Sharing Norwegian experience for the establishment of a Slovak-Ukrainian Centre for Cross-Border Cooperation

Bilateral initiative facts

Promoter:
Research center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association(SK)
Bilateral initiative number:
SK-GOVERNANCE-BI005
Status:
Completed
Initial cost:
€30,000
Actual cost:
€29,982
Initiative Types:
Data collection
Report
Study tour
Partners:
Åpenhet AS(NO)
Programme areas:

Description

The initiative follows on from the research results within the SIBSU project (GGC01005). As part of the initiative, research will be continued in cooperation with Norwegian experts and partners of the initiative in order to search for the most suitable model of the functioning of the cross-border cooperation center, which will be processed in the form of an action plan and made available to the public in order to use it for the establishment of such a center in Slovakia.

Summary of the results

The aim of the initiative was to find and prepare the optimal model of functioning the Center for cross-border cooperation  in Slovakia with the use and support of knowledge from regions in Norway. This model was then created in the form of a plan of center creation, that was published and made open to public in the web site of the applicant and shared with all the involved parties working on it.

Results: team of experts from Slovakia and head of partner organisation in Norway processed the methodology and structure of the center, research activities took place in Slovakia, organisation of the study trip in Norway, finalization of the final document. 

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