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#ACCESS
#ACCESS is a strategic project of the INTERREG VI-A Hungary-Slovakia programme managed by CESCI and CESCI Carpathia with a purpose ...
15 years of the EGTCs. Lessons learnt and future perspectives
In 2020, within the framework of the Legal accessibility initiative, CESCI wanted to provide a kind of summary of the ...
An analysis of the external and internal legal regulations governing the EGTC
The study was prepared to the invitation of the West Pomerania Province (Poland). The task was to survey if the ...
Analysis of territorial challenges, needs and potentials of the Danube Region and strategic options in view of the Transnational cooperation for the period 2021-2027
In February 2019, within the framework of the public benefit services, CESCI started the elaboration of the regional analysis of ...
Background for the intermunicipality cooperation of the “Danube Pannon” cross-border region (Baja, Mohács, Osijek, Beli Manastir, Sombor, Apatin) and a funding map for the cooperating parties’ development ideas
Commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade CESCI has composed a funding map for partners of the city-level ...
Background study for the construction of the border crossing planned between Geszt and Cefa (HU)
CESCI was asked by the Prime Minister’s Office to prepare a short summary study providing a background for making decisions ...
Background study for the construction of the Szent Gellért bridge between Magyarcsanád and Cenad (HU)
CESCI was asked by the Prime Minister’s Office to prepare a short summary study providing a background for the construction ...
CESCI in B-Solutions: Solving Border Obstacles. A Compendium of 43 Cases
CESCI was also involved in the preparation of the first compendium of the B-solutions project, published by AEBR presenting the ...
CESCI team has plotted an online map with 777 special locations in Hungary!
Last year, the Scolar Publishing House published Noémi Kocsis's book called ‘Bucket List Hungary’, for which CESCI team have now ...
CESCI’s new cohesion-based planning methodology
In 2016 CESCI planned to publish an online planning methodological manual, but due to the lack of capacities, it has ...
Changes in the representation of a borderscape. The case of the Mária Valéria bridge
CESCI published the results of the research lasted for several years on-line in December 2017 and later in April 2019 ...
Cohesion Analysis and Integrated Development Strategy of the Sajó-Rima/Slaná-Rimava EGTC (HU)
The elaboration of the development strategy of the Sajó-Rima/Slaná-Rimava EGTC was finalised in early 2015 ...
Cohesion Analysis and Integrated Development Strategy of Tisza EGTC (HU)
The top-priority planning project of 2016 was related to the first EGTC with a non-EU member: i.e. Zakarpattya Oblast, in ...
Cohesion Analysis and Integrated Regional Strategy of the Mura Region EGTC (HU)
CESCI has prepared the development strategy of the Hungarian-Croatian Mura Region EGTC which had been registered in spring 2015 ...
Collection of best practices (Legal Accessibility: First milestone) (HU)
In 2016, as part of the first milestone of the Legal accessibility project, CESCI compiled an inventory of good practices ...
Comparative analysis on the competencies of regional and local authorities in the field of CBC of the 5 countries
With our partners we wrote a comparative analysis of the competencies of regional and local authorities in the Visegrad countries ...
Comparative study for the legal conditions of the establishment of EGTC organizations (HU)
Within the framework of the strategic agreement signed with the National University of Public Services CESCI prepared a comprehensive study ...
Contribution document of CESCI to the discussion paper of Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 (HU)
In 2013 CESCI formulated its policy contribution on the public consultation draft of the Rural Development Programme, paying particular attention ...
Contribution document of CESCI to the discussion paper of the Semmelweis Plan (HU)
In a short study conducted in 2011, CESCI contributed to the Semmelweis Plan (2010), which defines Hungarian health policy at ...
Contribution document of CESCI to the proposal related to restructuring of PA10 of European Union Strategy for Danube Region (2013)
The EUSDR PA10 coordinator has submitted a proposal (discussion document) aiming to restructure the PA10. The proposal became open for ...
Contribution of CESCI to the chapter on districts of the Public Administration Reform (HU)
In 2012 CESCI formulated its nonpaper on the chapter on districts of the Public Administration Reform ...
Contribution of the CESCI to the revision of the EGTC Regulation
The study related to the revision of the EGTC Regulation was carried out in the framework of a consultation launched ...
Contribution paper of CESCI to PIT-ITI-CLLD proposal
In 2013 CESCI formulated its professional contribution to the PIT-ITI-CLLD proposal subscribed by the Conference of European Cross-Border and Inter-regional ...
Contribution paper of CESCI to the Economic Development and Innovation Operational Programme 2014-2020 (HU)
In 2013 CESCI formulated its policy contribution on the public consultation version of the Economic Development and Innovation Operational Programme ...
Contribution paper of CESCI to the Environment and Energy Efficiency Operational Programme 2014-2020 (HU)
In 2013 CESCI formulated its policy contribution on the public consultation version of the Environment and Energy Efficiency Operational Programme ...
Contribution paper of CESCI to the Human Resource Development Operational Programme 2014-2020 (HU)
In 2013 CESCI formulated its policy contribution on the public consultation version of the Human Resources Development Operational Programme (HRDOP) ...
Contribution paper of CESCI to the Integrated Transport Development Operational Programme 2014-2020 (HU)
In 2013 CESCI formulated its policy contribution on the public consultation version of the Integrated Transport Operational Programme (ITOP) 2014- ...
Contribution paper of CESCI to the public consultation on cross-border obstacles – 1. Harmonisation of databases
CESCI participated in the professional working group of the Cross-border Review project launched by the Commissioner for Regional Policy. In ...
Contribution paper of CESCI to the public consultation on cross-border obstacles: 2. Report on Legal Accessibility project
At the end of the Legal Accessibility 1 project, we prepared an English extract of the Hungarian final report, which ...
Contribution paper of CESCI to the Spatial and Settlement Development Operational Programme 2014-2020 (HU)
In 2013 CESCI formulated its policy contribution on the public consultation version of the Territorial and Settlement Development Operational Programme ...
Contribution paper to the draft National Transport Strategy (HU)
In 2013 CESCI formulated its policy contribution on the draft of the National Transport Strategy, in which CESCI focused on ...
Cooperation without borders. Partnership for better border crossing
Thanks to the project developed by CESCI with the involvement of an expert group, a passenger ferry contact was established ...
Cross-border cooperation and development in the light of Euro-Atlantic integration process along Hungarian borders (HU)
The first part of the study summarizes the results of the conference “Framework for Cross-Border Cooperation and Development in the ...
Cross-border investment and economic development projects – Need, obstacles, tools
The European Investment Advisory Hub of the European Investment Bank commissioned the French Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière to prepare a comprehensive ...
Cross-border rescue. Summary report about the harmonisation of the cross-border ambulance services. (Legal Accessibility: Third milestone)
In the framework of one of the sub-projects of the third milestone of the Legal accessibility project, CESCI continued its ...
Cross-Border Review 2014
The title 'Cross-Border Review 2014' is the first edition of the yearbook published by CESCI European Institute of Cross-border Studies ...
Cross-Border Review 2015
The 'Cross-Border Review 2015' is the second edition of the yearbook published by CESCI European Institute of Cross-border Studies in ...
Cross-Border Review 2016
The 'Cross-Border Review 2016' is the third edition of the yearbook published by CESCI European Institute of Cross-border Studies. The ...
Cross-Border Review 2017
The 'Cross-Border Review 2017' is the fourth edition of the yearbook published by CESCI, European Institute of Cross-border Studies. The ...
Cross-Border Review 2018
The 'Cross-Border Review 2018' is the fifth edition of the yearbook published by CESCI. The volume puts together articles with ...
Cross-Border Review 2019
The 'Cross-Border Review 2019' is the sixth edition of the yearbook published by CESCI. The volume contains articles with wide ...
Cross-Border Review 2020
The 'Cross-Border Review 2020' is the seventh edition of the yearbook published by CESCI. The current issue contains essays reflecting ...
Cross-Border Review 2021
The ‘Cross-Border Review 2021’ is the eighth edition of the yearbook published by CESCI. Unavoidably, this 2021 Cross-Border Review Yearbook ...
Cross-Border Review 2022
This issue of the Cross-Border Review has been compiled during a rapidly changing geopolitical environment in Europe and the world ...
Cross-Border Review 2023
The 'Cross-Border Review 2023' is CESCI's tenth yearbook, which is published this year in collaboration with the UPS-CESCI Research Group ...
Cross-border trade of local products (Legal Accessibility: Second milestone) (HU)
During the 2016 project, Legal Accessibility, the issue of cross-border trade of local products was identified as a priority topic, ...
CULTACROSS – establishment of cross-border tourism development (HU)
Within the framework of the Slovak-Hungarian project called CULTACROSS Arrabona EGTC has commissioned CESCI to produce four documents forming the ...
Decision supporting background study for the establishment of ECR EGTC
In 2015 the members of the network of transport inspection authorities from the 14 EU Member States decided to upgrade ...
Development Strategy of the Joint Municipal Organization (HU)
This strategy examines whether and, if so, how a larger regional public service system could be developed that could present ...
EGTC monitor – Analysis, information, support
Our organisation, the Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives has been providing professional support for establishing and developing EGTCs (European ...
EGTC, the new generation of cross-border cooperation
The aim of the short film is to present the legal-organisational model, the EGTC (European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation) established ...
ESZTERGOM – Urban development conceptions (HU)
In the past years, CESCI has prepared several documents to promote the development of the city of Esztergom. The concept ...
Factsheets with examples illustrating the use of the European Cross-Border Convention
Following the proposal of the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council, the working group on innovative solutions to cross-border obstacles started ...
Figure collection for the state-of-play analysis of Pons Danubii EGTC (HU)
The document contains 23 statistical maps and 12 figures on the EGTC’s cities and their catchment areas, which can effectively ...
Final report (Legal Accessibility: First milestone)
CESCI’s closing report going through the work phases of the project was made to summarise the first milestone of the ...
Final report (Legal Accessibility: Fourth milestone)
The final report is the summary of the continuation of the initiative, which was implemented by CESCI with the support ...
Final report (Legal Accessibility: Second milestone)
The closing report is the summary of the follow-up of the project implemented by CESCI with the support of the ...
Final report (Legal Accessibility: Third milestone)
The final report is the summary of the follow-up of the project, which was implemented by CESCI with the support ...
Financing opportunities for the Via Carpatia corridor
A funding map was designed for Košice county targeting the development of the transport corridor ...
First Phase Evaluation of the Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENI Cross-Border Cooperation Programme 2014-2020
The first phase evaluation of the Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine European Neighbourhood Instrument Cross-border Cooperation Programme was designed to fulfil the on-going (mid-term) ...
First Phase Evaluation of the INTERREG IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme Hungary-Serbia
2018 was the year of First Phase (earlier: mid-term) evaluation of the cooperation programmes. In February, the Managing Authority of ...
First Phase Evaluation of the INTERREG V-A Hungary-Croatia Programme (2014-2020)
2018 was the year of First Phase (earlier: mid-term) evaluation of the cooperation programmes. In February 2018, the Managing Authority ...
First Phase Evaluation of the INTERREG V-A Slovakia-Hungary Cooperation Programme (2014-2020)
2018 is the year of First Phase evaluation of the cooperation programmes. In February 2018, the Managing Authority of the ...
For a more place-based approach. Position paper of CESCI on the Future of Cohesion Policy.
This short position paper should not be considered but as a modest recommendation to take place-based approach seriously. The compilators ...
For the Europeanisation of Ukrainian borders
With cross-border cooperation for the Europeanisation of Ukrainian borders In November 2020 the project called "With cross-border cooperation for the ...
Functional analysis and evaluation of planned cross-border public road infrastructural developments in the Hungarian-Slovak border region (HU)
CESCI and Főmterv Zrt. submitted a bid to the call published by the Hungarian Transport Development Coordination Centre (KKK) (financed ...
Funding map of Bihor county for projects to be realised in international cooperation
In the document, CESCI present the financing options available for Bihor county (Romania). The aim is to use several types ...
Funding map of Győr for projects to be realised in international cooperation
In the document below, we present the funding opportunities that are available to strengthen Győr's international relations. The goal is ...
Funding map: inter-university workshop of the Szentgotthárd/Monošter seminar
CESCI is constantly checking out the available calls for applications within the framework of different programmes, about which the members ...
Innoaxis. The institutional condition of realisation. CESCI’s chapter on institutional development within the framework of the INNOAXIS project (HU)
The study was prepared within the framework of the Hungarian-Serbian IPA project titled ‘The borderline as an axis of innovation’ ...
Integrated planning methodology. Manual (HU)
In 2012, at the request of University of Public Service CESCI drafted an educational handbook titled ‘Integrated planning methodology’. The ...
Integrated Regional Strategy of Banat-Triplex Confinium EGTC – Action Plan for the Implementation of the Strategy
The objective of the action plan supplementing the Integrated Territorial Strategy of the BTC EGTC is to set the milestones ...
Integrated Regional Strategy of Banat-Triplex Confinium EGTC (HU)
The development strategy of the EGTC established in the Hungarian-Romanian-Serbian tri-border area was completed in February 2013 within the framework ...
Integrated Territorial Strategy of Arrabona EGTC (HU)
CESCI started to prepare the development strategy of the EGTC seated in Győr in winter of 2013-2014 ...
International conference on the 10th anniversary of CESCI
CESCI celebrated its 10th birthday with a two-day international conference. The cross-border family with nearly 150 participants from 20 countries ...
Joint spatial planning in Komárno and Komárom. Case study
One of CESCI’s interns, Lilla Krisztina Szilágyi’s study presents a remarkable initiative from the Slovak-Hungarian border region ...
KÖFOP project development tender of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (HU)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has won funding under the KÖFOP programme (Administrative Development Operational Programme) for providing ...
Košice Platform
CESCI, CESCI Carpathia, the AEBR and the Research Centre of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association initiated the establishment of the ...
Lectures on cross-border governance
CESCI participated as the partner of the National University of Public Service in the EU funded public service development project ...
Legal accessibility among V4 countries
In 2018, the project supported by the International Visegrad Fund was launched to facilitate the elimination of obstacles to mobility ...
Legal background of the cross-border public procurements (Legal Accessibility: Fourth milestone) (HU)
In 2019 in the framework of one of the sub-projects of the Legal accessibility project’s fourth milestone, with the involvement ...
Legal consultancy for EGTCs
We offer legal consultancy to the EGTCs in two fields: design of the planned EGTC’s structure and operation, based on ...
Legal obstacles of EGTCs. Analysis and recommendations. (Legal Accessibility: Third milestone)
One of the sub-projects of the third milestone of the Legal accessibility project included the review of experiences regarding EGTCs ...
Legal review about deliverance of certain duties of the Hungarian and Romanian local governments to the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (HU)
Within the framework of the Hungarian-Romanian ETC project titled ‘The Value border. The forming of an innovative community service system ...
Legal solution for the institutionalisation of urban agglomeration areas (Legal accessibility: Sixth milestone)
In the framework of the 6th milestone of the Legal Accessibility project, a three-chapter analysis was carried out in order ...
Legislative inventory (Legal Accessibility: First milestone) (HU)
In 2016 in the framework of the first milestone of the Legal accessibility project, CESCI compiled a legislation inventory on ...
New frameworks of cross-border development. Contribution to the discussion paper of New Széchenyi Plan (HU)
In 2012 CESCI formulated its contribution to the discussion paper of the New Széchenyi Plan. As a key element in ...
New Generation of Cross-Border Cooperation – Presentation of Best Practices along the Hungarian-Slovak Border (HU)
The aim of the current study is to present the initiatives from the Hungarian-Slovak border region that might represent the ...
Online course on European territorial cooperation
CESCI, together with its partners, the Strasbourg University, Artois University, Thessaloniki University, MOT, Euro-Institut and the TEIN Network, developed the ...
Overview of the EGTCs around Hungary
CESCI has published the most comprehensive analysis so far on the functioning of the EGTCs involving Hungarian members ...
Position paper of CESCI regarding the Karácsony report on the Commission’s Territorial Cohesion policy and the EU Budget
In September 2017, the European Commission’s Commissioner for Regional Policy published the Communication called ‘Boosting Growth and Cohesion in EU ...
Position paper of CESCI to the discussion paper of the National Development and Spatial Development Concept (HU)
In 2013 CESCI formulated its opinion on the public consultation version of the National Development and Territorial Development Concept, in ...
Position paper of CESCI to the Spatial Development Strategic and Operational Programme of Komárom-Esztergom county (HU)
In accordance with the professional orientation of the association, CESCI primarily focuses on the cross-border aspects of the Regional Development ...
Position paper on the Thematic Action Plan on “Governance of new geographies”
This paper has been drafted by the Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives (CESCI) within the framework of the stakeholder ...
Preparation of the Slovakia-Hungary Cross-Border Cooperation Programme (2014-2020)
The consortium composed by HBF Hungaricum Ltd., the Centire Ltd. and CESCI was assigned for the programming tasks of the ...
Promoting cross-border institutionalised health integration (HU)
In the framework of the Legal Accessibility 2 project, a comprehensive study on the possibilities for organising cross-border emergency rescue ...
Proposal for the establishment of the Central European Transport Corridor EGTC
The short brochure contains information on the proposal for the establishment of the CETC EGTC as a cooperation structure between ...
Regional analysis of the Danube Transnational Programme (INTERREG V-B)
CESCI was entrusted with preparing a regional analysis assisting the design of the Danube Transnational Programme beyond 2014 ...
Regional situation analysis. Steps 1-6. Ister Granum EGTC (HU)
Within the framework of the project called WAVE (WAter-linked heritage Valorization by developing an Ecosystemic approach), supported by the INTERREG ...
Report on the impact of the Madrid Outline Convention and its Protocols on cross-border cooperation between Hungary and its neighbours
The report, commissioned by the Department of Democratic Institutions and Governance of the Council of Europe, gives an insight into ...
Resources for cultural cooperation. Supporting the cooperation between Slovenes in Hungary and Hungarians in Slovenia (HU)
At the request of the Slovene Embassy, we compiled a document on EU and non-EU funding opportunities that can be ...
Results of the Hungarian EGTC programme (2010-2014) (HU)
The document briefly presents the individual EGTCs with Hungarian participation, as well as it offers a useful visual representation with ...
SECCo1: Crossing The Borders – Studies
The volume consists of one comprehensive study and 14 case studies. It is the result of a cooperation between 25 ...
Second seminar on cross-border territorial observation
Following the Nancy initiative taken by the French Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière, CESCI organised the second European seminar on cross-border territorial ...
Serbia’s participation in European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) and Euroregional Cooperation Grouping (ECG) (Legal Accessibility: Sescond milestone)
CESCI’s office in the Balkans (Central European Service for Cross-Border Initiatives Balkans) developed this study in 2017, in the framework ...
Set of recommendations (Legal Accessibility: First milestone) (HU)
In the framework of the first milestone of the Legal accessibility project, based on the research carried out earlier during ...
Snapshot of EGTS’s with Hungarian participation
Since the entry into force of the EC Regulation No. 1082/2006/EC (1st August 2007), altogether 29 EGTC’s have been registered ...
Study on information about calls of cross-border cooperation programmes and direct EU-funded labour projects
Within the framework of SROP-1.3.1-12 / 1-2012-0001, the priority project entitled “Development of the National Employment Service II.”, Sub-project 4 ...
Summary report on the series of sectoral interviews (Legal Accessibility: First milestone)
In the framework of the first milestone of the Legal accessibility project, CESCI compiled a summary of interviews with sectoral ...
Summary report on the stakeholder workshops (Legal Accessibility: First milestone)
The summary report is the first document of the Legal Accessibility initiative supported by the Ministry of Justice. The main ...
Supporting the application of patients’ rights through the support of cross-border patient mobility (Legal Accessibility: Fourth milestone) (HU)
The study, conducted in the framework of a sub-project of the fourth milestone of the Legal accessibility project, mainly summarises ...
Supporting the creation of a legal information background in order to help the everyday life of border areas (Legal Accessibility: Second milestone) (HU)
One of the main conclusions of the 2016 Legal Accessibility project was that in most cases insufficiency of information generates ...
Territorial Action Plan for Employment
Territorial Action Plan for Employment (TAPE) tool developed with the assistance of the CESCI team within the framework of the ...
Territorial analysis for the future INTERREG NEXT Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine CBC programme
In the summer 2019 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary as the Managing Authority of the current ...
Territorial analysis of the next Hungary-Serbia INTERREG IPA CBC Programme
On 15 October 2020 the Programming Committee of the cross-border cooperation programme between Hungary and Serbia has adopted the Territorial ...
Territorial analysis of the programme area of the next Hungary-Slovakia Interreg CBC Programme
The thematic preparation of the Slovakia-Hungary INTERREG CBC Program 2021-2027 was started by CESCI on behalf of the Managing Authority ...
Territorial cooperation potential of the Eastern part of the Hungarian-Croatian border region. Comprehensive situation analysis and concept. (HU)
According to the plans of the Hungarian and the Croatian governments, the construction of the sections of the V/c Helsinki ...
Territorial Development Programme of Győr-Moson-Sopron County (HU)
CESCI, as a subcontractor, has been commissioned to undertake the elaboration and integration of cross-border aspects into the territorial development ...
Territorial Strategy for the Danube Transnational Programme 2021-2027
During 2019, CESCI prepared the Territorial Analysis of the next Danube Transnational Program 2021-2027 (DTP2), which provides evidence for the ...
The Beautiful Cserehát initiative (HU)
In order to save the Cserehát area, during recent years, the participants of the Beautiful Cserehát initiative have prepared a ...
The Carpathian Euroregion project
The study elaborated by Mr Rudolf Bauer PhD, director of CESCI Carpathia, Košice (Slovakia) gives an overview on the ’Carpathian ...
The Cohesion Analysis and Integrated Development Strategy of the Gate to Europe EGTC (HU)
The first version of the development strategy of Gate to Europe EGTC was finished by the end of 2013 ...
The convention and statutes of the ECR EGTC
The Euro-Contrôle Route (ECR) which is a professional network on transport, based in Brussels, commissioned CESCI in 2015 to provide ...
The establishment of cross-border health services (Legal Accessibility: Third milestone) (HU)
In the framework of one of the sub-projects of the third milestone of the Legal accessibility project, CESCI continued its ...
The Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians
The study, written by Dr. Rudolf Bauer, analyses the Carpathian Framework Conventions which was signed by seven cooperating parties in ...
The function of the Via Carpatia Corridor in the social and economic development of the Via Carpatia EGTC area
In February 2016, Košice County Council assigned CESCI to draft an analysis on the expected socio-economic impacts of the planned ...
The Integrated Territorial Strategy of Rába-Danube-Váh EGTC (HU)
At the request of the RDV EGTC, the Development Agency ‘Southern Region’ drafted the cohesion analysis of the EGTC in ...
The local product program of the Ister-Granum EGTC
The program initiated by CESCI was launched by involving local and national experts. Within the framework of the project several ...
The Review of the Territorial Strategy of the Rába-Danube-Váh EGTC (HU)
The RDV EGTC already had a territorial strategy (The Rába-Danube-Váh EGTC Integrated Territorial Development Strategy), the review became necessary due ...
The strategic programme of cross-border cooperation in the Komárom-Esztergom region (HU)
One of the first assignments of the association was the elaboration of the cooperation strategy of Komárom-Esztergom county with the ...
Tisza EGTC Cohesion Analysis and Integrated Development Strategy – Extract
The booklet gives a brief summary of state-of-play analysis and integrated development strategy of the Tisza EGTC in Hungarian, Ukrainian ...
Tourism as a driving force of regional cooperation across the EU
CESCI formulated and published an individual position paper on the role of tourism in cross-border cooperation in the framework of ...
What is wrong with the ESPON programme? Contribution to the mid-term evaluation of the European Spatial Planning Observation Network Operational Programme 2014-2020
In 2018, the mid-term evaluation of the EU’s ESPON program took place. CESCI participated in the consultation process as well ...
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