IV. Working Group on Regional Development and Inter-regional Cooperation
WG Assistant Coordinator:
Diana Stirbu, London Metropolitan University, London, UK
E-mail: D.Stirbu@londonmet.ac.uk
The topic of the WG
"Cultural and governance regional diversity: the perspectives of sustainable
economic cooperation of Central and Eastern European regions” examines the
challenges of economic development and territorial co-operation in the light of
theoretical and practical tensions generated by cultural differences and
governance traditions among territories. Inter and outer territorial
connections, both for EU members and non-EU countries of Eastern Europe and
Central Asia, bring to light both best practices and the failures of such
cooperation. This WG explores the successes
and failures in inter-regional co-operation and regional development through
the perspective of differing administrative cultures and governance models and
traditions.
We invite papers which fall
broadly within the following themes:
• Social and cultural conditions of Inter-regional
cooperation; • Territorial differences and regional heterogeneity: EU and
EU neighbours; • Cooperative practices of EU – non-EU countries and regions; • Best practices and mechanisms for sustainable regional
development; • Strategy for successful economic development of regions:
cooperation, or autonomy? • Tools
for regional development quality evaluation and measurement of cooperation
influence on regional economic, social, innovative and civic indexes and
indicators; • Institutional
adaptations for regional co-operation within multi-level governance systems. • New cooperative Inter-regional projects and perspectives of
its implementation.