Europa XXI (2018) vol. 35
How governance counts? Comparative analysis of activity and funding patterns of Central European cross-border cooperation programmes
Europa XXI (2018) vol. 35, pp. 111-126 | 
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doi: https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2018.35.7
citation: Pamer, Z. (2018). How governance counts? Comparative analysis of activity and funding patterns of Central European cross-border cooperation programmes. Europa XXI, 35, 111-126. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2018.35.7
Abstract
Cross-border cooperation – as objective 3 of cohesion policy since the 2007-2013 programming period – plays a key role in promoting Europeanisation, which is especially important in case of Central Europe that is dominated by small national states. Target areas of cross-border cooperation are the NUTS 3 units located along the state borders. As project generation, decision making and implementation is overwhelmingly done on regional level, territorial governance structures are decisive from cross-border cooperation point of view. The paper focuses on two programmes – the Slovenia-Austria and the Hungary-Croatia – whose target areas are lacking large urban centres, middle-size and small towns make up the backbone of the settlement network. The involved countries are very diverse in regional governance structures. Austria is a federal state with strong regional governments. Croatia and Hungary are unitary states with limited capacities on regional level. Slovenia is, again, a unitary state that lacks medium level of government, therefore the local level is the carrier of cross-border cooperation. Aim of the paper is to identify how different systems of territorial governance are reflected in the implementation of the programme and the allocation of funding. After presenting the premises of cross-border cooperation and a brief outline of the two programmes a quantified analysis will be presented based on primary ex-post programme data of the 2007-2013 Slovenia-Austria and Hungary-Croatia cross-border cooperation programmes. Analysis is conducted on LAU 2 level in order to show how different categories of the settlement structure contribute in terms of cooperation activity and absorption and how it is distributed between different types of beneficiary organisations.
Keywords: cohesion policy, territorial governance, cross-border cooperation, Central European countries
[pamer@rkk.hu], Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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APA: Pamer, Z. (2018). How governance counts? Comparative analysis of activity and funding patterns of Central European cross-border cooperation programmes. Europa XXI, 35, 111-126. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2018.35.7
MLA: Pamer, Zoltan. "How governance counts? Comparative analysis of activity and funding patterns of Central European cross-border cooperation programmes". Europa XXI, vol. 35, 2018, pp. 111-126. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2018.35.7
Chicago: Pamer, Zoltan. "How governance counts? Comparative analysis of activity and funding patterns of Central European cross-border cooperation programmes". Europa XXI 35 (2018): 111-126. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2018.35.7
Harvard: Pamer, Z. 2018. "How governance counts? Comparative analysis of activity and funding patterns of Central European cross-border cooperation programmes". Europa XXI, vol. 35, pp. 111-126. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2018.35.7