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Area of CBC activity | Other |
Sector of CBC activity | Institutional cooperation |
Please, briefly describe the CBC activity you wanted to pursue | Pursuant to the European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation between Local Communities or Authorities the Slovak Republic has signed bilateral intergovernmental agreements on transfrontier cooperation with Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Ukraine and Austria. This has created a legal framework for support and further development for transfrontier cooperation with neighbouring countries.
Once these agreements were signed intergovernmental commissions were created for transfrontier cooperation (Slovak-Polish with its first meeting in 1996, Slovak-Czech with the first meeting in 2002, Slovak-Ukrainian with the first meeting in 2004 and Slovak-Hungarian with the first meeting in 2004). The main objective of their work is to support and facilitate cross-border cooperation by providing a forum where all stakeholders and relevant authorities may meet and identify obstacles hindering cross-border cooperation, and jointly discuss and propose solutions in the form of recommendations to relevant authorities or institutions. At the same time they provide a forum for exchange of best practices. |
Border areas (states involved) | Slovakia, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine |
Institution | Slovak Republic, Local Communities or Authorities of Slovakia European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation |
Contact details | Ms. Eva Chmelová, Director,
Organisational Department Public Administration Section Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic phone: +421 2 4859 2150, mail to: eva.chmelova@mvsr.vs.sk |
Year of record | 2012 |