Cross Border Cooperation policy

fields-”Regional Economics”
Case Studies:
a)Moldovan-Romanian
b)Russian-Finish
c)Belgium-Germany

Working Group:
Mariska Diane Van der Giessen-Kleuters, Julia Keifens, Maria
Cristina Nencioni, Ekaterina Shlapeko, Robyn Mary Hardy,
Werner Wallnoefer, Natalia Sicora, Anastasia Mitronatsiou
Case studies
 EU member state and a state willing to adhere the EU
› Moldova – Romania

 EU member state and an external to EU state

› Russia – Finland

 EU member states
› Germany – Belgium
1stCase Study : Romanian –Moldavian Cooperation!
EU member state and a state willing to adhere the EU
 2nd Case Study : Russian-Finnish Cooperation
•Non EU Case : Russia is a strategic partner, not pretending to be an EU member
state
a)1992 Bilateral Agreement Between RUS and FIN
b) 1995 Finnish entrance in EU, new instrument of CBC with Russia :
“Northern Dimension”

•Economic Development:
1. national resources exploitation
2.beneficial taxes before the Finnish Entrance in the EU for the Finnish State
3. after the entrance VISA introduction for the Russian, industrial cooperation
(wood trade)
4.economic cooperation in IT technologies
5.try to find new markets, raw material are in higher prices, private sectors
enterprises enter Russian Market
6.cheaper labor force

Future: uncertain, people to people contacts with continue, RUS is under

economic Reforms, dependence on federal government position in CBC
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3rd case study : Belgium and Germany
cooperation between 2 hospitals
2 EU member states

 Why? : common problem :

shortage of doctors in the
rural area
 cooperation project :
set up a teleradiologic
network between the
hospitals of St. Vith (B)
and Prüm (D)
 supported by the
INTERREG IV-A program
Greater Region
 3rd case study : Belgium and Germany
cooperation between 2 hospitals

 objective : ensure and improve patient care by

transmission of radiological patient
images for interpretation and/or
consultation

 obstacles : different health insurance systems

 future : cooperation & lobbying needed at

national level because of different
health insurance systems
conclusions
 cooperation treaties are needed but a legal
instrument as an EGTC is not always necessary
for successful CBC

 voluntary and informal cooperation

› of mutual economic benefit
› to eliminate economic an social gaps
› to solve a common problem