II

• 1) Innovation and knowlegde based economy
• fostering regional Innovation- RDT-capacities
• (Co-operation of Innovation Centers and
  RDT-Infrastructures Consulting-, Networking- and
  TT-activies)
• support for innovative investments of
  entrepreneurs
• (Co-operation of companies and clusters in
  industry, handcraft and tourism institutional
  co-operations of public service supplier)

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Territorial Co-operation Co-ordination meeting
01 SLO-ITA-A 31.03.2005 Integrated Regional
Strategy Carinthia III

• 2) Support for entrepreneurship
• Development of crossborder financial instruments
• (Joint-Venture-Funds common investments in
  technology infrastructure)
• exchange and co-operation in training for
  start-ups
• 3) Sustainability and economic development
• crossborder planning in enviromental matters
  including databases

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Territorial Co-operation Co-ordination meeting
01 SLO-ITA-A 31.03.2005 Integrated Regional
Strategy Carinthia IV

• 4) Economic and tourism infrastructure
• Development of common attractions in tourism
• (destinationmanagement crossborder packages,
  concepts)
• Crossborder agreement in development of
  infrastructure for transport-, IT- and training
• Upgrading of interaktive economic report system
• 5) Innovative regional development in rural areas
• Small project fund (sociocultural proj.,
  environment and natural protection, spatial
  planning concepts)

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Territorial Co-operation Co-ordination meeting
01 SLO-ITA-A 31.03.2005 Integrated Regional
Strategy Carinthia V

• 6) Training, qualification and employment
• Qualification for internationalisation (training
  in easternsouth-european languages on company
  and school level)
• Measures for inter-cultural communication between
  companies
• Co-operation of Universities, technical collegues
  and other training institutions (exchange of
  teachers and students, common scientific courses)
• Co-operation of employment agencies

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Territorial Co-operation Co-ordination meeting
01 SLO-ITA-A 31.03.2005 next steps

• Regional process for development of project ideas
  first round 01.04.-13.05.2005
• review of performed INTERREG-projects
• National regional meetings concerning this
  topic (Brussels-seminar transnational
  co-operation areas 1718.04., Vienna 20.04.
  TNCoop.)
• Co-cordination meeting with Austrian partner
  regions Stmk, Sbg, Tirol and Federal Chancellery
• Exchange of papers and concepts
• Next co-ordination meeting 12. 0r 19.5.2005 in ?
  with one main topic (priorities and measures?)

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Thank you for your attention

• Hans Schönegger
• Reinhard Schinner
• KWF Kärntner Wirtschaftsförderungsfonds
• Carinthian Economic Promotion Fund
• Tel. [phone]
• E-mail office_at_kwf.at
• Web www.kwf.at